General Information
Out of the Box
The Kamvas Pro 16 comes with a fairly standard assortment of accessories for a Huion pen display. Outside of the tablet itself, you can find hiding beneath an adjustable fold-down stand, a stylus pen, a doughnut-shaped pen holder (that itself stores the pen's spare nibs), and a few cables. You have the option to hook the tablet up using either a USB C to USB C cable, or an odd-looking cable that plugs into your PC via HDMI and USB A, as well as requiring a secondary USB A port for power alone. It's nice that both use cases are accounted for here, since a good chunk desktop setups in particular won't have the necessary USB C ports to drive the tablet by themselves. For those requiring additional power, it's also good to see a USB extension. When I've used the HDMI option in the past, I've typically made use of the extension to pull power from a USB port on my power strip to save using a USB port on my PC.
Looking to the display we have a 16:9 1440p panel, complete with the same laminated anti-glare glass we saw on the Pro 13. It runs at 60Hz with a 14ms response time, which while less than ideal for gaming is ample for creative work, with the image itself looking really quite fantastic. It is worth noting that while the 14ms response time isn't the best compared to the 3ms or lower you're likely to find on a lot of traditional monitors, it is a notable step up from the 25ms we saw on the 13 inch variant. You do lose a little bit of sharpness due to the nature of the anti-glare glass, but for how effectively it serves its purpose, it's something I'm happy to accept. It is a trade-off worth mentioning all the same though.
In terms of color gamut coverage, Huion advertise 99% coverage for both sRGB and Adobe RGB, with 145% sRGB color gamut volume. Having a Spyder X Elite dongle on hand, I was able to put the coverage claims to the test, with it reporting 100% coverage for both color spaces. It's nice to be able to verify the spec sheet (if only a little due to my admittedly limited display knowledge), but it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that it's up to standard given the name Huion have managed to gain for themselves.
At £529 we're in a pretty premium price point for portable displays, but it is on par with the likes of XPPen for a 16 inch 1440p display, and a little cheaper than what I could find from Wacom. It's also worth mentioning that the Kamvas Pro 16 is £100 cheaper via Huion directly than what's currently available on Amazon, though I'm not sure how frequently such an offer is available.
A Competitively Premium Tablet
The 16 inch display is incredibly slender, though you might run into issues fitting it into some laptop bags if wanting to take it on the go. The one I typically use is designed for 16 inch laptops, and is slightly too small to hold the Kamvas Pro 16 due to the screen bezels and the space required to house its eight buttons. If portability is a major point for you, it's worth checking if the 436mm length will fit in your bag of choice; for me personally the 13 inch model is better fitting for the use case, but I do understand that some will just prefer the larger screen on offer here.
When it comes to the included stylus pen, it's the same thing we've seen before. It's simple, it's comfortable and light to hold, and it does the job well. You get 8192 levels of pressure, and it worked well out of the box with the apps I tried that supported pressure-sensitive input. You get a doughnut-shaped pen holder to store it in, which itself contains an assortment of spare nibs to swap in as needed. Like the Kamvas Pro 13, you do get a few felt nibs in this collection, and trying them again, they really do feel fantastic. Like my previous experiences though, you need to be remarkably gentle with them unless you want the material to be fraying within an hour or two of use. It definitely takes some getting used to if you want to get the most out of them. The included half-glove that comes with the display really completes the set, and I'd honestly recommend a similar type of glove if you use any stylus-based touch screen systems. In this instance the glove just helps your hand glide across the display, but I can really see them pulling their weight in assisting with palm rejection on screens with a more traditional ten point touch.
As with other Huion devices there is optional (though naturally recommended) driver software available to customize your experience. If you've had a Huion tablet or pen display before, all of this will be familiar. The software is relatively barebones, but does cover all the bases you'd expect it to, allowing you to select which screen the pen is active on and customize what each button does. By default, these buttons are mapped to B, E, ], [, Ctrl+=, Ctrl+-, Space, and Ctrl+Alt+Z, aimed to cover a decent variety of use cases in a lot of traditional creative software. Because these are just standard key mappings though, you'd have no issues using them with something like OBS if you were wanting the display for more general use. The software gives you a good selection of options for what you can remap these buttons to do, including opening apps, multimedia control, and more that you might expect to see on keyboard remapping software more a pen display driver. It is a shame that any changes made will require the software to be running, and don't transfer between PCs though. Much like with keyboard software, it's just one more thing to be running in the background.
One to Buy?
If you're in the market for a 16 inch pen display, or are just wanting a portable 16 inch monitor that is a little more flexible than the competition, I really have no complaints recommending this one. At £529 it's a competitively priced option with all the features you need to get you off the ground, and at the currently-lower £429 it really does stand out. My personal preference still remains with the smaller 13 inch model I covered last year for that extra portability factor, but those in search of something larger are unlikely to be left disappointed.
If you are interested in the Kamvas Pro 16 (2.5K), you can find links to the UK and US stores below. Note as usual that these aren't affiliate links:
