- Hello there and thanks for joining me.
I'm digital artist Aaron Rutten and in this video
I'll be reviewing the stand for the Wacom MobileStudio Pro.
Let me start by saying that this is not a sponsored video.
I paid for this with my own money.
I bought it on sale for $50 from Wacom's website.
So this is the stand.
It's compatible with the MobileStudio 13 and 16.
This wasn't available until a good year and a half
after the release of the MobileStudio Pro
because Wacom was concerned about the quality
of the stands and so they wanted to make sure
that they were absolutely perfect.
Similar to the previous generation stands,
there's these three flaps that can lift up.
There are hinges on one end that attach to the stand
and then on the other end, there are these little
circular Velcro tabs that keep the flaps
from flapping around.
It's very lightweight, but it's also very sturdy
and it's low-profile, which I like.
It's not too wide or too bulky
and it does a really good job of holding the tablet
in a lot of different situations.
So here's what comes in the box.
Some instructions and then a kit to replace the clips,
which are these things right here
that will hold the stand onto the tablet.
So I'll go ahead and show you how to attach the stand.
Make sure when your tablet is face-down
that there's nothing underneath of it
that's going to scratch it or poke the screen.
So this part that rotates here is the part
that stays attached to the stand.
Now there really isn't a right or wrong way
to attach the stand as far as which end goes up or down.
That depends on your preference,
whether you're right handed or left handed
or which angle you prefer.
Now I'm going to do the highest angle setting
so I'm going to have this rotation end facing up
towards the top of my tablet.
The top of my tablet or upright is going to be
the end with the RealSense camera.
If I just align that little metal bar into the slot
and push down until I hear a click, then it's attached.
And then all I need to do is lift up on the other end,
reach underneath and pull out one of the little flaps here.
I'm going to choose the highest setting.
Line that up with the slot, press down until it clicks
and you can see if you lift very, very gently
that it is attached pretty securely.
Now if you pull really hard, it's going to detach
so don't try to carry your tablet holding only the stand
'cause it'll probably fall and break.
So if I were to attach the rotating end of the stand
to the bottom of the tablet, then I would get
the three lower angles.
However, if I attach the rotating end of the stand
to the top of the tablet, then I get that single
upright angle.
You can also lock the stand flat.
Just lower the stand down and press on the little Wacom logo
until it snaps in.
And then if you want to release it,
just press on the grooved end with both fingers
until it snaps out of place.
You can remove the stand just by lifting up
on the entire stand until it detaches.
Now I don't know if it was just a dirty table or what,
but it looks like there are some scratches,
but they're not actually scratches.
It's just dirt that I wiped away with a cloth
and everything's fine.
Now I'll just show a quick comparison
of the old Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 Stand
compared to the MobileStudio Stand.
The Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 stand
was kind of this part metal, part rubber abomination
that just did not look good at all.
It looked very cheap and very flimsy
and I was always worried that it would detach
from the tablet and in some cases it did.
It didn't ever hurt anything, but there were a few times
where it almost bucked my tablet off of the stand
and that's not good.
So the design quality is very much improved.
In the old version, there was a little rubber thing
that just goes into a slot,
nothing to really hold it on there.
And on the top end, there was kind of a hook,
but that was hard to get in and get out
and it still wasn't very secure.
Then when you look at this thing,
you're like, "What is this, rubber?"
Come on.
It's a cheap stand.
It did the trick though.
It held the tablet up, but this is much better.
It's very firmly attached.
If I tap on it, it's not going to wobble,
it's not going to slide around, it's not going to shift,
it's not going to release from the back of the tablet
unless I want it to.
So here it is set up on my desk.
I have it set at the highest angle right now,
which is not quite upright, but upright enough
to be able to work comfortably.
And I kind of like this angle.
It lets me see my screen kind of spot on
and it's about the same angle as I have my Cintiq 27,
so it just feel like a mini Cintiq.
Now I'm going to switch it to the lowest angle
and I'm going to flip the screen 180
and make sure auto rotate is on so the screen rotates.
And now it's really low to the table.
It's almost touching the table on both ends,
but elevated enough.
Now if I slide it around, there's a rubber grip
on the bottom, so it actually grips my table very well
and doesn't slide around too much unless I want it to.
Drawing on it with a pen doesn't make it slide around
and so it's very, very stable when you're drawing.
Now I can see this flat setting being really nice
if you have this on a desk and the desk is kind of like
right over your lap, but for me,
I have this giant light that's necessary
to record this video and it's blasting the screen
and so it's putting too much glare on the screen.
So I'm going to go ahead and try another angle.
It's very easy to change the angles on the fly.
You just lift it up, reach back there and change the angle.
I'm still getting a little bit of glare,
but not much I can do about that.
From the angle that I'm sitting at,
there's not a lot of glare, but the angle of the camera
makes it look like there's horrible glare,
but I assure you, it's not that bad.
So this is kind of the middle angle for the low angles.
I think this is nice.
And then we can also try it sitting in my lap
at the middle angle.
And in my lap, it's actually very comfortable.
It sits in your lap very well.
It rests comfortably on your legs
and it's very stable and very secure.
It doesn't feel like it's going to fall
even if I start shaking my legs like this.
So even if you're moving around, it's not going to fall
off your lap.
So I'm just going to swap it to the lowest setting.
I'll just pull it out of the slot there,
switch to the smallest flap,
press that in until it clicks
and now it's a little more flat,
but even at this angle it still rests comfortably
on my legs and it's still very stable.
So now let's go ahead and swap it to the highest
of the low angles.
I'm going to switch to the longest of the flaps here.
And just snap that into place.
And now it's more upright.
So I think the middle and the high low settings
are actually the most comfortable for being in my lap.
I like those a lot.
This is way easier to draw on than many of the other
portable tablets that I've tried
as far as being able to sit in your lap.
Now it's important to be able to get rid of the stand
when you don't need it, but not have to completely
detach it, so I'll just detach it,
snap it onto the back into the closed locked position
and now it's on there.
It's not going to go anywhere, but it's also not going to
interfere with my tablet.
The Cintiq Companion 2 stand would come detached
and kind of flop around a lot
and it wasn't very securely attached, in my opinion.
So this is nice and it doesn't stick out too far
from the back.
It's very low profile.
It doesn't add a whole lot of weight to the tablet.
You can also hold it with your knees
if it's sitting in your lap and you can kind of grip
the side of that stand and keep it more stable
and then it kind of rests on your legs
on the bottom of the tablet as well.
So that's also another way you could hold it.
And here you can see it just sitting up on my knees
and resting like that.
And that actually works pretty well
and it's quite comfortable.
So I'm really happy with this stand.
It's an improvement upon previous designs
and it compliments the MobileStudio Pro really well.
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