Choosing the best stylus for iPad

Steve Jobs came up with the iPhone and iPad as a device to be controlled by the touch of a finger on the touch screen. However, Apple has created a multifunctional Soup such that they can already be used as notepads and even canvas for drawing. We offer you an overview of the stylus, which will work on your gadgets even more convenient

We admit that writing long notes, draw or draw with the stylus still more familiar and easier to use than your finger.

If you've never used a stylus on the iPad before, before you buy, you should pay attention to several things.

iPad is not sensitive to the pressing force

This feature does not allow to draw lines of varying thickness. In part, this lack of correct Bluetooth stylus. The developers have made no little effort, that would create a pen that works on the principle of not pressing the touch screen, and with the help of Bluetooth-code. These styli allow you to write and draw, with different force pressing, which is quite convenient for drawing text and lines of different thickness. However, they have several drawbacks: they do not support all applications; Work on Bluetooth 4.0 restricts use iDevaysov (start iPad mini, iPad 3, iPhone 5); Still, sometimes you need to recharge or change the battery.

The weight of the stylus

This is important if you plan long-term operation, and the application you are using does not disable the touch of his hand. Long-term "hover" hands over the screen, can be quite tedious.

Tips: size, shape, material

Stylus mid-priced from $ 10 to $ 40 are provided with a pen made of rubber measuring 6-9 mm. That is, manufacturers are trying to replicate the tip of the middle finger. There are feathers a little smaller and made of different materials, but usually there will have to compromise. They are more difficult to press the touch panel to react to the iPad or press the pen more slippery than traditional rubber.

Stylus-enabled Bluetooth, thanks to its technology, can have a wide range of different feathers of different materials: rubber, transparent disk-caps, plastic ferrules such as pen pens.

What's better? This largely depends on your needs. Rubber provides more grip to the screen. This is good when you have to keep a hand in the air, but annoying when you need to quickly write. Fabric feathers also slowed down on the screen, moreover, they are quite soft, which gives them a low accuracy. Plastic caps are much more nimble, but they are moving on the iPad screen, can produce an annoying creak.

If you hate to take notes on the virtual keyboard, or slide your finger to sign a document that you need a stylus for quick notes. We propose to consider the Bluetooth stylus for $ 75 Jot Script Company Adonit. It uses Pixelpoint technology that allows you to write cleanly and quickly. Tip, do not traditionally rubber and made of tiny pieces of plastic, which improves the visibility of the screen and writing accuracy.

Of course, Script is perfect for all tasks. Because of the plastic tip, it's a little slide on the screen, and has only one fully supported by the app (Penultimate). With other applications, which are difficult to perceive the tilt of the pen, it may be an inconvenience to use.

Build quality is excellent stylus. Requires AAA battery life whose life will be long, due to the overall low power consumption.

Our choice- Jot Script: plastic tip 2 mm, 75 $. Pros: Bluetooth; quick email; it is the most precise stylus on the market. Cons: sliding on the iPad screen; limited application support; low sensitivity to the touch.

Without Bluetooth - Bamboo Stylus Duo: 5mm rubber tip, $ 40. Pros: Fast; the ability to write an ordinary pen, which is on the other side of the stylus. Cons: over time, the tip wears out (you can buy a replacement).

The diversity offered by the stylus, it is important to find one that he was lying comfortably in the hand, I had a good balance and could make scribbles in any application, which we like.

Wacom Bamboo Stylus Solo is an excellent all-rounder: 6 mm round pen rubber provides a good grip. Lovely balance. It allows you to write, make sketches, and navigate through menus as you like.

Bamboo is not the most luxurious stylus. The paper had the same problems as all rubber feathers: it is difficult to perform the exact steps as large rubber tip closes the line.

If you're willing to fork out for Bluetooth-stylus and want to get the device allows you to draw lines of various thicknesses (depending on the pressing force) look at the Ten One Design Pogo Connect $ 80 ($ 120 with a set of feathers).

Stylus support one hundred pressing levels, which, together with five diverse tips will help achieve almost any goal. Such positioning and sensitivity is achieved by a special patented sensor that detects even the tip-brush, at any inclination, and without any of the original calibration.

There is one catch. Pogo Connect does not work with the new iPad Air. The manufacturer says that working on a solution to this problem.

Our choice - Wacom Bamboo Stylus Solo: rubber tip 5 mm, $ 20. Pros: excellent for basic drawing or writing. Cons: sometimes difficult to understand what you're drawing; after a while the need to replace the pen (it is possible to purchase).

With Bluetooth: Pogo Connect: rubber tip 7.3 mm, 80 $. Pros: the ability to use different pens (sold separately); pressing hundred levels; palm off sensitivity (in some applications). Cons: Limited number of applications; It does not work with iPad Air.

Cosmonaut: Rubber tip 8 mm $ 25. Advantages: high rubber housing for comfortable grip; easy to use for children and adults; surprisingly accurate (for its pen size). Cons: difficult to write; tire easily attracts dust.

Serious artists pay attention to the stylus Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus which has 2,048 levels of pressure sensitivity, creating the effect of drawing a conventional marker or pencil on paper. This device has a removable lugs and is intended for drawing, sketching and painting.

Our choice - Intuos Creative Stylus: rubber tip 6 mm, 100 $.. Pros: huge amount of pressure sensitivity levels; a lot of compatible third-party applications; Bluetooth support. Cons: High price; sufficiently soft tip; Programmable pen buttons are easy to press, if you make a seizure near the tip of the pen.

Version without rubber - Jot Touch 4: The plastic disc 6 mm tip, $ 90. Pros: programmable buttons; precise lines; 2048 levels of pressure sensitivity; rechargeable via USB. Cons: have to get used to the pen; drive can stick to the screen.

There are many talented authors painting on iPad. It's nice, when elements of the old art school transferred to the new world of electronic devices. brush Nomad and Sensu allow to apply paint on the iPad as a digital canvas.

Nomad offers several options not to press the brushes. Price brushes varies from 5 $ to 35 $ -Nomad Compose (the most interesting brush with broad strokes to the tip and narrow - to draw small parts).

Sensu offers a smaller selection of brushes, or $ 25 (only a brush) or $ 40 (brush and rubber tip).

Which brand to choose? Nomad is slightly coarser and with little noticeable resistance to slide across the screen, while Sensu moves smoothly both on the canvas.

Greater resistance - Nomad Compose: a brush with two tips, $ 35. Pros: easy to make as large-scale strokes and fine lines. Cons: Due to the present resistance brush can quickly become damaged.

Smooth version - Sensu Solo: brush tip, $ 25. Pros: smooth glide on the iPad screen; good control of operating time. Cons: when not used carefully, the brush can get damaged.

there are many other styluses on the market. We stayed at these, because they perfectly fulfill its purpose.

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Do you use a stylus or is not necessary? Are you willing to spend money on a stylus, after reading this review?