Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Back when I worked at Staples, this was literally the first thing that I bought. $40 out the door. But it was the best $40 I ever spent. Now there are a few things that you have to know about my particular product: 1) It was the last item on the shelf and it was in a disheveled box, so it was by no means "Factory Fresh". 2) I am a technology geek, so out of curiosity, I ripped the top plate off the rest of the board less than 10 minutes after I bought it. The top plate doesn't reattach, so don't do that to yours. On the plus side, the circut board is showing, so extra geek-cred to me! This is an excellent product that I would buy again in a heartbeat. Basically it's a black tablet with a type of screen that you draw on with the included stylus. However, you can write on it with anything that doesn't scratch the surface. I lost the stylus a while ago, and I've been writing on it with the back side of a wooden crochet hook for ages and it works perfectly. I'm sure you could also use any old DS stylus for it as well. (Current cell phone styluses won't work because they'll get stuck on the surface due to friction) Like, do you remember those toys from the dollar store that had the paper, and a layer of plastic and you drew on them? Now take one of those and add an etch-a-sketch to it. Now take that concept and apply it to an old calculator screen LCD interface. Taa-daa, you have this product. The website has said that the product will last approximately 6 years. I don't use it nearly as often as the website suggests in that equation, so I'm sure it will last me much longer. Seriously, if you like strange gadgets, are part of the "green" movement or just want a nifty new way to write notes, then get this tablet! (PS. You can't transfer anything over to the computer or anything like that, so if you're doing major work, use a real Android tablet/iPad or some paper. This is mostly for temporary stuff like lists)