rooCASE 2n1 Capacitive (Black) Stylus / Ballpoint Pen for Acer Iconia Tab A500 A501 10.1-Inch Tablet

• Non-OEM Stylus / Pen for Acer Iconia Tab A500 A501 10.1-Inch Tablet
• Ultra Responsive Capacitive Stylus that Works with All Touch Screen
• Removable Cap Covers Ballpoint Pen End When Not in Use (Replaceable Pen Refill)
• Lightweight Aluminum Pen Body that Weighs in at Only 0.7oz Stylus Length: 118mm
• Available in Black, Silver and White. Search: rooCASE Capacitive Stylus Ballpoint Acer Iconia Tab A500 A501 10.1-Inch Tablet

I got this stylus for my Acer Iconia A500 tablet after reading some horror stories about other brands. Since this was 1) made by rooCASE, the same company that made my rooCASE Executive Portfolio (Black) Leather Case Cover with Landscape / Portrait View for Acer Iconia Tab A500 10.1-Inch Android Tablet Wi-Fi (which I LOVE and which is very high quality), and 2) supposed to be specifically compatible with my A500, I figured I had nothing to worry about. In short, the stylus is okay...it is not great. Here are the pros and cons.

Pros

Looks and feels high quality with its glossy black/chrome-y finish and the solid feel of it.

Extremely easy to pan across the screen, like on homescreens. It takes very little effort.

Fairly small so it's not some huge thing you're holding, but not so small that it feels difficult to get a good grip (and I have big hands).

Cons

Not so good with actual pressing buttons and the like. This takes much more effort and results in me pressing buttons repeatedly to get them to register the stylus' touch.

It took me forever and lots and lots of scribbling to get the pen part of it to work (btw the ink is black).

The cap of the pen doesn't fit completely over the stylus pad on the end. It fits like 85% of it but is too narrow to fit over the rest; you can try to get it to stay in place as you write, but it'll easily fall off the end if you put any pressure on it with your hand.

The clip on the side of the pen is extremely difficult to pull forward. Now, my actual tablet case (made by the same company!!!) has a little stylus-holding piece of fabric sewn into the inside of the spine so it's there when you open up the case. Because the clip on this stylus is held so tightly, it's REALLY hard to get it to actually clip onto the fabric. The first time I did it when I removed the stylus the clip scratched across the fabric and left some nice little scratch marks...the fourth or fifth time the clip actually punctured a hole right through the center of the fabric as I was putting it in. This essentially means that I won't be able to clip the thing in; I'll just have to let the fabric hold it in place and hope that's tight enough (which it kind of isn't). This is a con for me because my case actually has a spot for a stylus...it may not be a con for you.

All in all not a great stylus, and especially a letdown given that it's so hard to get it to fit into the tablet case that is made by the same company. You'd think they would have thought of that...works great if you're doing a lot of line-drawing and swiping, but not too good if you are doing a lot of points and button-pressing.

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