NVIDIA SHIELD DirectStylus 2

If you have a shield tablet, you have no reason to avoid getting this.pros:- The input precision feels like using a mouse, it's great for loop drive linux, splashtop, and x86 emulators.- For painting it's just as sensitive to pressure as a drawing tablet that actually links to the pen.- No batteries or bluetooth needed.- Nub is really durable and shouldn't need the pen to be replaced for a long time.- It's very comfortable to hold for it's size.cons:- Nub is not replaceable, eventually, years from purchase, you may need to buy another whole new pen.- Newer versions of the tablet don't have a slot for the pen (unless you wanna do a case mod for it).

After reading how this stylus works, I knew I wanted to try it. I have not been disappointed. It's a passive stylus that thinks it's an active one. It uses the GPU of the Shield Tablets to bring pressure sensitivity action. It works really well. It is smooth and those looking for stylus functionality will be pleased. The NVIDIA Dabbler app shows off the ability to paint and draw with realistic effects such as watercolor paint bleeding into the fibers of the "paper" as it dries. Some might find this as a gimmick but I like it. Squid is a note taking app also included and again shows off the usefulness of the stylus. Buying through Amazon was a little more expensive than NVIDIA directly but overall I'm satisfied. Give it a try if you are someone who likes to use a stylus.

Its a great stylus, has a good weight to it and doesnt feel cheap at all but all that isnt enough to justify its cost sadly i used it and just didnt like my experience, but to be fair this isnt all the styles fault, the blame also goes to tablet as well, the palm rejection just isnt good i couldnt go one writing session with out continously having to erase small marks my palms made. Other than drawing and writing its as good a normal sylus for normal swiping and highlighting. Sad for my long review just wanted to warn others who are planning to get the direct style 2 for writing and drawing

Low quality. Worked very well out of the box. Great complement to the Shield tablet. With that said, rubber tip of stylus broke off after 2 months of moderate use

Nice stylus. Allows for some impressive precision and pressure-variation with the Nvidia Shield. If you are drawing or writing on your Shield, this stylus is an amazing must-have.The body is thinner than a pen or pencil and has a square profile that I do not like...you essentially get four different rotational positions in your hand grip. The real value of this stylus is the cool chisel-tip, but it is hard to comfortably hold at just the right angle due to the square profile.Note that this stylus DOES NOT WORK WITH OTHER DEVICES that I have tried (Nexus 5, iPads, iPhones).Also, the stylus does not always register each tap if you are tapping around very quickly, as you may do in a game. For games, I prefer using a generic stylus with the big ball on the end. I lose a little precision, but its better than occasionally losing a tap.

I started the habit of taking meeting notes in OneNote on my Samsung Note 4 phone. That worked pretty well and I liked having the notes immediately available on my pc. However, I was looking for the same functionality in a bit larger format. I didn't want anything as big and expensive as the big Samsung tablets, or an Ipad or Surface, so after looking around I bought the Nvidia Shield K1 8" tablet. It was just the size I was looking for and I thought the higher screen resolution would be the answer to my note taking search.That's when I discovered what having a "screen digitizer" really means. The Nvidia Shield K1 (and most similarly priced tablets) don't have digitizers. Trying to take notes with the typical rubber tipped stylus on the Nvidia Shield was a huge disappointment and I feared that I had just invested in nice android tablet, but not one for note taking. Without a digitizer, you can only write slowly, usually in large block letter. Certainly not ideal for taking notes during a meeting.Then, I decided to take a chance on the Nvidia Shield DirectStylus 2. Wow, what a difference. This stylus makes writing on the Nvidia Shield tablet a great experience. Now, don't think that this will equal the quality of handwritten notes on a tablet with a screen digitizer, but it comes really close. It is not an "active" pen, there are no buttons or batteries. I don't know why the shape an consistency of the rubber tip should make a difference, but it really does. If you don't need to use your tablet to take handwritten notes, then probably any rubber tipped stylus will work to flip pages and click icons. But if you want to use your Nvidia Shield for note taking, this little tool is well worth the money.

Does not fit in the HP Stream 7 tablet stylus slot. It also does not connect well on the screen, sometimes requiring several taps before it's recognized by any device using this technology. I have the advice named tablet and several stylus phones in my family. Results are the same with each device. Price is too high for a sporadically working, hit and miss item.

Works great and feels OK in my rather large hands ...I've tested it with a number of the drawing software packages found in Playstore .... much better than the eraser like drawiing pens ..... finer control .... not as good as a dedicated Wacom pad such as my Bamboo Pen pad used on Windows (tm) laptops, desktops.