Gear for a Paperless, PDF-First Life

Hands-on guides to the tablets, scanners, styluses and screens that make working with documents faster — tested and ranked.

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Best Tablets for Annotating PDFs (2026)

6 tablets compared — iPad Air, reMarkable 2, Surface Pro 9 and more — for reading, marking up and signing PDFs.

6 chairs compared — Aeron, Steelcase Leap, Branch, IKEA Markus and more — for back support and value.

6 scanners compared — ScanSnap, Epson, Brother and more — that turn paper into searchable PDFs.

5 desks compared — Uplift, Fully Jarvis, Vari, Secretlab and Autonomous — for height, stability and value.

Monitor light bar, laptop stand, monitor arm and more — the upgrades that make a desk work harder.

PDF Annotation

From Apple Pencil to budget picks — the best pens for PDF work.

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Comparison

A head-to-head on the two most popular PDF devices.

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