The XP-Pen Deco 01 uses the XP-Pen P03 battery-free pen which features a straight plastic body with semi-slick sides. Unfortunately you’re just not going to get the precision you need for high level in these sort of fast paced games. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

There was also the somewhat high IAF which made me have to re-tap some options when it didn’t sense my tap, but luckily, the somewhat high IAF wasn’t so bad that it affected the drawing capabilities of the tablet. This, frankly, became quite annoying when we were trying to tap settings at the top, or simply draw in another area. At just 8mm it’s slim enough to slip behind a laptop in a bag, but due to its overall footprint you likely wouldn’t be using anywhere other than a desk or a table. A cool thing to note is that the only other tablet drivers with this custom pen pressure graph is Wacom’s Intuos Pro and Cintiq drivers. If the line begins right on the start line, this indicates that the IAF is extremely low (low IAF is best) and the line just appears naturally without effort.However, this amount of wobble at max tilt is small enough that it probably won’t be noticeable in most cases. XP-Pen doesn’t often use this design feature, but other brands do, as it’s super useful for making sure the stylus is always on (or in) hand. If you're running a script or application, please register or sign in with your developer credentials here.

Just go download the latest version directly from XP-Pen’s site and remove all other tablet drivers you have on your computer before installing it.

I’ve worked with the program for a number of years and it just felt natural to me to leave my left land on the keyboard for shortcut keys and text editing then it did to map a limited set of functions to the buttons. If you want a screen, either so you’re directly looking where you’re drawing, or think this functionality will be useful, the XP-Pen Deco 01 V2 certainly isn’t for you. If you are looking to “upgrade” to a new tablet, then personally I think the XP-Pen Deco Pro is the only XP-Pen tablet worth upgrading to from the XP-Pen Star 03 V2.

If I run into a good tablet from a lesser-known brand, I’ll recommend it, but I haven’t run into many so far.

They both seem to have similar features, but the deco 01 looks slightly more reliable, from what I’ve read in reviews. There is almost no flex when doing a simple twist test by gripping both ends of the tablet and twisting. There’s no power button you need to press, you only need to connect one cable, and the stylus doesn’t need to be charged or powered up.