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title: "Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471)"
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# 5.8 x 3.6 inch active surface USB connectivity 1024 pressure sensitivity levels Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471)

**Brand:** wacom
**Price:** € 575.18
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎨 Elevate your digital art game—because your ideas deserve the best canvas.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471) by wacom
- **How much does it cost?** € 575.18 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- wacom enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted wacom brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** USB connectivity ensures effortless setup on both Mac and PC—start creating in minutes.
- • **Bonus Creative Software:** Unlock your artistic potential with free Autodesk Sketchbook Express and ArtRage Studio included—no extra cost, just pure inspiration.
- • **Compact Creative Canvas:** A sleek 5.8 x 3.6 inch active area fits perfectly on any desk, empowering creativity without clutter.
- • **Ergonomic Battery-Free Pen:** Enjoy fatigue-free drawing with a lightweight, battery-free stylus designed for all-day comfort and control.
- • **Precision at Your Fingertips:** 1024 pressure sensitivity levels deliver nuanced strokes for professional-grade sketches and paintings.

## Overview

The Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471) is a lightweight, compact graphics tablet featuring a 5.8 x 3.6 inch active area and 1024 levels of pressure sensitivity. It connects via USB to both Mac and PC, offering an ergonomic, battery-free pen for precise control. Included are free creative software packages Autodesk Sketchbook Express and ArtRage Studio, making it an ideal starter tool for drawing, sketching, painting, and document markup.

## Description

Bamboo Splash is a small format pen tablet designed for lite art creation, drawing, sketching, painting and document mark up. Autodesk Sketchbook Express and ArtRage Studio software is included. Use ArtRage to create paintings on canvas, concrete, numerous paper types and more. Paint with watercolors, oils, chalk, inks and crayon. Use the "stickers' tool to add multiple embellishments to your art and drawings.

Review: A Simple Modification - I purchased this item because I thought it would allow me to draw on my computer. This is an amazing device as far as the technology goes, but I have no use for it and am still using my mouse to draw. You move the cursor on the screen by moving the tip over the tablet without actually touching the tip to the tablet. It needs to be close to the tablet without touching. Within 1 centimeters (the width of the pen itself). When you touch the tip to the tablet it is equivalent to pressing the mouse button. And it draws. When you click on the button on the side of the pen it is equivalent to clicking the right mouse button. The button on the side of the pen is actually two buttons. It is a tall button with the top being one button and the bottom being a separate button. You could change the function of the side buttons on the setup menu. The main problem is the awkwardness of using this device to draw. There's an annoying distraction of having to maintain that 0 to 1 centimeter distance without actually touching the tip to the tablet. It it touches, it will draw. If it is too far, the cursor won't move. It would be best if you can just draw on the display screen, which is a very expensive system. With this tablet you're watching the display screen without able to see the pen tip, which is what you're already doing if you just use the mouse to draw. But when using the mouse you don't have to worry about keeping the tip close to the surface without touching. The mouse is so much more easier because it doesn't have that distraction of having to maintain the proper tip to tablet distance. A big thing missing is the lack of touch mode. You can't use your finger to move the cursor. Only the pen tip can move the cursor. And so without touch mode the two-finger pinch and resize function does not work. The eraser button also does not work. The eraser at the end of the pen is just a piece of plastic. It is not a button. For it to have any function there needs to be a touch mode on the tablet. The more expensive Wacom tablets have touch mode, but this tablet does not. For this tablet to be functional for drawing, you should be able to turn off the tip button. You should be able to move the cursor without having to worry about accidentally drawing if the tip touches the tablet. And then you would configure the side button to draw when the side button is pressed. There is nothing in the setup or options windows that allow you to turn off the tip button. And so I am back to drawing with my mouse. PROBLEM SOLVED UPDATE: I fixed my Bamboo Splash so I don't have to worry about maintaining the 0 to 1 centimeter distance. I disabled the tip button by simply removing the tip. If you gently pull the tip out with tweezers or a pair of pliers the tip will slide out. It does not damage the device since this is the normal procedure for replacing the nib and you can easily just slide it back in. And then you go to the setup preferences menu and assign the two side buttons to be in the "click" mode. Now you can move the cursor from 1 centimeter to touching the tablet and it will not draw. And then you can draw just by pressing the side button while moving the pen. Now the Bamboo is EASIER to draw than the mouse!
Review: First time for pen input! This is awesome!!! - Yes, maybe this being my first experience is biasing my opinion somewhat, but I just got this Bamboo Splash yesterday and am loving it. Drawings were initially very tough for me, and at the default settings of the software the pad seems extremely sensitive. I believe this is a common problem and seems to be the reason for a lot of the 1 star reviews. The problem in my case is the result of having a dual monitor setup, the software defaults to mapping the the pad to span both monitors. The solution was a simple tweak to the pen settings to map to only one monitor. When using the pen outside of drawing again the settings need to be reset because unlike some other models of the Bamboo, the pen included for Splash does not have buttons to allow toggling between settings. As far as navigating around my computer the pen is fine and I am starting to like it more than the trac ball I was using that I like more the standard mouse. I do sort of miss the back button being a convenient hardware key-click away, but those with standard mice would not even know what I am talking about. (Update)- After about a month of use, I'm finding that using the pen as an input device has the drawback of it being difficult to drag-and-drop items or to highlight blocks of text, I still use the trac-ball for that. The model of this device that works as a touchpad could possibly be a solution to this problem, however I am not tempted to upgrade because, reading through the reviews, it looks like there are issues with using that model to perform the double-duty of pen and touchpad input. -(end of update) The software that came packaged, Artrage 3 (with a discount to buy version 4) is an inexpensive package to start with, but not to look a gift horse in the mouth, I am finding it a good piece of software to learn to use the pen on. I usually use GIMP for the few times I work with graphics, and I found Artrage very intuitive, although an understanding of layering is a good thing to know. It also comes with Autodesk Sketchbook Express, that if I'm not wrong may be free anyway, but is another nice drawing tool. I had a few problems during installation. When I first plugged the tablet in my Windows 7 machine I received a message stating the driver was found and when I tried I was able to move the cursor around. So I proceeded by starting the install exe and was brought through the video users guide (the hardcopy quickstart guide said this would happen). The problem was that the pen was no longer working so I couldn't take the interactive training. I had to go to the Wacom Bamboo website and reload the driver. But after that and a little bit of annoyance with products keys and registrations to get the Artrage program, it's been nothing but fun!

## Features

- Lite art creation. Painting, drawing, sketching or document mark-up.
- Free downloadable creative software included: Autodesk Sketchbook Express and ArtRage Studio. To obtain the software, register the item with the included installation CD, which will take you to download.wacom.com.
- Ergonomically designed battery free pen that give you comfort and precise control to paint, draw and sketch.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0089VGPII |
| Active Surface Area | 5.8x3.6 |
| Additional Features | Lightweight |
| Best Sellers Rank | #510 in Computer Graphics Tablets |
| Brand | Wacom |
| Built-In Media | Bamboo Tablet, Pen, Quick-Start Guide, Bamboo Installation CD |
| Color | Black/green |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop, Laptop (for both Mac and PC) |
| Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 909 Reviews |
| Display Type | LCD |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00706551945028 |
| Item Dimensions L x W | 5.8"L x 3.6"W |
| Item Weight | 14.4 Pounds |
| Manufacturer | Wacom, Inc |
| Model Name | CTL471 |
| Model Number | CTL471 |
| Native Resolution | 1920x1080 |
| Operating System | Sp2,Vista,Sp3,Windows,Xp |
| Pressure Sensitivity | 1024 Levels |
| Special Feature | Lightweight |
| Specific Uses For Product | personal |
| Target Audience | Student |
| UPC | 706551945028 702874766029 753218991744 802549746520 886085420182 886085218550 886085431737 712322691216 |
| Warranty Description | 1 year usa and canada |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Wacom
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB
- **Operating System:** Sp2,Vista,Sp3,Windows,Xp
- **Pressure Sensitivity:** 1024 Levels
- **Special Feature:** Lightweight

## Images

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![Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51aamciGIiL.jpg)
![Wacom Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet (CTL471) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61pSbfhhraL.jpg)
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Simple Modification
*by B***K on January 17, 2014*

I purchased this item because I thought it would allow me to draw on my computer. This is an amazing device as far as the technology goes, but I have no use for it and am still using my mouse to draw. You move the cursor on the screen by moving the tip over the tablet without actually touching the tip to the tablet. It needs to be close to the tablet without touching. Within 1 centimeters (the width of the pen itself). When you touch the tip to the tablet it is equivalent to pressing the mouse button. And it draws. When you click on the button on the side of the pen it is equivalent to clicking the right mouse button. The button on the side of the pen is actually two buttons. It is a tall button with the top being one button and the bottom being a separate button. You could change the function of the side buttons on the setup menu. The main problem is the awkwardness of using this device to draw. There's an annoying distraction of having to maintain that 0 to 1 centimeter distance without actually touching the tip to the tablet. It it touches, it will draw. If it is too far, the cursor won't move. It would be best if you can just draw on the display screen, which is a very expensive system. With this tablet you're watching the display screen without able to see the pen tip, which is what you're already doing if you just use the mouse to draw. But when using the mouse you don't have to worry about keeping the tip close to the surface without touching. The mouse is so much more easier because it doesn't have that distraction of having to maintain the proper tip to tablet distance. A big thing missing is the lack of touch mode. You can't use your finger to move the cursor. Only the pen tip can move the cursor. And so without touch mode the two-finger pinch and resize function does not work. The eraser button also does not work. The eraser at the end of the pen is just a piece of plastic. It is not a button. For it to have any function there needs to be a touch mode on the tablet. The more expensive Wacom tablets have touch mode, but this tablet does not. For this tablet to be functional for drawing, you should be able to turn off the tip button. You should be able to move the cursor without having to worry about accidentally drawing if the tip touches the tablet. And then you would configure the side button to draw when the side button is pressed. There is nothing in the setup or options windows that allow you to turn off the tip button. And so I am back to drawing with my mouse. PROBLEM SOLVED UPDATE: I fixed my Bamboo Splash so I don't have to worry about maintaining the 0 to 1 centimeter distance. I disabled the tip button by simply removing the tip. If you gently pull the tip out with tweezers or a pair of pliers the tip will slide out. It does not damage the device since this is the normal procedure for replacing the nib and you can easily just slide it back in. And then you go to the setup preferences menu and assign the two side buttons to be in the "click" mode. Now you can move the cursor from 1 centimeter to touching the tablet and it will not draw. And then you can draw just by pressing the side button while moving the pen. Now the Bamboo is EASIER to draw than the mouse!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ First time for pen input! This is awesome!!!
*by C***N on May 25, 2013*

Yes, maybe this being my first experience is biasing my opinion somewhat, but I just got this Bamboo Splash yesterday and am loving it. Drawings were initially very tough for me, and at the default settings of the software the pad seems extremely sensitive. I believe this is a common problem and seems to be the reason for a lot of the 1 star reviews. The problem in my case is the result of having a dual monitor setup, the software defaults to mapping the the pad to span both monitors. The solution was a simple tweak to the pen settings to map to only one monitor. When using the pen outside of drawing again the settings need to be reset because unlike some other models of the Bamboo, the pen included for Splash does not have buttons to allow toggling between settings. As far as navigating around my computer the pen is fine and I am starting to like it more than the trac ball I was using that I like more the standard mouse. I do sort of miss the back button being a convenient hardware key-click away, but those with standard mice would not even know what I am talking about. (Update)- After about a month of use, I'm finding that using the pen as an input device has the drawback of it being difficult to drag-and-drop items or to highlight blocks of text, I still use the trac-ball for that. The model of this device that works as a touchpad could possibly be a solution to this problem, however I am not tempted to upgrade because, reading through the reviews, it looks like there are issues with using that model to perform the double-duty of pen and touchpad input. -(end of update) The software that came packaged, Artrage 3 (with a discount to buy version 4) is an inexpensive package to start with, but not to look a gift horse in the mouth, I am finding it a good piece of software to learn to use the pen on. I usually use GIMP for the few times I work with graphics, and I found Artrage very intuitive, although an understanding of layering is a good thing to know. It also comes with Autodesk Sketchbook Express, that if I'm not wrong may be free anyway, but is another nice drawing tool. I had a few problems during installation. When I first plugged the tablet in my Windows 7 machine I received a message stating the driver was found and when I tried I was able to move the cursor around. So I proceeded by starting the install exe and was brought through the video users guide (the hardcopy quickstart guide said this would happen). The problem was that the pen was no longer working so I couldn't take the interactive training. I had to go to the Wacom Bamboo website and reload the driver. But after that and a little bit of annoyance with products keys and registrations to get the Artrage program, it's been nothing but fun!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Curious? You should probably just buy it.
*by O***N on January 26, 2013*

I had wanted a drawing tablet for many years, although for one reason or another I never purchased one. However, after purchasing Wacom's Bamboo Splash Pen Tablet, I regret not having purchased one sooner. Using it is completely intuitive; hovering above the tablet (a couple of centimeters) moves the cursor around, tapping clicks, while double tapping double clicks (although moving too far from the initial click cancels the double click,) a small amount of pressure usually creates lighter and or thinner lines, while more pressure creates wider and or darker lines (depending on the brush and program you're using.) Keep in mind, I've had this for about a week so I can't really speak for its performance in the long term but I will most likely post an update after six months, sooner if anything goes wrong. I dislike using Windows and Mac OSes, so I can't say anything about the software included with the tablet. I've been using Inkscape (vector graphics software), GIMP (raster graphics software), Mypaint (raster graphics software with brushes that mimic traditional mediums such as sketching pencils, paintbrushes, oil sticks and others), and Aseprite (sprite/animation software) all of which are free and open source. I'm using Arch Linux (x86_64) and installed the drivers by installing libwacom and xf86-input-wacom. I was able to use the tablet as soon as they were done installing with the complete pressure sensitivity. It's set up by default to utilize absolute pointing (the top left of the tablet is the top left of the screen vs relative, which is like a laptop's touchpad.) I don't have a need to change it to a relative pointer, so I haven't looked into where the settings to change that would be located. Before purchasing the tablet, I read several reviews in different places where people had qualms about the nibs wearing down. Although it makes sense that they would wear down, since the nib would need to be softer than the tablet to prevent the tablet wearing down too easily or much worse, ending up with scratches in the tablet surface. A few replacement nibs are included with the tablet and I would much rather replace cheap nibs than a whole tablet. Going back to the title of this review. If you're interested in this tablet, and you've read this much I think you should purchase this tablet. It's fun and easy to use. If you have a problem with the bottom of the pen not being an eraser, you can always map one of the buttons to either undo or to change brush, that way undo is just a click away, or all of your brushes would appear under the cursor, at least that's how a respectable program does things (Mypaint.) In firefox, the button closest to the nib acts like a middle click and the button furthest from the nib is right click. In Mypaint, the button closest to the nib is button 2 and the furthest one from the nib is button 3, if that helps anyone. But I digress, the only reason why you wouldn't want this tablet is because you want a more expensive model. Why would you want a more expensive model? If you want a larger surface area (do they make them larger? I imagine so. I haven't had any problems with running out of room, that's what zoom is for) or if you want more features, such as tilt sensitivity or perhaps even more pressure sensitivity. Maybe those are features that you don't realize you needed until you use them because not having extra features hasn't been a problem. At this price (it's one new game or a few cups of large coffee) you can't really go wrong; you get an amazing, very responsive, and entertaining product. Update (August 8, 2013) Maybe I should have mentioned that I don't use "modern" (bloated) window managers like gnome or kde. I use i3wm, the most amazing and wonderful window manager ever (paired with dmenu and i3status), so I didn't know that gnome has a wacom control icon in its control panel. You can switch between left/right handed, not sure what that would do, exactly. Maybe it would make a difference on a more expensive model with buttons on the tablet. From this control panel thingy, you can easily switch between relative and absolute pointing methods. You can also change which buttons the buttons are mapped to (e.g. change the bottom button to right click, top to middle click or something) and you can also change the pressure 'feel' from this control panel link. If you prefer not to use a window manager with a wacom control built into the control panel, you can easily (kind of) change the absolute/relative setting withing /etc/X11/xorg.conf or the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ files. The Arch Linux's wiki "Wacom Tablet" entry provides updated information on how to change those settings. I should have provided lsusb and xsetwacom info for Wacom CTL-470 earlier but I didn't. Sorry. Better late than never, right? "lsusb" output: Bus 004 Device 002: ID 056a:00dd Wacom Co., Ltd Bamboo Pen (CTL-470) "xsetwacom --list-devices" output: Wacom Bamboo Connect Pen stylus id: 12 type: STYLUS Wacom Bamboo Connect Pen eraser id: 13 type: ERASER Wacom Bamboo Connect Finger touch id: 14 type: TOUCH Wacom Bamboo Connect Finger pad id: 15 type: PAD The output of xsetwacom was very interesting. It kind of makes me wonder if all Wacom tablets can use the pens with the 'eraser' tip but maybe Wacom doesn't install the tip to give its customers a reason to buy a more expensive tablet, hmmm... If I had money to burn, or another tablet with a pen that had the eraser, I'd test this but since I don't, I'll just leave this out there. The tablet still doesn't have any scratches, even though I've left it on the floor next to the bed (to play with it on the laptop) and I also kind of tripped, stepped on the tablet while it was resting on top of a shoe, I didn't put all of my weight, maybe about 30% of it onto the tablet and nothing happened to it. maybe a newer, thinner tablet would have broken, but the tablet is almost like new (except for some hair-width scratches on the shiny bit of plastic that says bamboo, but that's not part of the drawing surface). The nibs do wear out sooner than anticipated but, in Wacom's defence, I am heavy-handed (there's also the aforementioned reasons prior to the update). TLDR: I like it, it works with linux, it's well built, the included software are toys (mypaint, krita, inkscape, gimp are far superior and all free/open source). Also, you can rotate the canvas in mypaint and krita -squeee-!

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