Wacom KP301E00DZ Pro Pen slim

Feels like drawing with a pencil.- Just as accurate as the Pro Pen 2, if not more so- Extremely lightweight- Easier to see the pen tip when drawing on a Cintiq compared to the Pro Pen 2 from my experience- Uses Pro Pen 2 nibsThe pen comes in a plastic tube, although this is nice in terms of packaging it's useless as a pen stand. If you're looking for a pen stand to pair this with, then get the Uppercase Designs NimbleStand which looks like a traditional Wacom pen stand and fits this pen perfectly as if it was made for it.

The Pro Pen slim has a similar feel to using a traditional pencil. Lovely and light and very responsive!Recommended for any digital artist.

A fine light weight, slim pen tool. I find it more comfortable and easier to work with, than the standard pro pen. Very accurate tracking. Excellent device.

TLDR: wacom is always a bit of a con when it comes to prices but we knew that, the case still sucks and is useless and is actually exactly the same pro pen 2 case with this pen shoved in, pen is good build quality but will take some getting used to, definitely a more sensitive and detailed feel than the pro pen 2.For context I’m an illustrator with 8 years digital art experience, had a mobile studio pro 16inch for 3 years now. The old pro pen 2 broke on me a year ago and I had kind of been struggling with a mcgyver’d, glued together pen because, although these pens are phenomenal pieces of hardware, they’re really expensive and for the build quality (of the pro pen 2 at least) I believe them to be overpriced. But that’s wacom for you, they know their business model and their business model is to make these expensive parts the only ones available.Nonetheless, I was a bit iffy about getting a slim pen, wacom had recently taken the pro pen 2 off their website (eyeroll) and this was the only pen I could get the promptest delivery on. I had also hoped, via photos and updated design, that the pen would be more robust and well-built and less, yknow... lightweight plastic tube glued together waiting to break.Well, I’m happy to say this pen looks and feels more robust! It doesn’t feel like one day it’s just going to come apart or snap. I was also worried about it being too lightweight but it’s actually nicely weighted (probably the same weight as the pro pen 2).Something that is bothering me, but I’m sure I will get used to as we all do when we change things like pens and tablets, is that the pen is - well - small. I have, admittedly, very small hands and this still feels a little loose and my hand feels a bit over-scrunched around the pen. It does definitely offer more movement within your hand to allow for smaller details and more precise strokes than the bulky pro pen 2 but that also means adjusting the way your hand moves to accommodate this new-found motion. I’ve found it’s a little hard to control the pen due to less grip and more movement but I’m sure it will benefit my art once I’m used to it.Also, although this pen has the same pressure levels as the pro pen 2, I have also found it seemingly has a more sensitive touch curve so a little adjusting to match to your previous pen may be needed in the settings.Pen connects instantly and registers to Wacom Mobile Studio which is also brilliant.Biggest con, and it really is a con. I’ve never met anyone who likes these silly pen cases but for the money we’re spending on these pens you’d think wacom would bother to change the rubber inside the holder to actually hold the slimmer pen. It’s the same pen holder as the pro pen 2 and it feels like they just threw it in there. Glad for the pen nibs because, again, they’re extortionate for tiny bits of plastic but that case honestly cheapened it for me more than anything.

Very nice Wacom pen.

all is good

I didn't buy this from amazon so I won't appear as verified customer, but I do own this pen so I can say what I think of it and help out in providing images. Just so you know, i'm using this with the Cintiq 16. One image shows the comparisons, the slim pen is on the left, my mechanical pencil in the centre, and the Wacom Pro Pen 2 on the right. The black tube is the carrying case for the pen, the whole tube is made of metal apart from the plastic draw that holds the pen, it has a rubber coating for the pen to sit in. The cap near the top screws off, (this is a part of the draw) and inside there are 6 slots for nibs, this comes with 4 plastic ones and 2 felt ones by default. Don't use the white felt ones on your non-pro Cintiq 16 as they will scratch the screen, they are meant for glass screens, I already knew this but i'm just mentioning this just in case for others.It basically performs the same as the Pro Pen 2 in terms of the technical specs. However, this pen is a lot nicer to use because it's a very similar size to a mechanical pencil, the image shows the comparison of my Pentel Graphgear1000. The pen feels more accurate to me on the screen even though it's specifications are the same, i'm guessing it's because it feels more natural to use in the hand as i'm used to mechanical pencils normally so drawing curves is easier and the pen doesn't feel like it gets in the way. After using the pen for a couple of days, placing the Pro Pen 2 in my hand feels so cumbersome and uncomfortable and many of the strokes wasn't as good compared to using the slim. I was also faster at drawing with the slim pen and experienced fewer mistakes. I can place the nib closer to the inside of my hand but I can't with the Pro Pen 2 due to it's size, or attempting to do so requires a small amount of extra force and feels like it will ache my thumb and fingers doing it. It may sound like an overexaggeration but after getting used to the slim I can't go back to using the Pro Pen 2, the width is so close to my mechanical pencil it just feels right, i've actually been drawing more since getting the slim, I don't put the pen down as much or take breaks but that could just be me though.In terms of construction, it feels very solid, far more solid than the Pro Pen 2, my pro Pen 2 kind of rattled and the buttons felt more loose (Unless Ihad a faulty one) but the Slim pen feels completely solid with no movement. It feels stronger in the hand because of it's smaller size having stronger structural integrity. Following from that, the grip near the tip that looks like rubber is actually solid, it does have a coating so it may be a rubberised coating but it's solid just like the rest of the pen and doesn't compress. The opinion of that may be different to others but to me this is a positive because the Pro Pen 2 rubber was thick and my fingers would compress it a little and mess with tight or small movements but this could be due to the Pro Pen 2 being really large compared to an ordinary pencil as I don't grip it hard or anything, now it's solid it feels like moving a mechanical pencil in the sense you have more control. The weight of the Pro Pen slim feels better distributed to me, it feels better centred because it's smaller and works better when moving it in the hand. And the last thing, although minor for me, but you can change the ring near the tip with a different colour, I kept the default silver as I personally prefer that the best, the others are Black, green, blue, and red, maybe it's used if someone has multiple pens set up with different settings on each one or something I don't know and this is just a guess.

I'm on my third pen in the space of 8 months. Not impressed at all. This one is living on glue and glue alone... for so much money I'd expect my expensive pen to last more than a few months! Pen nibs are very difficult to replace if you've lost them, good luck buying more to come within the space of a week!My pen also seems to struggle with registering when I've lifted the pen from the tablet. I'm not happy with this pen and thus my tablet at all. I will probably try another brand when buying my next tablet.