Tuga WH6 vs Tuga W10

Only if you need the shape. The WH6 costs £699 and the W10 £649, and the W10 is the bigger device with a higher-clocked processor, more ports and the larger removable battery, so the £50 buys a smaller, lighter handheld with 4G LTE and GPS built in, not more computer. If the device is mostly used on a lap or a desk while you read, at a panel, in a dock or on a dashboard, the Tuga W10 gives you more for less. If it spends its day in a holster and comes out for a scan, a signature or a reading, the Tuga WH6 justifies the difference. Both include 12 months of warranty; the paid 3-Year Warranty is £89 on the WH6 and £79 on the W10, and business fleets of five or more devices can ask about the quote-only Total Care plan.

The handheld if scanning is the main job, the W10 if scanning is part of a bigger task at a bench or desk. Both come in a scanner version, sold from the same product page as the standard model and £80 over it: the Tuga WH6 with Barcode Scanner is £779 and the Tuga W10 with 2D Scanner is £729. The WH6 version lists an integrated 2D scanner that reads all major barcode formats, and the Belt Holster (£22) gives it somewhere to go between scans. The W10 version lists a Newland 2D scan engine that reads 1D barcodes plus QR, PDF417, Aztec and MaxiCode, with a UHF RFID reader as a further option, and the screen and Ethernet port suit stock counts typed into a system. Our guide to built-in barcode scanners covers when the extra £80 pays off at all.

Yes, both list a removable battery: 5000mAh in the W10 and 4000mAh in the WH6, so the tablet starts the day with more capacity, and a removable battery means a charged spare can be swapped in where you have one. Spare batteries are not listed with the accessories, so check with us via the contact page before you plan around one. For charging in place, the WH6 Charging Cradle is £79, the Charging Dock for the W10 is £49.99, and the 12V DC Car Charger (£26) fits either, all on the accessories page. The WH6 lists an operating range of -20°C to 60°C and the W10 lists no operating temperature, so if the device lives in an unheated van through winter, the WH6 is the one with a listed figure. Our guide to rugged tablets in winter explains what the cold does to either battery.

Not necessarily, so check. Both have 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, but the processors differ, an Intel N100 (up to 3.4GHz) in the W10 and an Intel Celeron N5100 (up to 2.8GHz) in the WH6, and so does the edition: the WH6 runs Windows 11 IoT and the W10 Windows 11 Pro. Ask your software provider which Windows editions they support, and check that the specific programs you rely on run on the device before you order rather than assuming they will. Software that talks to equipment over a network cable is the W10's case, since only the W10 lists an RJ45 Ethernet port; a program that needs the device's own mobile connection is simpler on the WH6, which has 4G LTE built in where the W10 lists it as an option. If you want Windows on 8 inches instead, the Tuga W8 at £629 is the 8 inch Windows 11 Pro tablet in the range, and it is cheaper than either.