As someone who sketches daily on my iPad Air, I was skeptical about third-party styluses until I tried the MEKO Stylus Pen. The moment I pressed that satisfying top button (no Bluetooth pairing headaches!), it became my creative sidekick.

The 1.5mm tip glides like ice skating on glass – silent and precise. When coloring mandalas, it nails those microscopic details better than my old $15 stylus that constantly skipped. Palm rejection? Flawless. My hand can finally relax on the screen without triggering accidental brushstrokes mid-drawing.

That "13-minute charge = 9 hours use" claim isn't marketing fluff. After forgetting to charge it for three days of sporadic note-taking, the battery indicator still showed two dots. The auto-shutoff feature is genius too – no more dead stylus surprises during meetings.

Tilt sensitivity shocked me most. Shading my digital watercolors now has natural gradient transitions, though I did notice slight lag when doing extreme 45-degree angles compared to Apple Pencil. For $30 though? Absolute steal.

Pro tip: Those included replacement nibs are gold – the first one wore down after two months of aggressive sketching. Just wish they sold bulk packs separately!