Well, only had it for a month, but the N800 stylus seems to snap in securely. I haven't lost one yet, but just for the comfort of something larger, I sometimes use a mechanical pencil. The cheap bics that come in 5-packs, with a plastic tip, and of course the lead is retracted. You could get one of these and discard all the lead, I suppose, but I just make sure to retract it before I use it. (I use these cheap pencils, because I am always losing them, so I just keep a fistful in my pocket.)