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