Bought a $500 'smart' drafting table that just collects dust now

Thought the built-in LED light and motorized height would be a game changer. Used it for maybe a week before the software kept glitching and the surface was too slick for my vellum. Total waste, could have bought a solid used Mayline for that cash. Anyone have a reliable manual table they swear by?

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parkerh381mo ago

Five hundred bucks for a slick surface that won't hold vellum? That's just painful. The software glitches are the real kicker though, makes the whole "smart" thing a joke. My old steel frame table has zero tech and it's never let me down.

diana6901mo agoMost Upvoted

Try putting a sheet of that non-slip mesh drawer liner under your vellum. It's cheap and gives just enough grip without messing up the surface. For the glitches, a hard factory reset sometimes clears out the bad code, but you gotta back up your projects first. Honestly though, if it keeps acting up, returning it and sticking with your steel frame is the move.

kelly.daniel1mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst feeling. I fell for a "smart" kitchen scale that was supposed to track my macros. Thing can't even connect to my phone half the time, so now it's just a very expensive paperweight. All that tech just gives you more stuff to BREAK. My back feels for you, hunched over a slick table.

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