When is it time to change apple pencil tip
5 Signs it's time to change your Apple Pencil Tip!
hey guys Nicole here I recently changed
my Apple pencil tip and I just want to
pop him real quick and just share some
of the things I started to notice and
the happening that made me make the
decision to do it this is really for
anyone that has their first generation
iPad pencil Apple pencil because
obviously the second generation is
pretty new you're probably not going to
need to change that for a good few
months yet and so if you can if you
still have your original box there's a
replacement tip inside there so that's
really handy but don't worry if you've
lost it I've put a link to the blog post
and that has a link to where you can get
online you can get a replacement pack of
four for about twenty US dollars and and
I don't know if you'll be able to see
really no probably not on the camera's
not focusing quite on the tips but the
old one is in my hand here and the new
one is on the pencil but so the five
signs that I notice were obviously time
so if I use my iPad really regularly if
you use your pencil regularly
you know you will wear it down just it's
just going to happen and so I've had
mine for over a year and that was I
reckon that's about a good amount of
time that's about their lifespan and I
started to notice number two was the
sons to notice a bit of friction using
it on the screen so I've got a Mac
screen protector but it shouldn't be a
real you know it shouldn't drag along
the screen too much it should be smooth
kind of feeling and I also noticed
brushes in procreate started to sort of
fracture and split a little bit and so
especially not brushes that are meant to
they're just supposed to be a smooth
brush they were breaking throughout the
strokes so that was a good indication
that yeah it was it was becoming a
problem and also I noticed that the
Apple pencil was less responsive when I
was tapping on my screen it wouldn't you
know register that the initial tap we'd
have to tap again
so that was a good indication as well
and also it's it's it can you can easily
tell by just running your finger along
the tip you know if it's rough to touch
then you're feeling that way and you
know I did start to even notice a bit of
Indian in the screen protector so I
could see some streaks in there so
anyway I just want to show you how quick
and easy it is it's a simple process and
it's just transformed 24 pencil and like
it feels like new again so it's really
cool but anyway to take it off this is
the new one now because obviously I've
already replaced it but I'll just put
the old one on so you can see how to do
it but it's really simple you just
unscrew the nib from the top and that's
in anti-clockwise direction and you can
see that there is what delivers the
pressure sensitivity so that's how the
pencil knows that you're applying
pressure and then the new one or in my
case my old one just flips on the top of
that little node and you tighten it and
you don't want to over tighten it just
just firm until it feels secure and
that's it
it's as easy as that so it's it's really
worth doing I reckon there's quite a few
of you out there that are in the same
position because you know I know a lot
of people that I know I'm kind of on the
list have been you know there for at
least a year so I know you're out there
using it and it's just there's no point
life's too short
changing it won't change the tip it's
easy to do so it'll it'll be great
anyway I hope you're well happy
Valentine's Day for Valentine's Day I
hope you're having a lovely time have a
great weekend and I'll speak to you see
