can anyone recommend a tablet stylus?

spaceboy · 2 July 2018 at 9:27PM

Needs to be a pointy one not one of those silly rounded end ones. Not too expensive either. And do any shops actually sell them?

that · 3 July 2018 at 5:35AM

To my knowledge there is no generic device that works on every screen and some even have a button, so why do you not include the make and model?

spaceboy · 3 July 2018 at 7:46PM

I don't think that's true. There are only two types of stylus - capacitive and resistive, and most tablets require a capacitive stylus. Resistive are for things like Nintendo DS, Leappads etc.

It is for a Samsung Tablet and I don't care about a button as I find buttons annoying.

spaceboy · 5 July 2018 at 7:46PM

Can anyone explain why it's so hard to find a decent, reasonably priced tablet stylus?

System · 5 July 2018 at 9:28PM

spaceboy wrote: »

Can anyone explain why it's so hard to find a decent, reasonably priced tablet stylus?

Maybe...

Tablet market not that big and too fragmented for any vendor to spend time and money making and marketing enough of them so it’s easy to find the right one.

I can’t help you as I use the Apple Pencil which is no good to you.

spaceboy · 6 July 2018 at 7:07AM

What makes them so expensive anyway?

Chino · 6 July 2018 at 9:05AM

spaceboy wrote: »

What makes them so expensive anyway?

Is £1 really that expensive?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Stylus-Pen-for-iPAD-iPHONE-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-NEXUS-KINDLE-TABLET-Black/253554586692?hash=item3b0907f444:g:R1gAAOSwpNxazc30

spaceboy · 6 July 2018 at 7:07PM

Chino wrote: »

Is £1 really that expensive?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Stylus-Pen-for-iPAD-iPHONE-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-NEXUS-KINDLE-TABLET-Black/253554586692?hash=item3b0907f444:g:R1gAAOSwpNxazc30

Ah, you see this highlights the problem! The stylus you have linked only works on a tablet with the rounded end. The pointy end is a resistive stylus and works with Nintendo DS and Satnavs etc. And it really !!!!es me off! I dont want a rounded end stylus there are hundreds of them out there.

tonyh66 · 7 July 2018 at 2:16PM

I got one of these EBAY for my android tablet, it works but its not ideal.

spaceboy · 7 July 2018 at 4:56PM

tonyh66 wrote: »

I got one of these EBAY for my android tablet, it works but its not ideal.

I've seen those but they have a disc at the end.

Chino · 7 July 2018 at 6:36PM

spaceboy wrote: »

I've seen those but they have a disc at the end.

I get the impression from this YouTube video that a capacitive touchscreen does not respond if the conducting digit/stylus has less than some minimum area in contact with the screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MfN9HN2zMs

can anyone recommend a tablet stylus?

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