 Hi, this is Ellis with The Verge. We previously looked at the best styli for iPad, from the best one for drawing to sketching to scribbling, and the best all-around stylus, which we decided was the Wacom Bamboo. We saw some feedback in the comments, and we got our hands on another batch of styli that we're going to check out today. The first stylus we're going to look at is the Monoprice 8843, and the reason it has that code name is because it's sold by Monoprice, which just sells so many generic products. For $297, it works pretty well and is just about the cheapest stylus you're going to find from any reputable online retailer. So the tip is pretty good. It's ultra light and kind of feels like junk, but for $3, you're not going to find anything better from any retailers that you're familiar with. Next up is the Pogo Sketch Plus from Ten1. We actually mistakenly reviewed the Pogo Sketch last time, thinking it was the Plus. It was shipped to us as the Plus, and for good reason. They look exactly the same, except the Pogo Sketch Plus has an aerated tip on the end, which is supposed to be more precise than the pretty dumb conductive foam tip, which is squishy and just not very durable at all. So besides that, they're both kind of old-looking retro styli, and I don't like that very much because they're thin, they kind of feel junky, and the Pogo Sketch Plus isn't particularly precise either. For $14.95, the Pogo Sketch Plus isn't a particularly great deal, and we definitely recommend the Kuhl, which is about the same price. Next up is the Pogo Sketch Pro, and while some people swear by this thing, we just had a horrible experience with it. It's the older brother of the Pogo Sketch Plus, and it has that same tip with the holes in it right there, which just doesn't work that well for us. Not only that, but whenever you're holding it, you need to be making contact with the metal at the top of it in order to register with the screen. But for people who write in a certain way, including some of us, it just doesn't work very well, and even if you are making contact with the metal, it just doesn't always register. We did find that it registers better with the screen if you hold it upright, but then that's also coincidentally the way that you're least likely to be making contact with the metal on the stylus. It also comes with a replaceable foam tip, which we're not really sure why you'd want to use because we think it's inferior in just about every way. The $24.95 Architect is made out of anodized aluminum, and it's matte. It's kind of brushed, sprayed on there, so it's easy to hold, and you're not going to lose grip of it. Interesting thing about this thing visually is that it has this screw off top, which is kind of more for looks than for anything else. It screws onto the other side of the Architect so you can protect the tip, and then when you're not using it, you screw it onto the back, kind of like on the Adonit Jot Pro, and you can also throw a lanyard through there or something like that if you want to hang it around your neck and not lose track of it. So the tip on this thing is okay. It's not too long, and it's not too wide. It's still pretty accurate, but the thing is, it kind of grips the screen. It doesn't glide across it as effortlessly as some of the other StylEye. It does have a nice heft to it, which is good, but we think there are definitely better bets in the $25 range. In round one of our StylEye roundup, we thought we ordered the Just Mobile Alupen from Amazon, but Amazon sent us a knockoff for the same price from their own warehouse. We got in touch with Just Mobile, found the original, and it's pretty great. It's actually a bit thicker than the old one. It's closer to the Studio Neat Cosmonaut. The Alupen is a great all-around stylus. It's a little too thick for my taste to use on an everyday basis, but it's modern. It's a nice kind of hybrid between the Giant Cosmonaut and some of the smaller, thinner StylEye. One of the best parts about it is actually the tip, which is firm. It's not too wide, and it actually is very, very conductive with the screen, so you'll get instant responses when you're using it on your iPad. The Alupen is a great deal for $24.95. It's really a quality piece of craftsmanship. Next up is the Just Mobile Alupen Pro, which is really interesting. It's just like the Alupen, but it's a lot thinner. It's more like a pencil in waistline. On one side, you have the rubber tip, which is actually not as good as its younger brother, the Alupen. It's not as rigid and firm, so you won't be getting as much of a response from the screen. But then the other end is actually twisty, and if you twist it to the left, the pen comes out of it. You can actually replace the pen cartridge whenever you need to. It even comes with a replaceable rubber tip as well. It's a pretty good deal for $39.95, and it also comes in sleek black, and it even comes with a cool leather case for you to carry it around in. The Magliss from Design Firm Applied Dia is a great new entry that brings together some of the best features from other StylEye into one product. The first thing you'll notice is that two sides of it are flat. It's kind of shaped like a carpenter's pencil, and you wonder why originally, but then you think about the name Magliss, and it's magnetic. It sticks like the Adonit Jot Pro to the side of your iPad, so that's the first cool feature, and it's flat, which means it stays put unlike the Adonit Jot Pro, which is cylindrical. The next best feature about the Magliss is the tip, which I think is the most conductive, rigid, firm, responsive tip I've tested out of any of them. You don't even really need to press down on the screen. It just kind of, it's like ink flowing out of a pen, and part of that is because the Magliss is hefty. It's not heavy, but it's heavy enough that it makes a mark on the screen without you having to push down like some of the other ones like the Pogo. The only thing I don't like about the Magliss is that depending on how you hold the pen, it might be pretty uncomfortable for you, given it has those two flat sides, but really, it's not so bad even for people like me who hold their pen weirdly. The Magliss is 20 euros, which as of now comes out to about $26, which makes it cheaper than the Bamboo by about $5, and it's a great deal. You're going to have to ship it overseas, but all around, it's a great product. Finally, we come to the Kraigle Eye Pen, which is interesting to say the least. It is the only stylus I've tested that uses a dongle here to detect where you are on screen, which also means it's using a little bit of battery, but does that mean that it's more accurate? Not really. We actually found that it's a lot less accurate even when you calibrate it using the few apps that it is compatible with, and you will need to use those apps. There's Ghostwriter Notes, IBIS Notes, and a few other ones that you can buy. We tested the free ones, and none of them work particularly well, so when you go into the app, you're going to calibrate it by trying to put down the tip of the stylus at an exact point on the screen. When you hover the Eye Pen over the screen in these specific apps, you'll actually see a little cursor on the screen. Even if you hold the Eye Pen a few inches above the screen, you'll still see the cursor, which is cool because it thinks it knows where you are, but then in practice, it's actually less precise. You have to press down on the screen using the Eye Pen, which you can feel a little click. I'll be honest with you, I think it actually scratches the screen because it's just a little thin piece of plastic you're rubbing on your screen, and it's going to cost you $90. While some people really like this thing, I had a really bad experience using it. This goes without saying that it uses batteries, you have to carry around the dongle with you, and it only uses a few specific apps. And not only that, but the tip looks like the Death Star's power reactor, which I don't like, and it even cracked right there a little bit. So I think this is a definite skip. Out of this batch, I think the two best are the Just Mobile Alu Pen and the Maglis from Apply Dia. So they're both hefty aluminum styli with great tips, but I think the Maglis' tip is just a bit better. Not only that, but it's magnetic, it's heftier, and I just like the way it looks. You really can't go wrong with either of these, though. The winner of round one of our styli roundup was the Wacom Bamboo. It's handsome, it has a nice, narrow, precise tip that's removable. There's a pen clip, and it's a little bit expensive, but we're willing to part with that money because it's a great product. But I think the Maglis is better.