The Friendly Swede Stylus Pen for Touchscreen — 3-Pack 5.5" High Precision Stylus Pen with Replaceable Thin Tips, Elastic Lanyards & Screen Cleaning Cloth - Red/Black/Silver

Just received my 3 pack sylus pens from The Friendly Swede. I LOVE them!!! The only way I could previously text with my smart phone (a Samsung Stratosphere) was by using the talk text feature. I have very small hands and still couldn't get the hang of hitting the keys just right all the time. Unlike my kids whose fingers fly!! I am one of the over 50 group who the kids just love to make fun of when texting!!I was used to always using the keyboard on my other phone and when I upgraded to a touch screen, I realized I needed a stylus. The pens are great - a good weight - very comfortable to hold and I like the length. I bought the black, silver and red and they are all equally nice looking. I started texting immediately and no more errors!! With the lanyard I don't have to hunt around for it either. I like the microfiber cloth too. I had some questions before I purchased and contacted the company. I was emailed back very quickly and all my questions were answered. The representative also told me about their new microfiber tipped stylus which is a little better quality. The reason I choose the rubber tip is because of the extra thin precision tip and the 3 replacement tips. The company states each tip should last between 3 and 6 months, so with the 4 tips I have, I anticipate not having to replace them for a long while. I heartily recommend these pens for not only the quality of the item, but the excellent customer service they provide. The rep was sure to tell me if there was any problems, questions, concerns once I received the pens to get back to her and they would take care of any needs I might have. The price was right as well, actually, I believe the price is a steal for what you get!

UPDATED REVIEW- 1/19/2014After my initial review and 3-star rating, someone from The Friendly Swede contacted me and thanked me for my feedback, offering me a replacement set of my choice. I was leaning toward just getting another set of the 5.5" thin tipped version- thinking it was a fluke that one of the 3 I originally received seemed defective (more on that later). But I was also curious about the 4.5" thicker tipped ones since they were shorter and might be a little more convenient to keep with my tablet. I ended up going with the 5.5" ones, but they ALSO included a set of the 4.5" styli!! And both reps I dealt with were extremely friendly and nice. This is clearly a company dedicated to great customer service.So now I've had a chance to test both types from the Friendly Swede, and also a few other styli (including Wacom Bamboo). Hands down, Friendly Swede wins for excellent quality and value, and outstanding customer service. And the colors they offer are gorgeous. I've had to adjust my expectations about how a capacitive stylus is supposed to work. Basically, it isn't a pen- and even the thinnest of styli aren't going to give you the experience of a pen on paper. The new Microsoft Surface has a very thin tipped, pressure sensitive Pro Pen-which is kind of what I had expected in a stylus. But that is a special technology- and it's still not the same as paper and pen- it feels weird to have a hard tip writing on glass.So now, knowing the limits of capacitive styli, and having spent quite some time playing with different types, I am very happy with the Friendly Swede styli. Even the silver one I originally thought was defective isn't so bad, now that my expectations are adjusted. I can't see any reason to ever purchase another brand of stylus.Original review- 1/8/2014I wanted to love these, I really did. Based on the ratings, everyone else does. But the tips are not as thin as I expected, and the first one I tried out of the package (silver) didn't work very well- I had to press REALLY hard in order to get my Nexus 7 to respond. I tried the next one (black) and it was a little better- but I still had to press hard and it was not as precise as I would have liked. The third one (red) was about the same as the black, maybe a little better. But none of them are as precise or responsive as the ballpoint pen/penlight/stylus gizmo I got as a gift a few months ago, which these were intended to replace.Upon further inspection, the tip on the silver stylus sticks out a lot further than the other two. I tried changing out the tip, but no matter what tip or cowling I put on the silver one, it always sticks out a lot further. I think this is the source of the problem- the tip sticks out too far and creates a little bubble at the end of the stylus that is too fragile/squishy. If you hold the styli up side by side, the silver sticks out the furthest, the black sticks out less, and the red a little less than that-which roughly corresponds to their performance. All of them stick out further than the pen/stylus I've been using- and because the tips are narrower, it makes them less stable.Other than that, they're great- the form factor is good, I love the lanyards, and they are a great value. My husband tried them out on his Microsoft Surface and he agreed the silver one is a problem but he finds the other two OK. So we will be keeping them. But I will continue searching for another solution. I just can't get used to writing with a fat, imprecise stylus. Maybe I'm just too picky and I should give up on the idea entirely- I suppose you can't expect a stylus on a tablet to ever approach pen and paper.

I received these quickly and no problems with packaging.These work about 50% of the time on my Kindle HD Fire. It's old for electronics, maybe lots of micro scratches? I have a new tablet I received as a gift. They work about 99% of the time on it. That's problem #1.Problem #2--to replace the tips, one has to unscrew the end. The three I have, all three ends unscrew spontaneously loosen and fall off. That's a problem...EDIT: I thought I was ordering a different stylus. These are the regular, ordinary styli.One or two days after I wrote my review, someone from Friendly Swede contacted me about my problem with the collar. Turns out I needed to tighten it better. I don't have a lot of strength in my hands, but I eventually got it tightened. I still kept an eye on it -- the hands, you understand.The kit came as advertised. If you like the rubber tips, it is great. I don't. It is very nice to have the changeable tips, in case your dog eats one ', or you wear out a tip.It still didn't work well on my Kindle. I still hadn't picked up on the rubber tip. After a few conversations with The Friendly Swede, they sent me the stylus with the new kind of tip to try, out of the goodness of their hearts. From the time they contacted me, until I receive the new stylus, they were very easy to work with. I will buy from them again. The ones I received to try has a tip that resembles a wire mesh. It isn't, it just looks that way in the picture.Hope this makes sense. 'EDIT: 1) The smaller latex tips are good for smaller areas.2) The mesh tips, which I received gratis from Friendly Swede, are great, and I have ordered more since. I use them on my Samsung and Kindle, and they work on my laptop, as well. My Kindle is old, I think it is a second gen HD. The screen has lots of micro scratches and a couple of visible scratches. Sometimes when I have to drag something I have to hold it at a 90 degree angle. IDK if that is me or the stylus. I LOVE them and my son uses them on whatever android thing he has.3) My daughter has the new $50 Kindle. She cannot use the mesh stylus on hers. I'm not sure why. She does like the thin-tipped stylus that I initially ordered.4) There is no problem with the tip falling off the thin-tip stylus now, LOL, and the mesh stylus is very easy to tighten, and does not loosen. Possibly I just got a bad batch. Happens sometimes. : )