I'd say they are worth the money, if you are going to use them in PhotoShop or Painter or whatever. The only disadvantage to them is the "button" doesn't work as good as a mouse, mine doesn't have any button at all in fact, and they really can't handle right button clicks, not to mention 3rd button clicks and wheel moves that I can do with my Logitech mouse- so you still need to use a mouse at times.