Huion KAMVAS Pro 13 GT-133 Pen Display Drawing Monitor

Pros: Great response when drawing. Works very well with Adobe Illustrator. Way better then my Wacom Intuos tablet. Cons: Nothing that stands out Overall Review: Would buy again

Pros: -Compact
-Light
-Almost(lacks size) as powerful as a top of the line drawing screen.
-So smooth.
-Comes with a glove <3 Cons: None Overall Review: Looking to update from tablet to screen, but you don't want to risk buying something expensive because you're afraid it might not work out? Then look no further because this is what you need.

Pros: This pen tablet does everything the home user would need at a very attractive price point. I can’t compare it to the competition, since this is the first device such as this that I have owned, but I can say that it works very well. About 5 years ago, when I first purchased Zbrush, I was shopping for a tablet like this. I could not justify spending nearly two grand, so I got one of those pen tablets that you try to draw on while looking at your computer screen. That was a total waste of money, I can’t draw a decent circle that way, even my signature looks pretty bad. At the time, the cheaper alternatives where not that good, based on the reviews of others, and I did not want to waste my money on a sub-par product. I started looking again recently, the Hurion tablets have many good reviews now, as do the X-pen brand. I decided on the Hurion tablet based on a couple of factors. This is the latest model, which now has a battery free pen. Also the glass on the tablet has a texture, instead of a plastic cover over the glass. I’ve read many nightmare stories of problems installing those, plus they dull the image and add thickness between your pen and the actual lines you will be drawing. The texture on the glass is kind of important to give a little resistance, so it feels more like paper, but it does not affect the picture quality at all. Also the screen is laminated, or whatever, it makes the screen thinner so the tip of the pen is right on top of the line you are drawing. Not like you are drawing through a piece of glass 1/4″ thick. You have to download the driver from the Hurion website, not a big deal, and it is the most bloat-free software you can get. In addition to the driver just a simple application to set up the functions of the tablet, like the shortcut buttons, etc. The pen feels good in my hand, and the button on the pen is comfortable to operate. The pen stand is weighted about right, and inside you will find 10 spare nibs. The 8192 Levels of pen pressure is nice. I don’t know for sure if that is a exaggeration on the part of the manufacturer, but I can say that it works quite well. You can make very light lines by pressing lightly with the pen, and increasingly heavier lines the harder you press. It feels quite natural to me, like I am using a real pencil. I can rest my palm on the screen without causing unwanted input, you can’t use it with your fingers, which is fine. This model also has a wiring harness that combines the three wires into a single one, which is nice. Cons: Not a con, but be aware that you need to hook this tablet up to a computer to use it. Many of the bad reviews I read about this product where because people bought it and did not know this. The tablet has no processor, ram or operating system of it’s own. It is really just a monitor that is set up to use a pen. You have to plan ahead a little bit and be aware if you can just plug this in, or will you need another/different video card. My current GTX 1060 video card has like 4 outputs on it but you can only run two monitors simultaneously. I am already running two screens, so I knew I would be installing another video card to get this up and running. After installing the driver and powering it up just go to display settings and set it up from there just like any other monitor. Overall Review: I would love to have a more expensive, professional grade pen tablet, but I am just doing this for fun. I can’t write the cost of the professional grade equipment off on my taxes, I’m retired, and don’t have a business. That’s why I say this Hurion product is great for the home user/amateur artist. It is a cheap Chinese knock off, and in this case that is just fine. For about $300 on sale, compared to about 2 grand it is a no brainer. And the thing works just great to boot. I’ve tested it out with Zbrush, Clip Studio, Art Rage and Dogwaffle so far. Works great with them all, if your software supports a pen, it will most likely work fine for you. I would add, I had to go into the preferences for most of my programs and set the tablet settings to “Tablet PC” versus “Wintab”. It seems like Wintab is the default setting, but for me the cursor was about 3 inches off until I set it to Tablet PC.

Pros: I guess it worked for a little while and costs less than a Cintiq 16.
Build quality feels generally pretty decent in the hand. Cons: Half the display suddenly stopped working 9-10 months after I bought this.. It hasn’t been dropped and lives in a custom 1/8″ felt case (good luck finding an off the shelf case for these) which would be sort of okay if they responded to customer service refuses to respond to any warranty claims I’ve filed… Nothing. I’ve filed three now. Nothing.. Not a single response.
Complete silence.
Part of my work involves graphics and design and losing a tool suddenly with no support is unacceptable.
When it was working, I’d say the main cons are that buttons feel a bit cheap/loose, and you can’t get “felt” like nibs like the wacom tips and that there’s a moderate amount of cursor lag. Overall Review: Buy a wacom. You can get a fantastic and reliable graphics tablet for about the same price. for a little bit more, you can get an extremely well reviewed pen display. If you get on reddit (I didn’t before buying) You’ll find scathing reviews of quality and more similar reviews of their customer service.
If it worked, I’d say go ahead and get one. But this customer service and lack of integrity for warranty support is utterly unacceptable.
Go get a Wacom. I’d take a medium intuos pro that *works* any day over a kamvas pro 16 pen display that doesn’t.