A Solid Choice for Creatives with Room for Improvement
The Wacom One Pen Display 13 Touch offers a solid combination of design, ease of use, and price. Its compact and sleek design makes it portable, though the lack of an included stand and its heavier weight may reduce overall convenience. In terms of ease of use, the tablet is simple to set up, with the pen and touch functionality offering a versatile experience for various creative tasks. At its price point, the tablet delivers good value, offering a powerful set of features. Overall, it’s a strong option for those seeking an affordable and functional pen display.
PROS
- Full HD Touchscreen
- Natural Drawing Experience
- Touchscreen Functionality
- Versatile Connectivity
CONS
- No Stand Included
- Cable Management
- Only 1080P Resolution
- DESIGN
- EASE OF USE
- PRICE
Creative interaction is just a touch away with this display!
I’ve found that having a second screen is essential to my productivity. Even if I’m not using it 100% of the time, it’s great to leave applications I’m monitoring up and running on that second display so that I can focus on the work I’m doing. This is where the Wacom One Pen Display 13 Touch comes into play. Not only can you use it as a second screen for monitoring, but you can also interact with creative and productivity apps through the power of the touch screen.
About Wacom One 13 Touch
The Wacom One Pen Display 13 Touch offers an immersive digital drawing experience for artists, designers, and creatives of all levels. With its 13.3-inch full HD touchscreen display, it delivers vibrant colors and exceptional detail, allowing for precise and fluid drawings. The responsive touch screen and included Wacom stylus offer a natural, pen-on-paper feel, making it easier to sketch, paint, and design directly on the screen.
Ideal for both beginners and experienced creators, the Wacom One is compatible with a variety of creative software like Photoshop, Illustrator, and other industry-standard tools. The sleek and compact design makes it a portable solution for on-the-go creatives, while the adjustable stand ensures a comfortable working position. Whether used for professional artwork, graphic design, or casual drawing, the Wacom One enhances the creative process with an intuitive interface and powerful performance.
Main Features
- Screen Size: 13.3-inch / 33.8 cm
- Screen Resolution: Full HD / 1920 x 1080 pixels
- Technology: IPS
- Glass / Surface: No parallax, Anti-glare & Anti-fingerprint
- Active area: 294 x 165 mm / 11.6 x 6.5 inches
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Viewing Angle: 170deg. (85/85) H / 170deg. (85/85) V (typ)
- Contrast Ratio: 2000:1 (typ)
- Brightness: 320 cd/m2 (typ)
- Response Time (G2G): 19 ms (typ)
- Pen Name: Wacom One Standard Pen
- Pen Pressure Levels: 4096
- Pen Type: Tilt- & pressure-sensitive, cordless, battery-free
- Number of Switches: 2 x (individual button assignment)
- Pen Technology: Electromagnetic resonance technology (EMR), compatible with third party pens (LAMY, Staedtler, …)
- Multi-Touch: Yes
- I/O Ports: 2 x USB Type-C (USB Hub Function)
- Product Dimensions: 336 x 222 x 12 mm (13.2 x 8.7 x 0.5 in)
- Product Weight: 0.9 kg (1.9 lbs)
What’s in the Box
- Wacom One 13 Touch Creative Pen Display
- Cables: 2 x USB-C to USB-C Cable (1.8m)
- Pen Kit: 1 x Wacom One Standard Pen, 10 x Wacom One Pen Standard Nibs, 1 x Nib Remover
- Documents: Quick Start Guide
- Power: Wacom One Power Adapter
Pricing & Availability
The Wacom One 13 Touch has a list price of $599.95 on wacom.com and Amazon.
Unboxing
When you first open the box, you’ll find a simple illustrated power-up paper. While this might work well for some people, I prefer to have a little additional written description for clarity. Just under that piece of paper is the tablet housed inside a simple fabric sleeve. Then you will find the full quick start guide, the pen, and extra tips. The two USB-C cables are beneath the initial shipping carton layer. The power adapter comes with the wall plug unattached. It easily snaps onto the head of it. While the packaging keeps the tablet and its accessories safe and secure, it does feel like a lot of excess cardboard.
Set-up
One thing I noticed right away was that there was no stand included with the tablet. This makes using it much more difficult in my opinion. I would love to see at least a pop-up stand included so that you can easily prop the display up at an angle. Fortunately, I had a spare that lifted up the tablet, but because of the weight of it, I was only able to use the stand at a certain angle.
Speaking of the weight, I found this tablet to be exceptionally heavy. Granted, I understand that this isn’t the sort of tablet that you pick up and take with you everywhere, but I still thought it would be lighter and less bulky than it is. The Wacom One Pen Display weighs in at 1.9 pounds. As a basis for comparison, the iPad Pro M4 13-inch is 1.28 pounds.
The power-up paper shows three different options for connecting the Wacom display.
- Connect directly to a computer using a single USB-C cable. In this instance, the display would run off of the host computer’s power.
- Connect to a host computer and power separately.
- Connect to a host computer and external display using a splitter cable (not included) and then power using the power adapter.
I opted to plug the Wacom tablet directly into my MacBook Air using one USB-C cable. The tablet was able to be powered using just one connection. After connecting the tablet to my laptop, I was able to start using it as a second display, but the functionality of the pen was severely limited until I installed the Wacom Center app and ensured all the system settings had the proper permissions.
The Wacom display comes with several software deals. The Wacom Center app provides users the option to review what software offers they want to take advantage of rather than bulk downloading them onto a system. I do want to make a small note here. My MacBook Air is a 2020, M1 model and does not have support for dual displays. You can connect one external display directly at a time to an M1 machine, but not two. So, when I connected my MacBook Air to my larger workstation, which includes an external monitor, I wasn’t able to use the display tablet at the same time. It still registered as being connected and some of the touch controls still worked, but the display was blank. I did try to connect using a dual-monitor-supported docking station, but it didn’t work either. So, I used it only when I wasn’t connected to the external monitor.
Experience/Testing
I’m not an artist. So, I don’t have a lot of calls for a sketching tablet. That said, I do a lot of photo editing on a daily basis and complete many, many document markups. This is where Wacom One really came in handy. I used it a bit with the pen, but when I switched it to full touch mode, I really took advantage of that. I love using my iPad because I can interact with it differently than I can with my computer — because it has a touch screen. The Wacom One gives me that flexibility with my full macOS system.
In order to use full touch mode, you have to flip the switch on the top of the display, but it works very well. The tablet seems to be very responsive whether you use the pen or just finger touches. It integrated perfectly with my macOS laptop. It acts as a second display and I just pulled application windows over to it and then used the touch functionality to get my work done. I felt it was much more productive in most cases to be using the touch display rather than a keyboard/mouse.
Conclusion
The Wacom One Pen Display 13 Touch proves to be a versatile and powerful tool for anyone looking to enhance their creative workflow or boost productivity. While it’s especially valuable for digital artists, its touch-screen capabilities also make it a fantastic option for those who need extra interactivity in their daily tasks, such as photo editing and document markup.
The seamless integration with macOS and the natural responsiveness of both pen and touch input make it a worthwhile addition to any workspace. Although the lack of a stand and its slightly bulky design might be drawbacks for some, the overall functionality and flexibility it provides as a second display outweigh these minor inconveniences. If you’re looking for an affordable yet feature-packed pen display, the Wacom One is definitely worth considering.
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