Using stylus for drawing on iPad air

What's the best stylus for artists to draw on the IPad Air? I tried the Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus and it wouldn't stay connected to Bluetooth and you had to press so hard to have it register.

Well I'm new to iPad and wanted to get the latest etc, but am also finding that current advanced stylus models do not support well this iPad in term of their capabilties regarding pressure sensitivity and palm rejection.
It seems the 4th gen iPad is the last model iPad supporting the current crop of stylus, but having an 'air' I wasn;t about to go backwards. My hope was that current software titles would catch up such as: Adobe Idea, Paper by 53, BamBoo Paper, iDraw, InkPad, Sprite Something; they all lag in support.
I first got a Bamboo Duo 2 (pen and "dumb" stylys) which is fine, no presssure sensitivity, but nib a bit spongy so I ordered a set of thier 'firm' nibs I'm waiting on.  I had also gotten a Pencil by 53 (Fifty Three) which is awesome but no sensitivity though its unique support within Paper make it my first choice there (i.e., blending support) but its nib too I find a bit spongy, but they would not comment on future direction of nibs as ther're only the one.  It did come with two (one being DOA) but they've since sending me out two others gratefully as I've worn out my working nib.  So I kept looking...
The Adonit Jot Pro is non-starter for me, as my iPad is brand new (still to get AppleCare now that it covers water damage), given the rumors of screen damage which I wish they'd address publically someplace as I'm risk averse (64g cell iPad Air ain't cheap). This left me with the Pogo Connect and Intuos Creative Stylus, both more expensive that my Pencil, but established so I went looked for used.
So I found a Pogo Connect in near mint condition and learned they also have an app to test, find your pogo etc settings. Viola!the pen within their app works fine as expected, told them so in feedback and cheered me a bit that the issue which seems to be regarding the iPad Air (higher resolution bla bla bla and finger pointing amond vendors) is a software one with the current crop of apps out there. Old story of new h/w require s/w updates.
Definitely try before you buy and maybe used would work for you as well.  I'm liking a bit of each of stylus I have I like and would like to see some commonality among the more advanced ones like firmer nibs, palm negation support, pressure sensitivity and explicit undo/erase (the Pencil wins here).
I'm not a professional nor unlimited funds to triage others wares but I hope this experience helps.

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