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Review of NLU BodyGuardz for iPhone 3G

New to the Board (well newly registered)

Apple convert from WM...........More on that at another time!

I am currently using the bodyguarz on my 16GB black........It looks and feels great. Here are some tips and my overall opinion of the product....

Tip #1: TAKE YOU TIME!(wish I took more time and had more patience) apply and re-apply until you get the alignment as perfect as you need! use the spray to keep the skin wet and use the post it notes Trick if you can (wish I knew about this before).....

Tip#2: The hardest thing is getting the alignment part perfect from left to right(this is were I went wrong,slightly off on left to right aligment)....this can throw off the skin and cause little imperfections at the corners (etc. raised little corners, overlap of skin)....Use the camera and other aspects as a guide! but dont rely solely on camera hole!

Tip#3: If even after careful application you have air bubbles!.......LEAVE THEM ALONE......once device dries they usually shrink and then you smooth them out carefully by pressing them and smoothing them out with provided little card.

Tip#4: On front screen protector application..........make sure aligment is spot on! if your off on aligment then little areas of dust will gather around the home button and even the ear microphone..........and around screen borders.........it looks awful when dust collects......but this is hard to avoid...specially around home button.....nit picky I know lol

Overall I love the skin and as time passes it looks better and better as it forms around the unit............the screen protector is absolutely great! You really cant go wrong with bodyguarzd..........plus you have one more skin to use down the line.

Pictures will be added tonight! Can see were I went right and were I went wrong lol
 
BodyGuarzd: Trial and Error(s)

:cool:New to the Board (well newly registered)

Apple convert from WM...........More on that at another time!

I am currently using the bodyguarz on my 16GB black........It looks and feels great. Here are some tips and my overall opinion of the product....

Tip #1: TAKE YOUR TIME!(wish I took more time and had more patience) apply and re-apply until you get the alignment as perfect as you need! use the spray to keep the skin wet and use the post it notes Trick if you can (wish I knew about this before).....

Tip#2: The hardest thing is getting the alignment part perfect from left to right(this is were I went wrong,slightly off on left to right aligment)....this can throw off the skin and cause little imperfections at the corners (etc. raised little corners, overlap of skin)....Use the camera and other aspects as a guide! but dont rely solely on camera hole!

Tip#3: If even after careful application you have air bubbles!.......LEAVE THEM ALONE!.......I kept playing with them and making them worse!.....once device dries they usually shrink and then you smooth them out carefully by pressing them and smoothing them out with provided little card. Many of the air bubbles I had (that I did not tinker with initially) just smooth out within couple days!

Tip#4: On front screen protector application..........make sure aligment is spot on! if your off on aligment then little areas of dust will gather around the home button and even the ear microphone..........and around screen borders.........it looks awful when dust collects......but this is hard to avoid...specially around home button.....nit picky I know lol

Overall I love the skin and as time passes it looks better and better as it forms around the unit............the screen protector is absolutely great! You really cant go wrong with bodyguarzd..........plus you have one more skin to use down the line.

Pictures will be added tonight! Can see were I went right and were I went wrong lol
 
I think there are a lot of sketchy reviews!

it baffles me companies would put up reviews and what not...

about a freakin film for an iphone...
 
JackSpearo said:
I think there are a lot of sketchy reviews!

it baffles me companies would put up reviews and what not...

about a freakin film for an iphone...
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Yeah, pics don't lie though, and there's pics of invisible shield and bodyguardz and ghost armor in this forum, so you can compare for yourself. I got bodygaurdz because Invisible Shield is not "Invisible" :rolleyes: looks like ''orange peel'' finish, and Ghost Armor has an army of trolls in this forum pimping their product. Bodyguardz shipped in 1 day and these pics make it look sweet.
 
yea well, they could be fixed too...

but whatever, if the pics look good, they look good...

I came super close to buying the invisibleshield but didn't because of the freaking 25th ship date... So I joined the forums, started browsing, came close to buying the ghost armor, but then saw this review about bodyguardz, went to their site and was sold (for some reason the news thing really dragged me in, I figured if it was on the news and it passed their test, then why not)

it shipped on the 16th from Utah, and I'm in SC...ARGHHHHH

praying it comes tomorrow, but I think it will be monday...and no, I won't be posting pics lol, it's just a freakin cover, but I am appreciative to the guys who do post pics! Plus, I'd be labeled as a new guy who joined in July with X amount of posts therefore I'm a spy or something, so I'm just gonna say yes I like it, no I don't like it, and how difficult it was to put on...

Cheers!

Jack
 
cutta2k4 said:
New to the Board (well newly registered)

Apple convert from WM...........More on that at another time!

I am currently using the bodyguarz on my 16GB black........It looks and feels great. Here are some tips and my overall opinion of the product....

Tip #1: TAKE YOU TIME!(wish I took more time and had more patience) apply and re-apply until you get the alignment as perfect as you need! use the spray to keep the skin wet and use the post it notes Trick if you can (wish I knew about this before).....
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Whats the post it note trick?
 
I am a big fan of Bodyguardz skin as there appears to be less dimpling. As with all skins they can be a complete git to apply. I have tried other skins too.
 
I installed my bodyguardz about 2 days ago and I managed to get it pretty good on the first try. The back is a little difficult but its manageable. I did end up with a few large air bubbles but just as they say in the video the bubbles are fading with time. I also had some very small bubbles on the corner edges due to my misplacement of the back but I managed to cut them off very cleanly using a sickle shaped exacto blade. Overall I like the look of these better than the invisible shields I have seen on other iPhones, they are just as hard to put on though. I used nitrile gloves that were three sizes too small to avoid finger prints and it worked very well, if you try this make sure the gloves are very tight, that they aren't powdered, and wash them before you start. I also did the application near an open flame (bunsen burner) to keep the dust in the air down and it worked really well (be careful if you try this) I don't see anything trapped under the film. I'd post some pictures, but my camera won't focus well enough to get any good ones.
 
brandonzar said:
I installed my bodyguardz about 2 days ago and I managed to get it pretty good on the first try. The back is a little difficult but its manageable. I did end up with a few large air bubbles but just as they say in the video the bubbles are fading with time. I also had some very small bubbles on the corner edges due to my misplacement of the back but I managed to cut them off very cleanly using a sickle shaped exacto blade. Overall I like the look of these better than the invisible shields I have seen on other iPhones, they are just as hard to put on though. I used nitrile gloves that were three sizes too small to avoid finger prints and it worked very well, if you try this make sure the gloves are very tight, that they aren't powdered, and wash them before you start. I also did the application near an open flame (bunsen burner) to keep the dust in the air down and it worked really well (be careful if you try this) I don't see anything trapped under the film. I'd post some pictures, but my camera won't focus well enough to get any good ones.
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That sounds like quite an arsenal of tools. You wouldn't happen to be some kind of chemist would you?
 
kleinishere said:
That sounds like quite an arsenal of tools. You wouldn't happen to be some kind of chemist would you?
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Yeah, I'm a bio-organic chemist, I installed it in the lab. I also used dry nitrogen gas instead of a hair dryer, it worked great. Being in a lab has lots of advantages. :D
 
I just got my bodyguardz in the mail...

ordered on the 16th, and arrived here in SC today all the way from Utah, not bad!

but, i'm freakin' scared to even start it!

long day at work, and I dont need any more frustration!

think I might get some latex powder free gloves and do it tomorrow!
 
I don't see the value in gloves. Just wash your hands well and keep any regular towels and papertowels away from everything. Only dab around the edges with microfiber or a good quality. Wet your fingers thoroughly and they'll be fine without gloves. I never heard of anyone using gloves before. :)
 
The gloves are probably totally pointless for the front, but for the back I was really glad I had them on. The liquid won't dry as quickly from the gloves, and you will probably have to pull the film up a few times which is when the finger prints will start to appear. I'd get nitrile though, latex gloves are really stretchy and may be a pain if they start sticking to the back.
 
hmmm I guess you are right, I dont need gloves...

did you put it on in a very dry environment?

I've read to do it in a steamy bathroom too...

hmmm

how did you clean your iphone? just with the microfiber cloth? or with any other solution?

thanks!

Jack

PS, i dont have a microfiber cloth, but I do have a super soft cloth for sunglasses!
 
I would like to point out that not all microfiber clothes are lintless!!!

Actually I am putting BodyGuardz on my iPhone 3G right now. I will post a blow by blow afterward.
 
Looking forward to more pics. I also ordered on 16th, just 3 minutes before their cutoff time, it did ship that day and I received it today. Amazing speed!!! FYI, I ordered IS on 4th and still not here. LOL
 
alright, i started the process

and it sucks so far...

not that bad, just vastly time consuming...

it's not easy like the freakin' box says...

I did wear gloves, which has helped A LOT

secondly, I accidentally scratched the back near the silver apple logo while trying to put on the front...which really makes me so mad...because I barely did anything, must have been microscopic debris on the table...

anyways, I put on the back, and the scratch has seemed to have disappeared..

however, I CANT KEEP THE CORNERS DOWN, only 1 side, the other corners KEEP COMING UP and I don't know what to do

they seem really dry

arghhhh any thoughts?
 
just do as the instructions say and let it sit for 15 min. as long as no dust gets under the corners they will get sticky and go down just fine. Mine didn't look that great at first, but the longer I've waited the better it has gotten.
 
Has anyones looked straight up bad and turned out great? I have a LOT of bubbles, and was wondering if they will all go away or not.
 
my back has some bubbles in it too, man I'd hate to redo the darn thing..

does anyone think they'll come out?

how the heck do they come out on their own?
 
i did mine last night in about 10-15 min, and the front was perfect, looks awesome, the back is about 75-80% good, the corners are a little rough, but all and all i am not too worried about how the back corners look as long as it protects, i was very impressed by how easy the whole process was. i would highly recommend it!
 
I had several large bubbles with that hazy appearance and they are almost completely gone after three days.
 
I'm still waiting on my iPhone but I wasn't planning on getting any front and especially back cover …until reading this forum that is. Now, I’m confused.

Did the old iPhone get scratched easily or what am I missing? I figured that after 1-2 years I'll have to replace the phone anyways, right? So how bad does it scratch? I never had any screen cover on my Verizon Treo and it looked just fine – are you saying that iPhone scratches more easily?
 
No the screen of the iPhone is actually more durable than the Treo. It can scratch if rubbed with something hard like tungsten carbide or diamond. The film is basically just a little extra insurance, I personally don't think the screen needs the protection, I just put it on to practice for the back. The back is plastic so if you want to keep it looking like new I would definitly cover it with something. The main benefit is that as long as you don't drop it, the phone will look like new when you need to sell it because the next iPhone came out.
 
brandonzar said:
No the screen of the iPhone is actually more durable than the Treo.
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I see, thanks it makes me feel better. Maybe I'm being sacrilegious here ;) but I am not going to use any screen or back protection on my phone, it's only $299 and if I have to get a new one a year or two later - well, heck I'll spend more on gas in a month, sometimes week than that... :D
 
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