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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Hanukkah is swiftly rolling to a dazzlingly bright end and Christmas will rapidly be upon us. As the New Year approaches I think that it's time to gather round the blazing fire, mug of steaming cocoa in hand, slice the Apple-Cranberry Coffee Cake and settle down for a little sentimental heart-to-heart. Let's not burden ourselves with pondering over our New Year's resolutions quite yet, there will be time for that later on; the night is young and we should be merry. Though it is chilly, icy white flakes dance outside the windowpane kissing the glass as they float by, maybe champagne is more appropriate. So break open the bubbly and clink crystal against crystal and let's take a gentle stroll down memory lane.
Now I won't bore you with more childhood memories, Saturdays at the swimming pool learning to swim or, later on, gossiping about boys with the girls, sno-cones in hand, or Monday evenings learning to play Mah Jong with my brothers the hour before the ladies showed up, sneaking handfuls of the snacks bought specially for company, or afternoons nestled in the branches of the tree in the front yard, book in one hand, sandwich in the other. We won't bother with schoolday tales or adolescent woes, nor will I utter a word about Italian street fairs in New York or bounding up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art à la Rocky my first week living in the City of Brotherly Love. No, this is a time to look back over the years and think about all those Decembers lived, the Hanukkahs celebrated, the Christmases come and gone and share a bit of personal lore, those Ghosts of Holidays Past…
So play along and, while you sip your champagne, while you savor every mouthful of this luscious Apple-Cranberry Coffee Cake I've made just for you on this unforgettable night, as the fire crackles and glows throwing shadows across the wall, its luxurious warmth washing over you and its flames flickering brightly in your eyes, think about the joy, the wonder and the magic of those oh-so mystical, special holidays long gone, the festivities, the laughter, the old black & white films, the delicacies indulged in and the garlands of tinsel glittering in the glowing lights, the scent of fresh evergreen and the taste of that one perfect kiss under the mistletoe.
Special thoughts rush through my mind each year as the holidays come round again and I try, as we all do, to relive the happy moments, the parties and the meals or, more importantly, the holidays spent with family or close friends, turning memory into tradition. I try and recapture the wonder and magic of childhood or those first Hanukkahs or Christmases with JP and the boys, the Decembers spent curled up on the couch watching my old favorites on tv, the same old black & whites that come round and captivate me year after year, the trees decorated, the windows adorned, the candles lit and the gifts given and received. School Christmas parties and Sunday School Hanukkah plays, the carols most sung and the treats I love the best. And year after year I try and relive as much of these as I can, conjuring up the joy of the season through these little pleasures because no matter where I am or who I'm with these special things always transport me home.
My favorite Christmas movie:
Alone – Christmas in Connecticut
En famille – The Nightmare Before Christmas
My favorite Christmas songs:
Christmas Wrapping (from my college days)
Bruce Springsteen's Santa Claus is Coming to Town (ah, blasted from the frat houses along Locust Walk at UPenn)
Winter Wonderland (only if we can sing, as we did when we were kids, "Later on, we'll perspire, as we dream by the fire")
Eine Muh, eine Mäh – totally silly song with all the animal noises which we sang in high school German class
My favorite holiday foods:
Latkes of course, crispy on the outside, creamy on the inside eaten with homemade applesauce
Roasted chestnuts eaten on a snowy street corner in Milan
Cranberry relish (cranberry almost anything)
Chocolate-covered marshmallow Santas and Marshmallow Peep Snowmen
My favorite Christmas memories:
Decorating the Merrit's gorgeous tree when their kids had already left home
Getting the whole grade school administration in trouble when, one year, I refused to sing Christmas carols or participate in the Christmas play. Why only Christmas? The following year they added a Hanukkah play to the program.
O Bej O Bej Christmas market in Milan on a cold frosty night
The perfect 48 hours in Paris with JP, the night spent at Le Meurice in a room overlooking the frosty, fairytale white Tuileries Gardens, the days spent visiting our favorite museums and eating at our favorite restaurants
My favorite Hanukkah memories:
Playing dreidl with M & M's with the family
Watching my boys as they drew and cut out the scene of the great battle between the Maccabees and the Assyrians
Receiving a gorgeous ring from JP totally unexpectedly. Actually that happened twice.
Our holiday traditions:
Lighting the Hanukkah candles in the old family Menorah
Chocolates from Debotté for each of us
Pandoro for Simon
A huge platter of oysters and samples of special dishes from the traiteurs at the market and an excellent bottle of bubbly
And now, let me serve you a slice of Coffee Cake and it's your turn….
Once again, I would like to send this yeasted coffee cake to Cindystar who is the host of Bread Baking Day #25 with the theme Baking Under the Tree.
And, of course, this coffee cake flies off across the continents to Susan of Wild Yeast and her weekly event Yeastspotting.
Well, sort of a wreath
Adapted from a recipe I found on Ilva's blog Lucullian Delights, originally from The Betty Crocker's International Cookbook
2 ¼ tsps (8 g) active dry yeast
¾ cup (200 ml) milk
¼ cup (50 ml) water
¼ cup (50 g) sugar
¼ cup (60 g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 egg
½ tsp ground cardamom
½ tsp salt
3 ¼ - 3 ½ cups (485 – 520 g) flour
Mix the water and milk together in a small saucepan and heat gently until warm, not hot. It should be the temperature of your hand when you test it.
Put the yeast in a large mixing bowl. Pour about ¼ cup (65 ml) of the warm liquid over the yeast and stir to dissolve. Add the rest of the warm liquid.
Add the sugar, softened butter and the egg and about 2 cups (300 g) of the flour. Stir to blend then beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
Gradually stir in the rest of the flour by hand until you have a smooth dough that's easy to handle. I stirred in all except maybe the last ¼ cup (about 40 g) which I used to flour the work surface as I kneaded the dough, thus working in this last amount of flour.
Knead for about 5 minutes until smooth and elastic.
Place in a large lightly greased bowl, turning once to make sure the dough is greased. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and then a clean kitchen towel and allow to rise in a warm, dry place until doubled in bulk, 1 hour to 1 ½ hours.
Punch down the dough on scraping it out of the bowl onto a floured work surface. Roll the dough out into a rectangle of 15 x 9 inches (38 x 23 cm) * . Spread the filling evenly over the rectangle of dough up until about ½ (1 cm) on the top – wide side – and 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) on the other three sides. Roll up tightly jelly-roll style starting on the wide side which should be closest to you. Pinch edge of dough to seal, stretching the dough to even out the tube. Gently lift the roll to a parchment-lined or greased baking sheet placing seam-side down. Shape the roll into a ring, pushing one end slightly into the other open end then pinching closed to seal.
Using kitchen scissors snip slits into the deep into the dough being careful to evenly space the slits and creating an even number of sections (which, sadly, I didn't do as I was working too quickly). To form a wreath, cut down 2/3 of the way through the ring then turn each section onto its side alternating the sections back and forth, towards and away from the center. Spray the dough with cooking spray or brush with an egg wash as I did (I egg beaten with 1 Tbs water).
Cover once again loosely with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let rise again until doubled, about 45 – 60 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Bake the coffee cake until golden brown, 25 – 30 minutes, covering loosely with foil towards the end of the baking if you feel the cake is browning too quickly.
Once baked and cooled, you can sprinkle the coffee cake with powdered sugar or drizzle with white glaze.
4 pie apples, like Reine de Reinette or Golden, peeled, cored and cubed
1 cup fresh cranberries
2 Tbs (30 g) unsalted butter
6 Tbs brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/8 tsp ground cardamom
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1 tsp finely grated orange zest, optional
Melt the butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring, until you have a thick, grainy sauce, about 1 minute. Add the apple slices, tossing until all the slices are pretty much coated with the sugar-butter. Cook the apples for about 4 minutes and then add the cranberries, stirring to coat them with the sugar/juice mixture. Continue cooking, stirring, until the apples are tender, the cranberries are popped and softened and the sauce has been reduced to a glaze, about 3 minutes more. Mix in the spices and the zest if using and toss until the apples are evenly coated. Remove from the heat and cool the filling at least 30 minutes or up to 3 hours before using to fill the coffee cake.
Optional glaze:
Stir 1 cup powdered sugar with 1 ½ to 2 Tbs water or freshly-squeezed orange juice until well combined into a thick, smooth glaze that drizzles easily. Prepare the glaze just before using and drizzle on the cooled cake.
Delicious coffee cake, tender, moist crumb like the perfect brioche only less sweet. But the quantity of dough was much too much for one wreath. Next time I will double the filling recipe and divide the dough in two pieces, forming a rectangle of about the same dimensions but thinner, divide the filling equally between the two rectangles of dough and form two wreaths instead of one. I may also simply cut the circles of filled coffee cake as I did the Chocolate Meringue Coffee Cake before baking only cutting deeper into the dough and filling. Beautiful coffee cake for the holidays. Kept in a metal cookie box, the cake stays moist for a few days.
31 comments:
- bethany (Dirty Kitchen Secrets) said...
Beautifully written as always! This is one of my more favourite posts. Cake sounds and looks delish!
- December 20, 2009 at 7:31 AM
- Chef E said...
I have had fun making similar filled breads, and your right way to much dough, and not enough filling on my end too! I wanted a white chocolate feast with my last batch, but you could barely taste it!
Yours is pretty, so I am trying this form for hubbys family!
- December 20, 2009 at 8:01 AM
- Jamie said...
@Beth - Thanks, doll! But you didn't give me your holiday faves!
@Chef E - White chocolate? Wow! And I've been eating slices of this morning, noon and night for 3 days now and still luscious!
- December 20, 2009 at 8:08 AM
- Sarah, Maison Cupcake said...
This looks fantastic, I like these round ring shaped bakes that you've done recently. And I really like the depth of field in the photo, it's nice and sharp all over the food but just soft focussed enough in the background.
I like your list of Christmas memories and songs etc, I might need to "steal" that for a little run down of my own - with credit of course.
Sigh... I reminded my husband of the two occasions he bought me jewellery.... both over ten years ago now...
- December 20, 2009 at 8:28 AM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Gorgeous wreath Jamie. Are you sure you aren't a pastry chef disguised as a blogger? That's a very professional presentation.
Is that Lucy decorating the tree when they lived in Conneticut with Desi playing the piano? I remember watching that whole series.
I enjoyed reading your favorite holiday faves. Funny you should ask. The Pink Saturday Bloggers have been posting our favorite holiday traditions, decorations and rememberances this month and I've had such fun with mine.
Joyeux Noel & bonne annee,
- December 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM
- Jamie said...
@My Carolina Kitchen - Thanks, Sam, you do flatter (and I lap it up!). The still is from Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan. My holiday fave! Happy Holiday to you!
- December 20, 2009 at 8:46 AM
- gastroanthropologist said...
Oh wow - that coffee cake looks amazing with the fruit peeping out.
It's bit of a holiday traditions transformation these past years as I was married barely two years ago. We had the bright idea months ago to fly his entire family to be with my entire family in California this Christmas. As the meeting happens in a few days the bright idea is a huge 'what the heck were we thinking?' realization!
Merry times to be had. My favorite memories include visiting the grandparents every christmas in florida and getting very cool gifts and they would take us on excursion to disney world or to see the manatees. It was also when I believed in Santa Claus that we made the florida trek and there was one winter I could still swear on my life that I saw santa's sleigh flying above the golf course.
It's a wonderful life and national lampoons were my favorite christmas movies as a kid. Still are.
My other favorite part is the long dinners when my sister and I dig up the old embarrassing photos of family members (perms, terrible fashion choices galore) and pass them around the table.
Happy holidays to you!
- December 20, 2009 at 8:56 AM
- ♥♥♥Ria♥♥♥ said...
Jamie, your coffee cake looks delicious! I have never eaten cranberries,so I am going to have a jolly good time imagining how it would taste like :)Love the way you write! Beautiful!Mwaah!
- December 20, 2009 at 9:05 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
That cake must be exquisite! A wonderful festive treat!
- December 20, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Kitchen Butterfly said...
So, I told you I loved the apple version...and now you've gone and made it all Christmassy and perfect for the season. I need to make this, this holiday - no jokes Jamie. Looks and tastes (yes I can taste it) delish
- December 20, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- Mowie @ Mowielicious.com said...
That looks so festive Jamie, and such an interesting combination of coffee and cranberries. Must give it a try! Lovely writing as always x
- December 20, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Half Baked said...
Yummm that cake looks fantastic! We make a similar one for Christmas morning filled with apricots. I must make this one this year!!
- December 20, 2009 at 2:40 PM
- Daily Spud said...
Ah, Nightmare Before Christmas is also one of my favourite Christmas movies. Latkes, however, are not traditional for me but, potato fiend that I am, I think perhaps that they're a tradition I should adopt! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season filled with many new and happy memories...
- December 20, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I make a similar bread each year for Christmas. But I haven't tried it with an apple cranberry filling. That sounds perfect for Christmas! Thanks! Happy Holidays!
- December 20, 2009 at 3:42 PM
- Elra said...
The cake look really wonderful, it makes me want to make it too.
- December 20, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- MeetaK said...
oh jamie i wish i had a slice of the cake so i could sink into the sofa and read this post over and over. coffee and cranberry what a combo! hugs!
- December 20, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- George@CulinaryTravels said...
Oh Jamie, a slice of that cake is just what I need this morning. I love sweet yeast breads like this.
As always a beautifully written and constructed post.
- December 21, 2009 at 12:13 AM
- Katy ~ said...
Wonderful flavors and colors, so perfect for the season. And LUV the wreath. Festive, looks elegant, and makes it all special.
Favorite song: Little Drummer Boy (makes me cry every time I hear it)
Favorite movie: White Christmas
- December 21, 2009 at 1:35 AM
- Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella said...
Aww you really know how to conjure up beautiful images don't you!? :D
- December 21, 2009 at 2:49 AM
- Chez Us said...
Beautiful post, I love the memories you have had over the years, simply lovely!! Happy Holidays to you! xxoo
- December 21, 2009 at 5:03 AM
- Natashya Kitchen Puppies said...
Wonderful, I love it! Maybe I can get it together to make it for Xmas morning..
- December 21, 2009 at 5:19 AM
- Deeba PAB said...
Oh Jamie...I absolutely love this. Do you think dried cranberries would work too? It's beautiful!!!
- December 21, 2009 at 7:24 AM
- Junglefrog said...
This is lovely Jamie! I have never seen those two christmas movies you mentioned and being the christmas lover that I am... I am gonna try and find them here! Loved all those little details about you and christmas!
- December 21, 2009 at 9:50 AM
- 5 Star Foodie said...
The cake wreath looks absolutely delicious and just gorgeous! Thanks you for sharing your holiday favorites!
- December 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Sarah said...
Beautiful dessert, perfect for christmas day!
- December 22, 2009 at 8:40 AM
- Muneeba said...
Happy holidays Jamie! You got room for one more by that fire? So cozy and cuddly, especially with this cranberry bread in my hand ... am off to find a warm spot in my apartment right now!
- December 22, 2009 at 8:47 AM
- Chef Jeena said...
Fabulous and delicious Jamie.
Merry Christmas. :-)
- December 22, 2009 at 12:28 PM
- Jeanne said...
Wonderful memories - and a gorgeous wreath! My Christmas memories are all summery - the smell of the roast gammon permeating the house on the 24th December (had to be cooked the day before so it could be chilled overnight), Christmas pictures of me with a sunburn, the new Christmas outfit Santa would mysteriously leave on my bedroom chair when I was a child, and having a swim between courses of the Christmas lunch. Bliss!
- December 23, 2009 at 6:10 AM
- Lien said...
that looks wonderful, I love your pictures too. Apples and cranberries are a great combo!
- December 25, 2009 at 4:54 AM
- Joanne said...
This looks amazing! I love the apple/cranberry combination. I am definitely bookmarking this to bring to a party next week!
- December 27, 2009 at 6:59 PM
- asiangrrl said...
The coffee cake looks fabulous, but the post made me a bit sad. I don't have the fond memories you do of holidays and childhood. One Christmas carol I love, though, is "O Holy Night".
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I have a Wacom Bamboo stylus and I like it a lot. That being said, there's one thing wrong with your review - the tips are indeed replaceable. I've bought them in the past here:
Also, since the tip is removable and hollow, I've found you can adjust how mushy the tip is by putting small pieces of foam in the tip, thereby making this stylus customizable to your personal preference. This makes it really user friendly in my opinion.
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Pogo Sketch Pro vs. Kuel H12 vs. Jot Pro vs. Bamboo: iMore compares pro-level iPad stylus pens and tells you which one is best for you
Apple might have said "yuk!" to stylus pens but users are saying "yes!" in ever greater number. Apple might have had a point, back in the days before iPhones and iPads, when pointy old resistive stylus pens had to be used just to get outdated touch screens and inscrutable interfaces to work. But now there's a new generation of stylus pens for the new generation of capacitive touch screens. These stylus pens don't have to be used -- we want to use them. We want to use them for speed and accuracy, for comfort and creativity. We want to use them for take hand-written notes, to draw and paint, and to game. We want to use them to such an extent that, for many users, it's no longer a question of whether we should use a stylus pen -- but which one?
To answer that questions, iMore took a look at four of the most popular, high end stylus pens on the market -- The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro, the SGP Kuel H12, the Adonit Jot Pro, and the Wacom Bamboo. We took a look at the build quality, durability, and capacitive performance of each one, and we tested them using Noteshelf and Penultimate, Procreate and Paper by 53, and Zuma's Revenge and Words with Friends.
And here's what we found...
iPad stylus hardware comparison
How a stylus feels and how it holds up is as important as how it works. If its not comfortable in the hand for long periods of time, you won't keep using it. If it doesn't hold up to heavy use, you won't be able to keep using it. Now the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro, the SGP Kuel H12, the Adonit Jot Pro, and the Wacom Bamboo are all pretty much pro-level stylus pens, which implies better quality, and longer lasting materials. But how do they compare?
Wacom Bamboo stylus
The Wacom Bamboo stylus looks like a standard, straight-barrel pen with feed. It has a milled aluminum body with a satin-textured finish, and comes in black, white, blue, green, pink, and orange. The tip is completely soft to the point of being mushy, and it's the shortest of the stylus pens we tested.
We found the Wacom Bamboo to be the least comfortable of the group. The short length and the sharp feed made for a bad combination. The completely mushy tip was also a disappointment, as it provides almost no push-back without excessive pressure.
Because it's soft and oh, so mushy, there could be some concern about durability. We didn't have any problems at all, however.
Adonit Jot Pro stylus
The Adonit Jot Pro feels like a mechanical pencil or drafting pen, complete with a thin, hard metal tip... topped with a round plastic disk. There's a screw cap to protect the tip, and the The body is aluminum and steel, and will stick to the magnets around an iPad 2 or new iPad display. There's a rubber black grip area, and the metal section comes in black, silver, red, or blue.
Immediately familiar to anyone who's done technical drawing or drafting, the Adonit Jot Pro may take some getting used to for everyone else. The hard tip provides immediate pressure feedback but isn't quite as smooth as the other stylus pens. The disk provides excellent visibility for detailed line work, but doesn't feel natural for softer applications, like brushwork. It's also noisy when tapping or swiping, which can be distracting in a quiet setting.
Also, if the disc becomes damaged, the hard tip can cause scratches. As long as you pay attention, however, you can get replacement tips and avoid any problems.
SGP Kuel H12 stylus
The SGP Kuel H12 is built like a premium, high-end pen, complete with an elegant feed and a gently curved body and a tip that extends from the body with a twist. The silicon coated, high polymer tip is soft but it has a rigid insert roughly 2/3 of the way down. It comes in black, white, and silver.
Anyone who enjoys a good pen will enjoy using the SGP Kuel H12. From the weight to the material, it just feels right. The tip is soft but not as bad as the Bamboo, and quite smooth. While the width of the body can obscure the screen at times, overall it's very comfortable.
Some people have reported problems with the thinness of the tip, but ours has held up well. Just make sure you twist the pen to withdraw the cap if you intend to put it in a bag, pocket or purse. If you do have a problem with it, there's no way to replace just the tip.
Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro stylus
The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro eschews the standard pen shape for a long, tapered, forward weighted design. It has a solid aluminum unibody with a black, ergonomic grip. The tip is soft but becomes rigid about 1/3 of the way in. It has small holes punctured in it which Ten One claims increases capacitive performance. It comes in any color you want as long as that color is silver.
While the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro doesn't look or feel like a traditional pen, it's still very comfortable to use. The front weighting means you can let gravity do some of the work for you, and even though the tip is soft, only the topmost part has any give. That makes for excellent performance.
Because of the perforations, the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro might be subject to wear and tear, but our review units have been fine even under heavy use. You can also buy replacements tips, should you experience any problems.
The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro, the SGP Kuel H12, the Adonit Jot Pro, and the Wacom Bamboo are all well constructed and they all use high quality materials. The Wacom Bamboo is the least comfortable based simply on the short length and sharpness of the feed. The Adonit Jot Pro will appeal most to technical writers and artists. The SGP Kuel H12 is fantastic, especially if you like the feel of a real pen. My personal favorite is the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro. Then length and curve make it decidedly un-pen like, but also extremely comfortable. Replacement tips is icing on the cake.
Four way tie, with a slight edge to Adonit Jot Pro and Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro for the replaceable tips.
Note-taking stylus comparison
One of the primary uses for stylus pens on the iPad is note-taking. Whether it's simply to scribble down a few words or diagrams, or to write out long form text, a good note-taking stylus has to be comfortable and smooth, and well suited to both print and script.
The Wacom Bamboo is okay for note-taking. The completely soft tip doesn't provide the best feeling, and the capacitive performance isn't the best of the stylus pens we tested, but once you start writing script, you can keep it flowing. Print is a little more hit or miss.
The Adonit Jot Pro is good for very precise, very technical writing. The slightly rougher feel of the disk isn't the best for script, but if you're doing something very detailed or specific the accuracy could make up for it. However, and the hard metal tip creates a tapping sound when writing short strokes or block letters.
The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Plus is excellent for note taking and is my personal favorite for quick note taking. The front weighting combined with the high level of capacitive performance makes it easy to start writing, and the smooth tip combined with the more solid base means it's easy to keep going. The extra length also allows for a little calligraphic flair, if you so choose.
The SGP Kuel H12 is Mobile Nations' favorite stylus pen for long form note taking. The solid, real pen feel makes it incredibly comfortable to use and the quality of the tip make note taking a breeze. If you want to write a short book with your stylus, the Kuel H12 is the one to consider.
With the caveat that the Adonit Jot Pro might better please precision note-takers, and the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro those who want a little more calligraphic flare, the SGP Kuel H12 wins the note-taking crown.
Art and drawing stylus comparison
The Wacom Bamboo is once again just okay for art and drawing. The short length and the mushy tip give less range and require more pressure to get solid feedback, which hurts the overall experience. Once you get a line going, it's fine, but putting paint on a page takes more effort than it ought to.
The SGP Kuel H12 is better for art and drawing. Its slightly longer and more curved, so it feels better, and the tip requires slightly less pressure than the Bamboo to get a good capacitive connection going. It works well for both line work and for brush work.
The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Plus, by virtue of its long length, allows for really good lines and brush strokes. Again, the weighted top and the rigidity beneath the tip means it does a lot of the work for you, and it works well at almost any angle. For painting type applications, it's the best stylus we tested.
The Adonit Jot Pro simply excels at line work. Anyone who's ever done technical drawing, drafting, penciling, or inking work will feel instantly at home. The clear plastic disk at the tip lets you easily see exactly where you're working, and the Jot SDK means apps like Procreate can be especially tuned to work brilliantly with the Jot Pro. For anything detailed, the Jot Pro is best in class.
Both the SGP Kuel H12 and Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Plus are great general purpose stylus pens to use for art, and of the ones we tested, were the best for brush work as well. When it comes to any kind of line work, however, the specificity of the Adonit Jot Pro can't be beat.
Gaming stylus comparison
The Adonit Jot Pro remains accurate thanks to its plastic disk, but that same hard disk can be very annoying when tap, tap, tapping away on your iPad during games like Zuma. For Draw Something it wasn't bad, but not as good as the soft tipped stylus pens for so casual a use.
The Wacom Bamboo finishes its streak as the most consistently okay but not great stylus we tested. For gaming, the mushy tip resulted in lower registry of capacitive contact than any of its competitors. The short body was also the least dynamic and least comfortable when used for extended gaming, though the soft tip was nicely quiet.
The SGP Kuel H12 was good for gaming, though the thickness of the body obscured more of the screen than I'd have liked. It had the second best capacitive registration average, however, and was easily comfortable enough to use for even long -- long -- gaming sessions.
The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Plus was excellent for gaming. Out of all the stylus pens we gamed with, it had the highest accuracy and reliability, almost always hitting what I wanted and causing the iPad's capacitive touch sensors to register that hit successfully. The long length made reaching all areas of the screen quick, and the ergonomic design remained comfortable from beginning to end. This is my go-to gaming stylus.
While the SGP Kuel H12 put up a valiant fight, the Ten One Design's combination of forward weighting, excellent range, and awesome accuracy gave it the winning score.
The Wacom Bamboo performed the least well in our tests, yet costs the most at $29.95. Conversely, the SGP Kuel H12 was one of the best, yet only costs $19.95. The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Plus and Adonit Jot Pro are in between.
Prices can vary a lot in the accessory market, and you can find sales that radically change the equation, but in general terms and unless you need something very specific, the SGP Kuel H12 is the best bang for your stylus pen buck.
Based on our results, and though several iMore staffers like it quite a bit, the Wacom Bamboo just doesn't match up to the other pro-level stylus pens on the market, and costs the most as well. Not a good combination.
If you're detail oriented and primarily do a lot of technical writing and drawing, the Adonit Jot Pro the best stylus for you. While it's not great at gaming, it'll do in a pinch, and note-taking works well enough when you get use to it. When our Editor-in-Chief wants to draw, he draws with the Jot Pro.
The SGP Kuel H12 is great, all around stylus pen. If a traditional pen look and feel is what you want, and long form note-taking is what you need, the Kuel H12 is the one to get. It's also a Mobile Nations favorite.
My favorite stylus of the four is the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro. It doesn't feel like a traditional pen, but it consistently produced the best results for me in general, and was the best stylus pen we tested when it came to gaming.
So this is how it plays out -- the Adonit Jot Pro is very good but is more of a specialist tool. You'll know if it's best for you. It then comes down to the SGP Kuel H12 and the Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro. The Kuel H12 is cheaper, but the Pogo Sketch Pro has replaceable tips. The Kuel H12 feels more like a premium pen but the non-traditional design of the Pogo Sketch Pro has several advantages. Since they both perform so well yet look so different, you can probably tell at a glance which one you prefer. Many here at Mobile Nations love the Kuel H12. But at the end of the day, due to its excellent design and superior overall performance, the winner of our shootout is...
The Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro.
$29.95 - Buy the Wacom Bamboo now
$27.95 - Buy the Adonit Jot Pro now
$19.95 - Buy the SGP Kuel H12 now
$24.95 - Buy Ten One Design Pogo Sketch Pro
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I have a Wacom Bamboo stylus and I like it a lot. That being said, there's one thing wrong with your review - the tips are indeed replaceable. I've bought them in the past here:
Fixed. Hacking the pen mushiness wouldn't be my first choice, though. And it's still rather short.
Thanks for the tip on customizing the Bamboo. I have 2 of them, and I find them too squishy. I'll definitely try adding some foam!
Also, thanks for pointing out that Wacom has the replacements back in stock. I've been trying to get them since March when my daughter bit the tip off one. That's actually why I bought the second, since I couldn't find tips anywhere.
I bought the Bamboo when it was first released and have been very satisfied with its quality of construction and overall performance. I think the tip replacement ability is essential - in fact in the early production runs, the tip was even "squishier" and wore out quickly. As a result, I bought two packs of replacement tips and discovered found newer tips to perform better and last longer. But I do agree that the Bamboo is not athe best for freehand note taking - I like your idea of inserting a small bit of foam inside the hollow of the tip - will try it to see how it works.
I like the Kuel H12 based on the reviews -except for the non-replaceable tips because they do wear out. So the Ten One Sketch Pro is interesting -might try it out.
I am doubting this string of reviews. I'll admit bias as a Bamboo owner. Please check your facts. You say if the nib on the Bamboo wears out, there is no way to replace it. Really? I just ordered three new nibs from the Wacom website. I have them now. You are very wrong about how the nib is squishy. It's not. But just about everything is squishy if you apply enough pressure.
I was interested in the SGP Kuel H12 until I looked at the reviews on Amazon citing very poor durability. There are only 3 reviews so not a very wide sample. Anyone else have personal experience with the Kuel of more than a week or so?
This series of review were nicely done. I did indeed receive a Jot Pro last weekend, and I love it for note taking. One thing not mentioned is that if you're listening to a phone call (or lecture) and need to write a lot of notes quickly, there's far less friction in the Jot Pro. Long term that means less fatigue for your hand. I just find that I can write faster with the Jot than I can the Bamboo. I do use the Bamboo as a pointer device in place of my finger, if for no other reason than it keeps fingerprints off the glass.
Worth mentioning if you are considering a Jot-Pro, if you use a screen protector on your iPad, the stylus may or may not work. I have a Jot Pro and I have a Ghost Armor screen protector installed and the stylus does not work. Other nub-type stylus work decently with the protector (ie. Griffin) installed.
That's generally true of a lot of stylus pens. Pogo has a warning on their site as well saying they make no promises it will work at all with a screen protector.
Ah, if only I'd seen this review 3 months ago! I wasted money on a couple of Bamboos hearing how great they are. They're just "meh" in my opinion. I absolutely LOVE my Pogo Sketch Pro! I don't do much line work or note taking, but if that ever changes I'm glad to know there's a stylus for that too.
Oh no, Leanna must be cringing from this article! I actually got the bamboo based on her recommendation and I absolutely love it. Zero complaints here. However, I still appreciate these series of reviews and now the pogo is on my radar if and when I see a need for a new stylus. Until then I'm completely happy with my bamboo :)
Is it "styluses" or "styli"?
I'm a fan of the Bamboo stylus and have used it in a variety of ways, including writing notes in my grad school classes. I also like the construction - feels solid in my hand/fingers when writing on the iPad screen. That all said, at least now I have more food for thought if/when I purchase a new stylus.
That was a great review. I hate the sylus that I have and now I know what i want to get. Thanks
Thanks for the reviews you two. I've decided to get both the Jot Pro and the Pogo. Any realistic concerns about the Jot scratching my screen if my screen is kept clean and the Jot is kept in proper maintanence? Would it worry you to use the Jot a lot?
If you keep the cap on the tip and check it for defects I'd say no. Enjoy the jot but know it does take a bit of getting used to.
Thanks for the info. I'll be using the Jot for taking notes at university, after I've used it for a couple of months extensively I'll post in here or the forums what the results are in case anyones interested. It sounds like smotth sailing.
We addressed that in the review. If the plastic disk becomes damaged, and the hard metal tips (or other abrasive component) gets scratched along the screen, I could imagine something bad happening.
We didn't have any problems with the disks on any of our review units, and Adonit sells replacements if anyone ever does.
So I'd pay attention but not panic.
Hi. Thanks for the interesting review. I use my iPad one extensively for note taking using Noteshelf. I tried the Pogo, but as a pen lover it didn't really work for me. After testing numerous styli, I settled on the Alupen from just|mobile; I'm curious why you didn't include that in your review.
Kind of wish you tried the aPen, and similar stylus. Of course they are limited to just a few apps, and some reviews state not that accurate on the screen. I do have the H12, and Jot Flip. It ia also a fine pen for regular paper notes. The Jot is my choice when drawing out lines, or fine detail. The refil for the pen part may be hard to get. I think it is only available from Jot. As new type stylus come out, please keep up the reviews. They are very helpful. Thanks.
Fantastic web site. A lot of helpful information here. I'm sending it to several buddies ans also sharing in delicious. And certainly, thanks for your sweat!
It is interesting how different your findings are compared the reviews of The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/10/2925937/best-stylus-ipad-review
I use the pogo sketch pro for art as well as note taking. I've tried several styli including the jot pro and found that the pogo sketch pro was just the right one for me. It does not look like a traditional pen be ause it is designed to look and feel like a paint brush, and for me the feel is perfect for painting. I also use this on penultimate, and I find that the jot pro is actually slightly more accurate. It has ,ore of a feel of a ball point pen, but the pogo is accurate enough for me. It's slightly sloppier than my normal writing so it doesn't bother me (I have good handwriting) but for someone who is only using a stylus for note taking and not for art, I would recommend the jot pro over the pogo, but for a person who does both and only wishes to purchase one stylus, I recommend the pogo. Thanks for the review!
this is a great post, very informative, thank you! I just got an iPad mini, my first tablet experience, after reading this post I am ready to get the SGP Kual H12, but also I would like to get a ZAGG screen protector.
Can anybody please let me know if the stylus use changes depending on the screen protector you are using? I cannot find much information about using the combo: Stylus + Screen protector. Please help! Thank you!
Thank you for a very informative post. I just got an iPad, and am thinking of using it to take my notes in college instead of notebooks and a real pen. For taking fast notes in science classes (hopefully without having to zoom in and out constantly), do you think the SGP Kuel H12 or the Adonit Jot Pro would be a better fit? I'm hoping for an experience similar to just writing notes on a notebook paper.


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In this 2013 photo provided by Vermont Smoke and Cure, Jim Kilpeck stuffs meat snack sticks at the companys plant in Hinesburg. Food entrepreneurs in the state have added at least 2,162 new jobs and 199 new businesses since 2009, according to a 2013 annual report of Farm to Plate, an initiative to boost the food and farm economy in Vermont. The report says food manufacturing grew the most.HINESBURG Vermont Smoke and Cure was growing so fast that the makers of sausage, bacon, ham and other smoked meats moved from Barre into a former cheese factory in Hinesburg two years ago because it had run out of space.
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Were continuing to grow and have been adding people certainly every year and probably every quarter and we have quite a bit more room to grow before we do any actual physical expansion here, said CEO Christopher Bailey.
Vermont Smoke and Cure isnt alone in its growth. Recent statistics show that the states food entrepreneurs have added at least 2,162 new jobs and 199 new businesses since 2009, according to the 2013 annual report of Farm to Plate, an initiative to boost the food and farm economy in Vermont. Food manufacturing grew the most, with an increase from 4,628 jobs to 6,121, the report said.
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The state needed just 4 ½ years to surpass the projects 10-year goal of 1,700 jobs, said Ellen Kahler, executive director of Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, which tracks the progress of the Farm to Plate goals.
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You have to read the rest of the chapter in context.Jesus was speaking to pretenders and hypocrites and using that as an example.
I'm afraid I have dishonoured my father by arguing with him and not obeying him as much as I should. I want to improve my ways and become a better person. I have questions over Mattew 15:14, though. "for God did command, saying, Honour thy father and mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death".If we speak bad things against our parents, are we really supposed to die? I think I have faith that Jesus covers all of our sins. But I still have questions.
now a 'bad' parent is a product of all this. no one decision or act makes someone a bad parent. we seem to get the privilage or curse of making decisions that either accelerate or slow down the process that has been started generations ago but we certainly don't seem to be 100% or even 10% responsible for what we are. how could we? we don't ask to be born with the baggage we are born with and that has been started centuries ago.cp
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We announced a strategic partnership with DataStax today. DataStax provides products and services for the popular Apache No-SQL database Cassandra. We are releasing our first round of Cassandra integration in our next major release and you can download it today (see below). Our Cassandra integration includes open source data integration steps to read from, and write to Cassandra. So you can integrate Cassandra into your data architecture using Pentaho Data Integration/Kettle and avoid creating a Big Silo – all with a nice drag/drop graphical UI. Since our tools are integrated, you can create desktop and web-based reports directly on top of Cassandra. You can also use our tools to extract and aggregate data into a datamart for interactive exploration and analysis. We are demoing these capabilities at the Strata conference in Santa Clara this week. Links Product downloads, how-to videos and documents are available at http://www.pentaho.com/cassandra and http://www.datastax.com/pentaho Attend the webinar on March 15th to learn more and about using Cassandra's integration with Pentaho Kettle http://www.pentaho.com/datastax-webinar Download, access how-to documents and videos at http://community.pentaho.com/BigData James Dixon This post originally appeared on James Dixon's Blog
February 27, 2012 by Rebecca Shomair
We are very excited to have a new secret weapon onboard with Eddie White joining Pentaho as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Eddie is responsible for developing strategic relationships with big data vendors and commercializing Pentaho Business Analytics for major cloud/SaaS hardware and software vendors. Eddie has more than 20 years of experience helping businesses meet and exceed their sales revenue and growth targets through, business development, strategic alliances partnerships, and acquisitions. Career highlights include: Directed global sales and business development as CRO, SVP of Global Sales and Business Development for leading Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) startup Sentilla Inc.; Led strategic business development and partnership activities for two flagship storage and infrastructure management business units with combined annual revenue of over $1bn at Computer Associates (CA) Inc., where he was VP of business and corporate development; Delivered OEM storage solutions for the client on schedule and budget as business development director at Adaptec Inc.; Managed storage business unit with P&L responsibility for a $60m p.a. at Eurologic Ltd. Graduated with a diploma in business studies and first class honors from University College in Cork, Ireland and received a...
February 8, 2012 by Richard Daley
I am very excited to share the news the Pentaho is cited as the only 'Strong Performer' in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Hadoop Solutions , Q1 2012 (February 2012). The best way to summarize Pentaho's position in the market is straight from the report by James G. Kobielus, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research: "Pentaho is a strong performer with an impressive Hadoop data integration tool . Among data integration vendors that have added Hadoop functionality to their products over the past year, it has the richest functionality and the most extensive integration with open source Apache Hadoop." We believe that the inclusion of the Pentaho Kettle data integration product in the first Forrester Wave: Enterprise Hadoop Solutions report is a strong testimonial to Pentaho's first mover status in this space. The scores awarded to Pentaho are a testimonial to the fact that Pentaho is helping companies operationalize Big Data by addressing critical pain points associated with Hadoop Data Integration and easy analysis of Big Data. I encourage you to access the full report and see why Pentaho was named a strong performer and how we stack up against other vendors. Richard...
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SAD is more common in women than in men and it usually begins when people are in their 20s. Older people are at lower risk. Children can also experience SAD, although it is far less common.
The cause of SAD is unknown. It is believed to be caused by a decrease in the person's exposure to sunlight. It may be linked to the body's internal clock, which controls temperature and hormone production.
SAD may also be related to the levels of melatonin in the body, a hormone secreted by the pineal gland. The nerve centers in the brain that control daily rhythms and moods are stimulated by the amount of light entering the eyes. During the night, the pineal gland produces melatonin, which makes people drowsy. In the morning, the bright light of the sun causes the gland to stop producing melatonin. On dull winter days, not enough light is received to trigger this waking up process and for some people it may become very difficult to get up in the morning.
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Reece Edwards struck out nine and hurled a three-hit shutout April 23 as Carroll County opened Southwest District play with a huge 2-0 road win at preseason district favorite Abingdon.
Edwards threw 127 pitches and worked his way out of a couple of jams to record the shutout, while Bronson Bowman went 2-for-3 at the plate and scored a run.
After Edwards gave up a leadoff walk to start the game, Carroll County (5-4, 1-0 SWD) catcher Josh Underwood threw out Jacob Meade trying to steal second. Edwards issued one more walk before striking out Cody Hahn to end the inning.
Edwards again issued a leadoff walk in the third to Jacob Doss, but Underwood again caught an Abingdon (9-3, 2-1 SWD) base runner trying to steal second. Edwards retired the next four batters he faced before giving up a two-out walk in the fourth. He struck out Reid Halsey to end the inning, however.
The Carroll pitcher faced his biggest threat in the bottom of the fifth after hitting Lukas Hart with a pitch with two outs. Doss followed with a single and Cameron Phillips walked to load the bases, but Hart was caught trying to steal home for the third out.
Edwards issued a one-out single to Andrew Francisco in the sixth, but struck out the next two he faced. Ratliff ripped a one-out double for the Falcons in the seventh, but Edwards got the next batter to pop out to center before Ratliff was caught trying to steal third for the final out.
Hahn also threw a masterpiece for the Falcons, allowing just four hits and two runs in a complete-game effort. But Carroll got all the scoring it would need in top of the third after Bowman singled to center, took second base on a passed ball and crossed home plate on Ryan Gravley's RBI single to right.
The Cavaliers added an insurance run in the seventh after Kenley Meredith reached base after being hit by a pitch. Courtesy runner B.J. Utt moved to second on a Seth Burris sacrifice, then took third on a passed ball before scoring on Blake Wood's RBI sacrifice for a 2-0 lead.
Carroll nearly added another run after Taylor Case reached on an error and Bowman singled to right. Case took third on a throwing error, but was thrown out at home for the third out.
Gravley went 1-for-3 with an RBI for the Cavs, while Edwards helped his own cause by going 1-for-3 at the plate.
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Edwards and Underwood (CC); Hahn and (Ratliff) (A). WP – Edwards. LP – Hahn. 2B – Ratliff (A).