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Model Year: 2024
陈瑜璟 - Huion Kamvas Pro 27 开箱,全球首发 2023/12/16
Model Year: 2024
claybrush review of Huion Kamvas Pro 19 2024/01/09
Yanick Paquette review of Huion Kamvas Pro 19 - 2024/02/21
TheSevenPens Notes on the Huion Kamvas Pro 19 - 2024/03/05
Model Year: 2022
Anastasia Berry of Huion Kamvas Pro 13 2.5K 2022/06/13
Model Year: 2021
Model Year: 2021
Brad Colbow review of Huion Kamvas Pro 16 4K 2021/04/17
Marc Brunet review of Huion Kamvas Pro 16 4K 2021/05/01
Model year: 2019
Model Year: 2021
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-90
I do recommend this tablet. The drawing experience is the best Huion's ever had.
Is it as good as a Wacom Cintiq Pro? No. But it is VERY GOOD overall with only a few limitations and minor issues you should be aware of.
This companion video covers many but not all of the topics described in these notes: https://youtu.be/CnTBrhUhciM
Resolution: 4K (3840x2160)
PenTech 4.0
New AG glass
Multi-touch
Support for Windows
Support for MacOS (after a firmware update)
Comes with 2 pens: PW600 and PW600S
Diagonal size: 19"
Actually 18.57"
Released: Jan 2024
Definitely an improvement over PenTech 3.0. Especially noticable in how pressure is handled.
Comes with 2 pens: PW600 and PW600S. More manufacturers should do this!
Pens behave exactly the same in terms of drawing, pressure, etc.
Both pens are PenTech 4.0 pens
Both pens have erasers
Compatibility across different PenTech versions
Older Huion PenTech 3.0 pens DO NOT work with this tablet
The newer PenTech 4.0 pens DO NOT work with older tablets
Notes on backwards compatibility with the older PW517 pen - not compatible. Or at least not completely compatible. The PW517 pen will move the pointer, but not there is no pressure detected so drawing is useless.
Nibs - The pre-installed nibs are both felt. The felt nibs feel good draw with and add an additional amount of texture. In the month I used the felt nibs I saw no appreciable wear - but I don't draw very heavily so your experience may differ. The tablet comes with replacement felt and plastic nibs.
NOTE: I damaged one of the felt nibs - On the third day of using the tablet the PW600 pen would click or draw even when it was hovering. I did drop the pen at some point during the third day and that may have triggered something. I removed the nib, saw the nib was bent and replaced it with a fresh nib and the problem went away.
Corner/Edge accuracy - NORMAL. This is only visible in the last 2mm and did not affect my normal usage of the tablet. It was so minor, I didn't even bother performing any calibration to address it.
Pointer lag - NORMAL - standard for modern pen displays.
Parallax - NORMAL - standard for modern pen displays.
Pen IAF and Max pressure - See Huion PW600 and PW600S
Pressure Transition Instability - VERY GOOD. You may remember the issues I pointed out with the Huion Inspiroy 2 L and the Wacom One M. That the problem is not visible with this tablet and pen. Remember: All tablets have some amount of it. Desirable tablets just have a very small amount of it and you have to construct situations to reveal it. This tablet so far seems comparable to what I see with the Wacom Intuos Pro & Cintiq Pro tablets. more here: pressure transition stability
Pen button stroke interruptions - While drawing with older Huion pens the buttons would might interrupt the drawing - even if you disabled the buttons in the driver. With the new pens, the buttons do not interfere with the stroke.
Pen tilt compensation - VERY GOOD. The pointer stays where the nib is during normal ranges of tilt with some deviation only at extreme angles. more here: pen tilt compensation.
OSD - to get to the OSD Hold the power button for a few seconds and the OSD can appear
Color gamuts supported (as stated by Huion)
Native
sRGB – 99%
AdobeRGB – 96%
DCI-P3 – 98%
There is also a "User" mode
I use the sRGB mode exclusively because it most closely matches my other displays.
Refresh rate - NORMAL. Up to 60Hz which is standard for pen displays in 2024. Does not support 120Hz.
Anti-glare treatment - the display uses an etched glass surface which does a good job dispersing light that hits the surface of the tablet. It reduces more glare even than the Cintiq Pro 22.
Anti-Glare sparkle - OK. This is a BIG IMPROVEMENT over some older Huion models. Slightly noticeable at 6 inches. At normal drawing distance for me not noticeable. I am very happy with the outcome. In comparison the Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 (DTK-167) has a little less AG sparkle. More here: Anti-glare sparkle
How the AG sparkle of this tablet compares to other tablets
Very close to Wacom Cintiq Pro 22
Very close to Wacom Cintiq Pro 16
Noticeably more than the Wacom Cintiq Pro 27
Noticeably less than Huion Kamvas Pro 24 4K
Noticeably less than Huion Kamvas 13
Noticeably less than Huion Kamvas 13 2.5K
MUCH LESS than Kamvas Pro 16 4K Plus
It SHOULD have less than the Kamvas Pro 27 which has a lower density display panel (lower PPI)
Sharpness - OK. the anti-glare treatment diffuses the light coming from the display. The result is that the pixels on the display are "soft" and not as crisp as on comparable 16" or 22" displays. Several other people with this tablet have commented on the same thing. For me this is not a problem. In comparison, even the Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 (DTK-167) and Cintiq Pro 22 have a slightly soft experience, this Huion has a little more softness than that.
Brightness - seems as advertised. I thought it was fine. It's not especially bright - but I thought it was bright enough at 100%. In comparison I use the Cintiq Pro 22 at 50% (I would use it at 70% but don't like the additional fan noise it creates).
Parallax - VERY GOOD. It has very little parallax. As good as - maybe even a little better than the Wacom Cintiq Pro 22 in my observation. As is typical even for Cintiq Pro tablets, the parallax is not as good as an Apple iPad. More here: Parallax
Single USB-C cable connection?
Official Answer: NO. Huion's documentation is explicit on thjis point (see this doc).
I tried testing it with an appropriate cable and could not get a single cable configuration to work with a Microsoft Surface Pro 8 or a M3 MacBook Pro.
However ... this user got it to work with by plugging the single cable into a ASUS ThunderboltEX 4 expansion card: https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/comments/1b22sia/huion_kamvas_pro_19_usbc_cables/
Using third party USB-C cables for display signal & data
I tried a Cable Matters USB-C Thunderbolt cable. It did work, however sometimes slight movements of the cable cause the tablet to lose the display signal and data.
Upon closer examination, the Huion USB-C cable plug is slightly longer than the CableMatters cable. So there is a slight difference on how some third party cables can connect.
For this reason I recommend using the supplied Huion USB-C cable.
Touch on MacOS -
At time of launch. This tablet did not support touch on MacOS.
On 2024/08/01 Huion released a firmware update firmware to enable touch on MacOS.
Video: See this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D0_OpPIgC8
I haven't gotten as chance to try this update out yet. But I will soon.
Touch on Windows - Still under evaluation.
By default, touch on the tablet will normally map to whichever display is your "main monitor".
You can map touch back to the tablet when it is not the main monitor. See this document from Huion: How to make finger gestures control Kamvas Studio 16/Kamvas Pro 19/Kamvas Pro 27 instead of the external monitor. When I first tried this, it fixed the touch problem, but it had an odd interaction with the pen - when I used the pen on the tablet, the pointer always stayed near the top border. After I uninstalled the driver, restarted the computer, and reinstalled the driver, the problem went away and the pen worked normally.
Palm rejection: OK. Very TYPICAL for Touch on pen displays.
Touch support is not comparable to an iPad's touch support which is EXCELLENT. Too often I accidentally pressed something on the screen because of my palm.
I would say it's very on par with the Cintiq Pro 22 and Cintiq Pro 27. I didn't try to use a drawing glove yet.
Brad Colbow in his review of the Kamvas Pro 27 noticed that the palm rejection didn't seem to result in accidental drawing, but rather accidental clicks. I had the same experience.
Note: I used the tablet without using any drawing glove. In theory a drawing glove would help with the palm-rejection.
Weight - lighter than I expected. I noticed it immediately when I picked up the box.
VESA mounting - YES. There are 75 mm × 75 mm VESA holes for mounting on the back.
Legs - YES. Two legs. Seemed sturdy. No complaints.
Noise - EXCELLENT. No noise because no fans
Heat - EXCELLENT. After running at 100% brightness for one month days without turning off the tablet, the tablet stays cool. Roughly the same temperature as the Wacom Cintiq Pro 22 - maybe very very slightly warmer. Just very slightly warmer on the right than the left side.
Stand - It does not come with a stand. Instead, I used separately-purchased Huion ST100A stand which attaches to this pen display using the VESA mounting holes.
Surface texture - it feels slightly more textured than the Huion Kamvas Pro 24 4K
Pens - comes with the PW600 and PW600S pens.
Driver & Pens - the driver knows that there are two different pen models and has separate button settings for each. However settings like the driver pressure curve are the shared across both pens.
These pens are very good in terms of pressure. Much more here: Huion PW600 and PW600S
GOOD. LOW amounts of wobble in stroke.
The Huion Kamvas Pro 24 4K (GT2401) was Huion's flagship pen display for a few years. And now the the Kamvas Pro 19 and Kamvas Pro 27 tablets represent the new flagship tablets.
The new tablets have clear improvements in these areas.
Pressure handling through the new PenTech 4.0 is clearly better.
The new pens have an eraser and that night be important for you
The new tablets have less AG sparkle
The new tablets have touch
There are a few areas that might not compare as well though
The new anti-glare treatment gives a slightly soft look to the pixels in the Kamvas Pro 19 at least. I didn't test the Kamvas Pro 27 so not sure how much the softness is present in that model.
Currently there is no exact match in terms of size to the 24". Drawing on 19" feels very different than 24".
The new tablets are a bit more expensive for their size.
But for other areas, the Kamvas Pro 24 4K was already a good pen display. So for this reason, if you already have a Huion Kamvas Pro 24 4K (GT2401) then these new tablets are NOT an immediate "MUST BUY". If you are happy with how your Kamvas Pro 24 4K is working, then keep it. I would suggest at least waiting to see if Huion releases something closer to a 24" size.
Sound - there's a headphone jack for audio. Some of you may find this convenient.
In Windows if you connect the tablet, it may appear that windows has lost sound output. What is happening here is Windows can automatically switch its default audio to a new audio device - which is what this tablet is. Of course, it doesn't have speakers, so you won't hear anything unless you have a headphone connected.
Driver > Active Area mapping on resume from sleep on Windows - On Windows, when resuming from sleep the Huion driver can occasionally become be confused about how to map the active area of the tablet to the screen. It may choose the wrong screen. It map span across both screens. When it does this it may not track the pen position correctly. This is resolved just by restarting Windows. This is a well-known issue with Huion drivers. Not a serious problem but a minor irritation.
Can you use it as a pen tablet?
Yes. In Windows, you can tell windows to "disconnect" the display in the tablet and you will no longer see anything on the tablet. It will say "no signal" for few seconds then go dark. However, you can still use the pen on the tablet - just like a normal pen tablet (screenless tablet).
NOTE: If you press the button to power down the tablet, it will turn off the display AND it will stop the pen from working.
Summary
I've been very satisfied with this tablet.
Cost
This Huion tablet not cheap at about $1300. But sometimes it is on sale at $1000.
Compared to Wacom
This is Huion's highest end pen display in 2023.
Its competitor is the Wacom Cintiq Pro 27.
Let me be clear, the Cintiq Pro 27 is a better tablet. But this tablet delivers a LOT for value for it's price. This Huion tablet delivers 90% of what you need for drawing compared to the Cintiq Pro 27's which costs $3500.
Accuracy - Good. Like all pen displays slightly inaccurate in the edges and corner by a couple of millimeters. More accurate in edges/corners than the Huion Kamvas 22 Plus.
Pointer lag - Normal for a pen display. Slightly more than the Cintiq Pro 27.
Stand - does not come with a stand.
Legs - Has bult-in legs that give it a nice drawing angle.
VESA - is VESA mountable.
Anti-glare sparkle - Moderate (maybe on the low end). Noticeable if you put your eyes close. At a normal drawing distance my eyes don't pick it up or at least it looks minimal.
Express Keys - It has none. So, I use keyboard shorts with this device. More here: tourbox
Texture - the etched glass provides a nice texture for the pen so that it doesn't feel slippery.
Heat - display stays cool to the touch - maybe sometimes slightly warm. No hot spots.
Scenario - I bought this tablet for digital art, and it works fine for that. I have used it as a secondary display at it works fine for that purpose also. But most of the time I only use it when I want to draw.
How I connect it
There are two cables running from the tablet.
display signal and data - I connect it via a single USB-C Thunderbolt 3 cable to one my Surface Pro 8's 2 USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports.
power - I connect it using Huion's power adapter to the wall.
Diagonal wobble
Rating: GOOD (LOW AMOUNT OF WOBBLE)
Wobble is minor and only noticeable in very slow strokes.
Connection quirks
When connected to my Surface pro 8 via USB-C, when the Surface Pro sleeps, every 20 seconds the Kamvas shows a no signal and power saving message and the Surface Pro keeps playing The "USB device connected" & "USB device disconnected" sounds, this pattern reoccurs every 20 seconds ad infinitum.
To stop it, I simply disconnect the USB-C cable from the Surface Pro.
I'm not sure what the issue is but I suspect its some interaction with the sleep mode of the Surface Pro.
I did not see this in the other devices I tried, so I am not sure how prevalant it is.
Once the Surface Pro is awake, everything works normally.
Anti-glare sparkle
The only issue with this tablet is that it exhibits the strongest anti-glare sparkle that I have ever seen in any device.
I'm not even typically sensitive to anti-glare sparkle. I can tolerate a lot of it. It took me several weeks to adjust to adjust to this. I mostly don't mind it now. Some of you will surely hate the amount of sparkle, and mainy people complain about this model for this reason.
General
In all other ways, I was satisfied with this tablet.
Using one USB-C cable
I was able to use this with a single Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cable. But one of my computers could supply enough power for it with that cable, and one of my computers could not.
More here:
EyekooDrawsStuff - Kamvas Slate 10 review 2024/06/02
Brad Colbow review of Huion Kamvas Slate 10 2024/01/17
Teoh on Tech review of Huion Kamvas Slate 10 2024/01/21
Teoh Yi Chie review of Huion Kamvas 12 2021/03/06
Brad Colbow review of Huion Kamvas 12 Jan 11 2021/01/11
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-70
Teoh on Tech review of Huion Kamvas 13 2020/05/01
Brad Colbow review of Huion Kamvas 13 2020/03/26
Huion Kamvas 13 (GEN3) (GS1333)
Teoh on Tech review of Huion Kamvas 13 (GEN3) - 2024/09/01
Model Year: 2020
Model Year: 2020
Brad Colbow review of Huion Kamvas 22 Plus 2020/09/08
Model Year: 2021
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-90
Model Year: 2021
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-92
Adam Duff review of Huion Kamvas 24 Plus 2023/10/14
Brad Colbow review of Huion Kamvas Studio 24 2023/03/14
Overview
Great budget pen display
Weaknesses
My usage
I connect it to my PC with a single thunderbolt 3 USB-C cable
NOTE: I have ordered this tablet, but I don't have it yet. I'll write my evaluation once I get some time with it.
released: 2024
Native resolution: 1920x1080
Refresh rate: 60Hz
1x PW600L pen
This tablet does NOT support touch.
2x USB-C ports
Upper USB-C port is recessed into the tablet. Intended for use with the Huion 3-in-1 cable
Lower USB-C port is flush against the surface of the tablet and intended for use with a USB-C cable
This tablet does NOT support VESA mounting.
This tablet does NOT have legs.
Exhibits moderate
product page:
Model year: 2022
User manual: https://www.huion.com/manaul_pdf/en/RTS-300.pdf
Model Year: 2022
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-94
Model year: 2022
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-95
Overall good experience with this tablet. Some pressure instability to be aware of.
Bezel
I wish the bezel was a little wider to provide more space for my wrist to rest on the tablet. The edge feels a little abrupt to me.
Axillary inputs
Has capacitive buttons and a capacitive slider. I found these frustrating to use because I have to take my eyes off the screen and look down at the buttons or slider. That really disrupts my flow. Real physical buttons would have been better. In the end I disabled the buttons and the slider. They were getting triggered by my wrist too often.
Design
Clean and functional. nothing fancy. Very utilitarian.
Pressure instability
At low pressures there is some instability that causes pulsing of pressure. Mostly evident with strokes with really large brushes 200px, 400pn, etc. Can be mitigated to some degree with pressure smoothing in an app.
The Huion Kamvas 22 is one of the best price-to-performance pen displays in the market.
NOTE: In 2023, with the arrival of the XP-Pen Artist 22 Plus (MD220FH) though, I think the XP-Pen is an even better choice because of the improved pressure handling of the XP-Pen X3 Pro pen.
Model number: GS2202
Release year: 2020
Active area: 22" diagonal
Price - It normally costs about $450 but I see it discounted often to $400
Size: 22" diagonal
Aspect ratio: 16x9
Display panel tech: IPS
Bit depth: 8bpp
Anti-glare treatment: Etched glass
Laminated: YES
Pen model id: PW517
pen comes with plastic nib
TYPICAL. - normal for a pen display.
NONE. So, I use keyboard shorts with this device: tourbox
Center accuracy - GOOD. I did not measure
Corner Accuracy - Seems to me about +/- 3mm. A little on the high side, but it will not interfere with drawing.
GOOD - low.
VERY GOOD. very minimal. Not noticeable.
Pixelation - With a 1920x1080 display, it looks slightly pixelated. But I don't find that a problem while drawing. My ideal pen display would have the same 22" size but with 2560x1440 resolution
Dead pixels - none detected
Display sharpness - VERY GOOD. pixels clear and well delineated
Supports VESA mounting
I have my Kamvas 22 plus mounted to an Ergotron LX. It works great. I especially like that it can lower the tablet enough that the bottom edge can rest on the desk. This adds for some extra stability.
Comes with a basic stand that attaches via VESA mounting. Nothing fancy. but works great.
Tablet has no legs.
I originally bought this tablet for digital art, and it works fine for that.
Over time I have it setup on my work desk on an arm. I use it as an external display but I pull it in closer when I want to draw on a whiteboard during an online meeting. I still occasionally sketch and paint on it, but since it is on my work desk I don't do as much of it as I used to.
Heat - display stays cool. I leave it on 24/7 and it has no hot spots.
Fan noise- NONE. It has no fans
Touch - it does NOT have touch support
3-in-1 cable
It comes with a proprietary 3-in-1 cable.
As the user manual illustrates. You cannot use this with a single USB-C cable or even two USB-C cables. You must always use the 3-in-1 cable in some form for power. Sometimes I have set it up with the 3-in-1 cable connected in the top USB-C port and then the power end connected to the wall. And in the bottom port, I use a Thunderbolt 3 cable to get the display signal and data to the pen display.
very good. has extremely low wobble.
Teoh on Tech review of Huion Inspiroy Dial 2 2022/08/16
SweetMonia review of Huion Inspiroy 2 Dial 2022/09/19
Summary
I really like this tablet. Drawing experience is good but what really sets it apart are the physical controls - especially the TWO dials on the left.
ExpressKeys
The dials make it easy to adjust things like brush size while painting.I tended to accidentally hit the lower dial with my forearm so I disabled that one.
These are entry-level pen tablets launched on August 15, 2024.
Parka Blogs - Review of Huion Frego M (L610) & S (L310) 2024/08/22
Create Now Sleep Later - Review of Huion Inspiroy Frego (L610) 2024/09/01
THIS tablet is still under review.
I like this tablet a lot.
A good simple tablet. Nothing fance.
Good for beginners.
The pen it came with had a wide pressure range. This is good. IAF typical of Huion pens.
Release year: 2024
This is a medium-sized tablet - with an active area slightly larger than Wacom Intuos Pro Medium (PTH-660).
In terms of paper sizes this is about the size of an A4 sheet of paper.
Looks very simple and nice. Is very good, but I wouldn't say it has a premium look.
Color - matte black all around
Huion branding - On the front nothing is visible. One the back the Huion logo is very slightly visible as some recessed shiny black plastic..
Lights
green LED on upper right indicating USB connection
blue LED on upper right indicating Bluetooth operation
Comes with the Huion PW550S pen.
Default nib: felt
You can use the Huion PW517 pen with this tablet. But it is not as good as the PW550 and PW550S.
IAF - The specific pen I had seemed to have a typical IAF (I am not good at measuring) for a Huion PenTech 3.0+ pen. It seemed to be near 3gf as Huion stated.
Max pressure - The max pressure of the PW550S that came with the tablet was very high - about 735gf.
Nib - The included PW55S had a felt nib installed by default.
Pressure response - typical - bows up a bit.
VERY LOW - Typical for a pen tablet. Just a tiny tiny bit more lag than a Wacom.
NONE. This tablet does NOT support touch.
The tablet has not buttons dials or sliders.
No. The surface is not replaceable.
Very textured surface. Combined with the felt nib, it has a lot of texture. Even with the plastic nib the texture was strongly present.
In comparison, the Huion Frego is one of the most textured pen tablets I've encountered. It also has a lot of friction on the surface. It fells like it has even more texture than a Wacom Intuos Pro (PTH-x60 series) which is widely known as having a heavily textured surface.
Texture sound - Moving the pen (with the felt nib installed) across the surface also produces a clearly audible scratching sound. You may or may not like that. I prefer my tablets essentially silent.
Texture longevity - my experience with the texture on the Wacom Intuos Pro is that (1) the texture can really eat through nibs if you are drawing on them in certain ways. (2) the texture will wear down over time leaving "glossy" areas on the tablet which still work perfectly but have lost their texture. Only time will tell if the Frego will exhibit the same behaviors.
Wireless - yes supports wireless via Bluetooth. I did not test this.
Ports - a single USB-C
Bottom edge slops down a bit to make it more comfortable for your arm
EXCELLENT - almost no perceptible diagonal wobble.
As is typical for EMR pens, I recommend a pressure surve to reduce the sensitivity at the low end of the physical pressure range.
VERY GOOD. test with a 300px brush. Pressure smoothly transitions. A little bit of pressure wobble at the extreme low end of pressure - but that is normal even for the best pens.
EXCELLENT.
I drew 50 small strokes as fast as I could. The tablet registered all 50 strokes.
Pen holder - a cloth loop affixed on the top edge serves as a convenient pen holder.
Product page:
User manual:
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Model year: 2022
SweetMonia review of Huion Giano G930L 2024/03/14
Model year: 2019
User manual: https://www.huion.com/user-manual-69
Teoh on Tech review of Huion HS611 2021/02/14
Brad Colbow review of Huion HS611 2020/03/23
Nemanja Sekulic review of Huion HS611 2020/04/28
Introduced in 2022, the Giano G930L is a fantastic value. It's quite nice for drawing and I enjoy the extra size.
Its competitor is the Wacom Intuos Pro Large (PTH-860), and the Giano has some interesting differences:
The Giano G930L costs about $200 where the Wacom Intuos Pro Large (PTH-860) costs about $500
The Giano's active area is slightly larger than the Wacom Intuos Pro
Comes with the Huion PW517 pen.
The tablet has a textured surface. Amount of texture comparable to the Wacom Intuos Pro.
One minor nit: By default, the tablet when connected will still go to sleep apparently to conserve its battery. This isn't a problem because you go into the driver and turn off this sleep behavior.
There's a monochromatic OLED auxiliary display on the upper left of the tablet. This is a nice feature that lets you see the battery level easily.
Large tablets require some adjustment to work with. More here: Using large pen tablets
Some pressure pulsing visible at lower pressure. Will mostly be be visible with strokes using large brushes.
Rating: VERY GOOD. low amounts of wobble.
Summary
This is a slightly older Huion model from 2019 but is still a decent drawing tablet.
If you get it, then it will work fine. But you should consider the newer Huion pen tablets at the same price point as the HS611.
Pen
The tablet uses he the slightly older PW507 pen. The pen is a little "plastic-feeling" and cheap and the nib retracts a little more than I like.
Design
The HS611 lacks the refined look and feel of the newer Huion tablets.
Surface texture
The drawing surface is very slightly textured. The texture feels smoother than the Wacom Intuos Pro (PTH-x60 series). But it is not as smooth as the surface of an iPad.
ExpressKeys
It has 10 programmable buttons on the left - more than most other tablets.
In addition, at the top there are some additional media control keys which are convenient.
Diagonal wobble
It does exhibit some wobble at slow speeds but in normal drawing I didn't notice it much.
2024/07/12
2023/04/01
2021/0/25
Huion uses the name "PenTech" for their EMR pen technology and even has version numbers to help it has evolved over the years.
Much more here from Huion:
Huion uses the name "PenTech" for their EMR pen technology and even has version numbers to help it has evolved over the years. Much more here: Huion PenTech
Notes
See this resource from koneko_w https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=FE877F3F79694F2A!128&ithint=file%2cxlsx&wdo=2&authkey=!AIk1r64_60lJHxE
These pens have two buttons which is typical for an EMR pen.
I tested four PW550 series pens on 2024/08/30
1x PW500S
4x PW550
I'm not good at measuring IAF but each seemed to be around 3gf.
PW550 - 223.6gf
PW550 - 560.0gf
PW550 - 850.0gf
PW500S - 735.5gf
As is typical for EMR pens, these pens have a response that bows up. All 4 hit 50% at around 100gf.
So as I often recommend, you should consider a pressure curve to linearize this response so that you have more pressure control at the lower end of the physical pressure range.
Version | Type | Description |
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Model Identifier | Launch Year | Pen Technology | Huion PenTech |
---|---|---|---|
PenTech 4.0
Passive EMR
Adds a chip to the Stylus. Introduced in 2024 with the launch of the Kamvas Pro 19 and Kamvas Pro 27. Significant improvement over PenTech 3.x. Wider pressure range, much better pressure handling.
PenTech 3.0+
Passive EMR
Huion states: - "more linear pressure sensitivity" - "lower IAF"
PenTech 3.0
Passive EMR
Pressure now detected through a pressure sensor instead of relying on moving the ferrite core. This is a more reliable design and is how Wacom has been doing it for decades.
PenTech 2.0
Passive EMR
Pen no longer has battery. Pen gets power from the tablet.
PenTech 1.1
Active EMR
Pen has a rechargeable battery.
PenTech 1.0
Active EMR
Pen has a replaceable battery.
PW600
2024
Passive EMR
PenTech 4.0
PW600S
2024
Passive EMR
PenTech 4.0
2023
Passive EMR
PenTech 3.0+
2023
Passive EMR
PenTech 3.0+
PW515
2023?
Passive EMR
PenTech 3.0
2023
Passive EMR
PenTech 3.0
2020
Passive EMR
PenTech 3.0
2022
Passive EMR
PenTech 2.0
2018
Passive EMR
PenTech 2.0
2018
Passive EMR
PenTech 2.0
2017 or earlier (?)
Passive EMR
PenTech 2.0
2016 or earlier (?)
Active EMR
PenTech 1.0
2016 or earlier (?)
Active EMR
PenTech 1.0
2016 or earlier (?)
Active EMR
PenTech 1.0
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NOT EMR
PenTech 1.0
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Active EMR
PenTech 1.0
Pen buttons - GOOD. the PW600 has 3 buttons. The PW600S has two buttons.
Pen button feel - GOOD. the buttons on both pens have a nicer "crisper" clicking action than the buttons of the PW517 which feel a bit soft/mushy in comparison
Pen IAF - GOOD. Huion says 2gf for both pens. Seems accurate. A little more sensitive than the PW517 pen which is at about 3gf.
Pen maximum pressure - VERY GOOD. I measured both pens at 510gf (slightly *more* than the 500gf that Huion specified). This amount of variance is normal.
PW600/PW600S compatibility with older tablets - The new pens are NOT compatible with older Huion tablets.
Pen weight - I measured with a digital scale
PW600 = 16g
PW600S = 14g
PW517 = 14g
Pen eraser - the PW600 and PW600S pens do have an eraser. I don't user erasers so don't have any particular comment on it.
Inspiroy 2 S (H641P)
Inspiroy 2 M (H951P)
Inspiroy 2 L (H1061P)
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I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS THIS TABLET CURRENTLY
I only tried this tablet for about a week. In most ways it is a good tablet with some nice features.
HOWEVER, some units (not all) display some bad pressure handling.
See this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/comments/165acwt/extremely_unstable_pen_pressure_sensitivity_on_a/
Frequency
I have two units of this tablet and both exhibit the problem. I've run into several other people who also have the same problems, but also have seen people say they do not experience the problem. Tablet experiences extremely unstable pressure causing extreme pulsing of strokes.
What it looks like
Example: With Krita Ink3 GPen brush with default settings and size set to 400 pixels and drawing at the lower end of pressure.
The pulsing is also visible in smaller brushes - for example 100 pixels.
The effect is not noticeable with small brushes for example 5 pixels.
Huion needs to address this problem with an update.
This behavior seems hardware-related. It occurs with both when using the Huion driver and OpenTabletDriver.
This tablet comes with the Huion PW110 pen
I tried it with a PW517 pen. It worked.
Huion puts L in the name of this tablet to identify it is as a "large" tablet. However this tablet is close to size to medium tablets like the Wacom Intuos Pro medium (PTH-660) it is nowhere close to the true large size of something like the Wacom Intuos Pro Large (PTH-860) or the Huion Inspiroy Giano G930L.
Does NOT support wireless connectivity. It must be connected with USB cable.
I really enjoyed the flexibility of how the buttons work with the group keys. Even though there are 8 buttons, with the three group keys, you get effectively 8x3 = 24 buttons.
firmware: T21m 221228
app: Krita
brush: ink-3 G pen, 500px
driver: v15.6.2.80
comments: strong pulsing effect at lower pressues. Size of brush jumps dramatically up and down.
firmware: T21m 221228
app: Krita
brush: ink-3 G pen, 500px
driver: v15.7.6.753
comments: pulsing still strongly present at lower pressures but with this driver the effect is smoother.