Stylus issues, questions

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After hearing about how well stylus' sell, I have decided to add them to my craft fair inventory this year. I have made a few in the past and gave them away to friends to try out. They all had the same comments, "they don't work very well". I have noticed that they work better without screen protectors. Up until now I have just made the slimline stylus'.

So my question; for those of you who sell the sylus, which brand/style do you sell most of? Have you had customers say they don't work well? Does one brand or device work better than another? ie, IPAD, Samsung Galaxy or other brands? Thanks for your help.
 
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I sell (and use) both the CSUSA and PSI versions with my HTC 3D with a thick screen protector... the only problem I have had is when the buyer touches somewhere else on the screen, otherwise they work great. The kid uses his on a galaxy...no probs.
 
No complaints from family members that I have given several to (CSUSA brand). And if there was ANY problem, they would have told me...several times.
 
I have used, and sold quite a few of the CSUSA stylus. They have worked quite well for people when doing touching ( ie typing ) or dragging type operations. I have heard comments from people who wish they worked better when using them for hand writing operations.
 
The biggest issue I've seen is one I've used since March, when I got my iPad. After a couple month it's picked up oils and such from the screen from being used when it wasn't clean of the fingerprint marks that build up quicker than you'd like. At that point it became a little draggy on the screen instead of sliding smoothly. Otherwise it works fine, even with a screen protector.

About the screen protector: I think it's harder to clean than the glass by far, and since I have the iPad in a folding leather (like) case I'm considering doing away with it.

About the draggy stylus: Does anyone know if they can be cleaned, or do we just replace the tips when it gets dirty?
 
Coincidentally Susanne is having the same experience with her stylus. Pressing firmly is the only way it will work. I rinsed off the stylus with tap water, but that didn't change a thing. I don't want to say where it is from, until I contact the vendor. But, it's NOT from PSI. Hope we can find a remedy, since I just sent five of them to Indy.:confused:
 
Ours have been hit or miss on the amount of pressure required, even from the same kits. It leads me to question if it's the device and it's touch sensitivity.

I've had people complain about the pressure needed and walk away but when I test the same unit on my tablet it seems to work acceptably. Before assuming the stylus, try it on a couple of different devices just to make sure.

We sell the small clip to the headphone jack versions faster than we can put them on the table. The longer pen sized ones don't sell as fast.
 
I use a Serria type that I got from woodcraft, it depends which device I use it on as to the amount of pressure it takes. I use it on an Iphone, Ipad and Ipod, all with screen protectors and they all react differently, but I still like it better than using my big fingers.
 
My understanding is that the tip should be conductive foam or rubber and it needs a direct contact with the tube or section in which it is housed. when the section is gripped by the hand and then earthed against the screen it causes the reaction of the device. This is because a very low electrical field is generated by the human hand gripping the device it follows that the contact of hand to the conductive element (copper tube etc) needs to be direct and not isolated by wood acrylics etc. As for cleaning the tip I use circuit board cleaner available from most electonic component dealers
 
When checking out with Square I've seen people push so hard on the stylus that I'm surprised they didn't break the Gorilla glass, but no matter how much or little pressure they applied, the stylus would not work. The same people cannot sign with fingertips either, nothing shows up. The next buyer picks up the same stylus and it works perfectly with gentle pressure.
 
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