Reddit mentions of Wacom LP170G Bamboo Connect Pen

Wow! Thanks a lot! Very nice and thorough comparison! By the way, this is a picture of my grip: http://imgur.com/3deTCrg . It's not too clear in this photo, but sometimes I hold my pen a tiny bit higher than that, and as you can already see, part of my index finger contacts the upper silver half. I just included this picture since I didn't really elaborate on how my index finger was contacting the silver portion of the pen. The part of my index that contacts the silver portion is just uncomfortable. I wish that Wacom would have just made the whole pen out of the same black material. I honestly didn't even realize that the silver material was the cause for the annoyance in that part of my index finger; I thought it was just sweat or something, but I tried gripping much lower so that my whole index finger contacted the black material and did not touch the silver material at all, and my index felt much more comfortable and not sticky and stuff. This was just an experiment to confirm if the silver material was actually a problem, though. Yesterday, I wrapped toilet paper around the silver portion, and it feels much better now: http://imgur.com/DD6yTrI . LOL. But the real problem, I think, is the thinness of the pen. I know the 480 pen has a slight curve in it and how its circumference increases from bottom to top and stops increasing around the middle (I think?), but according to your comparison the 470 pen has a similar characteristic (or perhaps I'm misunderstanding you)? Well, I'm not sure. I take it that the 470 pen has different circumferences throughout it and not a consistent circumference? Also, could you try gripping the 470 pen and 480 pen around the middle so that part of your index (your grip is probably different than mine, but I assume a pen would contact your index somehwere around the top portion like my index) touches the 1/5 "BAMBOO" logo of the 470 pen and the silver part of the 480 pen and try moving the pen around for a bit and tell me which is more comfortable (solely based on how that top portion of your index feels)?

Also, what is that white material wrapped around your 470 pen? Does it help you grip the pen? And I asked you to compare the 3 pens, but I'm curious; which tablet do you use (with your 470 pen I assume)?

This is the 470 pen I plan to get if I do get one!: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0070T5LUS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AE6G6TPW3XA9O
I was planning to buy one off of eBay, but mainly Japan sells them, and shipping takes too long, and I don't really want to pay for expedited shipping. I'm also planning to buy an actual pencil along with the 470 pen, so free shipping! This pen is basically the same one as yours, right?

Sorry for the wall of text!