Trust Slimline Design Tablet TB-5300 - digitizer, digital pen

When I decided I wanted a graphic tablet I thought long and hard about it. I compared all different makes, done my research and saved up some money. I was all set to buy a wacom one but then we popped in to Argos one day and they had this cheap Trust tablet in stock. In a moment of madness I purchased it. And boy am I glad I did. It was extremely easy to install on my Vista Premium laptop. And as soon as I started to use it I was hooked. Paint suddenly became my best friend and within minutes I was drawing little cartoons. I have had so much fun with it on photoshop aswell and wonder how I ... more

I bought this about 6 months ago, and it has been a great little gadget, it does exactly what it’s meant to do, and is more than enough for small hobby pictures. I did make the mistake of buying this for my needs, as I need something a little larger and more “professional”! Nevertheless, I paid £20 for it, under a discount, from Dixons.co.uk. First contact The first things to note are its size, the actual working area is A5, which is the size of a normal photo, and to be honest this is very small for my use! For normal “mess-around” use, it is ideal! The working area has a flap that can be ... more

The product is advertised as slimline and it really is. It's only a couple of millimetres in thickness which is astonishing for such a cheap tablet. Trust is a budget brand of computing hardware however there doesn't appear to be anything cheap about this tablet. To set up the tablet I merely had to install the drivers via CD and connect the tablet via USB and it worked immediately. Making setup extremely convenient. I first tried the tablet in the included "ArtWeaver" art program which had multiple brushes to make the experience realistic. It wasn't until this point that I realised that the ... more