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by barriteau 442 days ago
I have both, they work pretty well, TapXR looks nicer but has one drawback: doesn't do very well in low light conditions and doesn't work at all in the dark; the old Strap doesn't have this problem, its only drawbacks are the extra seconds it takes to wear it and the weirder aesthetics.

I've only used them as keyboards, so I'm not very familiar with the media controller options, but as far as I can see it's a very easy mode to use.

You can use two of them at the same time, one in each hand, but it probably won't be necessary, you can get to type very fast with one hand.

They are very well supported on iOS. I once plugged one into Windows and it seemed to work fine, but I have not tested it extensively.

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That’s interesting, thanks. I a word and meant to ask which you use more, oops. The strap says that it works better on hard surfaces which makes me wonder about how it fares on say, a leg, stiff cushion, or things like that. Also if it’s not using an optical sensor, I wonder what happens when you try playing an instrument with it on. Might have to give it a try.
The TapXR I use the most ;)