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# Avoid dropping your pen

## Summary

Avoid dropping your pen or, in general, subjecting it to sudden force.

## Overview

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

## What might happen

* PRESSURE PROBLEMS
  * Complete loss of pressure sensitivity
  * Reversal of pressure sensitivity
  * No matter how hard you press, the 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 stuck inside the 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 can come off
* BUTTON PROBLEMS
  * Buttons may stop functioning
  * Buttons may act as if they are always pressed