I recently bought a Tappits set and absolutely love it now that I have figured out how to use it flawlessly, which admit took a bit of practice. I was going to buy some other Tappit sets, but on GSA's website I saw Clikstix which have ejectors to remove the letters instead of tapping them out. Does anyone have any experience with them and if so which do you prefer? Do they work just as well?

The Windsor Clikstix are two piece.  the top piece makes an impression in the letter/number and then after you lift it up it helps pop it out.  So it makes a kind of a 3-D letter.  

Both kinds are cool.  The blue numbers are Clikstix and the green letters & numbers are tappits.

AI like them both for different applications.

The Clikstix do indeed have an ejector, but if your paste isn't rolled thin enough the ejector causes these ugly little ridges on the letters.

Cake That: Here’s a nice youtube video by Lorraine McKay that shows how to make thin gumpaste letters with Clixstix without any ridges. Her letters are beautiful.

Hope this helps the both of us

Cheers,

MB

Here’s another youtube video where the lady cuts them upside down with a rolling pin.

HTH

AClikstix! But yes you roll the paste really thin so you don't get those indentations.

A feature of the Clikstix is the back piece which has an imprinting embosser and ejector.  There are so many different styles of stix.  The embosser works similar to a plunger cutter.  If you want the fondant/gumpaste embossed;   cut, press, then eject.  If you don't want the impression;  cut, then eject.

The back piece comes off so it can be cleaned.  Alan T's video says to use Mexican paste rather than Gumpaste, as it's less stretchy.

I have all of the Clikstixs and love them now that I have removed the ejector pieces off of them.  I hated those things!!

I still think Tappits are superior though.

AI wonder if there's a compraison video out there. I have every single set of tappits out there and I really like them. But I bought then when I was new to decorating so I don't have experience with anything else

AAren't clikstix without the backs just tappits?

they were also a breeze to wash & dry, without the backs.........little bonus!

Yeah, I felt the same way about the Tappits.......those tiny little devils.  Until I read about the Saran Wrap method.  Now I love them.

AJust curious, what's the Saran Wrap method MBalaska?

I use both types of cutters and love them, so much neater! I still have the backs on my Cliksticks though, I just pull the back up a bit when cutting, keeping the flower paste very thin, then out they pop. I struggle more with getting tappits out, so if there's a sneaky method I'd love to know it! :grin:

The saran wrap method was something posted here on cakecentral.  I tried it and it worked beautifully!

before you press the tappit on the fondant/gumpaste/Mexican paste (doing everything that you normally would to prepare the paste for cutting) place a single layer of plastic wrap (saran wrap) on top of the paste.  Cut the letter, lift off the cutter, lift off the saran wrap, your letter stays on the board.

ps: (I'd better add......cut the letter as you normally would, you know how you kind of press down and move it around in a circle)

AOoh interesting, I will have to give that a try - thank you! :-D

You're welcome. 

AJulia, I have most of them if not all of them, have to admit they drove me nuts to being with, the lady in the cake dec shop says she removed the injectors that comes with some of them, and hey Presto, perfect, no ridges, etc, honestly its worth a go, and roll your fondant very very thin so you can almost see thro it.

I just bought cupcake letters, they are the smallest letters I've ever seen, havn't used them yet, but as soon as I do I'll let you all know how they are.