GreatShield Chalkee Kids Stylus for Kindle Fire (all models), Pink

It is the size of a piece of sidewalk chalk (hence the name), but it works great. My daughter loves using it on her Kindle Fire HD.

I was originally quite satisfied with this purchase, even to the point of foregoing my typical habit of observing a product in use for a while before reviewing it. After a couple of hours of seeing it drawing on a tablet, it appeared to be exactly what was needed other than a little residue on the screen.

This a very nice stylus out of the box, sized appropriately for young hands or those with dexterity challenges. For a toddler (and I would say anyone up to a preschool aged child) there is one fatal flaw. The tip of the device is hollow. Because there is play in the rubberized portion which contacts the screen, friction is created with the underlying metal tip. After a few days of light use, this device now has an exposed metal part and is essentially broken.

It is not being returned because it appears to work as it was designed to. Unfortunately it just simply was not up to normal use by a small child who has not mastered the art of "gentle". 4 stars reduced to 1 for the fragility of the business end of the device, which should in practice be the most resilient component of the product.

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My grand-daughter loves it!! Her little hands are able to manuever the Chalkee very easily. She was very happy to receive it.

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The Chalkee Stylus is for adults too. I am an adult with hand problems. Also available in Blue GreatShield Chalkee Kids Stylus for Kindle Fire (all models), Blue

I can rarely hold anything in a "pencil-grip" with the pencil, pen, crayon, or stylus going between my fingers. I can easily use the Chalkee while holding it in a "stabbing" grip such as a young child would use for coloring with a crayon (especially on walls!).

I can't grip anything tightly, yet the Chalkee works well for me in a loose grip.

In My Artwork

For any stylus currently on the market, the way to draw fine lines is to use a drawing app. I use the Chalkee Stylus with an app called "Paint Joy" by Bejoy Mobile Paint Joy Movie Your Drawing

"Paint Joy is free (as of February 2013). You can use it on Kindle Fire and on other Android devices.

Go to the Amazon Store called Apps for Android in order to see other apps for drawing, some free. Personally, I like Paint Joy the best. I am able to choose from a wide selection of lines and then tailor the thickness and how opaque the line will be from the software. Remember, no matter which stylus you use, you are going to get the same line you choose. When the software is controlling the thickness of the line, the Chalkee performs fine.

While Playing Games

With the Chalkee stylus, I play games on my Kindle Fire and on my NOOK Tablet: Match 3 games such as Treasures of Montezuma 2 Lite by Big Fish Games; card games such as Hearts and Solitaire; and Memory/Concentration games.

I'm not very interested in Angry Birds, but I can easily play it with the Chalkee stylus.

Many Hidden Object games and many Mahjong games are not well-suited to Tablets due to the small screen and due to the software of games not offering the selection of line thickness that Paint Joy does for my artwork.

My Confession: Please don't give in to temptation the way that I sometimes do and stay too long at the fair, so to speak.

Take frequent breaks from using any tapping, swiping, or other motions with your hands whether with a stylus or with your fingers and thumbs. Even perfect hands, even very young hands can ache, hurt sharply the way a nerve hurts, swell, become stiff by staying too long at the tablet (or cellphone or ereader or other device) without frequent breaks.

PRICE: I've had my Chalkee Stylus for several months, using it many hours during a week, including to turn pages in ebooks I'm reading.

I have accidentally dropped it from a height of 4 feet or more on to carpet and tile about once a week. I have dropped it out of my car on to a parking lot a few times. I have dropped it on to tables and desks and counters.

Not a scratch or dent, no damage to the tip either.

IF I hadn't needed the extra size and lightness of the Chalkee, then I would have bought any old inexpensive stylus and held it in a pencil-grip and saved some money for other things. But I am just thankful that the Chalkee stylus is available and doesn't cost more. I consider any purchase over USD$20 as "Would I rather have pizza delivered?" As much as I love pizza deliveries, I will give up however many I need to when it comes time to buy another Chalkee stylus.

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This little shalkee is great to use on my Kindle. I've had other types but this one appears to be sturdier.