#pen babble

[themonopricemessiah]

...Well. The pen got really hot and started sizzling and now it's all warped and melted and the battery's stuck, sooo I'm gonna order a replacement pen, I think. Unless you think I should order a whole replacement tablet?

Um.... Pardon my language here, but holy shit that's not supposed to happen at ALL. 0_0 That is scary! Please tell the Monoprice reps that, and send photo evidence to them if you can. That definitely warrants a replacement pen, at the very least! Hold off on ordering a replacement, though, until you hear back from Monoprice.

[themonopricemessiah]

huh. That pen from the official Huion sie is different than the replacement one they have on their Amazon.

Any chance you’d know if they changed the design recently and what the difference would be? I know you’re more Monoprice but I thought I’d ask since I was thinking I’d get a 12x9 and a Huion pen, and if the pens are different that’d be cool to know.

Huion seems to offer a few different pens on Amazon, but they all look pretty similar to me - all designs "inspired" by the newest Wacom Intuos pens. The Yiynova one I linked to also appears to be based off an older Wacom pen design.

The pen on Huion's site appears to be closer to the slight angle-y-ness (haha, technical words!) of Wacom grips, while the Amazon offerings are rounder, closer to the Yiynova pen.

I'm not sure, really! Which pen in particular on Amazon do you mean? Monoprice's replacement pen also seems to be on Amazon, and that one's radically different from the others as well.