I did menion that in my video but I work on a Mac - the beta driver bugged up my tablet and I had to exchange it. It works by default on PC's for now - Borodante has a great review of it where he demonstrates it.
This is a really great review! I love these side-by-side comparisons. They really help to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each model. Thanks for the video!
After watching this, I decided to pull out my old Kamvas pro 16 and see if the new drivers would fix the issues that I had a few years ago. For the most part they have been fixed and I am really excited to get back to sketching digitally again! Thank you so much for reigniting my joy for drawing again!
Not sure if you've done this video format before, but I appreciated this less editorialized review of hardware from you, Mr. Duff. Nice motion graphics as well! Very slick review.
Thanks for your video! Cuz of ur last vid on xppen 19 i went for it (its on sale atm) im really happy with my purchase all is working good im not a fan of that wheel on the pen but isnt a big deal
Interesting comparison! What struck me is that usually, reviewers find the Huion display somewhat softer because of strong anti glare coating of the glass, and the XPPen display sharper and crisper. Your review is the first one to suggest otherwise. Edit: Never mind - others already adressed this issue, and you responded to them.
Watching this while using my trusty 6 year-old XP-PEN 15.6. The only thing I really feel like I'm missing on is the laminated screen and minimum pressure, other than that I'm very happy with how long it's lasting considering how much I use this thing.
You’re the first I’ve read has had it in constant use for more than just a couple years. I’ve been mostly worried about durability. I have a wacom cintiq 16” which has lasted for 6 years now and I don’t see too many reviewers doing it about durability
@@brandondelgado7731 I'd guess that majority of reviewers don't go on to use these tablets and just stick with their cintiqs/ipads so they can't really attest to durability. I'd prefer to be using a cintiq but I can't justify spending +1000 to improve certain features when this one cost me 350 in 2018 :)
A couple years ago I spent a good amount of money to get a 2nd-gen 16 inch Huion pro drawing tablet. In less than six months, I had issues appear where the screen went pink around the edges. Huion didn’t do anything for me. They refused to acknowledge a problem, and I was forced to sell it to somebody else, fully acknowledging the issue. I will never buy another Huion product, ever. To the contrary, I have had several XP-Pen drawing tablets and I’ve never had a single issue with any of them. I have wireless ones and they were just as well. The drivers are fantastic and are constantly updated and are even available on Linux.
If you're looking to buy a display tablet right now, please check reviews that have used it at least for a year. I bought an xp-pen about two years ago and while it works wonderfully, the pen tips wear out so easily, it will leave considerable damage on the display protector... or even worse the screen itself. So trust me, you want to know if you can be happy with the tablet on the long run.
The xp-pen in the review is etched glass, so no screen protectors to damage here. A pack of nibs is ~13$ or less so I don't think that's a huge dealbreaker.
I combine the CSP Tab Mate with my stylus, so I barely use my stylus' buttons, maybe just the Hand tool and the Undo. It's because the pose you need to do with the tablet and the position of the keyboard was very hurtful for me, and the Tab Mate saved my bones and muscles from more bending out of shape pains 😅 I'm saving for the HUION though.
Hey Adam, thanks for the video. Regarding the sensitivity you mention at 7:04, how would it compared to wacom? I've been using wacom for years and really got used to its pen sensitivity, but I might have to switch as wacom's screen tablets are too overpriced for me. I wish there would be a non-touch version of the huion at a cheaper price!
Great again Adam. Watched it a few times. It would have been very interesting (!!) to hear how you feel it compares to your Cintiq? Of course it's smaller, but how is the drawing experience?
I haven’t tried smaller Cintiqs personally, only my 27” 12-year-old one, but it compares excellently - of course there will be differences but nothing that’s a deal breaker
Hey Adam, thanks for the comparison! I've noticed XP-Pen's X3 Pro Slim Stylus seems to be using nibs similar to Huion's nibs rather than those of the regular X3 Pro Smart/Roller. Would you happen to know if Huion's nibs are compatible with XP-Pen's X3 Pro Slim? XP-Pen seems to be selling Felt nibs for their slim stylus only in certain regions and who knows when they'll be widely available. In the meantime I'm looking for an alternative as sometimes certain nibs are a perfect fit between two or more brands.
Interesting.... I've heard that the Huion is the one with a softer look and that the XPPen is the one that has sharper pixels. I wonder if it's due to variation between devices?
Great video! Two quick questions... Do either the Huion or XP-Pen drivers allow you to create on screen buttons like Wacom? Also, do either allow you to enable touch ONLY for the on screen buttons (like Wacom)?
From what I can see, the express menu button is the only way I’ve seen to have on - screen buttons, I’m not sure otherwise, nothing advertised about it
Neither of the mini keyboards support pressing and holding multiple buttons on the mac. Just something to keep in mind if you’re like me and assign CMD Alt and Shift to buttons. The Huion keydial accepts a single press of two buttons but releases the first button immediately, so no CMD Alt dragging etc. Unless you assign the various combinations to buttons. It works on Windows, though. Wacom develops for mac first but these companies develop for Windows and Android.
Hi Adam! This is completely unrelated to your tech review, but I have been thinking about your past art book review videos recently and was wondering if you have seen Arcane/had purchased The Art and Making of Arcane. I am very curious about the art book and was thinking about getting it. Love your videos!!
Thank you David for this great review/comparison. I'm am still learning to draw, so, pen and paper for now (even though I have a Huion kamvas 13 that I don't use). But next year, I am aiming for the Kamvas pro 19. (J'te niaise, merci Adam 😋).
I think the (finger) touch function with the Kamvas pro 19 is the biggest factor in price difference. And, this is why I will choose Huion over XPpen (those models as of 2024) - Zoom and rotate canvas with touch is much more intuitive in my opinion. One thing that I don't like about both devices is the USB-C placement. We all know that our cellphones USB ports will become loose after a year of plug/unplug everyday...now, I don't expect to do that with a pen display everyday. but they should come up with a sturdier solution for pro-consumer devices ( great exemple: XPpen Artist Pro 24 Gen2 - They have a protected USB connection system with a back plate. major +1 for that). Same thing is happening in the pro audio world...selling a pro midi keyboard with UBS-C, this thing could snap at any time during a show/on the road.
I have both these tablets. The huion's screen is slightly softer. I don't use the word "blurry" because I think it doesn't describe it correctly or at least exaggerates it. It doesn't bother me (some people really don't like it) and it's not an extreme difference but it is noticable. As I draw with it, I stop noticing it. Many reviewers comment on it and use that same "soft" description.
@@thesevenpens which one would u recommend because I want the screen to be sharp and accurate . Which one according to u provides the best drawing experience?
That's probably due to the screen protector they add in the factory. I took it off on my xp pen 15.6 a couple years ago and the image is much clearer now, the downside is that you got a glass feel when drawing
@byu2 the huion kamvas pro 19 doesn't have a screen protector. The softness comes from the etched glass surface which provides an anti glare treatment. A slight softness is normal for AG treatments because they work by dispersing light. The specific treatment used in this tablet just has a bit more than normal.
@@dhimankalita1690 I still think the Kamvas Pro 19 is the better choice. The drawing performance is better due to the new Huion PW600 pen series compared to the XP-Pen X3 Pro pen series. The PW600 has a consistently wider pressure range in my testing. I cover both these tablets on my channel if you want more details.
I use the huion 24 pro and my issue is it has the rainbow effect on the screen which I hate. The 22 inch one I had before didn't have it. I feel like someone who doesn't draw thought the rainbow effect was good on monitors but its terrible. If i want more resistance I'll use a felt nib. Still I prefer using these devices to cintiq as cintiq while it has pen rotation feels clunky and out of date.
I have a cintiq 22 touch from 2018 I really dont like the bulkiness of it, and Im thinking about selling it to buy one of these... but Im hesitant bc of the quality. Would I really feel a difference I honestly think I will but in a good way, the cintiq22 feels a bit old now. Lots of people would like that bc of brand but I dont :P
Got to the price section and thought, "I'm so happy I don't like display tablets". Wow! I only paid $47 for the XP-pen Deco o1 v2, and that was years ago now.
I noticed there was no mention regarding refresh rate in this review. Does that mean both displays here are 60Hz? Does that also mean that 60Hz is considered fine for drawing, i.e. 120Hz would be an unnecessary expense with negligible meaningful art benefit? I'm mainly asking because I'm currently deliberating between iPad Air vs Pro.
I upgraded my Huion tablet to activate the touch screen on Mac, the tablet is unusable like you said, it is a brand new tablet and I didnèt even get to try it. I'm contacting the support to try getting a new unit.
I don't understand why you didn't mention the advantages of the huion touch screen. Or in the final pros and cons of each. To me that is the most important difference, because the rest of the features are almost the same. It's very strange to omit something like that.
I got the kamvas pro 19 for a bargain (700 dollars brand new including taxes in EU). I must say.. after using Wacom for most of my career as Art director and 3D artist, these new ones are insanely good. They butcher my old personal wacom 22 (1080p version) hands down in every metric. This will be my daily driver at home from now on and i actually look forward to using it. If i was to ask for anything more, it would be a straight 20 inch screen and 120hz. But i suppose with 120hz, it would have to use fans. My first screen drawing tablet was a Huion back in 2017 but it was horrible. To see Huion and its competitors get this good is nothing short of amazing and a great thing for professionals and hobbyist around the world that can't stomach Wacoms extortionate pricing. Don't get me wrong, i love Wacom products... but i just can't justify the price of 4000 dollars for a screen tablet.
@@solarydays We keep hearing how Chinese brands break down so easy according to racist buffoons from the west! The Western world is breaking down so badly while China is still intact and more advanced! It is even more advanced than US occupied Japan and USA itself!
I have a Huion Kamvas pro 24 QHD Ver, coming from an old wacom cintiq 13hd, I won't recommend anyone to buy Huion. Had 2 defective units I had to replace, customer service was pretty bad. Now I'm 4 years of usage and it's doing the job, big screen and decent res for a nice budget but tbh releasing the 4k version just a couple months after my purchase was a kick in the gut. Just my PoV, Wacom's expensive as hell but I'd prefer a lower tier wacom rather than a huion
As a consumer I don't trust Huion , I have bought from them a tablet from the 16-inch series that has had a software issue regarding the cursor placement in relation to the stylus ever since it's release and it still hasn't been fixed
you forget Huion has touch. that's why its a little bit expensive
I did menion that in my video but I work on a Mac - the beta driver bugged up my tablet and I had to exchange it.
It works by default on PC's for now - Borodante has a great review of it where he demonstrates it.
This is a really great review!
I love these side-by-side comparisons. They really help to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each model.
Thanks for the video!
After watching this, I decided to pull out my old Kamvas pro 16 and see if the new drivers would fix the issues that I had a few years ago. For the most part they have been fixed and I am really excited to get back to sketching digitally again! Thank you so much for reigniting my joy for drawing again!
I ordered the Artist Pro 19, can't wait to try drawing with it! This will be my first time drawing on a display tablet of this size and quality.
Not sure if you've done this video format before, but I appreciated this less editorialized review of hardware from you, Mr. Duff. Nice motion graphics as well! Very slick review.
I totally get that - in this case however, it’s more of a buyers guide so it’s important to make sure the info is clearly and concisely shared
Thanks for your video! Cuz of ur last vid on xppen 19 i went for it (its on sale atm) im really happy with my purchase all is working good im not a fan of that wheel on the pen but isnt a big deal
Interesting comparison! What struck me is that usually, reviewers find the Huion display somewhat softer because of strong anti glare coating of the glass, and the XPPen display sharper and crisper. Your review is the first one to suggest otherwise.
Edit: Never mind - others already adressed this issue, and you responded to them.
In teoh yie chie video, he put side by side comparison between the two. Huion is blurry than xppen.
Watching this while using my trusty 6 year-old XP-PEN 15.6. The only thing I really feel like I'm missing on is the laminated screen and minimum pressure, other than that I'm very happy with how long it's lasting considering how much I use this thing.
You’re the first I’ve read has had it in constant use for more than just a couple years. I’ve been mostly worried about durability. I have a wacom cintiq 16” which has lasted for 6 years now and I don’t see too many reviewers doing it about durability
@@brandondelgado7731 I'd guess that majority of reviewers don't go on to use these tablets and just stick with their cintiqs/ipads so they can't really attest to durability. I'd prefer to be using a cintiq but I can't justify spending +1000 to improve certain features when this one cost me 350 in 2018 :)
I have the Huion Kamvas Pro 19 for months now and I love it.
A couple years ago I spent a good amount of money to get a 2nd-gen 16 inch Huion pro drawing tablet. In less than six months, I had issues appear where the screen went pink around the edges. Huion didn’t do anything for me. They refused to acknowledge a problem, and I was forced to sell it to somebody else, fully acknowledging the issue. I will never buy another Huion product, ever.
To the contrary, I have had several XP-Pen drawing tablets and I’ve never had a single issue with any of them. I have wireless ones and they were just as well. The drivers are fantastic and are constantly updated and are even available on Linux.
Amazing review! Everything you do is just professional. The editing in this video is also amazing. Thank you very much for being you!
Read my mind! I have been looking between these for Black Friday! Thank you!
I’m eager to hear your review on the xencelabs. Love the review btw! Great video.
If you're looking to buy a display tablet right now, please check reviews that have used it at least for a year. I bought an xp-pen about two years ago and while it works wonderfully, the pen tips wear out so easily, it will leave considerable damage on the display protector... or even worse the screen itself.
So trust me, you want to know if you can be happy with the tablet on the long run.
The xp-pen in the review is etched glass, so no screen protectors to damage here. A pack of nibs is ~13$ or less so I don't think that's a huge dealbreaker.
Thanks for that point - I’m sure many will appreciate the long term insight
Man I was just looking into these two last night trying to decide which one to get this Black Friday. Thank you!!! ❤
Which one are you going with?
@ will be buying the XP Pen 19”. After. I can save again since I just had my car windows broken… 😞
I combine the CSP Tab Mate with my stylus, so I barely use my stylus' buttons, maybe just the Hand tool and the Undo. It's because the pose you need to do with the tablet and the position of the keyboard was very hurtful for me, and the Tab Mate saved my bones and muscles from more bending out of shape pains 😅 I'm saving for the HUION though.
Hey Adam, thanks for the video. Regarding the sensitivity you mention at 7:04, how would it compared to wacom? I've been using wacom for years and really got used to its pen sensitivity, but I might have to switch as wacom's screen tablets are too overpriced for me. I wish there would be a non-touch version of the huion at a cheaper price!
Just as good imo - I feel zero difference, confided my Wacom is over a decade old
@@AdamDuffArt Great, thanks for the reply!
Great again Adam. Watched it a few times. It would have been very interesting (!!) to hear how you feel it compares to your Cintiq? Of course it's smaller, but how is the drawing experience?
I haven’t tried smaller Cintiqs personally, only my 27” 12-year-old one, but it compares excellently - of course there will be differences but nothing that’s a deal breaker
Hey Adam, thanks for the comparison!
I've noticed XP-Pen's X3 Pro Slim Stylus seems to be using nibs similar to Huion's nibs rather than those of the regular X3 Pro Smart/Roller. Would you happen to know if Huion's nibs are compatible with XP-Pen's X3 Pro Slim?
XP-Pen seems to be selling Felt nibs for their slim stylus only in certain regions and who knows when they'll be widely available. In the meantime I'm looking for an alternative as sometimes certain nibs are a perfect fit between two or more brands.
Interesting.... I've heard that the Huion is the one with a softer look and that the XPPen is the one that has sharper pixels. I wonder if it's due to variation between devices?
Same . I'm so confused because the vid I've watched mention huion image quality as blurry but here it's the opposite.
Yeah, would have been nice to see some side by side pictures of the screens close-up.
XP pen is totally sharper, but the pen performance is way better on huion, XP pen still makes those short wobbly line.
Not sure, from my eyes the Huion felt sharper for sure
Hmm, seems to be a general opinion - I’ll have to do more tests. Perhaps they’re both closer and this is more subjective
Great video! Two quick questions... Do either the Huion or XP-Pen drivers allow you to create on screen buttons like Wacom? Also, do either allow you to enable touch ONLY for the on screen buttons (like Wacom)?
From what I can see, the express menu button is the only way I’ve seen to have on - screen buttons, I’m not sure otherwise, nothing advertised about it
@@AdamDuffArt Thank you!
The sharpness of Huion is blurry compare to Xppen. Teoh Yie che reviewed it with side to side comparison between the two.
Great video. Concise and informative.
Neither of the mini keyboards support pressing and holding multiple buttons on the mac. Just something to keep in mind if you’re like me and assign CMD Alt and Shift to buttons. The Huion keydial accepts a single press of two buttons but releases the first button immediately, so no CMD Alt dragging etc. Unless you assign the various combinations to buttons.
It works on Windows, though. Wacom develops for mac first but these companies develop for Windows and Android.
Hi Adam! This is completely unrelated to your tech review, but I have been thinking about your past art book review videos recently and was wondering if you have seen Arcane/had purchased The Art and Making of Arcane. I am very curious about the art book and was thinking about getting it. Love your videos!!
Looking forward to the xp pen 24in review.
Thank you David for this great review/comparison. I'm am still learning to draw, so, pen and paper for now (even though I have a Huion kamvas 13 that I don't use). But next year, I am aiming for the Kamvas pro 19. (J'te niaise, merci Adam 😋).
I think the (finger) touch function with the Kamvas pro 19 is the biggest factor in price difference. And, this is why I will choose Huion over XPpen (those models as of 2024) - Zoom and rotate canvas with touch is much more intuitive in my opinion. One thing that I don't like about both devices is the USB-C placement. We all know that our cellphones USB ports will become loose after a year of plug/unplug everyday...now, I don't expect to do that with a pen display everyday. but they should come up with a sturdier solution for pro-consumer devices ( great exemple: XPpen Artist Pro 24 Gen2 - They have a protected USB connection system with a back plate. major +1 for that). Same thing is happening in the pro audio world...selling a pro midi keyboard with UBS-C, this thing could snap at any time during a show/on the road.
lol, j’étais comme, David?! C’est qui ça!?
De rien mon ami :)
How could you not mention the fact the Huion has TOUCH? That more than justifies it's higher price and blows the xp pen out of the water
I heard that huion image quakity us blurry . Is it true?
I have both these tablets. The huion's screen is slightly softer. I don't use the word "blurry" because I think it doesn't describe it correctly or at least exaggerates it. It doesn't bother me (some people really don't like it) and it's not an extreme difference but it is noticable. As I draw with it, I stop noticing it. Many reviewers comment on it and use that same "soft" description.
@@thesevenpens which one would u recommend because I want the screen to be sharp and accurate . Which one according to u provides the best drawing experience?
That's probably due to the screen protector they add in the factory. I took it off on my xp pen 15.6 a couple years ago and the image is much clearer now, the downside is that you got a glass feel when drawing
@byu2 the huion kamvas pro 19 doesn't have a screen protector. The softness comes from the etched glass surface which provides an anti glare treatment. A slight softness is normal for AG treatments because they work by dispersing light. The specific treatment used in this tablet just has a bit more than normal.
@@dhimankalita1690 I still think the Kamvas Pro 19 is the better choice. The drawing performance is better due to the new Huion PW600 pen series compared to the XP-Pen X3 Pro pen series. The PW600 has a consistently wider pressure range in my testing. I cover both these tablets on my channel if you want more details.
Nice art, Adam. 😉
I use the huion 24 pro and my issue is it has the rainbow effect on the screen which I hate. The 22 inch one I had before didn't have it. I feel like someone who doesn't draw thought the rainbow effect was good on monitors but its terrible. If i want more resistance I'll use a felt nib. Still I prefer using these devices to cintiq as cintiq while it has pen rotation feels clunky and out of date.
I have a cintiq 22 touch from 2018 I really dont like the bulkiness of it, and Im thinking about selling it to buy one of these... but Im hesitant bc of the quality. Would I really feel a difference I honestly think I will but in a good way, the cintiq22 feels a bit old now. Lots of people would like that bc of brand but I dont :P
Got to the price section and thought, "I'm so happy I don't like display tablets". Wow!
I only paid $47 for the XP-pen Deco o1 v2, and that was years ago now.
I noticed there was no mention regarding refresh rate in this review. Does that mean both displays here are 60Hz? Does that also mean that 60Hz is considered fine for drawing, i.e. 120Hz would be an unnecessary expense with negligible meaningful art benefit? I'm mainly asking because I'm currently deliberating between iPad Air vs Pro.
Oh sorry, it’s 60hz (I’ll remember that next time
I upgraded my Huion tablet to activate the touch screen on Mac, the tablet is unusable like you said, it is a brand new tablet and I didnèt even get to try it. I'm contacting the support to try getting a new unit.
Yep - beta = bad :(
I don't understand why you didn't mention the advantages of the huion touch screen. Or in the final pros and cons of each.
To me that is the most important difference, because the rest of the features are almost the same.
It's very strange to omit something like that.
That is indeed the reason for the price difference. Everything else is pretty much equal.
First to comment! Thanks for your great work Adam!
wait-so you pronounce it "Huion"?
I thought it was "uhaion". I must have sounded dumb af to the seller lmao
I got the kamvas pro 19 for a bargain (700 dollars brand new including taxes in EU). I must say.. after using Wacom for most of my career as Art director and 3D artist, these new ones are insanely good. They butcher my old personal wacom 22 (1080p version) hands down in every metric. This will be my daily driver at home from now on and i actually look forward to using it. If i was to ask for anything more, it would be a straight 20 inch screen and 120hz. But i suppose with 120hz, it would have to use fans.
My first screen drawing tablet was a Huion back in 2017 but it was horrible. To see Huion and its competitors get this good is nothing short of amazing and a great thing for professionals and hobbyist around the world that can't stomach Wacoms extortionate pricing. Don't get me wrong, i love Wacom products... but i just can't justify the price of 4000 dollars for a screen tablet.
@@solarydays We keep hearing how Chinese brands break down so easy according to racist buffoons from the west! The Western world is breaking down so badly while China is still intact and more advanced! It is even more advanced than US occupied Japan and USA itself!
I have a Huion Kamvas pro 24 QHD Ver, coming from an old wacom cintiq 13hd, I won't recommend anyone to buy Huion. Had 2 defective units I had to replace, customer service was pretty bad. Now I'm 4 years of usage and it's doing the job, big screen and decent res for a nice budget but tbh releasing the 4k version just a couple months after my purchase was a kick in the gut. Just my PoV, Wacom's expensive as hell but I'd prefer a lower tier wacom rather than a huion
As a consumer I don't trust Huion , I have bought from them a tablet from the 16-inch series that has had a software issue regarding the cursor placement in relation to the stylus ever since it's release and it still hasn't been fixed