Firstly I don’t have one, so all of this is purely hearsay, but coming from some very reliable sources.
Correct, it is designed for lifting, however, some people have had varied results for sensing, when placed in the fingertips, This will have more to do with the type of, and abundance of nerves in the fingertips ( Miessners corpuscles???) .
I will confirm the nerve names and more importantly find some reference posts for you.
@Satur9 has some very good knowledge in this ( and many other ) areas
UPDATE
I was close, Mei rather than Mie
Meissner’s corpuscles (MCs) are tactile mechanoreceptors found in the glabrous skin of primates, including fingertips ( Funny the things you learn and remember from Documentaries “American Circumcision” )