[misseswojo]

I am reviewing the Wacom Bamboo Fun and Wacom Bamboo Craft on Amazon. I was hoping to hear from others that have one of these and get your opinion on them. The only difference I am seeing is that the Fun is a bit bigger than the Craft. However, the Craft comes with a lot more extra stuff. There is only about a $30 difference in price.

Craft comes with Bamboo Craft tablet, Bamboo Craft pen, Quick Start guide, installation CD (includes driver software, interactive tutorial, and user's manual), full versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Win/Mac and Corel Painter 4 for Win/Mac, a DVD with 26 lessons on using the included software to build scrapbook pages, a library of craft embellishments, a free online tablet class, a free 1 year subscription to Scrapbooking and Beyond magazine, a free 1 year retail store from Café Press and a free 8x8 photo album from Shutterfly. Over $200 in value all included in the box.

Fun comes with Bamboo Fun tablet, Bamboo Fun pen, Quick Start guide, installation CD (includes driver software, interactive tutorial and user's manual), and software DVD. The tablet also comes with a full suite of visual editing software, including Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0 Win/6.0 Mac and Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 WE3--valued separately at several hundred dollars.

Thanks,

[sarabethp]

I've had my Bamboo Tablet for many years. As far as I can tell the difference is really what comes in the package. The size difference isn't that big of a deal, too me. I have the Bamboo Medium size. It is 8.75 in by 5.5 in on the drawing surface. It suits my needs really well. I think you might want to consider what comes with it and what you would use. Otherwise the two tablets are pretty much the same as far as hardware goes.

[tiza126]

I have a tablet, but I have trouble using it. I'm not coordinated enough for it, and my PSE seems to have difficulty recognizing it at times.

Personally, I probably wouldn't use much of the extra stuff that came with it, so I'd go for the cheapest one

[tinkerbell11]

I have the Fun Model and I LOVE it, that is all that I use, no mouse at all here!

[BetC]

I have the bamboo and use it for almost everything. The only problem I had was that the Corel Painter says it's for Win/Mac, but my Mac with SnowLeopard os was not compatable. I emailed Wacom and all they could say was, yes, it's not compatable. Other than that, I love it.

[diannecp]

personally, i never use any of the software that comes with a product, so i'd go for the Fun myself (plus I sat next to Shannon at the meetup in June and she wields a mean pen!) i'm hoping for a tablet for my birthday!

[MariJ]

I have a Bamboo Fun bought a few years ago and love it for intricate work. I never use the software that came with it - only my own PE6.
So, I would agree with all above and say find which is cheapest unless you really want/need the software.
Good luck!

[Belle]

Thanks for all the info ladies. That is going to be my next purchase.

[Nica]

I actually chose just the Bamboo Pen and Touch. I didn't need any of the extras (I already had PSE 7). If I had it to do again I would just get the Bamboo Pen (no touch). I think they're running $60-$70 dollars at the moment, versus $90-$100 for the additional touch option. I've found that the touch is redundant to my touch pad on my laptop and gets in the way when using the pen. I will admit that I don't do anything computer related without it anymore. HTH

[Smiles]

I have a Bamboo Fun and I really love it. I pretty much never use a mouse.

[Jo Corne]

I have the Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch. don't use the Touch, love the pen and don't use the software that came with it as I use Createive Suite 5 for most of my designing.
It took me getting Tennis Elbow to finally get a tablet, and now I wish I had gotten it sooner as I LOVE it so get what will suit you best and enjoy playing with it