I purchased this Apple pencil from "VLE BAZAAR" to use with my older iPad Air. The current gen (5th gen) iPad Air can use the Pencil 2, and that's what you should get for it, not this one. This pencil works fine for my needs, I use it with my digital notebook app to take notes for work and personal needs. The bad thing about this, is the way it charges, it plugs into the lightning port on the bottom of the iPad and sticks out in an awkward fashion, or you can use a cable with the included adapter. Other than that, there's not much to not like about this pencil. Connected to my iPad easily and works well.