Avoid dropping your pen

Summary

Avoid dropping your pen or in general subjecting them to any sudden force

Overview

Pens are the most sensitive component because they have some small parts and some moving parts. A fall onto a floor can damage your pen. The can completely break the internals of your pen.

What might happen

• PRESSURE PROBLEMS

  • Complete loss of pressure sensitivity

  • Reversal of pressure sensitivity

  • No matter how hard you press, pen thinks you are pressing at full 100% pressure

  • Have to press (much) harder than before to draw

  • Pen can become too sensitive so you have to press much more lightly

  • Pen starts drawing or clicking even while it is hovering above the tablet

• NIB PROBLEMS

  • Tip of nib can break, leaving the nib suck inside pen

  • Nib may fracture inside and be bent making it difficult to remove

• PEN BODY PROBLEM

  • The tip of the pen can break and small pieces and come off

• BUTTON PROBLEMS

  • Buttons may become non function

  • Buttons may act as if they are always pressed