Datacolor Spyder5 Express

£99/$129

www.datacolor.com

Datacolor’s Spyder5 range of calibration products uses an identical piece of calibration hardware: only the software and licence code define which version you have. The advantage of this is you can upgrade to a more advanced model by buying new software: the hardware already contains a dormant sensor capable of ambient light detection.

The software for the Express is almost the same as you get with fancier Datacolor products, but with almost all extras stripped out. The appearance isn’t as friendly as X-rite’s Colormunki Smile, but it’s very straightforward to use.

The Express takes around five minutes 15 seconds to do its thing, and it calibrated our test screen to an impressive Delta-e colour accuracy of 0.93.

Pros

Quick and quite simple to use; easily upgradable; great overall accuracy Cons

Software interface could be more friendly; very few options in this basic version We say

A great choice for no-frills, accurate calibration Overall score