Drawing on a tablet is much easier than drawing on a smartphone, but it can get even better if you make use of a good stylus. I took the time to look at five of our best styluses available and produced the video embedded below. However, if you’d prefer the good old medium of text then we haven’t forgotten you – just read on for the full article. Let’s get right to it.

5. iDuo Stylus and Pen

The iDuo is a low-price stylus that offers good baseline quality. It doesn’t particularly excel in any area but offers a moderate stylus experience that is equally suited for detail work and broader strokes. The iDuo looks very much like a normal pen, making it a good choice if you don’t want to be too obvious that you’re using a stylus – this is not a stylus that will attract attention. A good stylus for beginners or those that don’t spend much time with drawing apps.

4. SGP Kuel H10

The Kuel stylus is much more high end but also quite small, like a compact sports car. It has a telescopic rear end that allows it to become almost the size of the other styli we looked at today, but is much more convenient as you’ll always have space for it. The smaller size makes it a bit uncomfortable to use for extended periods of time, but it is just fine for sporadic use — playing Draw Something instead of taking notes for hours, for example. The H10 also includes a cap that be plugged into a headphone jack in your Nexus 7, allowing you to easily keep the stylus with you if you’re willing to temporarily give up use of your headphone jack.

3. Just Mobile AluPen

This massive stylus is my personal favourite of the bunch, offering a very easily graspable drawing experience akin to writing with a piece of chalk or large crayon. This means that drawing wider strokes or sketching is quite easy, but finer details are a little harder to achieve. The cool space-age metallic colouring really catches the eye, and the pen feels absolutely indestructible as well. If you want a stylus that’ll hold up well in the face of adversity or even children, then this is an awesome choice.

2. Dagi Slim Line

The Dagi Slim Line is a case that combines the low cost of the iDuo with the precision drawing experience of our #1 product, the Adonit Jot Pro. Instead of a traditional rubber tip, it has a small circular piece of transparent rubber on the end, mounted off-centre and with a red dot directly in the middle. This is the only part of the stylus that will produce a response on the screen, so it’s very easy to see precisely where your lines will show up. This characteristic makes the Dagi excellent for detail work. The Dagi feels a bit less durable than its counterparts though, particularly the otherwise similar Adonit stylus.

1. Adonit Jot Pro

This stylus offers the same pinpoit precision as the Dagi Slim Line but in a much nicer and more durable chassis. It feels and looks like a high-end pen, with a twist-off cap that protects the centre-mounted clear rubber tip. It’s the most precise stylus that I used, proving equally adapt at taking notes and detailed drawings. The Jot Pro does make a tapping noise whenever you bring it back to the screen, which might be annoying to some. The Adonit Jot Pro really is the professional’s choice, and for that reason I’ve got to give it the top marks today.

Conclusion

So now we’ve seen all five styli all well suited for the Nexus 7. I hope you find the recommendations useful! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask in the comments below. Thanks for reading and have a good one!