i really was looking from a regular slate for a looong time. when i saw this i had to grab it. a lot of other slates sell 4 like 150-200 min. i went and grabbed alakazam's epic pad and that was good but had a lot of arts and crafts. plus you need to refill every time you use it.

with this all you need is an eraser. beware though, the manufacturing of this slate is not perfect. you'll see what i mean. you have to be careful with how you hold it sometimes and the 'move' you have to do can be a bit 'stiff'. otherwise i love this thing and will use it often. hint: write a story and have people name characters, places and numbers or whatever and reveal all at the end. lots of fun.