Lenovo Flex 5 14 Laptop, 14.0 FHD Touch Display, AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 16GB RAM, 256GB Storage, AMD Radeon Graphics, Digital Pen, Windows 10H

Powerful and cheap laptop, very functional

First of all I would like to mention this laptop comes with the lenovo Digital Pen included. I havent tried using it yet, I will update this after. As of right now, I love this laptop! I think its a great laptop, it does come with AMD Ryzen 5500U (Model 82HU0036US), Ive used it for zoom meetings while running other apps in the background, for editing and illustrating using Adobe and I havent experienced any lagging. The screen is extremely responsive when using it as a tablet, it runs as smoothly as it does when using it in laptop mode. Overall, I would recommend it. 10/10. If your think about buying it, BUY IT!! Its great!! Also, I bought it from IRONHILL TECH.

So the first thing I noticed when setting it up, was how fast it went to the windows setup screen on initial boot. Being someone who fixes and builds PCs and laptops I really wasnt expecting that. Knew right there that it must be that 5500U rockin it. The laptop comes preinstalled with Windows 10 20H2 which is the latest version as of this review date, so that is a plus. The screen was a bit dim at first and I had noticed in the reviews that another said it was too dim. After adjusting brightness under Windows mobility, it looked much much better, though could honestly be just a bit brighter but not horrible. The colors were off a bit and I had to do some calibrating in Photoshop settings to account for this. I noticed during Windows updates that the cooling fan would ramp up quite often & is somewhat noisy. This ramping up concerned me a bit so I did some additional testing. I tested both Heaven and Cinebench while running HWMonitor in the back ground. The results I got were 38c at idle and 94c under semi-heavy load. I wasnt too impressed by either the idle temp or the high temp. I did see a bit of throttling occur because of this. So while you CAN game on this quite nicely, Id honestly suggest a cooling pad underneath for a little extra protection. Tablet mode/flipping the screen works quite nice, and as I stated in the headline, this is great for Photoshop. My daughter, being a digital artist, uses a pen tablet at her desk to draw on, so I gave this one to her. She was absolutely tickled pink to have a Windows 10 laptop/tablet to run Photoshop on while on the go. Going to hand down her old laptop to her aunt. Overall, I think this is a pretty Bad-azz laptop with alot of power and alot of punch, but because of the thermal issues Im seeing, Im going to deduct 1 star. The thermal issues I saw do not at all make this a bad laptop and do not reflect what one would commonly see with casual use. I simply took it to a higher thermal point on purpose for informational purposes. So even though I am deducting 1 star for my own personal reasons, I absolutely would still recommend this laptop if you are looking for a flip type tablet with lots of processing power on the go as long as you dont mind an occasional ramp up of the cooling fan during heavy loads.

PROS:

This works great. love how easy it is to use. its pretty lightweight battery lasts a long time nd the tablet mode is so cool. can do way more than any tablet can do and runs fast.

For home use only, size and weight are excellent; not completely set up yet; dont use touch screen much; dont know yet about battery life; live with spouse , so dont need fingerprint feature, although it might be useful for some.

THE GOOD:

I have been a fan of Lenovo laptops for a while now. They are not loaded with too many garbage apps and they are usually well-built, fast, and designed well. This 2-in-1 is no different. Here are some of the highlights:

First off, great price from seller conputersUSA. Screen looks great in 1080p, touch screen works nice and the amd is plenty enough power for my sons gaming needs on steam. Perfect size and flexibility

This is a really nice laptop in the mid-range pricepoint. Its thinner and much better made than the low-end $300-400 laptops. The case doesnt flex, and the keyboard is much nicer than those found on lower priced models. The screen is very nice, both in terms of color and clarity, as well as the touch screen responsiveness. I really give Lenovo a lot of credit for this design. The hinges are very sturdy and I didnt ever feel like it was cheap or flimsy when going from laptop mode to tablet mode. When using as the inverted V shape, the hinges are stiff enough that you dont have to worry about it unfolding, yet they are still easy to move.