Spent $80 on a fancy drawing tablet pen and it's already dying on me

Honestly, I thought buying the official pen for my tablet would be a safe bet. Paid around $80 for it three months ago and now the pressure sensitivity is all over the place. I tried updating drivers and resetting everything, but it keeps dropping inputs in the middle of strokes. Has anyone else had a pen fail this fast, or did I just get a lemon?

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leo10722h ago

Not trying to be rude but are you sure it's not just a driver issue or something? I've had pens act weird before and it turned out to be some random software conflict that got fixed with a clean uninstall and reinstall. Three months does sound pretty fast for a total failure though, maybe you just got unlucky with that specific unit. Have you tried plugging it into a different computer to rule out it being your tablet acting up?

harper_wells13h agoMost Upvoted

Wait THREE months and it died?? I thought you meant like a year or something but that's literally brand new. That's not "unlucky" that's a MASSIVE red flag right there. I had a Wacom pen last me five years without a single issue and I used it every single day for work. Something is seriously wrong if it's kicking the bucket that quick. Maybe the batch they shipped had a defect or they changed something in the manufacturing because I've been seeing more complaints about their pens dying early lately. If mine died in three months I'd be calling them up and demanding a replacement immediately, not trying to figure out driver stuff.