domingo, 3 de enero de 2016

Pogo Connect 2 VS Pencil by 53 Stylus for iPad



This entrance is about both stylus, let's begin with the Pogo Connect.

The Pogo uses one AAA battery, it has two buttons, and one round nib.
Despite the battery, it feels good in my hand, not heavy but not very light. The nib is sturdy, it seems it will last for a fea months at least, or maybe a year.
It connects with Bluetooth but it's not necessary to look for it in the Settings. Just turn on the bluetooth, and then enter into your drawing app.
The app I use is Sketchbook Pro, and sometimes ArtRage. You can find the Pogo stylus between the Stylus options in both apps. Turn on the Palm Rejection, map the two buttons for some functions like Undo or Redo, and you're ready to go! Or at least that's what I thought...
The Pogo it's not very accurate, and you have ghost lines very often, you do a stroke and the Pogo sometimes will not draw the line. For me it's kind of uncomfortable because of the round nib, maybe it would be good for just painting or shading, but not for thin strokes. And other thing is that it looses a lot the bluetooth connection, so you have to press a button and wait to get connected again, and sometimes you have to turn off the bluetooth connection, turn it back on, and press a button of the Pogo.
OVERALL: If you just gonna use this stylus for writing, painting or drawing for fun it would be fine for $9, but if you're looking something more Pro, this stylus is not for you.

Now, let's see the Pencil by 53:

The Pencil by 53 uses an usb charger (remove the nib tip), doesn't have buttons and it's made of metal so it's a little bit heavy, but still it feels natural in my hand. It also comes with an eraser in the other end.
It connects with Bluetooth just by turning it on and then find the app you use and set the Pencil in the Stylus options. In the app setting you'll find the Palm Rejection (at least in Skecthbook). The Pencil is very very accurate and you will not have ghost lines at all. The round nib is good for painting, shading or drawing big lines, it's not very comfortable for thin lines, for example for tracing.
The Bluetooth connections is very strong, it only disconnects if you get far away the Pencil or change to another app, and if it disconnects it will connect again by itself. The Stylus would had been amazing with a different nib (thinner), and it's weird, because I think they can make another tip special for this Stylus, the nib can be replaced if it's damaged, so I think the company can make another nib (thinner) for this Stylus. The Pencil by 53 comes with an extra nib tip and an eraser for replacing when necessary.
OVERALL: The Pencil's 53 is actually really good! I really like it! I plan to use it mostly for shading or painting, or for making heavy lines. It's very sturdy, uses usb charger, and it's a a great stylus for professional use! You can find it three versions: (Gold $59.95, Walnut $57.95 and Graphite $49.95). My Pencil's 53 is the Graphite and it actually costs me $29.99 as a special offer from Amazon.

Case and Tricks for different Stylus for the iPad!

Most of the Stylus you buy, like the Pogo Connect and the Pencil by 53 come in small boxes with no case, so if you wan to keep protected your stylus this might be helpful for you!
A lot of people wear glasses, so find a case of glasses that you no longer have in use, you can keep inside up up to 3 stylus.



A trick for your iPad or Samsung or other tabley you're using with you Stylus and your drawing app like Sketchbook Pro, ArtRage, Pencil by 53, Adobe Draw, etc
Eventhough mostly of the Stylus and apps support Palm Rejection for unwanted strokes, and uncomfortable drawing resting your palm on the surface because the canvas will move around (zoom/Scroll/Rotate), it's almost impossible to draw something without you canvas been moved. 
And definetely you can't turn off the palm gestures because at some moment you will need to zoom the canvas, or move it, or rotate it. 
So.... a way of not turning off the palm gestures is using an old glove, I found an old glove for cold, it's not very thin so it works perfect! I just cut off the finger tips for the middle finger, the pointer and the thumb. So I can rest my palm and my picky finger without moving my canvas like crazy, and with the fingers that I cut off the tips I move the canvas when I WANT to zoom, scroll or rotate it.



I hope all this can be really helpful for you if you're looking for a great stylus for you iPad or other tablet.

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