Is your iPod scuffed or new looking?

[Wano]

I have had my iPod for about 2 months now and it looks really scuffed even though I keep it protected in a case 80% of the time. I has several surface scratches all over inlcuding a couple of bad ones on the screen. I am just wondering if my care is not good enough.

How bad is your iPod?

[edesignuk]

My G1 10GB got scratched to pieces, but i learnt my lesson. My new G3 20GB is never out of it's iSkin Exo 2 case, consequently it's in perfect condition :cool:

[Nermal]

I was looking at a friend's 5-day old iPod, it was impossible to get all the fingerprints off the back.

[Counterfit]

You just reminded me, my iPod is on the kitchen table...

Oh well, I'll get it in the morning. ;)

[virividox]

its scuffed but not badly

[jackieonasses]

mine looked horriable but i bought this stuff for it. ( i will find the link later) that made it look brand freakin new! it works on ibooks too!here (http://www.welovemacs.com/iclmainwsr.html)

[Horrortaxi]

Mine is about a year and a half old and it looks pretty good. The back has some scratches from going in/out of the case but it's not bad. The screen doesn't have anything serious. My wife's 2 year old iPod is about the same.

[Abstract]

I got my first iPod last week, and on the 2nd day when I put my iPod into my jean pant pocket, walked to the mall, picked up some stuff, and came back home, it had a scratch on the screen. :( I always heard that iPods scratched easily, but many Mac users here at MR always seemed a bit anal about every little minute detail, so I didn't think anything of it when I bought it. I still don't care about scratches on the white part of the iPod, or fingerprints on the back, but the screen cannot be scratched!!

I won't get a case for it though, because I like the way it looks without the case (all iPod cases are fugly!), and I put a PDA screen protector over the iPod screen. :) I don't know if there are any scratches on the white parts of the iPod, but frankly, I don't care.

[DJY]

I thought i was really careful with my 3G 40GB iPod - but very quickly lots of little scratches appeared all over the silver back...
now it says in its cover.

[belair]

My ipod is about four months old and its got some small scuffles, nothing big tough. My screen is still intact. I went looking for some protective shells but they really make the ipod look ugly.

The ipod is beautiful due to the materials.
The ipod gets scraches due to the materials.


hmm what to do?

[homerjward]

mine's about 5 months old and i kept it in a exo3 case with screen protector from april til saturday. IT DID NOT LEAVE!! I PUT IT IN THE CASE BEFORE I REMOVED THE "DO NOT STEAL MUSIC STICKER!!!!!!! and when i finally decided to stop being so anal i took it out and it had 3 scratches on the screen, some dirt on the "menu" button and the silver part was *covered* in fingerprints. i figured wtf so i got in my parents car to go take advantage of the tax free weekend in texas for back to school. when we got to the mall i removed it form my pocket to put it in the glove compartment and i *dropped it onto the asphalt out the open door* and no new scratches whatsoever. moral of the story: youre damned it u do and ur damned if u dont. only the damnedness when u dont doesnt involve a scratched ipod. sorry for the rambling im watching those blue collar comedy people and im kinda distracted...

[SilvorX]

my original one I got in feb but it had some hardware problems so I sent it back to apple to get fixed (they replaced) it then in May I got a brand new one (with engraving), and I got a case for it since then and it looks brand new now :)

[yellow]

My iSkin keeps my ancient 5GB 1stGen iPod pristinely clean.

[thehuncamunca]

i've had a 3G for a year in a neoprene case, the back is horribly scratched and the screen has some scratches too along with fingerprints that never want to go away

[evil]

i have mine in an iskin. therefore, the plastic and metal are perfect, but the screen is exposed and is all scratched up. i wish i would have bought a protector with a screen cover. oh well.

[Kingsnapped]

I've had mine since December, and the back is pretty scuffed up. I too, have dropped it on the asphalt out a car door. Ironically, it was when it came out of a Timbuc2 case faster than I thought it would. This one has to survive College, then I'll get the 6g 'pod and baby it to no end.

Surprisingly, creating my Avatar did no damage to it.

[Gatorman]

I have had my iPod for about 2 months now and it looks really scuffed even though I keep it protected in a case 80% of the time. I has several surface scratches all over inlcuding a couple of bad ones on the screen. I am just wondering if my care is not good enough.

How bad is your iPod?

Though I don't have an iPod yet (I've ordered one and it's on the way), I've found that cases on such devices can be more of a problem sometimes, than beneficial. I put my cell phone in a case for a while just after I bought it, and when I took it out one day to change the battery, I noticed that the screen and some of the phone was all scuffed up from the case. The problem with cases is sometimes little particles with dirt can wiggle their way in there and cause more trouble than one might think....or at least that was the case with me! Hopefully, I won't have that problem when I get my iPod.

[titaniumducky]

I have had my iPod for about 2 months now and it looks really scuffed even though I keep it protected in a case 80% of the time. I has several surface scratches all over inlcuding a couple of bad ones on the screen. I am just wondering if my care is not good enough.

How bad is your iPod?

I've had mine since July 2003, and it's almost in new condition. I keep in a case all the time. There's no screen protector, though, so there are some small scratches. I polish the back every few months by taking of the case.

For the front and the screen, I have plastic-scratch remover. I found it from an iPod site that reviewed the whole set - Step 1 is a cleaner, Step 2 removes fine scratches, and Step 3 removes heavy scratches. I only have Step 2 (even though each step is about $10 and one bottle has lasted me all this time) which I use to remove those fine scratches that cause a slight haze. There are only about two scratches visible after that unless you try really hard to find others.

[titaniumducky]

I've had mine since December, and the back is pretty scuffed up. I too, have dropped it on the asphalt out a car door. Ironically, it was when it came out of a Timbuc2 case faster than I thought it would. This one has to survive College, then I'll get the 6g 'pod and baby it to no end.

Surprisingly, creating my Avatar did no damage to it.

I thought that was a toothbrush at first...

[wide]

I stopped using cell phones cases about since my first phone. The only cases I will think of buying are the cool body gloves ones, but unfortunately they are not out yet for my phone (samsung a-670 i think). the phone is in surprisingly good condition given the how old it is (one month :)), but I have dust stuck in the external LCD and i do not know how to get it out. if anyone here has experienced the same problem or has an idea of how to fix it. i'd appreciate if you'd PM me.

as for my iPod mini, it's got several small scratches on the white part, the scroll wheel is a little dirty with a few scratches and a small, small but very annoying piece of sand or gravel caught between the menu button and the select button (that's why is should be touch sensitive). the screen is not scratched at all, to my knowledge, and the blue aluminum seems to be in perfect condition. the only scratches other than the above mentioned are on the apple logo that is painted on the back of the ipod. it only looks scratched when viewed at certain angles, though. the aluminum really is scratch resistant

[tech4all]

I thought that was a toothbrush at first...

Same here :D

[Wano]

I have been using the iSkin protector but it collects so much dirt and makes the iPod bigger. I have also had the problem with dirt getting between the case and the iPod and it has caused the two major deep scratches on my screen.

homerjward and Kingsnapped,
I also dropped mine out of the car. I forgot to put it in the case and when i got out of the car it was on my lap and fel to the ground and slid about 3feet on the metal side(luckily), so the back is really scratched up.

[comictimes]

heh... mine is quite scuffed. The case adds thickness, and one of the main selling points of the ipod to me was how thin it is, so I just keep it in my pocket, and it gets scuffed. But whatever, all of the parts about it that matter stay fine. I don't really care if I can't shave using the back of my ipod...

[Gherkin]

I think it's ridiculous to worry about your iPod getting scuffed and scratched. I throw my iPod into my pocket, my backpack, in the compartment I keep it in the car without any worry.

Life is too short to worry about a scratched iPod :p

[musicpyrite]

Weirdly, the iPod's back is in perfect condition, its the front white that has minor scratches and nicks.

I think it's because I keep it in and iSkin eVo, and all the crap thats on my hands gets on the iPod, and under the iSkin rubber, and scratches the heck out of it.

I might try removing it with some Burasso (sp.) sometime..... :(

[diddy]

I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.

[Wano]

I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.

That probably looks nice too. Maybe I'll do it to mine.

[jtgotsjets]

mine has a few minor scratches
and some vertical ones from the tag on the apple case

but what really gets me is a really terrible scuff mark from the tag that appeared like a aweek after getting it. made me really angry.

seems like apple should be able to design a better case.

[[CoRdOvA]]

I got a clear skin for mine... but one thing that really got to me was that the hard plastic window that you put across the screen, scratched my screen! i got mad so i threw that bit out and put a square of clear contact over the screen in its place... cant even see its on there and keeps scratches away :p

[yellow]

and all the crap thats on my hands gets on the iPod

There's a joke there, somewhere.. but me -> high road.

Seriously though, iPods do seem to be highly prone to scratches.

[cluthz]

hehe

my two-and-a-half years(+?) old 10gb iPod look like its ran over by a car..
(I have ha it with me almost every day since i got it, even snowboarding, fishing and etc..)
But its still working!! I've heard many complainig about the battery,
but mine still gives me about 6+ hours with koss headphones, think i had 8+ when it was new (used grado hphones then).
Recently i have had hd problems with it a few times and the minijack is haveing contact probs.

Maybe its time to get a new soon..

-tb

Happy iPod owner :) :) :)

[Abstract]

I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.

I'm going to do this. :) Brilliant!

[Blackstealth]

My 1st Gen 5Gb has so many scratches, dents, scuffs, and chips taken out of it it looks like a development mule. There's also a few cracks in the plastic around the ports. Then again I have had it since they were released and it's been (ab)used on a daily basis...

[michaelrjohnson]

I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.

Could you post a few pictures of your iPod? I'd love to see what it looks like in "brushed" aluminum.

[Converted2Truth]

My iPod is scratched pretty bad too. But my mini is mint.

[Dr. Dastardly]

A friend of mine used some osrt of PDA protective film over it and was able to protect the screen from scratches since he would not get a case for it and just really cared for the screen. Works brillantly.

[Inkmonkey]

Could you post a few pictures of your iPod? I'd love to see what it looks like in "brushed" aluminum.

I would also like to see pics.

[Ryan1524]

i think there's a tutorial over at ipoddlounge on how to brush-metal-ize your pod. takes a lot of work thou.

[Savage Henry]

Mine's a 1st gen 5 gig and it still looks splendid. Sure a bit cloudy perhaps, but I find that buffing it with my Oakley glasses cloth keeps it sparkling ...

[janey]

look at my beautifully scratched 2G iPod. Hehe.

http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/image/dscn4478.jpg

[edesignuk]

look at my beautifully scratched 2G iPod. Hehe.

http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/image/dscn4478.jpgLooks tip-top! :D

[edesignuk]

I used a brillo-type dish sponge on the back and sides of my iPod. Now my iPod is brushed metal, scratches are invisible, and its almost impossible to get my fingers to leave a print.

if you feel like you can give up the shinyness, its worth it.That sounds good, yet another call for http://upload.edesignuk.net/uploaded_data/smilies/smilie_pics.gif please!

[janey]

Looks tip-top! :D
roflmao! ;)
i had a 3G that i sold a few days ago that had a dent (!!!!!) in the back. I swapped the back part with one of my friends because i screwed up the metal back part of it a few weeks after I got it, but groan, even with an iSkin it got a small but really notable dent near the bottom.

[alanbuilds]

look at my beautifully scratched 2G iPod. Hehe.

http://homepage.mac.com/jane_lee/iview/image/dscn4478.jpg
Thanks, seriously, for the great picture --- now everyone here can relax & go back to enjoying life!

[Burns]

My iPod is 2 weeks old and I'm meticulously careful with it. And yet, it still has hairline scratches on the silver back. I think it might be caused when i'm trying to clean the fingerprints off it.

[diddy]

I will work on pics. Actually, I got the idea from this guy. He says Apple claims this doesn't void warrantee or anything.

Mine is brushed clean, with none of the whiteish lettering on the back anymore. I just rubbed more. And holy crap he has pics of one with brushed flames!

He has a whole tutorial=) just click 'Next >>' at the bottom of the page.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/brushedipod/

[Burns]

Could you post a few pictures of your iPod? I'd love to see what it looks like in "brushed" aluminum.

Yeah I'd love to see the brushed iPod too! Sounds cool...

[diddy]

Yeah I'd love to see the brushed iPod too! Sounds cool...

Just check the link I posted.

[idkew]

mine is nice and scratched. the sign of a well-loved accessory.

[thecow]

Mine looks brand new. Its only two days old. :) I took the case from the 3G iPod that I had and cut the click wheel hole to the right shape to protect it until the new cases are made. It doesn't look that bad.

[Kingsnapped]

That brushing looks pretty rad. I think I'll give it a shot if I come up with a design for it before school starts...

[ewinemiller]

I think it's ridiculous to worry about your iPod getting scuffed and scratched. I throw my iPod into my pocket, my backpack, in the compartment I keep it in the car without any worry.

Life is too short to worry about a scratched iPod :p

I agree, mine looks like hell, but I don't sit and look at it, I listen to it.