Review: Renaisser Raphael 530 stylus for Microsoft Surface tablets

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Renaisser is a firm known for building digital styluses that are suitable with Microsoft Floor devices. The Renaisser Raphael 530 stylus is the latest addition to the line up with a retail selling price of USD 39.99. FYI, the Microsoft Surface Slender Pen 2 (review) is priced at USD 129 and the more mature Surface Pen is US 99.

The Renaisser Raphael 530 supports Microsoft Pen Protocol 2. (MPP2) and has tilt sensitivity, 4096 degrees of pressure sentivity and palm rejection.

The make top quality is great with its entire metal system. The matte textured system is relaxed to maintain and has very good grip. Just one aspect of the cylindrical style and design is flat to snap magnetically to supported Microsoft Surface area gadgets. Unfortunately the pen won’t snap to the Floor Professional 8 because that tablet would not have flat side edges.

There is certainly a facet button and eraser button at the back again.

The pen is driven by a created-in battery with USB-C charging. Charging the battery for 15 minutes delivers 70 several hours of use, and charging for just one hour presents 100 several hours of use.

This is a dimensions comparison with the older Area Pen (middle) and the Surface Trim Pen 2 (base).

The idea is rubberised just like the older Surface Pen’s suggestion. This suggestion has some resistance versus glass and gives good management for drawing.

The tablet I have utilized for the assessments and sketches underneath is the Microsoft Surface area Pro 8.

These are line tests made with Affinity Photo. I examined the a few pens for (1) original activation power and diagonal line wobble, (2), tapering strokes, (3) stress transition and (4) drawing dots.

1. The pens with the best original activation power are Slim Pen 2 and Raphael 530, followed by the Floor Pen. Slender Pen 2 has minimal to no diagonal line wobble. Raphael 530 and Area Pen have slight wobble with diagonal strains which you can see in check #3 as perfectly.

2. All a few pens have some problems with tapering strokes. The strokes can taper but not as smoothly as opposed to pen displays or pen tablets.

3. Strains are equipped to changeover from slim to thick and back to slim. This suggests the pens are in a position to detect negligible pressure changes. Notice the diagonal line wobble with Raphael 530 and Surface area Pen.

4. Dots can be drawn conveniently by tapping the pen idea.

Down below are sketches drawn with the Renaisser Raphael 530.

This was drawn with Affinity Photograph. I did not knowledge any issues with the wobbly diagonal strains though drawing.

This was drawn with Ideas. Drawing practical experience is excellent. No troubles.

These are tilt sensitivity assessments from Ideas application with the similar tilt brush.

Out of the a few pens, the Trim Pen 2 was in a position to produce the premier stroke assortment, adopted by the Area Pen and last of all the Raphael 530.

The Raphael 530 has complicated producing thick and wide strokes with tilt. If you won’t be able to create broad strokes with tilt, the option is to change the brush size and that of training course is not as effortless. So tilt sensitivity is an area the Raphael 530 can increase.

Conclusion

Drawing functionality is superior. There is slight wobble with diagonal traces but it can be typically a non-difficulty while drawing. The most important downside is it is really challenging to get actually broad strokes with tilt brushes when compared to Slender Pen 2 and Surface area Pen.

For US $39.99, the Renaisser Raphael 530 unquestionably provides more worth for cash compared to the Microsoft Slim Pen 2 and even the Floor Pen. Even with the small downsides, this is a pen I can recommend because you can help you save a good deal of funds by not heading with Microsoft’s pens.

By the way, do look at out my review for the Renaisser Pelican K8 wireless keyboard for the SP8 way too. That keyboard circumstance has a slot to residence the Raphael 530 pen.

Availability

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