Customer Reviews

PalmOne V Stylus (3-Pack)

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I bought these babies the same day that i bought my Vx. I thought that it would have been a good investment counsidering how small the styli are. Considering my penchant for misplacing things, particularly pens, i thought i should go ahead and get them. For some strange reason, I've only lost one in 6 months and that was the one that came with the unit. In that aspect one pack of these replacement stylus should last you a while.

However if you can get other replacement styli that can fit the silo i suggest you go that way. The replacement styli dont seem to fit the silo as well as the original one. It doesnt fit right. After a little investigation i found that the plastic tip (the part that can unscrew) is slightly larger in circumference then the original stylus. Thats why it seems a little tight when you take the it out and put it back. Why this is, i have no clue but it's really annoying.

For anything else you can get these babies to preserve the continuity of the unit, otherwise i recommend you find another replacement stylus that can fit the silo.

Personally though i dont use the stylus. I recommend you go get one of those multi-pens that have a stylus, pen and pencil all in one. All serious Palm users use one of these instruments simply because any type of prolong use of the stock stylus will certainly give you cramps, at the very least. Its like writing with a toothpick. If you anticipate that your going to be scribling on your palm a lot go get a multipen. Cross makes a good one, Lamy and Rotring also makes excellent multipens. Personally i use a Rotring black matte Trio-pen. It carries a blue pen, stylus and pencil. Its a great size, weight and looks incredibly cool.

Again if you anticipate scribling alot on your palm, i strongly recommend getting a multi-pen. However if you dont think you will be the stock stylus will suffice.

Your Palm V probably came with two -- one metal with plastic ends and a hidden pin to reset your palm, and one all plastic. These are exact replacements for the metal stylus that came with your Palm. That's about it!

For the price it seemed like a good idea to have them around just in case. You can also keep a spare in each car, or whatever.

Although the replacement pack seems quite reasonable i did find that they dont fit into the silo as easy as the original one. Im not sure why this is the case but for some strange reason it doesnt fit comfortably. But even if it did, i dont recommend getting it. If your serious about being a PDA user, i recommend getting a multipen with a stylus tip. Those work much much better

This stylus's tip seems to be of a harder plastic than that of the Palm III's (the one with a silver metal body and grey plastic ends). Having just switched from III to V, the difference was dramatic. I have spares of the III type at my desk -- it's quicker to just grab that than pull the Palm's one out, and I won't forget to put it back.

I'm afraid of wearing down my Palm's sensor surface, so am shopping for a "softer" stylus for the V. (The V's are a touch slimmer, so my spare stylii won't fit its holder.)

The styli are of sufficient quality for me to be satisfied with them (= they work), but I have two complaints about this product :

- The product is said to be "same as stylus provided with product" and a "genuine Palm quality product". It is neither. These styli do not fit the silo perfectly and the screws at the top and bottom are badly made, in contrast to the perfect screws and silo fitting of those that were provided with the product.

- The price is excessive. Why should a simple piece of mass produced plastic cost over three U.S.$s, especially considering the mediocre quality of the product ?

High-quality stylus, 3 of them even! They even seem better than the one that was actually included with my Palm Pilot. A stylus is an easy thing to misplace, lose, just like a pen, so its great to have a few in your briefcase or purse!

... price is far better than Palm's and for that, I thank you. However, Palm should be ashamed of ripping off its customers by pricing a piece of plastic that costs them pennies to make at such absurd levels.

The stylus is exactly like the original that came with my PlamVx and therefore fits perfectly into the mounting slot on the side of the unit.

After being given an old Palm Pilot (with no stylus), I purchased a set of 3 from my seller. It arrived more quickly than I had expected, but the envelope was torn and one of the styluses was lost. When I notified the seller (merely to suggest that he change his choice of mailing envelope- I was fine with the 2 I received), he credited me for the full amount (including the shipping).

It's always so nice to be pleasantly surprised, and I was!

These fit my Palm V well but they are not the same model as the stylus that came with the Palm. They're made of plastic instead of metal and they don't have the built-in reset pin. I guess this is all we can get as a simple replacement though. If you know where find a metal one with the reset pin, I'm all ears.