2020 HUION Kamvas 13 Graphics Drawing Tablet Screen 13.3 Inch Monitor with 1920 x 1080 Full HD Display,2 Type-C Ports,120% sRGB Gamut for Android/Windows/Mac-(Black)

This product would be nearly perfect and for the price it is exceptionally good value. However there is one small downside that I couldn't manage with and that is the screen size, which caused me to have to reluctantly return it.I'll discuss the size issue first and then the strengths of the product to help you decide if it's right for you. A 13.3 inch screen in the 16:9 aspect ratio does not give you a lot of vertical workspace. Once you fire up your art and design package of choice, unless it has the most minimal user interface, you are not left with much vertical area to draw in. Add to that the constant need to zoom because it is quite small and the fact your hand partially obscures the screen and you end up with a device that I found hampered my workflow rather than improving it.With that caveat aside I will say that the product is otherwise exceptional. I found it worked flawlessly on Windows 10 using a number of programs I tested it on including Corel Painter 2020, Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, Clip Studio, Krita & Medibang. This was absolutely no surprise to me as I have been using Huion's excellent HS610 pen tablet for about a year and have found their products work well for me with minimal fuss. Certainly an improvement over the various Wacom products I have used over the years with their janky and temperamental drivers.The pen is comfortable, light, fluid and responsive. When you get into the flow of creating your artwork you can produce work more quickly with a good pen system. Having used a mouse in art and design packages for about 30 years (almost as long as they have existed!) before switching to a pen tablet, the speed increase a pen brings was a revelation. I can skip my usual pencil and paper drafting stage if I wish and work straight from digital. I still love my pencils though.Be mindful that no pen tablet will make you a better artist just by owning it. The strength here is that it makes you quicker. This makes every hour spent creating more productive because you simply get more done. If you are an aspiring artist being able to work fast means much less frustration and every bit of practice increases your skill.To Sum Up: Be absolutely certain a screen this small is right for you, if it is then go for it. However look to go larger if you can afford it as that will speed up your workflow.

Overall great value for money! It is small if you're used to a larger screen tablet but I moved from the INSPIROY Q11k so I found this to be perfect size. Especially as I work with an ultrawide monitor and laptop already on my desk, any bigger and it would get in the way. I would totally recommend this to anyone just starting out. I was torn between this and the Kamvas 13 Pro and this was far better value for money and the specs are incredible for the price. I also prefer that it has a matte screen protector rather than the matte glass screen on the pro as if it does get scratched it can easily be replaced. Really does feel like drawing on paper. Wacom who?Cons: I only gave it 4 stars as it didn't work how I wanted straight out the box. First of all I had to reinstall the driver as the display was turning on and going straight into power saving mode because it didn't detect my laptop. Then being a lefty made things difficult as the 180° tilt didn't work due to Display settings in Window 10. Could be an issue with winows 10 and out of Huions control but it would be nice if the driver could adjust these settings for it to work without you having to faf about.Also, I bought this over the pro as I'm not a fan of lots of cable and it supports USB-C. However, it doesn't come with the cable. As it has this function I think it would be much better to sell bundles with the USB-C and then users can purchase the 3 in 1 cable if required. But those are minor niggles and still the best tablet out there for the money!

The media could not be loaded.  Pictured above I have the HDMI cable from the all in one cable plugged into the back of my pc and the regular USB power cable plugged into a USB port in the back also. I have not plugged in the red power cable because the USB cable can take enough power from my pc to give to the tablet to use on its own so it will work. These cables are connected to the other longer cable on the othee end of the coupler which is connected to my Huinon tablet as above.I've also included a breakdown of the pen in a video above too. On my drawing software (Krita) one of the pen buttons can toggle the brush/rubber on and off and the other brings up an advanced colour palette. The results in some other software may vary.Disclaimer:I am not an expert with this product but I do know the following:*You need a PC or laptop to use this tablet mainly but you can connect it to other devices like a phone and it can work that way as a second screen, working on something that has already been saved to the cloud for e.g and can be accessed from your phone to work on with the tablet it is connected to. (Using a USB-C cable I presume)You also need to install the newest version of the software that works with the tablet to maintain it and allow it to be used with your digital drawing software. (If you don't know which one is the most recent one, you can check the update details for the version on the Huinon website after searching for whatever tablet version you have and what software you need, (and it will tell you what it's added or fixed since the last patch and you should be able to identify it from there) or download the manual if you've lost the set up instructions, or the Huinon official software for the tablet to use it properly and calibrate the pen or pressure level sensitivity in the pen).- Or you can just do what I did the first time and install all the versions and let your computer tell you that you've got the old version and it needs to be uninstalled before you install the newest one. You also must not have any other existing drawing tablet software (the software program for configuring the tablet settings, not the software you use for drawing).When using a PC or laptop if the tablet screen isn't duplicating like it should, make sure you set the screen settings to "Extend" or "Duplicate". (This can be done by pressing the Windows key + P for project settings which is how you can set up a double monitor with a connected device on a Windows PC) If the methods below aren't working for you then it's probably the result of a broken wire during transit or somehow the leads have been inserted to the incorrect ports or simply aren't inserted in enough (like they are hanging out and aren't properly connected into the port).When it works the tablet is great and the nibs bearly wear down, so you won't catch yourself paying the ludicrous £15 for more replacement nibs for that new fancy wacom tablet you're eyeing after using the pen for 0.5 seconds. This was the main reason I went for this tablet from a brand I'd never heard of becauseA) it had a good size, buttons were handy and other users had said the pen/nib quality was great + I lack the hand-eye coordination for a screenless tablet for digital art andB) I believe a german reviewer compared their pen from a decade's worth of use with older version of the more modern wacom tablets and it was still usable, but the new pen nibs she got with the overpriced new tablet lasted all of two hours. Ridiculous.There is one big issue with the Kamvas 13 tablet which is the fact that it has a black screen - no connection issue when trying to set it up for the first time. (Right out of the box)- Black screen issue -The instructions aren't clear when it comes to setting it up at all. I nearly threw mine out when I got the black screen issue that this tablet is infamous for apprently.(You plug in the cables whichever way from the tablet to your device and you turn the screen on with the button and the power button on the tablet stays red after a second of the huinon logo showing up on screen and then it says no connection and goes into power saving mode and the tablet stays off.)After a day of being depressed because the highlight of my week was ruined and i thought the tablet was broken or I was missing leads or something to make it work - and a frustrating amount of research and YouTube review videos watched later, I discovered the two awkward ways the tablet should be set up. - and I've written them here for any poor souls that encounter the same issue.Methods of setting it up (2 ways):- All in one cable set up -What it is:This cable as a short red USB power cable, a short HDMI cable and the longer USB-C cable that goes into the tablet at the top port on the right. (doesn't matter if it's in with the lead pointing up or down the ways)How:You can connect the all in one cable on its own from the tablet to your device (bendy bit with the curvey end goes into the top right side port of the tablet and the middle wire goes to the hdmi port) without connecting the red power usb lead to one of your device's usb ports if your laptop or PC has enough power output to power the tablet when it's turned on. (Taken from the other leads going from the tablet into the pc or laptop)Otherwise if it's still not functioning it needs more power to work. You'll need to connect the extended version of the power lead (longer red power lead that comes with the tablet) to the smaller lead on the all in one cable and connect the longer part of the whole (now extended with the short lead + longer version of the lead) cable into a usb compatible plug and plug it into any normal outlet or socket.- All in one USB-C set up -What it is:This is actually the most painless way of setting up the tablet (but of course you're only told this AFTER you look at any YouTube review of the tablet or at the bottom of the set up instructions, telling you the cable can be bought seperately along with the USB plug. (you might need if your laptop or PC can't power the tablet in its own even with the short power lead connected via a USB port on the side of your device) It works first try for the reviewer setting up the tablet that way) as it literally just involves you buying the double ended USB-C to USB-C cable from the Huinon store (available on it's Amazon version which is accessible from the store link at the top of this product page near the tablet product description) for a brisk £20 ~ £25 (on the Huinon Amazon store) or £35 on the Huinon website store, but it only delivers to the US so be careful if you're in the UK and want to order it that way. You are recommended to only order the Huinon double ended USB-C cable so that it will be guaranteed to work wih the tablet instead of the wire being faulty or incompatible with the tablet.How:Literally just plug the USB-C double ended cable from the bottom port on the right side of the tablet straight into a USB-C compatible port on your laptop or PC. I'm pretty sure this lead is also used to connect/link the tablet to be used on more obscure devices like a phone etc. With the drawing you have been working on already saved to be opened on your drawing software and worked on with the tablet. However, it depends on your interface prefence and what device you use your drawing software on mainly.I use Krita on an Alienware Aurora R7 PC, so setting it up was fine once I found out how to and discovered where the HDMI ports were on the back of the PC block even though I spent a day looking for them and were convinced they didn't exist.- when they were really just disguised by the fact that they were right above the vents and weren't labelled at all with nothing as much as a symbol or anything like the trident looking ones you see above any standard USB port.Thank you for reading and I hope you get your tablet working. If you still need help with the black screen issue the Huinon support page for the Kamvas 13 is here:https://huion.uk/pages/supportThe troubleshooting video I watched for the methods I described to tackle the issue is here:https://youtu.be/fbOLXnnJH4M& The most useful reviewer video I watched is here using the USB-C cable method straight out of the box:https://youtu.be/Aho48V75gmoHappy drawing!