Should you buy a fake Apple Pencil for your iPad on Amazon?

A friend got a new iPad and was curious if he could save a few bucks buying one of the many Apple Pencil knock-offs on Amazon. So being the good nerd that I am, I tried out two of them (spoiler alert: they've both been returned)
Depending on which iPad you have, I can only recommend the real deal from Apple. You can usually save a few bucks buying them on Amazon:
Apple Pencil Gen 1 (For most iPads) amzn.to/2OkHHZo
Apple Pencil Gen 2 (Newer Pro and Air) amzn.to/3ri3Nu4
I'm not even going to link to the other 2, stay away.
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[@wpr2004]

The cheap knockoff apple pencils are so tempting, but saving a few bucks isn't worth the headache of it not working properly. Great content as always NotNerd!

[@netback]

Yep, I love a good deal, but continue to learn in life that sometimes spending more is the best deal.

[@angelsuniverse6021]

The point pressure for drawing is the problem😢 u have to buy an 🍎 pencil.

[@Kameni395]

It’s not fake it’s just their own version for cheaper price.

[@leafnovice7492]

Sound advice. There’s a a ton of crummy products with 5 star “reviews” out there. Thanks for taking the time to remind us (!}.

[@subhradas459]

You have nice 5G antenna 😃

[@judithf9297]

I arrived to your video because I was looking what “fake” apple pencils are out there ,there are a ton actually,some of them actually work, but from what I hear it’s a hit and miss. I do have the 2nd generation real apple pencil, I wanted to get a second one so not to use this one all the time. I draw and color. So, I heard you say that you don’t have a newer IPad for the 2nd generation pencil. My question is if you still have it you don’t want to sell it by any chance?. Thank you

[@Notnerd]

Hello, glad you found the video. I'm not ready to part with mine, but it does looks like you can get the real thing for $30 off through Amazon, hope that helps. www.amazon.com/Apple-MU8F2AM-A-Pencil-Generation/dp/B07K1WWBJK/

[@judithf9297]

@@Notnerd Thank you for replying. Yes I saw that Amazon has it for $99, but first before I dish out the money since I already paid $129, for a spare one I will try one of those fake ones, there are a few that are better. But I'm curious if you don't have an iPad that you can use the 2nd generation pencil on why do you hold on to that?

[@michellebrown6436]

What the different from the apple pencil 1st generation lighting adapter and the usb-c adapter

[@Notnerd]

The difference is which charging cable you use to connect it to. The lightening adapter will give you a female lightening to female lightning connection so you can use a traditional lightening cable to charge the pencil. The USB-C version has one female lightening and one female USB-C connection so that a USB-C charging cable can be used to charge the pencil. I hope that adds some clarification and not more confusion.

[@xbox360dm]

I own 3 of the cheaper alternative stylus and they are absolutely brilliant I cannot fault them, the battery life of the stylus are really good. I just recently got the iPad 9th Generation and the pens work really well on the iPad and I use procreate a lot. I highly recommend them 🖊🖊🖊🖊🖊🖊🖊🖊🖊

[@Notnerd]

Thanks for the update!