with most of xp pens products is a power adapter that didn't come in the box with my unit so if you don't want to plug both of those usb cables into your computer you can plug one into an outlet and get power that way if you do have a second option when you look along the side you're going to see two ports the one i have plugged in here is a usbc cable port so you can take one cable plug it directly into your computer and that will give it all its power that'll power the screen one cable and you're done it's really nice and really elegant what's the catch well it goes back to that budget thing they haven't included this particular cable in the box with the computer the other thing that is not in the box is any kind of stand this is something that comes standard with not all of xp pens products but many of them there are some rubber feet along the bottom that are going to keep this from sliding around too much on your desk but i do like to prop up the back so i would recommend some kind of stand especially if your neck starts to hurt or your back gets a little sore while you're using it next up i want to talk about the drawing experience in the pen but before we do that i do want to thank today's sponsor squarespace from websites and online stores to marketing tools and analytics squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a beautiful online presence and run your business connect with your audience and generate revenue through gated members only content manage your members send email communications and leverage audience insights all in one easy to use platform squarespace has the tools you need to get your business off the ground including e-commerce templates inventory management a simple checkout process and secure payments whatever you sell squarespace has the merchandising features that you need to make your products look their best online squarespace takes all the guesswork out of search engine optimization for your website which means you'll get found in search by more people more often check out URL_TOKEN for a free trial and when you're ready to launch go to URL_TOKEN kobo to save NUMBER_TOKEN on your first purchase of a website or domain okay so let's get to the drawing part let's jump in and talk about this pad now earlier this fall i reviewed the xp pen artist NUMBER_TOKEN which on the surface looked like a really good tablet but i had some issues with it so xp pen has this brand new technology that they're putting in some of their newer pens that they've included here they're calling it xNUMBER_TOKEN what does that mean well what they're trying to do is really improve the quality of the pen and specifically the initial activation rate on the pen so the initial activation rate is how hard do you have to press with the pen before a line shows up so if you're a very very light sketcher and you're drawing on the page you might notice with some pens that have like a higher initial activation rate that no line is going to appear on the screen until you start to apply a little more pressure so what they've done here is they've really improved that in fact if you just very lightly hold the pen and start moving it around the tablet screen you are going to see a line up here so they've done a very good job of improving that and if you watched my artist pro NUMBER_TOKEN review from a while back you've
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