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When the box of styli thanks to StylusCentral arrived I opened it up and eagerly took all of the different styli out of their respective packages. The Silver Sensa Minx beat out a few competitors as the best looking out of the bunch and it won the right to be used and evaluated first. Unfortunately for the other styli in the bunch the Sensa is turning out to be a great stylus, and they're going to be held to a new, higher standard.

The Stylus The Minx is manufactured by Sensa, the same company that makes those great pens with the Comfort Grip towards the bottom. They have incorporated the Comfort Grip into the Minx as well - unfortunately you'll only reap the benefits of the Plasmium-Filled Grip when you're using the pen. I've already mentioned that I thought the Minx is a great looking stylus. The barrel is a nice silver color and the Sensa name is imprinted on the side of the barrel - the name looks very classy, it blends in well with the looks of the stylus.

The Minx is a 2-in-1 stylus. It contains a ball-point pen on one end and a stylus tip on the other. I tend to shy away from the styli with the stylus tip stuck on one end of the device and the pen on the other for two reasons. The first reason is that the exposed stylus tip is subject to a lot of abuse. One little nick is all that it would take to ruin the stylus tip - which would, in turn scratch your screen. The exposed tip on the Minx seems harder than other stylus tips that I have used in the past. Although I don't have any information to confirm my hypothesis I think that the tip is harder in order to protect it from accidental damage. I've used the Minx for roughly a week with heavy usage on all areas of the screen and have not noticed any new scratches on the screen. Unfortunately, the stylus tip doesn't appear to be replaceable. This means that once you damage it you'll have to look for another stylus. The Minx is still a nice ball-point pen.

The second reason I don't like this style of styli is that these styli always seem to favor one end or the other. On the Minx the pen is the dominant side - this is apparent because the Comfort Grip is at the pen end of the stylus. This actually works for me because I tend to use the pen for longer periods of time than I use the stylus.

The Sensa Minx ships with a nice leather pen case. This is a nice decorative touch, but it isn't really functional. The stylus can be a little tough to pull out of the case because of friction between the case and the comfort grip.

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