Introduction

I've been waiting for these Pens forever, and now they are finally almost out! Wacom was kind enough to send me one for review. There are two styles of these pens, one without a cap and one with. The one I'll be reviewing doesn't have a cap, but I'd venture that a review of the one without cap would probably cover both pens.

Features

• Designed by Cross, makers of premium pens and stylii
• Sharp pen tip
• Smooth eraser tip
• High Tension clip
• Pen Cap (on one version of the pen)
• Works on all Tablet PCs with Wacom digitizers or Cintiq Tablets

Impressions

The first time I held the pen I noticed that it had more weight to it than a normal wacom pen, this is probaby due to the metal barrel in the center. However it isn't quite as heavy as I would like. It is however very comfortable to hold, especially for extended note taking. I intentionally held off on my review until I could get to class and take notes and I noticed a lot less pain in my hand after writing with this pen over the normal pen that came with my Toshiba M200. I also noticed increased sensitivity when writing notes and a lot better tracking. It seemed wherever I wrote with the pen on the screen was exactly where the ink was put, compared to the stock toshiba pen that seemed a little off.

The eraser head works exactly like any other wacom pen you've ever tried, using slight pressure pushes the eraser down and erases the ink you've put down. The best feature I think of the pen is the recessed right-click button. On most wacom pens you accidentally hit the right-click buton a lot, but with the recessed button you only hit it when you need to.

Is the pen worth $50? Maybe, if you are dissatisfied with the stock pen that comes with your tablet and want to spend the big bucks on a new one. Personally I'd like to see them hit the sub $40 mark, but its a cross product and those are always a little marked up. However you can rely on the fact that you will get a very nice pen for your money.

On my arbitrary scale of rating things I give it a 8.5/10, only because it didn't really add anything new and the weight wasn't exactly what I had hoped. Plus it didn't really blow me away as a must have product.

-Justin