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hlbennettpls
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Recently switched to the Carlson Mini2 Data Collector (from an old Jett CE) and the stylus are different. Now I know this doesn't usually pose much of an issue to some, but I was buying a pencil and stylus all-in-one from a local office supply place and I can't seem to find one anywhere with a rubber stylus tip. I may not be using the term correctly, but basically the stylus for the old Jett CE had a hard plastic tip, whereas the Mini2 has a "squishy" (for lack of a technical term) rubber tip. I know have to use 2 instruments when collecting/calcing info. switching from my pencil to the new stylus as my old stylus does not work very well on the Mini2. Anyone have a suggestion?

 
Posted : February 3, 2016 1:08 pm
lee-d
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That is a capacitive screen, the hard stylus doesn't work with it - as you've discovered. Office Depot has them (soft styluses) with a pen or pencil (can't remember which) on the other end, 3 for about $7.

 
Posted : February 3, 2016 1:20 pm
toivo1037
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Got a really cheap giveaway one from our bank that is a pen that extends through the "squishy tip". Works pretty good, pen is dodgy in the cold, but it was FREE!

 
Posted : February 3, 2016 1:20 pm
hlbennettpls
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toivo1037, post: 356385, member: 973 wrote: Got a really cheap giveaway one from our bank that is a pen that extends through the "squishy tip". Works pretty good, pen is dodgy in the cold, but it was FREE!

Can't beat free! Yeah, I'm looking for a 0.5mm pencil though. I found one, but it has crappy reviews on Amazon...

 
Posted : February 3, 2016 1:28 pm
a-harris
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Quill has the Pentel mechanical pencils and lead in different sizes.

Far from free, they can last a lifetime.

 
Posted : February 3, 2016 1:45 pm

hlbennettpls
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A Harris, post: 356396, member: 81 wrote: Quill has the Pentel mechanical pencils and lead in different sizes.

Far from free, they can last a lifetime.

Eh...but they aren't a rubber-tipped stylus though...

 
Posted : February 4, 2016 9:30 am