Review on BoxWave Capacitive Stylus Apple Black by Michael Boyd

Note the 3 grooves around the case. They don't just exist for looks or grip. You use these grooves as a rubber barrier that protrudes from the case and acts as a buffer to prevent the stylus from scratching the screen if you leave it plugged into the audio port. I felt it might still scratch my screen during shipping due to the metal body just above the rubber tip. I've been told it shouldn't be with my Gorilla Glass, but am I willing to use my $800 iPad to check it out? no Overall: I wasn't impressed. What I'm not used to with these pens is that they require several grams of pressure to register a "touch". It doesn't seem like such a big deal, but I'm so used to my finger barely touching the screen and sliding across the surface. Whereby you "drag" instead of "slipping" because you ALWAYS have to use force with these things. It's such a small effort that some beasts might not even notice, but with my very delicate hands, I do it. So now you've got the downward force combined with the added force to pull that rubber tip across the screen - and we all know how well rubber moves across glass. It's called "friction," which might explain why other reviewers here are complaining about how their pen wears down after a few uses. sell it and they even removed the page for it). I first bought it for my niece but my son in law uses it all the time because he loves how well it works in drawing games. So the pens aren't that bad. As this may be a full sized pen, the extra weight offsets the pressure you need to apply smaller pens and (put on your physical hats) since you have more leverage with a large/long peg, don't notice as much friction when dragging across the screen as if you were using a shorter stylus. There's no benefit to using a short stylus like this. You can't hold it like a pencil. It needs to be held between thumb and forefinger and is too short to rest on the fleshy part of your hand between thumb and forefinger, which is - SURPRISE - that's what you use when writing to hold the pen/pen when you move him. but you will never notice it until you stop using it. So before you throw in your hard-earned cash, try using the pen with just two fingers without it touching the rest of your hand or your hand touching the surface you're writing on (because you don't usually put your pen down) . hand on a touch device). This is not fun. The whole purpose of using a stylus is for better control, and it's actually worse than using your finger. So who is this pen really for? To me it's a useless stylus that goes straight into the bin BUT I might find a use for it if you have horribly long nails and need to always have a stylus on hand to control your phone and answer calls. That's the only exception I can think of. Now I know what to look for. I need a fiber or cloth tip that glides easily and registers touches instantly on contact, isn't "spongy" when pressure is applied, preferably one that doesn't have any exo-metallic bits that could potentially scratch my screen. I would also like to see a pen that could be used at an angle less than 45 degrees. On most stylus pens, the metal above the tip touches the screen when you press at a 45-degree angle. Until they do something similar, I won't be buying any more styluses. You can watch this "iFaraday Cobra Demo" video on YouTube for the next stylus I'm planning to buy, but who knows if it will ever go into production.