Logitech's Crayon Stylus Expands to All Users Through Apple Store Availability

[macduke]

This is a good example for what I wrote above. If you’re getting it for your daughter, I would seriously consider adding $30 more (unless you can get it at $50 school price) for the full Apple Pencil. Even if she’s not planning to use it artistically, you never know if it will inspire her to do anything creative where the pressure sensitivity is paramount.

I have an Apple Pencil that she will likely get eventually once Apple releases a newer version. For now she is four and this thing seems more durable and less easy to lose caps and things like that. Pressure sensitivity is nice but she won't be able to tell the difference. I went without pressure sensitivity for many years, lol.

 

[ericwn]

I'd buy it over Apple Pencil purely for the non-rolly shape, and that it charges like a normal damn device.

While this does look like a better solution on paper it surely will be annoying as hell in real life when you take out the iPad , realise that the pen needs charging, then you go back into your bag, search for the charger and cable and then look out for the nearest wall socket.

On the other hand, if you are a student and need the Apple Pencil, you can plug it into your iPad immediately, even when you’re sitting in the middle of a lecture. Sure it does look a bit funky to plug the pencil into the iPad right away - but there are many situations where it might be a more practical solution.

 

[aevan]

Still disagree completely. Just like you don't see who this is for at $70, I'm not sure how you consider the pencil a must have for creatives. Artists have been using the iPad as a creative tool far longer than the existence of the pencil. Eh, no matter. To each his own. Opinions differ all the time.

Of course artists used the iPad before the Pencil. They also did digital art before the iPad, too. But new tools come out and you should always look what is the best value for money today. And I think that at $70, the Crayon is not good value considering the much better Apple Pencil is just $30 more expensive. Can you do creative things with the Crayon? Of course. You can do them with a finger too. But the Penicl is a lot better and more natural feeling (the pressure is a big part of how realistic it feels) and all I'm saying - if you're already paying a premium price for a stylus (and $70 is a lot for a stylus), might as well add a bit for the full experience. Trust me, if you're a creative, even a hobbyist, that will be the best money you spent. If the price difference was bigger, sure, it would make sense to get this, especially if you just need it for a scribble or two.

And sure, opinions differ, no hard feelings or anything
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I have an Apple Pencil that she will likely get eventually once Apple releases a newer version. For now she is four and this thing seems more durable and less easy to lose caps and things like that. Pressure sensitivity is nice but she won't be able to tell the difference. I went without pressure sensitivity for many years, lol.

Ok, that makes total sense

 

[macduke]

Ok, that makes total sense

Yeah with the rumors about Apple Pencil 2 I figure that will come out sometime in the next 2-3 years and then we can hand down the fat pencil to her little brother.

We're doing a trial with a really old iPad Mini first gen right now to see if she can behave with it. We've let her use it while traveling in the past and it turns her into a little monster when we take it away, even though it's only loaded up with educational software. But she seems to be doing better now since I sat down with her and set clear, simple rules and a timer for it. She has to be good during daycare, eat most of her dinner including at least a bite of everything on her plate, and she has to pick up her toys in the living room and then she gets 30 minutes with a 5 minute warning. If she argues about putting it away, she loses access to it the next day. I feel bad that we've restricted her so much as other kids in our daycare (we own the business—my wife runs it and I do the finances, maintenance and ordering part-time) are much more adept at using tablets than she is. But some of them get pretty awful as well, such as one boy whose parents just let him bury his nose in it all day and my wife often takes it away because it distracts all the other kids and causes arguments. I worry about my kids becoming electronic zombies.

 

[dannyyankou]

No pressure sensitivity = no one should get this instead of Apple Pencil.

Except for those who own an iPad Air, which doesn’t support said Apple Pencil.

 

[aevan]

Except for those who own an iPad Air, which doesn’t support said Apple Pencil.

Air doesn’t support the Crayon either. It’s not a capacitive stylus, it uses the same tracking technology as the Pencil and requires iPad Pros or the latest iPad.