Dell Active EMR Pen Compatible with Chromebook 5190 2-in-1

Very functional. Had no problems with it

Complete crap! It is not what it says it is online! It's not made of aluminum it's made of very cheap plastic! And it says the a battery is required for use. Well there is no battery or even a place for a battery to go! I will be sending back! False advertising DO NOT BUY!

I have had many pens and tablets over the last several years, and this Dell EMR pen is one of my favorites. I have also seen essentially identical EMR pens to this made by both Acer and ASUS.Some background about me: I primarily use a digital pen and tablet as a replacement for my pencil and paper when taking notes, and I initially used Adonit pens with a Samsung Tab S, which was not S Pen enabled. Later, I switched to a Samsung Tab A with S Pen and I currently use a Samsung Chromebook Pro. In my years with the Tab A and Chromebook, I have used a number of EMR pens, including the Tab A’s in-built pen, the older S Pen with Eraser, both the Tab S3 and Tab S4 S Pen, the Noris digital S Pen, the HP x360 EMR pen, the HP zBook EMR pen, and this pen. I have stuck with EMR technology rather than trying active pens like on Windows tablets because I don’t like the idea of having to carry around spare batteries, and I have only noticed one of the supposed flaws of EMR technology, that the pens don’t work as well near the screen’s edges, but it is a minor difference in performance and I do not write on the edge of the screen often. As for the various EMR pens I have used, I found the HP x360 EMR pen to be the least comfortable – it was quite thick and seemed to be made out of some sort of very hard plastic, so it was uncomfortable to hold. The S Pen with Eraser did not seem to be as accurate as the other pens, and the tips it uses are older and do not have as much of a drag. The HP zBook EMR Pen is my newest pen that I just recently got, and so far I am really liking it and it feels a lot like a "premium" version of this pen. I like this pen and the HP zBook EMR Pen about equal for note-taking and casual use, and the Noris digital is a close second to both of these.About this Pen: Before this Dell EMR pen, my previous favorite was the Noris digital. I generally prefer writing with pens, but both the Tab S3 and Tab S4 do not mimic very well the capped BIC pens which I prefer. The Noris digital felt almost like a real pencil and was very light, but I found this Dell EMR pen to be even lighter. It does not feel as much like a real pencil since it is made out of a plastic-y material, whereas the Noris digital is made out of a wood-y material, but I prefer the plastic material of this EMR pen. It is a softer, more comfortable to hold plastic, especially compared to the HP x360 EMR pen. Also, the wood-y material of the Noris digital seems to absorb sweat over time, causing the writing on the outside to fade. Additionally, while I never snapped mine, it always felt very fragile and if you look at the reviews on Amazon you see many who have snapped their Noris Digital. The Dell EMR pen feels much less fragile and I do not worry about it breaking if I carry it around in one of the pockets of my Chromebook’s sleeve once in a while (something I never even tried doing with the Noris digital out of fear I would break it). Also, the Noris digital is very long, more like a newly sharpened pencil, but I prefer the shorter length of the Dell EMR pen, which is more the length of the average pencil which has been sharpened a few times. Lastly, this Dell EMR pen has a tail eraser, unlike the Noris digital, and no button, like the Noris digital. I never liked the buttons on the Samsung S Pens because I always accidentally press them too often, and even though it never did anything, it annoyed me that I was always pressing them. As for the eraser, I generally scribble out errors in my notes instead of erasing, so I never really use erasers, but I don’t mind having one on the back. It is nice to have the additional option, and I find this EMR pen to be very comfortable to hold in either direction, so sometimes when I am scrolling through a PDF I am reading I will flip the pen over and use the eraser to scroll just to change things up. Overall, while I dislike the super thin and light “twigs” of the S Pens that Samsung builds into the bodies of their devices, I generally prefer thinner, lighter versions of full-sized S Pens. Due to the plastic-y instead of wood-y material, the shorter length, and the included eraser, this Dell EMR pen has replaced the Noris digital as my favorite EMR pen. It is also only about $30, so I highly recommend it if you have an EMR enabled laptop or tablet, since it is an excellent, comfortable EMR pen at a great price. I would recommend this pen and the HP zBook EMR pen equally to almost everyone, unless you are an artist. I don't draw myself, but the HP zBook EMR pen has a more premium design, which I would imagine makes it easier to create art, so I would recommend the HP zBook EMR pen to artists.I have included some pictures of this EMR pen along with the other ones I currently own (I returned the first HP one before buying this one, so it was not available to be included in the pictures). In the main pictures with all of them, from top to bottom, the pens are the Adonit Dash 2, the Samsung S Pen with Eraser, the Dell EMR Pen, the HP zBook x2 EMR Pen, the Samsung/Staedtler Noris Digital, the Samsung Tab S4 S Pen, and the Samsung Tab S3 S Pen. I also took close-ups of the nibs of the Samsung S Pen with Eraser, the Dell EMR Pen (which currently has a Samsung nib in it), and the HP zBook Pen with the HP nibs. As can be seen in the pictures, Samsung’s new nibs that are in the Dell EMR Pen are smaller than both the other two, but the Samsung S Pen Eraser’s nibs are bigger in such a way that they don’t fit in the other ones, while the difference in size between Samsung’s new nibs and HP’s nibs are only the very tip. Thus, in the list above, the Adonit Dash 2 does not take EMR nibs and the Samsung S Pen with Eraser takes an older style of nibs, while everything else takes the new styles of nibs, both the ones from Samsung and the ones from HP. I have also included a close-up of the Dell EMR Pen.Update August 16, 2020:I have been using the HP zBook x2 pen almost exclusively for the last few months, and after trying out the Dell EMR pen for a bit recently, I found it to be too thin. I now greatly prefer the HP zBook x2 pen and find it to be one of the most comfortable EMR pens I have used. I still like the Dell EMR pen, though, and I think if you really like the feel of a regular pencil you would especially like the Dell EMR pen. Thus, if you enjoy the feeling of a pencil, I would recommend the Dell EMR pen or the Noris Digital as a close second, while if you enjoy the feeling of a more premium stylus pen with a nice rubber grip and felt nibs I have grown to enjoy more, then I highly recommend the HP zBook x2 pen.

It's quite useless, definitely fake cause it did not work. I contacted the seller for additional instructions in case I was doing something wrong, never heard back. Returned the product.

Did not work, had two replacements that did not work either