Tuga WH6 vs Tuga W8

Only if you need the shape. The WH6 costs £699 and the W8 £629, and they share the same Intel Celeron N5100, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, 4G LTE and NFC, so the £70 buys a smaller, lighter device with a removable battery and a microSD slot, not more memory or built-in storage. If the device spends its day in your hands while you read, or on a tablet dock or a vehicle mounting dock, the Tuga W8 gives you a bigger, brighter screen, IP67, HDMI and a fingerprint sensor for less. If it spends its day in a holster, the Tuga WH6 earns the difference. Both come with the same 12 month warranty, and the paid 3-Year Warranty is £89 on the WH6 and £79 on the W8. Both prices have no VAT to add, and delivery is free to UK addresses in 7 to 10 working days.

The Tuga WH6 with Barcode Scanner if scanning is the main job, the Tuga W8 with 2D Scanner if it is one part of a bigger task. Both come in a scanner version sold from the same product page as the standard model: the WH6 version is £779, £80 over the standard WH6, and the W8 version is £699, £70 over the standard W8, so the two are £80 apart. For scanning as the main job, parcels, stock or assets all day, the handheld is the natural shape: the standard WH6 weighs 470g and has a Belt Holster (£22) listed for it, though the scanner version's weight is not listed. For scanning as part of a bigger task, a stock count that also needs a bigger screen, say, the W8 version does the scanning and gives you the screen for the rest. Our guide to built-in barcode scanners covers when the extra cost pays off at all.

The W8 carries a 5000mAh battery and the WH6 4000mAh, so the tablet starts the day with more capacity. The WH6's battery is removable, so it can be swapped rather than charged in place, while the W8's is not listed as removable; spare batteries are not listed with the accessories, so check with us before you count on swapping one. For charging in place, the WH6 Charging Cradle is £79 and the Charging Dock for the W8 is £49.99, and the 12V DC Car Charger (£26) fits either (see accessories). The WH6 also has the wider listed operating range, -20°C to 60°C against the W8's -10°C to 50°C. Our guide to rugged tablets in winter explains what the cold does to either battery.

Both run Windows 11 on the same Intel Celeron N5100 and 8GB of RAM, but the edition differs: Windows 11 IoT on the WH6, Windows 11 Pro on the W8. Storage is 128GB in both, an SSD in the W8 and eMMC plus a microSD slot in the WH6. If your software provider says which Windows editions they support, ask them about the one you are considering, and check that the specific programs you rely on run on the device before you order.