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Could you share which one you bought?

I never considered this at all as an option.

As a lefty, having the pencil attached all the time is very awkward.
Here it is. It is $12.99 now.

 
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I can’t tell from the listing, but it looks like it doesn’t support the different levels of pressure like the Apple Pencil does. Other than that… this looks rather compelling!

I swear. If only Apple gave us a button or a light or SOMETHING on the Pencil so we could turn it off!
Yeah, as an artist myself, no pressure is a dealbreaker. I can see this being compelling for those who just need to write notes, however.
 
I've never once needed to switch off the pencil. What is the use case for that? (I have two Apple Pencil 2's and one of them sits in another room sometimes for weeks without losing charge when I connect it).
Man you’re lucky - if I don’t remember to turn off the iPad’s Bluetooth to force the iPad and pencil to disconnect, the pencil will drain all its power within a day or two if it’s not attached to the my iPad mini. It’s a weird “bug” I reckon where the pencil never goes to sleep, I know it affects some but not others. I do have an older Apple Pencil, maybe I have older firmware on mine that keeps it from going to sleep?
 
I bought an Apple Pencil charger off Amazon that works quite well which also provides a place to keep the pencil when I am not using it. (I don't leave it attached to the ipad because I find it gets in the way quite often)
I didn’t know that was a thing! I’ll have to look into that, thanks!
 
Why include a charging cradle if it attaches magnetically to the iPad for charging?
I have an 8th Gen iPad that only uses the first gen apple pencil and this might make me get rid of that pencil.

I really dislike charging the first gen on so having a cradle I could place it on would be really nice. This also seems smaller which would be nice.
 
I've been using this from Amazon since May. it cost me $19.99.

ESR Stylus Pen for iPad, iPad Pencil with Tilt Sensitivity, Palm Reiection, iPad Stylus with Magnetic Atachment Compatible with Apple iPad Pro 12.9/11, iPad Air 5/4, iPad Mini 6, iPad 10/9/8th, White​

 
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Here it is. It is $12.99 now.

Thanks for sharing this.
 
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Here it is. It is $12.99 now.

Thanks... £15.99 in the UK but looks good.

Do you have to regularly re-pair the pencil with the iPad? And does it charge it well, as I saw a few reviews that said it was slow or didn't even charge :confused:
 
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Does it have pressure sensitivity? What is the refresh rate? Not covering these questions makes it seem more like an ad than an honest attempt to inform us about a possible Apple Pencil alternative.
I don’t remember if this reviewer mentioned pressure sensitivity but you could scroll thru the video and see.
 
I don’t remember if this reviewer mentioned pressure sensitivity but you could scroll thru the video and see.
Well, he didn’t mention it but a commenter did and said it lacks pressure sensitivity. 😥
 
Clicked the link - got offered 20% off first order, signed up, received email with the promotion code...

...and the code didn't work.

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

I'd like to say that stuff like this doesn't happen at my company...but it does...way too frequently.

When something like this happens in manufacturing, it is usually visible (sometimes painfully so). But when it happens in software, especially with websites...most people just walk away and the vendor has no idea something went wrong and that they lost a sale (or two, or 100).

C'est la vie.
It took a few days for them to respond...but they made it right.

I have to give credit where credit is due.
 
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