Pen display recommendations

Overview

It's best if you look through the buying guide first. These are recommendations for tablets that have have screens. If you are looking for a tablet without a screen go here: pen tablet recommendations. If you want a standalone tablet, go here: Standalone drawing tablet recommendations.

• Make sure you know about anti-glare sparkle before you buy a pen tablet

• 7P notes on 13" pen displays

• 7P notes on 22" pen displays

Please keep in mind that pen displays are not inherently better than pen tablets that don't have a screen. More here: pen tablets vs pen displays

$200 to $300

• SMALL Huion Kamvas 13 GEN3 (GS1333) $250

  • This is an upgrade over the older Huion Kamvas 13 (GS1331) $240 my notes

• SMALL XP-Pen Artist 12 GEN2 (CD120FH )

• SMALL XP-Pen Artist 13 GEN2 (CD130FH)

$300 to $500

• SMALL Wacom One 2019 GEN1 (DTC-133) $400

  • NOTE: Expensive for what it is and how dated it is, but is a decent tablet. A good candidate for buying used.

• SMALL XP-Pen Artist Pro 14 GEN2 (MD140FH) $420

• SMALL Wacom One 12 GEN2 (DTC-121) $400

  • NOT RECOMMENDED: SUBSTANDARD PRESSURE HANDLING

• SMALL XP-Pen Artist 16 GEN2 (CD160FH) $400

  • NOT RECOMMENDED: EXCESSIVE DIAGONAL WOBBLE

  • my notes

• LARGE Huion Kamvas 22 (GS2201) $450

• LARGE XP-Pen Artist 22 Plus (MD220FH) $470

$500 to $750

• SMALL Wacom One 13 touch GEN2 (DTH0134) $600

  • NOT RECOMMENDED: SUBSTANDARD PRESSURE HANDLING

• MEDIUM Wacom Cintiq 16 (DTK-1660) $650

• MEDIUM XP-Pen Artist Pro 16 GEN2 (MD160QH) $600

  • my notes

• LARGE Huion Kamvas 22 Plus (GS2202) $550

  • my notes

$750 to $1000

• MEDIUM Huion Kamvas Pro 16 Plus 4K (GT1562) $900

  • my notes

  • WARNING: LOTS OF AG SPARKLE

• LARGE Huion Kamvas 24 Plus (GS2402) $900

$1000 to $1500

• MEDIUM Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 (DTH-167) $1500

  • my notes

• LARGE Wacom Cintiq 22 (DTK-2260) $1200

• LARGE Huion Kamvas Pro 19 (GT1902) $1100

  • my notes

• LARGE Huion Kamvas Pro 24 4K (GT2401) $1300

  • my notes

$1500 - $2000

• LARGE Xencelabs Pen Display 24 (LPH2412U-A) $1800

  • my notes

  • UNDER EVALUATION

• LARGE Huion Kamvas Pro 27 (GT2701) $2000

$2000 - $3000

• LARGE Wacom Cintiq Pro 17 $2500

• LARGE Wacom Cintiq Pro 22 $3000

  • BE AWARE: Fan noise

$3000 to $4000

• LARGE Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 $3500

  • my notes

  • BE AWARE: Fan noise

Change log

• 2022/02/05 - Added recommendation for Kamvas Pro 27

• 2022/02/05 - Added recommendation tag to Kamvas Pro 19

• 2024/02/04 - Added XP-Pen Artist 22 Plus to recommendations

• 2023/02/04 - Added XP-Pen Artist 13 to recommendations

• 2023/02/04 - Marked Huion Kamvas Pro 16 4K Plus as NOT RECOMMENDED due to AG sparkle and better options being available.