hey everyone this is life Johnson with Macworld and today we're going to look
at the logitech crayon this is the originally $50 stylus that logitech
introduced just for students you can only get it through Apple's like
education program and stuff but now as of September it is available to the
general public the thing is it is now 70 bucks and put you put that in comparison
to the Apple pencil which says it goes for $99 you know $100 and stuff like
that so what I'm going to do and see if this is worth picking up for you as
opposed to an Apple pencil we'll compare them and we'll see them in action this
is an important thing it only works with the 2018 nine point seven inch iPad only
works with it and that was you know that was the original ideas this is the iPad
that Apple was a pushing towards students and unfortunately you can't use
this with an iPad pro you can't use it with number one previous this is the
only iPad you can use it for but on the bright side it's really easy to pair it
because it works with this only this one iPad so yes so right now you're looking
at we're gonna be looking at notes right here as you can see oh there it is
that's already working so that was interesting what I was going to show you
generally um because it was unpaired but I don't know if I was messing around it
with all you have to do is hit the power button hold it down for a couple of
seconds you can see that the green light is on and then you can just start
writing on it and looks like I you just messed that up so let's try it again
it's probably I reset it there we go yeah very simple you just hit it and and
that's all you need to do so that gives you an idea so what we're looking at
here this one you know it's 6.5 inches where as
opposed to the Apple pencil which is about 7 inches and no longer I also
looks like it might be a little wider yeah it is and and I was I was getting
to that this is a but this you know it is a very different feel the way I
described it in our text review it's like a carpenter pencil and or it's like
a highlighter and as you can see so it's really flat like this which is it you
the three the reason why it is shaped like this is look at that it doesn't
really roll off you know whereas this one you know there is a
danger of rolling it off and losing it so that's the reason why a carpenter
pencil has shaped this way as well is that you know there's not that much
damage you know danger of it rolling off at the
table so that that's really cool and it's got these really shockingly orange
ends and stuff so you know if your kid drops that are you draw fit you know
it's going to be really easy to find on the floor because it's cutting is
ridiculously sharp Ian's you know here's another one of the big differences
between the Apple pencil and the logitech crayon you know this has always
been considered one of the things is you have you know that thing comes off
there's nowhere to put it and stuff but it's magnetic you know admittedly it's
it's really hard to you know it doesn't come off that well and stuff but this
one you know the cap stays on its rubber it's right bullet above the power1 and
by the way you can actually tell you know if it's connected or something or
if it's charging if you plug it in because this green light will like it
but yeah that's all it is here so you probably notice right here - there is a
female end here so that means that all you have to do if you want to you know
charges thing you just plug it in right there you know plug that into it that's
it and you know that's this more what people are doing a lot a lot more sense
I guess you know if your iPad is already charged you know technically you know
you if you have this you don't need to walk around with another charging cord
but you know it's always nice to have something to charge it
the I think the idea of Apple was going for even though people say this looks
awkward you know I might actually reset it in a second here but yeah that's the
way you have to charge which is weird if you want to use it while it's charging -
yes which do you prefer which I don't you know this is not as obnoxious that
it is as most people's to make it out to
be you know I you know it don't and then
take that long to charge the Apple pencil it's just like people complain
about the design of the Magic Mouse we got to put that lightning cable in there
yeah but the Magic Mouse can go for like three weeks without needing to be a
charged and I use mine pretty frequently so it's not like you're gonna be doing
that that often and but you know here's the thing here you see the pairing if
you if you attach the Apple pencil to the iPad weirdly enough you cannot
attach the Logitech crayon it's either/or so it's not like you know
I'm going to keep the Apple pencil for myself and I'm gonna give this to my kid
it's gonna have to be either or you're gonna have to do this every time and see
I didn't choose to pair it right now but but yeah that that's that is you know
that is one nice thing it is really easy to not a you know a pair
it is technically easier to pair this than it is with that but so yeah let's
talk about the writing so the big difference with the you okay so the big
difference with the crayon over this is the the crayon does not support pressure
sensitivity you can do some really beautiful things with an Apple pencil
with this but generally when you write on here oops you know there's no
variation in it and I'm using I'm using notes right now this is apples
this is apples native app so do that you know there's very little lag look at
that it's writes basically the way you want to but it also you know even though
there's no pressure sensitivity it does support diagonals so say you can do the
shading so that's it that's really cool whereas you know an Apple pencil does
that too but you know the idea behind the Apple pencil if you hold this down
you know you'll see a darker line so let's do notability where you would see
that more commonly and we're gonna eraser right now but yeah so see there's
no you know I'm holding it down right now you're not seeing any you know
variations in it so that that's that problem and so let's see so let's let's
do let's do two lines here so I will right welcome to Macworld and that's me
writing with the the Logitech crayon and so let's go ahead and pair the let's see
let's go ahead and pair the Apple pencil and it should be relatively quick so
I'll do that and it should show up and say do you want a pair
yes pair so when we do that the logitech crayon is no longer paired so yes watch
this I'm going to press down here so yes you can see with the Apple pencil that's
you know yeah so yeah there's me that movie doing
do it and now I'm going big see the yes I was pressing slightly and then I was
pressing hard with the logitech crayon however you cannot do that
so let me a suit remember I have to unpair I'm going to show this to you so
you can see the awkwardness of it so go to bluetooth just forget this a device
and then we will hop back in here and hopefully this thing will pair
relatively easily so there we go let's try that and did not happen let's try it
again but I did unpair the let's see there we
go so see it's relatively simple I just held down the power button for about one
to two seconds that's all you need to do so but so here's me as you can see
there's no variation in the line as there was here and so you know if you're
wanting to be you if you're doing this for artwork or something like that you
know the logitech pencil isn't gonna be really great for that it's got always
pretty much gonna lay down the same line every time you can do that shading but
that's about it whereas you know if you were gonna use procreate which is the
real artists tool and yes so this is kind of like a workman's tool it's for
writing notes it's for highlighting it was just cut you know kind of Wyatt
rights for highlighting and you know it's got a crayon right right you know
it was you know a crayon a crayon is the French word for pencil and you know
there's the association with stool with schoolchildren
and stuff but but you know it's so you know it's more rough-and-tumble you know
that in American English that's what we associate crayon with is you know kids
can do with it you can be kind of rough with it and stuff it's you know it's not
you know is it's not a likeness tool it's not a finesse tool it's not a
really an artist tool and stuff you know that this is something you know that
that you can go take out into the field if you're not doing it for your kids you
know for some reason you're using your you know a stylus in a rougher side and
you take it you know like even if like your ups or something like okay so what
else what people want to know about well that would what I say is it mainly
it is it's it's for like writing it's for highlighting and stuff like that so
but the thing is though you can have to keep in mind this is 70 but
this is a hundred bucks I mean I'm not rich but I don't think $30 is that much
of a big price now if you were getting for a kid was this was originally done
for you know in an educational program this is still 50 bucks this is still a
hundred that's a significant difference but if you're talking about for the
public you know I don't know you know the N the other thing is is that this
flat face right here for writing it's it's it's not uncomfortable it's not
uncomfortable at all however I don't think it's that uncomfortable it think
it's that comfortable for long writing periods like I said in the text
review there's a reason why you don't see premium a pencil makers like
Palomino you know design carpenter pencils like this basically it's not
that it's not that comfortable to write with for a long time this is this feels
really nice when you do it and so you know if you're wanting you know
something that can do be a lot of a lot of expression and stuff like that I
would go for the Apple pencil but but yes and also you know this is again
though this is really tough we made you know your kids are not going to be able
to easily take apart this and and do that so you actually have to have a
special tool to undo this where you see can replace a nib on a pencil relatively
easily so yeah if you want to see this stuff in more detail be sure to see our
text review but for now that is the logitech carry-on