Capacitive Touch Screen Styluses
In this review I will discuss four different styluses for capacitive touch screens (such as iPhones, Android phones, iPads, and other tablets): Amazon’s Generic 3-Pack, the PenGo BrushPen, the New Trent IMP63T, and the amPen Hybrid.
Generic 3 pcs Aqua Blue/Black/Red Capacitive Stylus
Pros: very cheap, 3 in case you like to lose things, free shipping
Cons: shipping takes foreeeever (from Hong Kong)
These were the first styluses I bought. They worked a little better than my finger, but not by a whole lot. For most people, these will satisfy all of their stylusing needs. (Yeah, I made up that word. What you gonna do about it?) If you’re doing a lot of actual drawing with your stylus, however, you may be able to do better. The little rubber tips can grab at the screen surface a little, and cause skipping. The fat tip doesn’t let you place the stylus with extreme precision—though it is better than your even fatter fingers. If you need more from a stylus, read on…
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11/29/2012 06:42 PM Reply
Aren’t you supposed to take that plastic sleeve off of the IMP63T? On the Amazon product page some of the photos have it and some don’t.
http://www.amazon.com/Arcadia-Micro-Knit-Clickpen-Stylus-TwinPack/dp/tech-data/B007FXMOV8/
11/29/2012 07:06 PM Reply
I’m not sure. I’ve been in touch with the manufacturer and sent them photos and they didn’t say to remove it. Also, pulling on it it seems to be stuck on there pretty hard…