Thank you, Teoh! Like the style that you showed each step in your experience unboxing and testing out the tablet. We hope that you sincerely like the tablet and can't wait to see what you create! 👏🏼👍🏼
Seems like they're the few if not the first company to provide alternatives to the Wacom slim and 3D pen, as well as different type of nibs? Interesting. Curious to see how will this tablet and their future product holds. Thanks so much for the review!
What's more interesting is that Xencelabs pens are compatible with Wacom intuos pro pens. Now I can buy a cheaper Xencelabs pen for replacement when I lose my Wacom pen. :)
I been waiting for another 3 buttons pen. this is damn useful for 3D Artist user. 1 button for pan, 1 button for rotation and 1 button for zoom in/out.. My only wish is they have the dial like the other competitor. The dial can be use to change ur brush sizes or switching between windows virtual workspace desktop.
@@teohyc true, with additional cost. .. However when u compare to Wacom Intous pro Med, the price range is close but has it - while the only thing different is the 3 buttons pen. For 2D artist I would imagine the dial is more important for those artist. this is clearly a difficult decision to make for people who do both 3D and 2D artist.
The company behind this new brand is Hanvon Ugee, the same parent company behind XP-Pen. I wonder if the tech behind is the same as an XP-Pen. For XP-Pen, I still find the tilt less accurate than a Wacom, at least for pen displays. It seems most if not all the pen displays from China (like Huion / Ugee / Gaomon) have some sort of issue when it comes to pen tilt sensing, like being unable to report tilt near the screen edges.
Not sure why anyone would even want a larger one, it already has a larger active drawing area than wacom's medium. the only reason I'd want to go larger is if it were a screen tablet, which its not.
It is pricey but very interesting tablet nonetheless. I wonder how their screen tablets will work and look like. Great video as always I was especially interested in your review of this tablet.
If looks really nice... I really like the bag and the pen case. $279 seems a bit high (it would be a lot more here in Canada). Unfortunately, something I could never master was drawing on the tablet while looking at the monitor. I wish I could because it would save me money not having to buy a display tablet. But I tried for 7 years and just couldn’t develop that hand eye co-ordination. Regardless... this is a nice looking product I would consider.
Having two pens, and the holder.... dang. It's kinda nice. Honestly though, at that price, I feel like you're so close to 1920x1080 display drawing tablets.
I've been seeing a few articles sprinkled around the internet about this. I like the slick design it looks really solid. I'm glad to see you thinks it's pretty good. I'm curious to see how it compares to Wacom over time.
This is a great looking product. It is expensive, but you get a lot of stuff like the 2 pens and a case which would cost extra with Wacom. I only really wish that it would offer finger gestures, like the Intuos does, as this is essential to my workflow. As yet I have not seen any brand offer this, or do you know any?
Thanks for this review Teoh! I heard that the Xencelabs is founded by ex-Wacom people? That would easily explain the beauty and well thought design of this drawing tablet, I was going to get a medium wacom, now I will try Xencelabs'! Cheers!
Teoh I've just bought wacom one a week ago after watching your videos a few times and tbh wacom still my fav they're solid and good quality! Thank you for the review ✨ But later I've saw this new tablet.. I do love what they give that's really a lot! I just think remote key was the interesting one, wish they could be use with any tablet drawing that's totally worth it.. But I do think it's better if they've express keys on the tablet itself for non display maybe it's more easy and comfortable to use But overall your review was totally nice! Maybe one day you can review parblo too, I'm quite interested with their tablet stand 😊
It's a very nice premium tablet, but not worth $270, considering that you can get a Huion Kamvas 13, which actually has a screen, for less, and for just $170 you can get a KD200 from Huion's line of premium pen tablets. The extra goodies like different nibs and pens aren't worth the difference to me, plus this competing offering has a lot of keys. Lastly, Xencelabs is trying to compete with Wacom while lacking one of the things that makes Wacom able to sell products at a premium: their good reputation as industry standard. Right now I could only see someone buying this if they had enough money for a small-medium pen display but couldn't handle the posture (back problems?), and even then the aforementioned Inspiroy is still a serious alternative. Cut the price by half (or nearly) and it suddenly becomes very competitive. Although the express key remote is very interesting, might pick it up myself sometime in the future especially if I see proof that whatever drivers are required for it to work don't interfere with other tablet drivers. Regardless, very good review.
Back and neck issues are a big drawback for screen tablets noone mentions. After a decade of Cintiqs I am looking for a regular screenless tablet and Xencelab's selling point seems to be good quality, extra pen and regular surface that won't destroy my pen nibs in a month. I have a heavy hand so using regular Intuos surfaces doesn't look feasible for me. I'd appreciate if the base model included buttons on the side , that's the key thing missing from Wacom as far as I can tell. And if you purchase the remote, it's no longer competitively priced. Main thing Wacom has is the proof of their build quality imho. My Cintiq 13HD still works flawlessly, not a single issue. That is one gamble I'll be taking with Xencelabs - whether it will be supported and working in 7 years time is not a guarantee. With Wacom even Intuos 3s have zero issues.
@@anam00090 : One may consider an adapter (since most tablets don't have a vesa mount) to a vesa mount. Making it less necessary to putting it in one's lap, and a little more flexibility than a stand.
Hi! I'm totally new to drawing tablet. But I understand not many tablets are compatible with Chromebook. I'm planning to get one for my daughter. This Xencelab tablet looks good. Can I ask if you do know this is compatible with Chromebook? Thanks!
Hello fellow youngsters! Right now I am between buying a Wacom Intuos Pro M or a Xencelabs Pen Tablet Medium. I've read many reviews from users that have had the Intuos Pro for a while, but I haven't read anything from Xencelabs long-term users. I was wondering if someone here has used the Xencelabs tablet for a while and could tell me how you feel about it... The pen nibs, the texture of the tablet, the drivers, etc. Thank you!
I'm a long time user as I bought it since release. I abandoned all my other tablets and used Xencelabs ever since! It's better than Wacom, in my honest opinion. The pen has more weight and stability, and the quality is very high 👌
This may be an odd question, but I just noticed that the bezels of the tablet are rather small. Does this leave a comfortable amount or space for your hand and wrist to rest when drawing near the edge of the tablet?
Wow, for that price you can get an entry level pen display. These are Wacom level prices for an "off" brand. I wish them luck, but perhaps they should have started with a more budget line first. I know if I was buying a pen tablet I'm not sure I would consider this because of the price. Shame as it does seem to have the look and the functionality of a high end pen tablet.
@@nelsonchu1343 Sadly the name change kinda negates that then. Most people will not know that. I'm in I.T. and in the digital art world and did not know that. Prolly should have released it under the XP-Pen brand given XP-Pen already is known for fairly robust and quality products.
From a brand perspective, think of it like lexus or infiniti. A higher end side brand. Not trying to sound like an elitist or anything, but very few of the alt brand tablets are built or perform like wacoms products. I've tried tons, but they range from quite good to pretty shitty, both with the hardware itself and the drivers. All of these companies are able to invest in R&D and use more premium materials to build better and they can invest in better software, but there would still be people saying "why is this xp pen so much more than the other one?' Xencelabs seem to have a properly made product, they also seem to have worked on really decent software for it too. I've actually bought one and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I have use graphics tablets professionally for over 10 years. I've never had any brand replace wacom as my primary tablet until now. So we'll see if it is worth the cash once it arrives
@@moonmountain3431 It's excellent, the first one of these products be on par with Wacom in terms of feel and accuracy. I actually like it slightly more than an intuos. The build quality is also stellar, the underside of the tablet is made of metal, very thin and extremely well made. The main pen is almost identical to an intuos Pro pen, apart from a little heavier, the extra button and probably made a little better too. Drivers are great, very flexible but I've had a few minor issues with cursors being locked to apps and a few niggles, but nothing a driver update can't fix. The thin pen is lovely, about the size and weight of an apple pencil. Overall, I'd say it's a better buy than an intuos for a hundred pounds less.
At that high price unfortunately it's have very old technology, since it's didn't even support linux yet, or even android, and I stiil can see a small jitter(but may be it's your hand, so cmiiw). If it's have intention to compete with wacom, at last make it perfect first before release it, bcoz if not, in the end only high budget reviewer will try buy this, and ordinary people will not choose this instead of wacom.
This tablet driver also has Force proportions to your monitor screen Aspect ratio, does it? Does it draw a perfect circle on screen if you use a circular ruler on the tablet?
@@bbtund81 The nib has nothing to do with the aspect ratio, If your tablet is let's say for example 4:3 ratio and your screen is 16:9, what you draw on the tablet might appear on screen as stretched out because the ratio does not match. Most tablet companies knows about this and they have a setting within the driver that helps to match your tablet to the screen ratio.
@@bbtund81 Basically means that if the tablet proportion is not the same as your screen, the tablet will use it's whole working area detectable to the pen but it is not perfectly accurate on certain screens that has a different proportion. If your tablet is square and your screen is rectangular, moving along the X axis will feel a lot faster compared to the Y axis. It's basically differences in Aspect Ratio. That's why most tablet company will have the option to set the working area compatible with the screen shape to make it equally accurate. I am asking the question to find out if this specific tablet company has that feature in their driver settings as well
Here's the customer support info:
Email: SupportSEA@xencelabs.com
Phone: +65 8800 7558 (Singapore number)
Singapore Distributor Service Centre:
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Address: 25 Kallang Avenue #03-03
Singapore 339416
Tel: (65) 6341 7839
Thank you, Teoh! Like the style that you showed each step in your experience unboxing and testing out the tablet. We hope that you sincerely like the tablet and can't wait to see what you create! 👏🏼👍🏼
Keep up the good work Xencelabs, you're legit!
It looks like an insanely well build graphic tablet
Why
@@xboxswitch9457 can you at least explain why it's not?
I been using the medium bundle for a year and a half now. It’s excellent. Very happy with it.
This is well built
If Xencelabs released a universal remote for drawing tablet, this will save the artist
Seems like they're the few if not the first company to provide alternatives to the Wacom slim and 3D pen, as well as different type of nibs? Interesting. Curious to see how will this tablet and their future product holds. Thanks so much for the review!
What's more interesting is that Xencelabs pens are compatible with Wacom intuos pro pens. Now I can buy a cheaper Xencelabs pen for replacement when I lose my Wacom pen. :)
I like the thin pen it really looks premium 😲
I been waiting for another 3 buttons pen. this is damn useful for 3D Artist user. 1 button for pan, 1 button for rotation and 1 button for zoom in/out.. My only wish is they have the dial like the other competitor. The dial can be use to change ur brush sizes or switching between windows virtual workspace desktop.
For the dial you’ll need additional accessory. Xencelabs, Huion and XP Pen now sell shortcut remotes with dials
@@teohyc true, with additional cost. .. However when u compare to Wacom Intous pro Med, the price range is close but has it - while the only thing different is the 3 buttons pen. For 2D artist I would imagine the dial is more important for those artist. this is clearly a difficult decision to make for people who do both 3D and 2D artist.
The company behind this new brand is Hanvon Ugee, the same parent company behind XP-Pen. I wonder if the tech behind is the same as an XP-Pen. For XP-Pen, I still find the tilt less accurate than a Wacom, at least for pen displays. It seems most if not all the pen displays from China (like Huion / Ugee / Gaomon) have some sort of issue when it comes to pen tilt sensing, like being unable to report tilt near the screen edges.
If they made a large version I'd probably buy it. Looks alot better than my current large Huion tablet
Not sure why anyone would even want a larger one, it already has a larger active drawing area than wacom's medium. the only reason I'd want to go larger is if it were a screen tablet, which its not.
It is pricey but very interesting tablet nonetheless. I wonder how their screen tablets will work and look like. Great video as always I was especially interested in your review of this tablet.
Great review. Precise and to the point. Thanks!
If looks really nice... I really like the bag and the pen case. $279 seems a bit high (it would be a lot more here in Canada). Unfortunately, something I could never master was drawing on the tablet while looking at the monitor. I wish I could because it would save me money not having to buy a display tablet. But I tried for 7 years and just couldn’t develop that hand eye co-ordination.
Regardless... this is a nice looking product I would consider.
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Comprehensive and helpful video!
I love when new companies try making drawing stuff. Reminder Artisul 5 years ago?
It looks so well built 👌🏻
I must admit that from the demonstrations this ones looks like a very good tablet that can compete wacom.
Having two pens, and the holder.... dang. It's kinda nice. Honestly though, at that price, I feel like you're so close to 1920x1080 display drawing tablets.
25% less than the Wacom Intuos Pro medium. I think this has better value all around though
I've been seeing a few articles sprinkled around the internet about this. I like the slick design it looks really solid. I'm glad to see you thinks it's pretty good. I'm curious to see how it compares to Wacom over time.
This is a great looking product. It is expensive, but you get a lot of stuff like the 2 pens and a case which would cost extra with Wacom. I only really wish that it would offer finger gestures, like the Intuos does, as this is essential to my workflow. As yet I have not seen any brand offer this, or do you know any?
Thanks for this review Teoh! I heard that the Xencelabs is founded by ex-Wacom people? That would easily explain the beauty and well thought design of this drawing tablet, I was going to get a medium wacom, now I will try Xencelabs'! Cheers!
Cool. Share your review online
Teoh I've just bought wacom one a week ago after watching your videos a few times and tbh wacom still my fav they're solid and good quality! Thank you for the review ✨
But later I've saw this new tablet.. I do love what they give that's really a lot! I just think remote key was the interesting one, wish they could be use with any tablet drawing that's totally worth it.. But I do think it's better if they've express keys on the tablet itself for non display maybe it's more easy and comfortable to use
But overall your review was totally nice! Maybe one day you can review parblo too, I'm quite interested with their tablet stand 😊
What wacom tab did you get risa?
Hey! Great review. How has durability gone after having it for 8 months now? Thanks.
That looks really cool!
It's a very nice premium tablet, but not worth $270, considering that you can get a Huion Kamvas 13, which actually has a screen, for less, and for just $170 you can get a KD200 from Huion's line of premium pen tablets. The extra goodies like different nibs and pens aren't worth the difference to me, plus this competing offering has a lot of keys.
Lastly, Xencelabs is trying to compete with Wacom while lacking one of the things that makes Wacom able to sell products at a premium: their good reputation as industry standard.
Right now I could only see someone buying this if they had enough money for a small-medium pen display but couldn't handle the posture (back problems?), and even then the aforementioned Inspiroy is still a serious alternative. Cut the price by half (or nearly) and it suddenly becomes very competitive.
Although the express key remote is very interesting, might pick it up myself sometime in the future especially if I see proof that whatever drivers are required for it to work don't interfere with other tablet drivers.
Regardless, very good review.
Back and neck issues are a big drawback for screen tablets noone mentions. After a decade of Cintiqs I am looking for a regular screenless tablet and Xencelab's selling point seems to be good quality, extra pen and regular surface that won't destroy my pen nibs in a month. I have a heavy hand so using regular Intuos surfaces doesn't look feasible for me. I'd appreciate if the base model included buttons on the side , that's the key thing missing from Wacom as far as I can tell. And if you purchase the remote, it's no longer competitively priced. Main thing Wacom has is the proof of their build quality imho. My Cintiq 13HD still works flawlessly, not a single issue. That is one gamble I'll be taking with Xencelabs - whether it will be supported and working in 7 years time is not a guarantee. With Wacom even Intuos 3s have zero issues.
@@anam00090 : One may consider an adapter (since most tablets don't have a vesa mount) to a vesa mount. Making it less necessary to putting it in one's lap, and a little more flexibility than a stand.
@@brodriguez11000 thank you, I'll look into it. Wacom devices not being Vesa compatible out of the box is unfortunate.
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Hi!
I'm totally new to drawing tablet. But I understand not many tablets are compatible with Chromebook.
I'm planning to get one for my daughter. This Xencelab tablet looks good.
Can I ask if you do know this is compatible with Chromebook?
Thanks!
Hello fellow youngsters!
Right now I am between buying a Wacom Intuos Pro M or a Xencelabs Pen Tablet Medium. I've read many reviews from users that have had the Intuos Pro for a while, but I haven't read anything from Xencelabs long-term users. I was wondering if someone here has used the Xencelabs tablet for a while and could tell me how you feel about it... The pen nibs, the texture of the tablet, the drivers, etc.
Thank you!
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I'm a long time user as I bought it since release. I abandoned all my other tablets and used Xencelabs ever since! It's better than Wacom, in my honest opinion. The pen has more weight and stability, and the quality is very high 👌
So this is compatible with MacBook Pro m1 correct?
If so, I’m sold! I need one!
Yes
do you think this is wacom tech for the pen?
Not sure about that. But this company does have employees who worked at Wacom previously.
wtf 240k subs and almost 20 days and only 3k views WTF
This may be an odd question, but I just noticed that the bezels of the tablet are rather small. Does this leave a comfortable amount or space for your hand and wrist to rest when drawing near the edge of the tablet?
The bezel size seems alright. Still comfortable to rest the hand.
@@teohyc Okay, thanks!
Is this tablet compatible with Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo?
Yes
@@teohyc Thanks
My tablet won't turn on. Any ideas?
Battery charged? Best to contact the company to ask
btw.. where can you get it in SG? (Challenger, Harvey?) -- how much do they sell it in SGD?
Interestingly it’s available on Amazon Singapore www.amazon.sg/dp/B08VNRC69B
@@teohyc Awesome. Thanks for sharing the info. ill go check it out now
Wow, for that price you can get an entry level pen display. These are Wacom level prices for an "off" brand. I wish them luck, but perhaps they should have started with a more budget line first. I know if I was buying a pen tablet I'm not sure I would consider this because of the price. Shame as it does seem to have the look and the functionality of a high end pen tablet.
They already did. The company behind this new brand is Hanvon Ugee. They already have the budget XP-Pen brand.
@@nelsonchu1343 Sadly the name change kinda negates that then. Most people will not know that. I'm in I.T. and in the digital art world and did not know that. Prolly should have released it under the XP-Pen brand given XP-Pen already is known for fairly robust and quality products.
From a brand perspective, think of it like lexus or infiniti. A higher end side brand.
Not trying to sound like an elitist or anything, but very few of the alt brand tablets are built or perform like wacoms products. I've tried tons, but they range from quite good to pretty shitty, both with the hardware itself and the drivers.
All of these companies are able to invest in R&D and use more premium materials to build better and they can invest in better software, but there would still be people saying "why is this xp pen so much more than the other one?'
Xencelabs seem to have a properly made product, they also seem to have worked on really decent software for it too.
I've actually bought one and I'm waiting for it to arrive. I have use graphics tablets professionally for over 10 years. I've never had any brand replace wacom as my primary tablet until now. So we'll see if it is worth the cash once it arrives
@@EightNineOne so how did it go? Is it worth it or wacom still win?
@@moonmountain3431 It's excellent, the first one of these products be on par with Wacom in terms of feel and accuracy. I actually like it slightly more than an intuos. The build quality is also stellar, the underside of the tablet is made of metal, very thin and extremely well made. The main pen is almost identical to an intuos Pro pen, apart from a little heavier, the extra button and probably made a little better too. Drivers are great, very flexible but I've had a few minor issues with cursors being locked to apps and a few niggles, but nothing a driver update can't fix. The thin pen is lovely, about the size and weight of an apple pencil.
Overall, I'd say it's a better buy than an intuos for a hundred pounds less.
At that high price unfortunately it's have very old technology, since it's didn't even support linux yet, or even android, and I stiil can see a small jitter(but may be it's your hand, so cmiiw).
If it's have intention to compete with wacom, at last make it perfect first before release it, bcoz if not, in the end only high budget reviewer will try buy this, and ordinary people will not choose this instead of wacom.
Guess they dont think im good enough an artist to get one. Lol
This tablet driver also has Force proportions to your monitor screen Aspect ratio, does it? Does it draw a perfect circle on screen if you use a circular ruler on the tablet?
They have felt tip nibs that you can have more accurate results of drawing a circle.
@@bbtund81 The nib has nothing to do with the aspect ratio, If your tablet is let's say for example 4:3 ratio and your screen is 16:9, what you draw on the tablet might appear on screen as stretched out because the ratio does not match. Most tablet companies knows about this and they have a setting within the driver that helps to match your tablet to the screen ratio.
@@TheMannequin …what do you mean
@@bbtund81 Basically means that if the tablet proportion is not the same as your screen, the tablet will use it's whole working area detectable to the pen but it is not perfectly accurate on certain screens that has a different proportion.
If your tablet is square and your screen is rectangular, moving along the X axis will feel a lot faster compared to the Y axis.
It's basically differences in Aspect Ratio. That's why most tablet company will have the option to set the working area compatible with the screen shape to make it equally accurate.
I am asking the question to find out if this specific tablet company has that feature in their driver settings as well
@@TheMannequin but it’s 10 x 5 inches. That’s like similar to 10 x 6 inches, no?