Made for Amazon Stylus Pen for Fire Max 11 (2023 Release) & Amazon Fire HD 10, (13th Gen, 2023 release) Tablets

I got this to go with my Fire Max 11. I am a terminal note taker. I have bits of paper everywhere with notes and numbers and figures on them. It's messy.This works GREAT on my Max 11. Now, to be clear I put Google on my tablet the first thing. In fact if Amazon does anything in the tablets to interfere with the end user putting Google on it, I will stop buying them. The amazon app store is just pitiful and this tablet isn't worth it with what is there. With google the world opens up and makes it a credible play and work tool. It works great, any problems I've encountered were the apps.I have tried several apps. I have Inkredible as my first budget choice. You can designate backgrounds for it and I got several different pictures and backgrounds and made my own backgrounds to write on- See those pictured- I made/configured those (some I just slapped in there as backgrounds, others I made a picture first- added in the elements in photoshop where I wanted them and one it was how I wanted, then put them in there as a background- make them PDF's and then in Inkredible import the pdf's for trouble free use). This makes it interesting and if you group certain kinds of notes per different background it is easy to know which to click for those kind of notes. I must have a dozen by now. I stopped, not because of lack of material but, really, how many different ones do I really need? The possibilities are endless. That app is pretty customizable. You can purchase, for a couple dollars, different bells and whistles in this program I bought a few extras, a couple bucks for a set- the base program and functioning is free. I recently paid for the paid version, one time $10...I can manage that and I use it enough, I owe it to them to pay for it.My next in line is Squid, only because it wants a yearly fee to have all the options. It does have more sheet options in addition to customizing backgrounds..ones for music, ones for drafting.....a whole lot more, but I don't need those. If I did, the price per year is very reasonable- about $14. They have a base version that is free and that is what I have as an option.Then is Microsoft Whiteboard. You can also do custom backgrounds but it is better suited to drawing or what it was made for...marking up pages that are made a background by the program and pdf's like a teacher might do. Still it is an option and it is free.My last choice is one note. I don't like the navigation stuff as much and the way they organize and do it. But for taking notes...it will work fine.I have tried other Stylus on this Max 11- they are out there, and they work, some better than others, this one still works the best though. I like it so much I am buying spares to have around for my and my son's max 11's.

Nice unit with functionality. Attaches magnetically to Fire Max 11 chassis for easy storage. Use regularly to avoid soiling screen with dirty fingers.

Must have with Fire Max 11 tablet.

My convoluted relationship with this Fire 11 stylus pen continues. If only I had a dollar for every time I’ve unpackaged it and re-packaged it for return. CLEARLY, I WANT to like it, I just keep wrestling with the practicality of it…will I actually USE it enough to make it worth the cost? Probably not, but then I paid far more for the Apple Pencil I purchased with my iPad Air 3 years ago, and I’ve certainly not used IT enough to merit its cost either.In my initial review, I noted the absence of palm rejection as a deal breaker for me. Then I decided to search for note taking apps for further experimenting. Was not impressed with Amazon’s app store offerings, so went to Google Play. Yes, there IS a way to install Google apps on your Fire 11 2023, but that’s for another review of the Fire 11. For now, suffice to say, one of the apps I downloaded actually had some options in the settings for how I could customize the stylus pen functions…palm rejection was one of them…making my Fire 11 Stylus pen work just as I wanted it to! The other app did not have the same detailed settings, but palm rejection seemed to be working just the same. At this point I can’t remember what apps I had used the pen with initially that caused the frustration during my earlier assessment, but I do remember they were not designated as note taking apps specified for handwriting. SO, no more deal breaker!Another concern I’d had was the iffy strength of the magnetic attachment of pen to tablet. I use a clear, minimalist cover on my Fire 11 to protect the back from scratches. As with most similar covers, it DOES allow for a magnetic connection to a stylus pen, but it is not what I would call a very dependable one…it can get bumped off quite easily. I have the same issue with my iPad and Apple Pencil when using a similar cover. When using my iPad keyboard case, the magnetic strip is not covered, and the Apple Pencil sticks like glue. I discovered the same holds true for the Kindle Fire 11 pen…when I remove the cover and expose the magnetic strip, the pen sticks like glue, just like the Apple pencil. Of course, the issue here is that most folks are going to want a cover of some sort on their tablet, and unless the cover leaves a bare space over the magnetic strip, the security of the holding power will be iffy and undependable. The $50 magnetic cover made just for the Fire 11 would eliminate this issue, but it’s too expensive and I don’t like the flap style cover…I find these cumbersome and annoying when using the tablet for relaxed reading. I’ve yet to find a cover that would protect the back of my Fire with a minimalist covering, while leaving the exposed edge for the pen. Maybe I can live with this.My other concern was the annoying little tool necessary for changing out nibs. No more than I would actually use the handwriting or drawing features of this pen, I would likely not have to do this often, but should the time come, I will likely whine about it. Would it have really been that much more difficult to just make a screw on nib Amazon?!Bottom line of my reassessment, will I keep this thing or return it? I still don’t know. Although I don’t anticipate much need of having a comfortable and accurate tool for handwriting on this tablet, having this pen WOULD offer those capabilities should I change my mind…and as you can see from this overly lengthy review, I tend to change my mind often. I will also say that when using a wireless keyboard and tapping the screen to place the cursor or make selections, it is far more accurate and easy using the stylus pen than a regular stylus…rubber, fiber or even disc precision requires applying more pressure…big plus for the stylus pen.Do I anticipate a lot of use for it? No. Yet all practicality aside, it’s clear that I WANT it, practical or not. And if you’ve stuck with me throughout this review, maybe I’ve offered enough info for you to decide if you also want it. You can read on starting with the next paragraph, but it isn’t really necessary, as this re-review makes mention of all of the things I didn’t like initially. And yeah, I’m keeping it. Not practical for me personally, but I’m keeping it anyway.The first review, if interested, is as follows:It took me a little over a week to adjust to this thing (I also use an iPad Air with an Apple Pencil, so there were some adjustments to differing platforms, etc.), but eventually I felt like I could be happy with this product…BUT…First let’s cover everything BUT the but. This pen feels good in the hand, albeit a bit heavy. In an age of rechargeables, I thought it a bit weird that it uses batteries that must be replaced. Not my preference, but I felt I could live with it. Replacing the tip didn’t seem like something I would be looking forward to either. It would require the use of an odd teeny little “tool” (included with the pencil, that would be oh so easy to lose!). According to testimonials on the web, neither the tool nor the process could be considered “effortless” (as in the ease of unscrewing the old nib and screwing on a new one on the Apple Pencil), but I assumed I could handle it, as I would not be using this pencil or tablet as my primary tablet workhorse anyway. Magnetism is fair. Though the pencil does stick, if you handle the tablet a lot with the pencil stuck on it, it will fall off more frequently than you may like. Almost the same could be said for the Apple Pencil as well though…it sticks only slightly more securely, but that is likely because it isn’t as thick and heavy as this Fire 11 pen. I tend not to handle tablets with pens being held on with nothing but magnets except for short trips (from one room to the next) for the reasons just mentioned. I’m not sure how many times either the Fire 11 pen or the Apple Pencil can hit the floor without messing up functionality, and I don’t want to find out, so I err on the side of caution. Now, let’s move on to the BUT……the absence of palm rejection, which ultimately became the deal breaker for me. My initial assumption before purchasing was that SURELY, EVERY serious tablet pen/pencil would come fully equipped with palm rejection as a staple feature. With a tablet the size of the Fire 11 Max 2023, how on earth can anyone use the pen for handwriting or sketching without some other part of your hand touching the touch screen at some point (and I have SMALL hands!)???!!! After about a week of being annoyed with the Fire 11’s erratic and unwanted responses to other parts of my hand touching the screen during attempts to use the Fire 11 pen for precisely the reasons you would WANT a PEN vs stylus for, I was just DONE. The Fire 11 pen is going back to Amazon and I’ll be returning to my old dual nib stylus pens with rubber or fabric on one end and a precision disc nib on the other. Works just as perfectly as the Fire 11 pen, withOUT the constant annoyance of unwanted responses from the screen being touched with other parts of my hand.Dear Amazon innovators, if you really want to compete with the big boy tablet accessories, (come on out of your cave and join the rest of the world of technology…), you certainly DO have the capabilities of doing so. Palm rejection for a device used for writing and drawing on a generously sized touchscreen device is simply a no-brainer.

Works as designed

A nice addition.

This device is baffling. I almost refuse to believe that the "made for amazon" stylus could be this bad. For one thing, the stylus feels incredibly cheap. Screwing on the battery cap on the end creates all the high-pitched scraping noises you'd expect from a cheap knock-off, and it still manages to wiggle no matter how tight you screw it on. That's not the worst of it though. For some reason, the stylus will just stop working very regularly (and this has been happening since I got it). Every few minutes, at random, it just ceases to exist as far as the tablet is concerned. Never fear, however, because this can be remedied by whacking the stylus as hard as you can against the nearest solid surface. Yes, you heard that right, the fastest way to fix this thing's continual glitching is to hit it against something. If that's not your style, you can also remove and then reinsert the battery, but given the quality of the threads on the cover, I think hitting it is actually the better option for the long term durability of the stylus. At any rate, the fact that this glitch happens so regularly on a $35 stylus that Amazon themselves endorse is utterly unacceptable. I just wish there was a better alternative I could purchase instead.TLDR: You have to hit the stylus against a hard surface every few minutes when it randomly stops working.