Best budget touchscreen laptops

Top pick: HP OmniBook X Flip 14 — the safest budget touchscreen buy. It's a proper Windows 2-in-1 with a 1920×1200 touch display, and it's the only pick here with a large, strong review base (4.7 of 5 from 1,300 ratings) and plenty of stores to buy from.

Who the others suit:

• Acer Chromebook Plus Spin 514 — if you mostly live in a browser and want a light, simple convertible.
• Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 — if you want a familiar Windows laptop with 512GB storage and don't need a big screen.
• 15.6" 2K Core i5 2-in-1 — if you want the biggest, sharpest screen and a faster chip for the money.
• Golzer 15.6" 2-in-1 — if you want the most RAM (16GB) at the lowest cost and can live with a lesser-known brand.
• Acer Chromebook 315 — if you just need a big touchscreen for web, email and streaming.

Skip the 4GB-RAM 15.6" model and the 3.4-star Mokser unless price is the only thing that matters.