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Wacom is the best, in general. Huion gets 90% there for half or less of the price. They favor a different pressure curve that likely works well enough for most people while, I'm sure, saving on nibs and/or whatever's in the pen. The digitizer itself is equally or more accurate in positioning.

While some people take an understandable but cynical view due to the close ties between most Chinese companies and the government, that's exactly why I don't worry. Any whiff of spying would be a diplomatic hazard.

Think of the ruckus when Bloomberg accused Supermicro of installing spy chips for the Chinese government.

https://9to5mac.com/2021/02/12/super-micro-spy-chip-story/

Now imagine actual, confirmable spying. This would be the end to a huge part of Huion's business in markets it's worked hard to build a good reputation in for access to people who likely don't deal much in the kind of information a government wants to steal.




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