DellActive Pen PN556W (N1DNK)

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This pen is horrible. I hate to be that one person who leaves a one star, but I have to. Right out of the box the pen didn't work. Firstly, who in their right mind would make a stylus tip out of a really HARD plastic? Using this pen will leave marks and scratches on your screen. I don't understand why they didn't use a rubber tip. That way you can get a firm to soft tip feel depending on what type of tip you choose. The pen is advertised as active but doesn't interact with any of my dell products. Doesn't work on my tablets or my 2 in 1 laptop. Any stylus should work on any device if you at least make the tip a rubber material. But for some reason they decided to go with the damaging hard plastic. I don't understand where that Idea came from. Don't use hard things on your glass screens. Hard things rubbing against your glass screens equals scratches and marks. I'm completely confused as to why they chose to do that. Not to mention it didn't connect to the device or recognize it. I am highly disappointed and this item is 100 percent unusable. Like I just don't get it. I could literally go to the nearest gas station and buy a stylus with a better tip for 2 dollars and it would work better than this.

Be aware that different Dell laptops use different pens. They are not inter-operable. I use this stylus for my Dell xps 13 inch. It works effortlessly.However, be aware of the batteries. The 2 small coin batteries in the top half of the pen drive the bluetooth. This is the battery that is shown in the capacity on the blue tooth interface. It is not related to the AAAA battery in the base. This AAAA battery is what drives the screen touch sensor. My battery lasts about 6 months.If you find the screen is not reacting to the pen, hi chance it is a low AAAA battery. I bought a bunch of them on amazon and carry an extra one around with me. Other than the battery issue, this pen works effortlessly.

Just purchased the pen (PN556W) and a dell Inspiron 2 in 1 7568, pretty much exclusively for use with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, & Illustrator. I've only had it a few hours, but so far, I'm very impressed. (will update if I have the problems with longevity a few others have mentioned)Pros:Accuracy: This is what I was really worried about. I wasn't sure if it would be accurate enough for producing quality art, but I'm really happy with it after one session of mostly testing/sketching. There is slight jitter when drawing straight lines slowly, but that's to be expected. Similar to the amount I've seen in video reviews of surface pro 4s. But in normal writing test, or drawing at typical speeds, the lines are smooth and consistent (my natural hand shake is more pronounced than the jitter from the stylus)Pressure sensitivity: This is fantastic, and totally blew away my expectations. Very similar feel/result to the wacom intuos on my desktop.Cons:Feel: My main complaint. The stylus feels a bit insubstantial in hand. I prefer the size & weight of the wacom stylus. I may try putting a rubber grip around the bottom of the barrel to fatten it up a bit. The rocker button is also not great. It's too flat, the ends are too close together. You have to actually stop a second and think about it to use the buttons. The standard intuos stylus' rocker is much easier to use on the fly. (I may try to mod this a bit as well)Software: The Dell drivers are terrible, and are very limited in terms of what they allow you to bind to the buttons Fortunately, you can just go to wacom and get the 'Wacom Feel' drivers, which allow you to program pretty much anything to the buttons.

I bought the Dell Active Stylus to use with my HP Spectre x360, and it works great! Pressure sensitivity is great, and palm rejection is very good. Regarding palm rejection, no matter what product or software you will use, you will need to train yourself a bit to get used to using it. I found that it was easy for me to get the pen tip near the screen before resting my palm onto the screen. Once there, palm rejection generally works well. But there are times when OneNote or my drawing app slides around unexpectedly. However, the more I use it, the less frequently it happens. That's what I mean by "training yourself". Overall, the pen has the right weight and tactile feel. It's very comfortable to use for long periods of time. I can easily recommend this stylus.

I purchased this stylus last September to use with my HP spectre x360 as many reviews here and elsewhere suggested that it worked better than the HP stylus for that product.The stylus worked well when I first received it, and was definitely good enough for simple drawings or taking notes on documents. Input wasn't perfect, but, per my understanding, that is the expectation for Synaptics devices. The pen is light and would be easy to hold for extended periods of time. It also matched the style of my laptop.After a few months of light use, the pen input just stopped working. The stylus pointer still tracks on the screen but I cannot click or draw in any program.I sat down again today to try and troubleshoot. Even with a new battery (the old one had died after no usage for several months) and updated drivers, the same problem persists.There is no service code on the pen and so no way to chat with or email Dell online about the warranty. If you are brave, you can try being passed around over the phone as a few customers with the same issue already did ([...]).I would not recommend this product. If you already have one, be ready to return at the first sign of trouble.