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11.6" Huion KAMVAS Pro 12 Drawing Tablet w/ Battery-Free Stylus (GT-116) Expired

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HUION via Amazon has 11.6" Huion KAMVAS Pro 12 Drawing Tablet with Battery-Free Stylus (GT-116) on sale for $169.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Tilt function battery-free Stylus with 8192 pressure levels, 11.6" 120% sRGB IPS Display, 266 PPS report rate and an anti-glare laminate glass panel.

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Tl;dr: stay away from Huion anything until they get their software and drivers under proper order befitting a product for PROFESSIONALS

Huion support is horrible. They gaslight you saying it's cable issues or user error... I've had issues with my kamvas 13 for almost a year now...

I've listed my issues over various SD threads at length and am not disposed to give the whole down-low now, but this link to Huion's own support forums says it all:

"Kamvas 13 Keeps Disconnecting and Reconnecting : HUION" https://support.huion.com/en/supp...4001012842

28 pages (on phone browser) and counting...

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burntorangehorn
11-28-2021 at 06:06 AM.
11-28-2021 at 06:06 AM.
W-wouldn't $229 - $60 = $169?

Edit: great, I've fallen down the rabbit hole of researching the various Huion tablets. Too bad they don't have an etched glass version between the 2019 Kamvas 16 Pro and the new Kamvas 16 Pro 4K (well, they have the RDS-160, but it doesn't appear to be for sale).
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11-28-2021 at 12:57 PM.
11-28-2021 at 12:57 PM.
Quote from burntorangehorn :
W-wouldn't $229 - $60 = $169?

Edit: great, I've fallen down the rabbit hole of researching the various Huion tablets. Too bad they don't have an etched glass version between the 2019 Kamvas 16 Pro and the new Kamvas 16 Pro 4K (well, they have the RDS-160, but it doesn't appear to be for sale).
Probably Tax included.
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11-29-2021 at 04:01 PM.

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11-29-2021 at 04:01 PM.
Quote from burntorangehorn :
W-wouldn't $229 - $60 = $169?

Edit: great, I've fallen down the rabbit hole of researching the various Huion tablets. Too bad they don't have an etched glass version between the 2019 Kamvas 16 Pro and the new Kamvas 16 Pro 4K (well, they have the RDS-160, but it doesn't appear to be for sale).

Tl;dr: stay away from Huion anything until they get their software and drivers under proper order befitting a product for PROFESSIONALS

Huion support is horrible. They gaslight you saying it's cable issues or user error... I've had issues with my kamvas 13 for almost a year now...

I've listed my issues over various SD threads at length and am not disposed to give the whole down-low now, but this link to Huion's own support forums says it all:

"Kamvas 13 Keeps Disconnecting and Reconnecting : HUION" https://support.huion.com/en/supp...4001012842

28 pages (on phone browser) and counting...
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11-29-2021 at 04:42 PM.
11-29-2021 at 04:42 PM.
Decent deal, make sure you order your xp pen/huion/Wacom products from Amazon, or you're on your own when your equipment goes wrong
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BloodRoses
11-29-2021 at 06:01 PM.
11-29-2021 at 06:01 PM.
Quote from starcaptor :
Tl;dr: stay away from Huion anything until they get their software and drivers under proper order befitting a product for PROFESSIONALS

Huion support is horrible. They gaslight you saying it's cable issues or user error... I've had issues with my kamvas 13 for almost a year now...

I've listed my issues over various SD threads at length and am not disposed to give the whole down-low now, but this link to Huion's own support forums says it all:

"Kamvas 13 Keeps Disconnecting and Reconnecting : HUION" https://support.huion.com/en/supp...4001012842 [huion.com]

28 pages (on phone browser) and counting...
Not saying you're wrong at all but my experience has been the exact opposite. Several years in on a 2019 Kamvas 16 Pro and I haven't had a single issue on PC or Mac. Then again I had a Wacom a million years ago that I wanted to throw off a building or hurl from some siege equipment due to the problems I had with it.
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11-29-2021 at 06:06 PM.
11-29-2021 at 06:06 PM.
My son loves his h640p that we got for under 40. He draws some impressive stuff with that tablet and the free program krita.
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11-29-2021 at 07:33 PM.
11-29-2021 at 07:33 PM.
Quote from starcaptor :
Tl;dr: stay away from Huion anything until they get their software and drivers under proper order befitting a product for PROFESSIONALS

Huion support is horrible. They gaslight you saying it's cable issues or user error... I've had issues with my kamvas 13 for almost a year now...

I've listed my issues over various SD threads at length and am not disposed to give the whole down-low now, but this link to Huion's own support forums says it all:

"Kamvas 13 Keeps Disconnecting and Reconnecting : HUION" https://support.huion.com/en/supp...4001012842

28 pages (on phone browser) and counting...
Not saying I dont believe you, but probably an issue with your mobo chipset /usb usb driver more than anything since the average reviewer do not have your problem. Constant disconnect and reconnect issues are more likely to mobo/hardware related so they would not be wrong.

A quick google search will show you that its a very common problem with a lot of devices, but the problem is usually never the device, but the mobo/usb header/chipset drivers....

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=...ces&ia=web

https://appuals.com/fix-usb-keeps...indows-10/

I used a Huion for a month for a project and had no issues at the time I was on windows Vista and if it worked on that it will work on anything.

The new HUION Inspiroy Ink H320M is a very cool and inexpensive tablet which looks like the best of both worlds for people who just want to simple sketch but not want a full screen display.
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11-29-2021 at 08:13 PM.
11-29-2021 at 08:13 PM.
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Not saying I dont believe you, but probably an issue with your mobo chipset /usb usb driver more than anything since the average reviewer do not have your problem. Constant disconnect and reconnect issues are more likely to mobo/hardware related so they would not be wrong.

A quick google search will show you that its a very common problem with a lot of devices, but the problem is usually never the device, but the mobo/usb header/chipset drivers....

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=...ces&ia=web

https://appuals.com/fix-usb-keeps...indows-10/

I used a Huion for a month for a project and had no issues at the time I was on windows Vista and if it worked on that it will work on anything.

The new HUION Inspiroy Ink H320M is a very cool and inexpensive tablet which looks like the best of both worlds for people who just want to simple sketch but not want a full screen display.
That is fine. I am not here to convince specific people, but to show the results of my own experience. People can do what they want with it. However, I personally would have loved to have this feedback two years ago when I was purchasing this stuff.

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Huion was advocating for CROWD-SOURCED solutions to some of these problems, such as disabling and enabling aspects of the drivers in the device manager. They also asked some people to pay for return shipping of the 3-in-1 cable when it was clearly not due to "abuse." Some people suggested that Steam is the issue. Others stated that it was the kind of power brick used with the 3-in-1 cable. A-B testing with two of everything is not realistic nor acceptable with people who use products in production environments.

They also ask you to take video of the symptom and then upload to your own google drive and then share the video with them. Not exactly a paragon of professionalism. How does one record disconnecting and reconnecting a cable while holding a camera simultaneously?

The main thread at the Huion forums for this particular tablet has been going on for over a year with no real solution in sight. Tested on bone-stock machines of all makes and models including a surface pro 4, a custom Haswell rig, and my new Legion 5 Pro. Also tested on a Thinkpad T480, P15 (my work machine), and a macbook pro 13 inch. Absolutely not a boiler plate chipset issue.

Help yourselves to some more links!

https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/co...onnecting/

https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/co..._randomly/

https://www.reddit.com/r/huion/co...onnection/

Whether it is with this particular model or with the particularly vintage of the current drivers, I cant recommend Huion as a solutions provider for people more serious about their work than saving a few bucks. For myself...no time or money to be the guinea pig for any more of these slipshod solutions. Currently using an ancient Wacom intuos P&T from 2015 and a pen on my Thinkpad P15.
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11-30-2021 at 06:47 PM.
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I got the 13 over a year ago and haven't had any problems, other than never being able to use it because my kids always have it.
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11-30-2021 at 08:55 PM.
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What's the better alternative, or should I get one without screen and use laptop screen do those have more sensitive surface than screen versions. I think cheapest Jon screen version was about 80 to 100 bit for another 70 you get screen.

Kids have been asking for drawing tablet for a while, I was going to get Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for 230 but there were some negative reviews.
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11-30-2021 at 09:47 PM.
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Quote from starcaptor :
Tl;dr: stay away from Huion anything until they get their software and drivers under proper order befitting a product for PROFESSIONALS

Huion support is horrible. They gaslight you saying it's cable issues or user error... I've had issues with my kamvas 13 for almost a year now...

I've listed my issues over various SD threads at length and am not disposed to give the whole down-low now, but this link to Huion's own support forums says it all:

"Kamvas 13 Keeps Disconnecting and Reconnecting : HUION" https://support.huion.com/en/supp...4001012842

28 pages (on phone browser) and counting...

I just bought huion 13 can't connect it to anything sending it back
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11-30-2021 at 11:35 PM.
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What's the better alternative, or should I get one without screen and use laptop screen do those have more sensitive surface than screen versions. I think cheapest Jon screen version was about 80 to 100 bit for another 70 you get screen.

Kids have been asking for drawing tablet for a while, I was going to get Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for 230 but there were some negative reviews.
It really depends on the individual model. Different tablets may have different amounts of pressure sensitivity, tilt sensitivity, and so on. Having had 7 years of experience with non-screen tablets and another 7 years with various screen tablets and tablet PCs, I don't believe that one type necessarily has an advantage over the other in terms of how the pen functions.

Where screen vs non-screen does make a difference is in personal work style. A screen tablet obviously allows the user to look directly at what they're drawing, akin to working on paper; but some users may not like being hunched over the screen tablet during a long drawing session, or may have trouble with their hand blocking their view of what they're drawing. A non-screen tablet allows the user to sit straight and look at a monitor in front of them while their hand works flat or mostly flat on the table; for some users this is more ergonomic, but others may have trouble with the disconnect between what their hand is doing and what their eye is seeing.

Another advantage of a screen tablet is that it can be used as a secondary monitor even while not being used to draw with. Of course, this particular Huion is pretty small and has pretty big bezels for a secondary monitor, so I wouldn't buy it primarily for that purpose.
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It really depends on the individual model. Different tablets may have different amounts of pressure sensitivity, tilt sensitivity, and so on. Having had 7 years of experience with non-screen tablets and another 7 years with various screen tablets and tablet PCs, I don't believe that one type necessarily has an advantage over the other in terms of how the pen functions.

Where screen vs non-screen does make a difference is in personal work style. A screen tablet obviously allows the user to look directly at what they're drawing, akin to working on paper; but some users may not like being hunched over the screen tablet during a long drawing session, or may have trouble with their hand blocking their view of what they're drawing. A non-screen tablet allows the user to sit straight and look at a monitor in front of them while their hand works flat or mostly flat on the table; for some users this is more ergonomic, but others may have trouble with the disconnect between what their hand is doing and what their eye is seeing.

Another advantage of a screen tablet is that it can be used as a secondary monitor even while not being used to draw with. Of course, this particular Huion is pretty small and has pretty big bezels for a secondary monitor, so I wouldn't buy it primarily for that purpose.
Great examples, thanks! The only thing is that stand-alone tablet like the galaxy tabs with pen makes it possible to take it and draw anywhere, I think you can still do it with tablet-compatible drawing tablet but it means you have to carry both and find flat surface.

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