Try Gaomon 1060Pro drawing board: The price is only 600k but the experience is not inferior to Wacom about 2 million, can you believe it?

The love of drawing with lots of hands is sure to dream about many good electronic drawing boards from Wacom. However, the dream is always a dream, because the drawing board from this company often has a high price, at least about 2 million or more to have a small, “temporary” for beginners.

The distant dream of the electronic painting society …

However, in the Chinese domestic market is different, when the electronic drawing boards super cheap price, only from 400,000 to 500,000 VND has been sold for a long time. Among these, the most outstanding product is the 2019 Gaomon 1060Pro – the 2017 serial version which also received many positive reviews but limited functionality.

Search on e-commerce sites, you can see this drawing board is usually for sale with prices ranging from 600,000 to 800,000 VND depending on the place. Some shops sell for more than 1 million VND for the standard version, and gradually increase to 1.7 million VND for the upgrade with many accessories and warranty until January 12 for 1.

There are places selling more than 1 million, many warranty options and accessories packages.

But there are also places selling just over 600,000 VND, still receiving many 5-star reviews but after-sales is not sure.

Overall, most reviews of this product online have been very good since launch. However, to really know how good it is, and is worth the price, let’s take a look at WeBuy.

Open the box: True quality “poor boy”

It is true that because of the cheap price, the product box is also minimized: Only a pretty thin paper tray, no protective foam, if seen through many people will think that the product is “jagged”. However, the plus point is that Gaomon still offers quite a lot of accessories, from the set of 8 replacement pens to the adapter from USB-A to USB-C and MicroUSB to use with the phone.

Carrying case, product information, and accessories.

The first impression of the drawing board is very very large, about the size of a 14-15 inch laptop and about 1cm thick. Therefore, this table is only suitable for one place, not very flexible.

Gaomon 1060Pro is bigger than the 14-inch Zenbook.

The quality of the processing is quite sketchy, at first glance you can see the cheap plastic material, the plastic trim edges are not sharp on the openings pretty much, it looks more like a children’s toy. Gaomon also saved production costs by using the old miniUSB port for a device sold in 2019 instead of the newer and more popular microUSB or USB-C.

Processing quality is not very good, nonetheless consistent with the price of only a few hundred thousand. The surface of these dishes is easy to get dirty but difficult to clean.

The pen has a similar design to other electronic drawing pens on the market, the pen tip is removable and does not use batteries. The elongated body is made of rough, rubber-covered plastic for a secure hold. The feeling of drawing with this pen is just enough to use because the body is hollow, holding up feels so down, no dress. The thing is two buttons are very like, the bounce clear, pleasant.

Plastic body brush is a bit too light, the pen tip does not create friction so it is not very real.

In return, the ability to identify pressing forces extremely well.

The big minus point of this drawing board is the series of shortcuts on the left that are very loud, press 1 play and the whole family hears so it’s really not suitable to use if the house is small but crowded, and likes to draw great at night.

Compatible with most popular software, works well on Windows, MacOS and even Android

This drawing board can be used as a mouse replacement when plugged into a Windows computer without the need to install drivers. Even the feature to identify bold strokes also works in supporting applications such as Photoshop or Sketchbook. The features of Windows Ink are also perfectly supported.

Most drawing applications can be used even without the control software installed.

However, to take advantage of the shortcut keys on the left side of the drawing board, additional software from Gaomon must be installed. The original version of this software is completely Chinese because this is a domestic product, but there is already an English version with the same features (though not translated and developed by Gaomon).

Although the English version is not “genuine” Gaomon, it can be used. However, some users have reported a steady state of operation and bug.

In addition to the 12 shortcut keys on the left, the Gaomon 1060Pro drawing board has an additional 16 virtual keys above that you can assign as necessary keys or key combinations. WeBuy has tried it with Photoshop, Sketchbook and MediBang Paint Pro, the board is very compatible, the recognition is almost perfect, the latency is low, although some shortcuts will depend on the software to work.

Try drawing fan En with MediBang Paint Pro. Because of its large size and smooth surface, it takes a lot of time to get used to it.

Gaomon 1060Pro is only compatible with Android 6.0 devices and above, supports recognition of strokes in compatible applications such as Picsart, Sketchbook … However, Samsung models do not show the mouse cursor, so almost unusable. With the exception of the Note series, this tablet can be used to replace the S Pen with features that are almost supported, including pressing the button on the pen body to quickly open the application.

Gaomon 1060Pro is compatible with Android devices except Samsung, but the Galaxy Note series is very good.

Feeling like writing and drawing: It’s okay, but it’s still “cheap”

The surface of the drawing board is really rough, but the feeling of surfing the pen is still fake because it’s quite slippery, takes a long time to get used to. In return, the ability to recognize the press force works perfectly, bold bold lines show clearly, just lack the ability to recognize the tilt only.

The feeling of surfing pen is not real because there is no friction.

Used with Photoshop, MediBang Paint Pro or Sketchbook software, the pen strokes are very regular, smooth and very low latency, only when surfing very quickly will find a bit slow.

Drawing with this board is also very fun and affordable, overall it is still very good in the price range.

Is it worth buying?

If only on paper alone, it is true that Gaomon 1060Pro is on par, even surpassing the price range of Wacom 2 – 3 million. However, the quality of the finished product, compatibility, after-sales regime and many other aspects cannot be matched.

For those who want to try drawing art or just want to “play” for fun, Gaomon 1060Pro drawing board is worth to try because the price is too cheap. However, because of the low price, plus being Chinese domestic products, there is no real warranty so you need to choose a place to buy carefully lest being cheated.

For those who want to pursue a serious drawing career, they should choose large international brands with better warranties, guaranteed quality, more perfect compatibility and often with copyright. use the genuine software.

Are there any other options in the ultra-cheap segment?

The Huion brand also has several types of ultra-cheap drawing boards that are a bit inferior.

The same brand Gaomon also has additional WH850 model priced at more than 800,000 VND, features a bit less than 1060Pro but has a little more wireless connectivity. In addition, another brand from China is also known as Huion with some mini drawing products such as H420 priced from 500,000 VND. A little higher, there are XP-Pen Star G430S and G640, prices are around 1 million.