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# Huion and XP-Pen

## Overview

**Huion** (<https://www.huion.com/>) and **XP-Pen** (<https://www.xp-pen.com/>) are the next big tablet brands. Their recent models, especially those released in 2021 and later, have been pretty good, but they still trail Wacom a bit in quality and reliability. In general, I think they offer 90% of what you get with Wacom at a substantial price reduction.

## Their best tablets

In 2023 and 2024, Huion and XP-Pen released models with upgraded tech that challenge Wacom's professional line.

* Huion Kamvas Pro 19
* Huion Kamvas Pro 27
* XP-Pen Deco Pro GEN2
* XP-Pen Artist Pro GEN2

A lot of the improvement in these tablets comes from their pens handling pressure better, with lower IAF and much wider pressure ranges than before.

## What Huion and XP-Pen do well

* Good value for the price
* Their latest offerings since 2021 are very usable for creative tasks.
* They introduce new models frequently, much more often than Wacom.
* Their consumer-level tablets tend to have more features than Wacom's consumer models, such as tilt, tablet buttons, dials, and knobs.

### How Huion and XP-Pen could do better

* Huion pen displays, especially the high-PPI ones, tend to show more anti-glare sparkle. More here: [Anti-glare sparkle](/drawtab/guides/pen-displays/ag-sparkle.md).
* Pointer lag:
  * XP-Pen pen displays tend to exhibit slightly more pointer lag than Wacom or Huion.
  * XP-Pen and Huion's pen tablets seem to have the same level of pointer lag.
* Their core EMR tech and specs are still trailing Wacom, even if they look equivalent on paper. Many artists may not notice this, but tablet enthusiasts certainly do. This will be a topic for a future video.
* Improve customer support. Both Huion and XP-Pen struggle with customer support. They tend to take more time to respond.
* Reliability. Huion and XP-Pen lag a little behind Wacom.
* Huion and XP-Pen offer too many products, with new models that use newer tech and older models that use older tech sitting alongside each other. This makes things confusing for buyers.
* They should monitor and answer questions on <https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/> and <https://www.reddit.com/r/XPpen/>.
* Their long-term reliability is still unknown compared to Wacom. This is understandable. Huion has only been around since 2011, and XP-Pen since 2005. Their passive EMR tablets, where the pens do not use batteries, have only been around since the late 2010s.

### Switching from Wacom

If you are an existing Wacom user, keep in mind that there are some things Wacom still does better than Huion and XP-Pen. In particular, some of Wacom's pens, especially the Pro models, have an extremely low IAF of less than 1 gf. Huion's latest pro pens can get down to 2 gf, based on Huion's statements, and XP-Pen's latest pro pens can get down to 3 gf, based on XP-Pen's statements. If you are used to a Wacom pen making marks at very low pressure, you may find these higher IAF values hard to deal with.