Pantone's Huey vs ColorVision's Spyder2express

I looked at them all, played with them a bit, at PhotoExpo. I was going to buy the Huey but it was too restrictive for me (no gamma and no measurement or ambient light). GretagMacbeth seemed overpriced and I couldn't find the Spyder stand. However, Pantone seems to own them all now (unless they just market them all).

I ended up with the Eye-One. I can select a different white point (I chose medium warm 5500K), save multiple profiles (daytime lighting and evening lighting) and set the gamma I want. Visible differences between what my eyeballs Mk1 and the Eye-One set .... and I assume the Eye-One is the correct.

actually pantone huey has both gamma and light measurement..

gamma is just preset set and is 1.5 - 2.2 - 2.4 wile temp is 5500 6500 and 9000 if i remember correctly

i.e. 2.2 gamma and 65k is named web and photo editing.

you can set up huey to measure ambient light manually or automatically even tellin' it how often to calibrate..

Yep, the good thing about the Huey is that it actually adjuest your monitor on the fly, so if your room lighting changes it reads the change and changes the screen colors accordingly. Pretty cool for the price. I have a Spyder2, but bought a Huey for a friend who is really, really happy with it.

I have a spyder2express, upgraded to a GretagMacbeth EyeOne, then got a Huey for free at a color seminar. My experiences:

The EyeOne is spot on perfect, and has the benefit of being able to profile not only monitors but scanners, cameras and printers for a completely synced color workflow. It can also ambient profile the color temperature of light sources and camera flashes... even projectors with an add-on.

The Spyder did an okay job of profiling my monitors, but I never felt it was as accurate as the EyeOne.

The Huey has a terribly clunky interface. It consistently profiled all of my monitors with a magenta cast. It's ambient light monitoring and screen re-caibration where annoying. I also felt like there was something not right about applying tiny suction cups directly to expensive LCD screens...

I hope this helps.