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Best Palm Guards
- Thread starter wwhitmire
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I've used invisibleshield, moshi and marware. To me, invisible shield is nice, but it tends to get yellow and scratched over time and just not look great on the white macbooks. On the black, it's hard to apply to make look good. Marware is nice, but doesn't wear well and looks bad once it starts wearing down. It also has the huge MARWARE text on it which ruins the look. Protects well though and feels good under your hands. Moshi is high quality, a little harder than marware and blends in very nicely. It also includes track button and pad protection which work very nicely. I also think that it helps prevent cracking where the display 'cushions' hit the bottom case because it distributes the impact over a larger surface area. I love the moshi palmguard! If I had to rate them:
Invisibleshield 6.5/10
Marware 7.5/10
Moshi 9.5/10
Invisibleshield 6.5/10
Marware 7.5/10
Moshi 9.5/10
I am actually gearing up to purchase my MacBook as well and I am also wondering about this.. Please, vote everyone and thanks to wwhitmire for posting this thread! Cheers!
since i got my macbook i've been toying with the idea of getting the invisible shield for it. but its quite expensive for the small amount of area it covers. thanks to PDE's post above i went and looked into the moshi guard, ordered it last night. so once i get it i'll report back with my thoughts on it.
I'm (yet) another person going to get a Macbook in the near future - are these palm guards definitely worth getting? Have to admit, I really like the look of the Moshi one.
Also, is is worth getting protection for the outer case, like the one Invisableshield does?
Also, is is worth getting protection for the outer case, like the one Invisableshield does?
I just ordered this . . .
http://www.powersupportusa.com/products/macbook-wrtp.php
. . . for my 15" MacBook Pro. Should be here in a few days. Anyone tried it?
http://www.powersupportusa.com/products/macbook-wrtp.php
. . . for my 15" MacBook Pro. Should be here in a few days. Anyone tried it?
Aaah, yes, I forgot. I tried these on a white macbook and.....they were awful. Before I had even put them on they were dirty and smudged and, worst of all, they couldn't be cleaned. The trackpad cover got slightly bent as I was putting it on and there was no way to straighten it again - it felt like cheap paper actually, although I'm sure it wasn't. It's an amazingly bad idea to have a light-colored felt-like (not quite but almost) where your dirty hands are. Maybe the silver will be better...
I returned them and told powersupport how unhappy I was. They didn't charge the restocking fee.
I think that was a good choice - even if these things are rather subjective. The powersupport one looked really nice on their pictures, but in practice it wasn't. I think you'll like the Moshi - it's not as soft as the others but it looks great and provides really good protection. I even like the trackpad film which, unlike the invisibleshield one feels good to the touch.
yeah, it's much more elegant and unobtrusive, not to mention the above one has been used for three months by my girlfriend and still looks brand new. The marware one was looking pretty nasty after a few months and developed what looked like tears in the material.
Anyone know where to get Moshi in the US?
I checked out Moshi and it definitely looks better then Invisibleshield and Marware...but correct me if I am wrong but isn't it only available in Europe? Does anyone know where to get it in North America?
I checked out Moshi and it definitely looks better then Invisibleshield and Marware...but correct me if I am wrong but isn't it only available in Europe? Does anyone know where to get it in North America?
Yeah, that's where I got mine too. they ship directly from Taiwan, but once they ship out it only take 2 days with DHL or UPS international (don' forget to order express shipping!). Took about a week all in all since they didn't ship for a few days. Seems like a good company to deal with though.
I had the Marware myself for about 6 months, then it started to wear, and come up along the edges and lose its tackiness.
Then I saw someone recommend the Moshi, ordered it on a Thursday, got here the following Tuesday, and it's great, love the wrist rest and trackpad cover, prevents even more wear and tear on my trackpad.
I'd heavily recommend the Moshi.
Then I saw someone recommend the Moshi, ordered it on a Thursday, got here the following Tuesday, and it's great, love the wrist rest and trackpad cover, prevents even more wear and tear on my trackpad.
I'd heavily recommend the Moshi.