Spectre x360 Active Pen/Stylus Compatibility

[FoolishFrost]

Mine's still working. I7 version. 8gigs. 255 ssd. Maybe something is wrong with yours? May want to have it checked out.

[Tamirn2]

There are two versions for the x360 screen, the FHD and the QHD, could one of the screens be a deal breaker for the pen?
For the guys who bought the pen and it works for them, what screen do you have?

[MJDIBella]

Well, I never did get the HP stylus to work.  I finally bought one from Dell (750-AAGN) and it works fine.  Many programs are not compatible though, which perplexes me.  It would seem to me that a stylus should look, to the application, like a mouse.  And it should work accordingly.  This is of course a driver issue, not an application one.  But the stylus works fine.

[ccsturgi]

I bought the pen at best buy ( the salespersons didn't know they carried an HP pen)

It works for me. Its not a great pen tech but it functions OK. I have the base model spectre with upgraded ram.

[mdecipher]

I am returning the laptop today. Tech support has been aweful. I called for several issues that should be covered in the first 30 day free support and was switched to a guy who tried to sell me a monthly service contract.  After the issues with finding the correct pen etc, I don't feel comfortable dealing with HP going forward. 

PS.  I did get the Dell pen and it does work. Maybe I put it to use with a Dell product.

[jamiew]

Hi, ccsturgi.

The HP Active Pen is a supported accessory for the HP Spectre x360.

[jagdeleur]

I live in the Netherlands. I bought my Active Pen (the Pro Tablet 408) at Amazon.de in Germany. I don't know if they ship it to France also

[atrifone]

Hi, I just purchased the Spectre x360 for school, the 4003 model, and I was wondering how accurate/precise the Active Pen is (J4R51AA#ABL)? How fine is the point? I need it for pharmacy school and need to be able to accurately draw chemical structures and make small print annotations in OneNote, so I'm wondering if this pen will work well or if I need to find something that would be more accurate and precise.

[mdecipher]

Good luck figuring out this feature of the Spectre. I returned mine and bought another brand that has a pen with active digitizer, no batteries required for pen, and the laptop has a place to store pen.

[FoolishFrost]

After buying and trying both the hp and dell active pens, I am happy to tell you the dell makes for a much better experience. The tablet is s a thing of wonder, but the pens are night a day in drawing comfort difference. Get the dell pen.