Palm Stylus 3-Pack (3178WW)
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Customer Review: Perfect
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this 3-pack despite the negative reviews here. Visually, there is almost no difference between these and the original stylus. These are lighter than the original stylus (which I thought was overly heavy anyway), but are still comfortable, with a metal shaft. The fact that a pen is included more than makes up for any loss in weight. The reset pin is kind of useless since you can just use the stylus itself to reset a TX, but it could come in handy for resetting someone else's Palm. It comes with interchangeable snap-on caps so that they will work with some other Palm models (Tungsten E/E2 and Zire 72).
For my old Palm I paid $12 for the Pentopia stylus with a pen, and for the same price you get 3. I liked the Pentopia's springloaded stylus tip, but this one is fixed, just like the original. Also I don't think these are refillable, but I don't use this often enough to run out of ink, just when I don't have a pen handy.
This is a great product, don't be scared away by the bad reviews.
UPDATE: After a year I am still on the first of my three styluses, so they are durable. The pen runs dry under heavy use, but then works again later. Where the tip end screws into the shaft, it gets loose, so I put some glue on the threads to help hold it in place. The cap on the pen still snaps firmly in place.
Customer Review: Palm Stylus 3-Pack (3178WW)
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the palm stylus 3-pack as a replacement for the original Palm TX stylus. I was a little discouraged to buy this stylus pack because of the bad reviews associated with it. Inspite of the bad reviews, I bought this pack as it is original palm accessories. I was not dissappointed. The stylus pack is a solid product that is fun to use. I could not give it 5 out of 5 rating as it is lighter than the original stylus, but it is not so much annoying, sometimes I feel it could be more comofortable.
Finally:
Advantages:
1- Fitting into my Palm TX in a very nice way.
2- Helpful when you are in need of pen and there is no full sized pen around, but don't expect an pen that you can write a novel pen, it is just an emergency pen .
3- Easy to use as a stylus.
Disadvantages:
The only disadvantage is that it is lighter than the original Palm Stylus but this was not affecting my normal use of this stylus.
Finally:
The Product is highly recommended for Palm TX users.
Customer Review: Definitely prefer my original stylus over these (TX).
Summary: 2 Stars
Thankfully I found my original TX stylus right after I ordered these. I didn't bother cancelling the order, because it's nice to know I have spares immediately should I lose my original again.
These things are very light compared to the original TX stylus, and writing with them is not nearly as comfortable as with the original. I never understood why you'd really need a pen in your Stylus, so this is worthless to me. I haven't had any problems with the tip coming loose, but I don't really use these that often. I can definitely see how they'd come loose when carried around. they are backup. I don't necessarily like them, but I'd deal in the event I lost the original for good.
Maybe I'm just spoiled because the original TX stylus is nice and weighty and solid feeling. I feel like I could easily just bend these between my 3 fingers if I felt like it. Cheezy. Seriously Palm, why can't you sell exactly what comes with your Palms instead of this half hearted attempt?
Customer Review: Not the best design for such a multi-functionally cool item
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm not a negative person, in fact I try to see the best in most everything but when it came to actually USING these stylus with my Palm TX it JUST WASNT WORKING.
Frustratingly the stylus easily slid in its holding area in my unit but when it was needed, when sliding it out, it ALWAYS separated before actually COMING out of the holder.
I have identified the problem: the interchangeable 'head' or top piece (used to adapt this stylus to other units) which simply SNAPS on should actually be a screwed on piece as, with use, the SNAP part fails and thus it no longer functions as one piece causing the problems mentioned above.
TWO of the three stylus dont hold when removed from the handheld (failing snap part).
FRUSTRATINGLY I've switched back to my original stylus knowing I have only ONE operational backup stylus even though I purchased a three pack.
Customer Review: Good but not reliable
Summary: 3 Stars
I have gotten this product twice, which should say something about its reliability. The idea of a stylus/pen combo that fits my E2 is terrific, and when I am out and about, it comes in handy. But at home and in the office, I have a stylus from an old style palm that I use. These are the reasons why:
1. The screw-off tip of the stylus end comes loose always. Its rattling makes the whole device feel unstable.
2. The pen works pretty well, but after using it several times, the "cap" tends to get loose, and I have lost more than one.
3. And this is the biggest complaint I have: the rubber tip of the stylus pops off, usually without my knowledge, so I can't find it to put it back on. This makes that end of the device worthless, and I have to replace the whole stick. This is probably why they come in packages of 3, but it would be nice for it to last a lot longer than it does.