This is a review of the Huion Q11K V1.
The drawing surface is smooth but very lightly textured, so it doesn't feel like drawing on glass, but also not like drawing on bristol board.
The pen, the PF150, is very nice - it's light, tip-heavy (as opposed to tail-heavy), and the barrel buttons are easy to press but don't get in the way. The pen stand/holder is flawed. It has a nice heavy mental base with a rubber pad on the bottom, but the part that actually touches the pen is poorly shaped: only a small portion actually touches the pen when held vertically, causing it to jiggle freely in the base and potentially toppling out if you're the kind of person who bangs into their desk occasionally - the same problem exists when it's holding the pen horizontally, the "cradle" is just poorly shaped, partially because it's bidirectional but the pen is tapered, so it just rocks back and forth on the stand.
Charging is easy and straightforward, I just wish it didn't require two separate cables to charge the tablet and the pen. It's also kind of odd in that for the pen, there's a red LED that shuts *off* when the pen is done charging, and the tablet has a red LED that turns white when it's done charging.
The drawing area is huge, about 11x7, but it's not really all usable space, because if you want to draw naturally, you'll have to adjust the tablet in the driver to correct the aspect ratio to match your monitor, which removes some of the active area. Still larger than the vast majority of tablets.
The buttons are fine, I don't really use them.
The on/off switch on the left side of the tablet is a bit odd in that to turn the tablet ON, you have to slide the switch towards you, the opposite of what I would have expected, but perhaps that's just me.
The driver for this tablet is Huion's "new" (as of the tail end of 2018) driver software which is pretty and usable and surprisingly non-buggy. It just works. The tablet pressure curve adjustment feature leaves something to be desired though, because it only allows you to adjust the curve by means of a vertical slider, making the curve more convex or concave depending on its position - it does not allow you to adjust the curve itself manually.
The tablet works in both wired and wireless modes, I've been using it exclusively in wireless mode because it's simply more comfortable, and thus far it works well. There are occasional instances where the wireless connection seems to hitch, but then it goes away after a second and I typically don't see it again until the next time I draw.
All in all, this is in my opinion as good a tablet as you're likely to get for $100, so if that's your price range, go for it (or get the Q11K V2 which has pen tilt support).
Clamp Tool Movement Adjustable Watch Holder Plastic repair Fixer Watchmaker HP
Nov 12, 2016
Surprisingly high quality.
I wasn't expecting much for $2.61 shipped from China, but I gotta say, I'm impressed. The thumbscrew is large and turns easily, the spring keeps good tension, the guide rails are perfectly sized for the holes, and most importantly, the quality of the plastic isn't terrible. Each of the dark grey pieces are weighty to the point that you can tell they're solid, and there is less than 1mm of play, thanks to the guide rails. The only fault is, thankfully, a minor one - the pegs that slot into the holes on the top of the dark grey pieces are a little inconsistent, in particular, one of them takes more effort to get out than the others, but it's not a real problem. The pegs are metal rods capped with plastic, so they're not gonna break from over-tightening.
There's writing on the grey pieces that say "Biao A1801".
3.5mm AUX Car Wireless USB Bluetooth 4.1 Stereo Audio Music Receiver Adapter Mic
Nov 16, 2016
Actually pretty good.
A lot better than I was expecting for 99 cents, shipped for free from NY. The device itself is very sturdy and comes remarkably well-packaged. I can't comment on the battery life because I opened it up and replaced the 180mAh LiPo battery with 3x 2450mAh Eneloop Pros in series (3.6v nominal, 0.1v lower than LiPo batteries, works fine). I have it and the battery pack strapped to my headphones so I can use them wirelessly, and it works very well. I just used a regular bluetooth dongle (although I did modify it with a stronger antenna to increase the range) and it's pretty nice.
Not only does it come with a decently sized rechargable LiPo battery, but that battery actually has protection circuitry! I've paid a lot more for batteries alone that don't have protection circuitry, I'm even considering purchasing a few more of these solely for the batteries to use for very-low-power projects like with an ESP8266 or other microcontrollers.
Comes packaged in a sturdy cardboard box, and comes with a sticky pad for mounting it, a micro usb charging cable, and a ~3ft(?) 3.5mm audio cable.
If you're looking to make your headphones wireless, this is a good way to go, you might just want to get a bigger battery.