You can anchor the pen in your hand with your ring and pinky fingers while twisting the top with your thumb and index finger. See picture below. The stylus is bright yellow and has a nice pointy tip. I am beginning to prefer this type of stylus tip to the orange PDA Panache stylus tips. The ball point pen tip writes as well or better than most pens.
Tornado is that it is different than other styli.
It's nice and small but at the same time has a nice heft to it that suggests quality.