Recommend me a stylus.

elevature · March 2007

After lengthy EBA, Trauma Center, or MPH sessions, my hands really hurt from the tiny DS stylus. I know there are bigger ones available. Which one is the best?

I looked around a bit at play asia and I recognized the name Touch Pen, but I'm not sure what the deal with it is. There's also the Touch Pen Attachment which looks pretty spiffy, but it's not out yet.

Mighty · March 2007

Battle stylus. nuff said

Samphis · March 2007

Mighty wrote: »

Battle stylus. nuff said

Well, a LITTLE more could be said. Like links.

DS Lite http://www.pdapanache.com/products.asp?PID=NDSLT&S=3

DS Phat http://www.pdapanache.com/products.asp?PID=NINDS

I can very much vouch for the Phat version. I don't have a Lite, so no opinion, other than to say that I wouldn't play the Lite without the Battle Stylus.

Jensen · March 2007

That Touch Pen Attachment looks spiffy! I'm looking forward to that!

Just Like That · March 2007

Okay, but first, style me a recommendus.

DameonBrass · March 2007

I bought these pens at Best Buy that only have styluses in them, pretty and convenient to use. Though the screen protectors accompanying them are utter shit...

Of course the only one I could find was my gf's ones to match her pink ds but they come in two packs Red/Blue, Pink/Purple, Black/White and one more I can't remember

Bantry · March 2007

The battle stylus lloks great and all, but as far as I can tell it's the same size as the regular Lite stylus.

The regular stylus is uncomfortable because it's an inch long, not because it isn't made out of metal.

I bought a couple of extendable styluses. They're twice the length, yet colapse down to fit snugly into my DS. Cost less than 3 pounds.

Highly recomended, but you might have trouble finding them. I got mine of Ebay, and they came in japenese packaging.

Meiz · March 2007

What, there's actually a need for different stylus out there?

Isn't it just a dull pointed plastic cylinder?

saikocat · March 2007

I have one of these, I bought it on Ebay at the time to use with Ouendan, but I found it was a little too big (and it's annoying carrying a seperate stylus around), but your hands are probably bigger than mine.

Rhaka · March 2007

I use The Comfortable Touch Pen which is completely awesome in every way. It comes with a clip to attach to the back of your DS Lite but I just carry it in my case.

This thing finally allowed me to clear RSG in Ouendan. Goddamn spinners.

inthegray · March 2007

wooden stylus

Stormwatcher · March 2007

Rhaka wrote: »

I use The Comfortable Touch Pen which is completely awesome in every way. It comes with a clip to attach to the back of your DS Lite but I just carry it in my case.

This thing finally allowed me to clear RSG in Ouendan. Goddamn spinners.

The Confortable Touch Pen is nice... But I have 3 issues with it.
1- the ribbing where your fingers hold it is NOT comfortable. It gets etched into my middle finger

2- The point is too soft, it got kinda frayed, and now it's scratching my screen.
3- It's butt ugly.

DarkPrimus · March 2007

I have a Hori Click Touch Pen (I think that's what it's called).

It's basically a clicky ball-point pen, only instead of a pen it's a stylus. I have a white version, but they have other colors as well.

I love it. I do approximately 60% better at EBA with it than without. And spinners without it? Don't even go there.

Mumblyfish · March 2007

I recommend a run-of-the-mill biro-esque (ballpoint pen) stylus. They will set you back mere pennies, plus being the same size and weight as a biro they're comfortable and easy to use. The only reason you should consider anything other than a biro stylus is if you really want your stylus to fit into the supplied slot on your DS, but know that you won't find anything of that size superior to a standard stylus.

The best thing I can say about the Battle Stylus is that PDA Panache will send you one of their standard styluses as a free gift.

Htown · March 2007

There's this Hori pack that comes with six game cases and a big 'ol stylus. The "DS Lite value pack."

http://www.hori.jp/us/products/ndsl/mario_protector_vp/index.html

That's what I use.

CZroe · March 2007

Hori extending stylii!

Shens · March 2007

inthegray wrote: »

wooden stylus

Did something horrible happen to that carpet? Or is it a cow print?

I can't imagine the wood stylus would be very comfortable after long use.

elevature · March 2007

Meiz wrote: »

What, there's actually a need for different stylus out there?

Isn't it just a dull pointed plastic cylinder?

yes, but it's the size of the dull pointed plastic cylinder. the one with the DS lite is very small, and after lengthy sessions with touch screen-heavy games, my hand cramps up. I'm looking for something longer and thicker (:winky:), and clearly I'm not the only one.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to see if best buy has anything, and if not I'll order something from play-asia, probably a touch pen of some sort.

BTP · March 2007

For the truly pimp....

"It's gold, Jerry! GOLD!"

I can't imagine dragging metal on a screen being a wise idea though.

inthegray · March 2007

Shens wrote: »

Did something horrible happen to that carpet? Or is it a cow print?

I can't imagine the wood stylus would be very comfortable after long use.[/QUOTE]

it's a dark chocolate and light blue area rug that looks quite attractive when not zoomed up -- i'd post a full photo but don't have one handy unfortunately.

i play my ds for about 30 minutes to an hour at a time, so i can't vouch for how comfortable it feels after using it for a while. i have no problems with it while using it during that short span of time though.