Huion Kamvas 16 (Gen 3) review: unique design choices impress

A good mid-range drawing display that makes dials useful.

Huion Kamvas 16 (Gen 3) review; a drawing pen display on a wooden table
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Our Verdict

Huion's new mid-range drawing tablet delivers on accuracy and features, but some artists may prefer a brighter display and touch control.

For

  • Effective 2.5K display
  • Excellent stylus
  • Smart dual-dial design

Against

  • No touch control

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Huion is known for its excellent and affordable drawing tablets, and just last year both its huge Huion Kamvas Pro 27 and the Huion Kamvas Pro 19 impressed us - read our best drawing tablets guide for more details. The new Huion Kamvas 16 (Gen 3) aims to continue this trend, which it does, just about.

The Huion Kamvas 16 (Gen 3) is a mid-range drawing display, priced at $499 / £499, which puts it in competition with the excellent Ugee 16, the older XPPen Artist 16 (2nd Gen) and the smaller (and more expensive) Wacom One 13 Touch. This is Huion's entry-level pen display, so lacks some of the features found in the Pro range, such as 4K and touch control.

Wacom Movink 13
Wacom Movink 13: was $749.95 now $749.95 at Wacom

Wacom's Movink 13 is super-slim and lightweight, it also offers a bright and crisp 4K OLED touch-enabled screen to work on. Packaged with the new Wacom Pro Pen 3 and with a selection of free software, including Rebelle 7, it's a lovely pen display.

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XPPen Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2)
XPPen Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2): was $899.99 now $800.99 at xp-pen.com

The new Artist Pro 19 (Gen 2) from XPPen is larger than the Huion Kamvas 16 (Gen 3) and features a 4K display, so if you want something a little more but for not that much more money, it's a good option.

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Ugee 16
Ugee 16: was $199 now $199 at shop.ugee.com

The Ugee 16, also known as the Ugee 15.4" Drawing Monitor, costs half the price of the Huion, but you're getting a slight downgrade in resolution. Yet it offers a 16K pressure stylus, it's slim, lightweight and has a 143% sRGB rating. For the money, this is a great entry-level pen display.

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The Verdict
8

out of 10

Huion Kamvas 16 (Gen 3)

Huion's new mid-range drawing tablet delivers on accuracy and features, but some artists may prefer a brighter display and touch control.

Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.