Huion 1060PLUS Graphic Tablet

[damonjynx]

Hi folks,

I originally ordered a Huion H610PRO on ebay for $75AUD. The seller got back to me and said the H610PRO had defects and they were sending me the 1060PLUS an upgraded model, for no extra $$$. Quite happy with that. Had it delivered to work and it arrived today. I'll have a play with it tonight and add a review from a tablet newbie when I'm done. You can google the two models for specifications but the one I received has a 10" x 6" drawing area, a rechargeable stylus, i.e. no battery or eraser, 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity, 12 programmable hot key, 8gb expandable to 64gb built in flash memory (via card I think). All in all, not a bad deal for a novice tablet. I'm sure the Wacom's are much better but considering I'm not a pro, that the basic, entry level tablet is $149UAD retail, second hand about $75AUD (thanks Straf for the link) I think it represents good value. We'll see.

[Josiah VE]

Looking forward to see what you think of it.

[damonjynx]

Ok. Here goes my first review...

As per various comments/reviews on the world-wide-interweb regarding the Huion brand tablets, I got home, downloaded and installed the latest drivers to avoid any issues before connecting the unit.
I'm working on an 20" iMac 7,1 - the original aluminium case model from mid-2007, Intel 2.4Ghz, 5GB, RAM OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11.6), 500GB HDD that's getting old and slow (much like it's owner ) and will soon be upgraded to a 750GB SSD drive. I have Adobe CS4 installed, courtesy of my son who was doing a graphic design course some time ago. That's my system in a nutshell and it works for me.

So the tablet: Works great, does it's job. As stated, I'm a complete newbie to graphic tablets and I'm sure it will take a little bit of time to get used to it, rather than using a mouse (no offence Mouse). So after trying out some stuff - I have to go into the driver and play with some of the settings, I didn't modify anything on installation, things like pressure sensitivity and so on, I created the attached. Now, I'm very much a learner at digital art/cartography. Yes, I've been drawing maps for many years but mostly for function, not to be aesthetically pleasing, for my own campaigns and what not which are rarely, if ever seen by my players, apart form the dungeon maps which are drawn on our dry erase battle mats. So, to get the most from this I need to learn how to use PS properly with a tablet, mainly in the area of brush dynamics and also tweak the driver settings to get the results I want and th program the hotkeys.

I'm very happy with this and would highly recommend it as an affordable, large, well featured tablet. At half the price of a new Wacom One, which has specs of near enough half, I think its exceptionally good value.
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[Tom]

Nice to hear your review Damonjynx, thanks! I'm struggling from some time about upgrading my old good Wacom Bamboo (4 years old) which works wonderful, but has half the sensitivity and size.
Since they are way cheaper, I was looking to Huion products too, but I'm a bit concerned about their reliability, in 4 years my Wacom never ever had a software or hardware problem, can Huion do the same? I hope for you

[damonjynx]

Since they are way cheaper, I was looking to Huion products too, but I'm a bit concerned about their reliability, in 4 years my Wacom never ever had a software or hardware problem, can Huion do the same? I hope for you

Hi Tom, thanks for the comments.

I think the major "issue" I've heard of regarding Huion products is driver instability. Hopefully, they've fixed them at their end and I've avoided that by installing the latest drivers...

I read somewhere that the "Cmd+" shortcut is not supported, it would be nice if it was, as a beginner in digital art/cartographer I use Cmd+Ctrl+Z & Ctrl+Z a lot! It wouldn't be a deal breaker if it wasn't but it would certainly be disappointing.

Re longevity, it appears a fairly robust unit and provided it's not mistreated it should last well. Considering the price difference, it's about a 1/3 or less of a similarly spec'd Wacom, if it lasts half as long it's still a good deal IMHO.

Once I've played around with the driver settings and hot keys I'll re-post here with further information.

[Straf]

Hi folks,

I originally ordered a Huion H610PRO on ebay for $75AUD.

How much were they asking?

[damonjynx]

How much were they asking?

Hi Straf,

$75AUD for the H610PRO, local seller, included felt bag for tablet, glove and free delivery in Oz. The upgraded model, the 1060PLUS which I received is listed @ $90AUD. Both were "Buy Now" listings. Even at the full price (the upgraded model) you're getting double the tablet (specification wise + larger active area) for less than a third of the price of a Wacom Intuous Art & Pen Touch Medium, which is $299AUD RRP + delivery from Wacom. I think it's great bang for your buck, particularly for a novice.

[Straf]

So you didn't need to tell them they were dreaming then?

How are you getting along with it? It took me a few days before I realised I had to tell my software that I was using a tablet and it had another 'axis' for the pressure sensitivity. I'm still fiddling about with the settings although I think it needs a way to determine my mood as my lighter touch sometimes abandons me!

[damonjynx]

Now I get it, duh.

Going ok with it, only used it last night for an hour or two. Didn't have a chance to use it today. Like I said, I need to learn how to use it properly. It'll take awhile I think…

[Tom]

After some consideration I choose a Wacom Intuos Pro small, I bought it on amazon at 180€ over the 90€ of the Huion1060.
Even if the reviews of the Huion were really good, I discovered that it doesn't support touch (which I extensively use to rotate and zoom) unfortunately this is enough for me to go for a wacom, so I choose the small version of the Intuos Pro, wich is "only" twice the price of a Huion, but comes with: touch, no-battery pen, wireless, 6 express keys and is compact enough to fit my small desk