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Rep Power: 30 | There was me thinking there was a redesign of the pens. I think the current pens are awful. Ben |
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Rep Power: 0 | I would like the pens to be a bit more, erm, "grippy". But apart from that I've no complaints. |
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Rep Power: 30 | I would like them to have nibs that don't fall so easily and to have a decent quality micro switch under the knib or even a no contact optical sensor. Most of ours go duff from the micro switch failing. Ok the teachers may click a bit too hard with them to cause this but I think it's a design fault. Ben |
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Rep Power: 10 | More than half of our pens fail by cracking on the barrel behind the button and then flying into two halves as there is no longer enough integrity to hold them in one piece. |
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Rep Power: 30 | We've had that as well and also cracking and breaking around the front. Ben |
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Rep Power: 0 | I'll run through the procedure *cough* All Activpens are covered by a 12 month warranty, if any have developed cracks or faults in that period they can be replaced after confirmation with tech support. *sigh* Anyway, the Activpen 3's (the ones with the shorter nib and no click) were redesigned to try and eliminate cracks, but most of the time it's caused by teachers dropping them on the floor. If you think you have it bad think about the poor guys we have in the middle east with tiled floors in every classroom. If you have an Activpen 3, look at the end (without the nib) and there should be a number. From my memory I think that its month/year of manufacture. not sure but it's 5pm so I'm thinking about getting home, and the fact that it's peeing down outside. |
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Rep Power: 24 | I would like the V1 black pens back as I hate the current ones, I have my own V1 pen I keep for teaching IWB to staff and assisting as the current ones are naff, especially the no click, I've had more broken V3 no click pens than the V2 and 1's combined |
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Rep Power: 0 | I never understood why Promethean moved away from the original slim black design: I've been using the same one for about 5 years, trouble free and yes it has been dropped, thrown, heavily used. The orange/grey and purple/yellow ones are nasty and fragile. |
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Rep Power: 0 | Fraid not, more's the pity and no, you can't borrow mine! |
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Rep Power: 24 | I once found a supplier that had some in a box, and i bought his last 10 |
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