I use a variety of items as styluses, depending upon what's closest to me, but it's usually one of those shown below.? On the left is a stylus I bought at Dollar Tree for, you guessed it, a dollar.? Besides being a stylus, it has a pen in it, plus a red pointer LED and? white flashlight LED.? Unfortunately, they tend to come apart unless you crimp it to make it tighter, or tape them together, or whatever.
In the middle is another stylus I bought at Dollar Tree, again, one buck.? No lights, but it does have a pen in it.
On the right is a mechanical pencil, of which I use the eraser as a stylus.? I probably got it either at Dollar Tree, or possibly at Office Depot.? If I got it at Dollar Tree, it was, of course, a dollar.? If I got it at Office Depot, I probably bought a package of several of them for a few dollars.? I kind of like this one because the eraser is small enough that I'm not likely to hit several buttons at once, or hit the wrong button by mistake.
In any case, I usually buy several - or a bunch - of them at once and scatter them all over the house, so there's usually one within sight no matter where in the house I happen to be.
Jim Allyn - N7JA