Thinking of an InvisibleShield-type shield? DON'T!

How is installing it on a bigger device more difficult?

I had not trouble at all putting a BSE skin on my Macbook Pro.

 

Sticky stuff = No

Non-glare glass = Just say yes

 

Had a girl put an invisible shield on my screen today in 10 minutes, looks great. I would recommend you have someone who knows what they are doing put them on.

 

Do I need to find a specific girl? Or will any girl be able to do it?

 

Can you take a picture of the squeegee they sent you? When I installed mine the squeegee worked fine, its a nice easily bendable plastic. I don't see how you could have gotten such bad scratches? Did you spray the exterior of the shield when squeegeeing it to act as a lubricant? Odd...

On a side note, using a blowdryer on the curves and corners makes it stick and dry much quicker.


Edit: thought you meant the actual Invisible Shield by ZAGG, my mistake.

 

Preferably one like i found who sells them and is used to putting them on all day.

 

what about the solution? worried at all about getting it in the machine??

 

I think most of these shields are a waste of time, and just detract from the countless hours put into the design and feel of the product.

Other than a decent carry case for transportation, I don't see the need for added protection. Look after your gear and it will look after you...

 

I assume there's a reason apple stopped stocking this kind of product. My last iPhone did fine for 2.5 years without a piece of plastic glued to the front, I think people underestimate the toughness of the screen. Didn't one of the tech blogs recently try to scratch the screen with a nail and fail to do so?

 

I think people overestimate the toughness of the screen. I spent three years with no shield on an iPod touch and it got scratches on the screen. Metal won't mar the glass, but sand will. Get a single grain of sand onto the glass and then anything rub against it and you will get scratches.

As for the OP... well, all I can say is people have been putting this type of skin on large items for years without problems. Did you let the skin dry overnight after installing it? Most of those scratches would have "healed" given a little time. If you really had installed these before you should have seen them appear on most of the other items you have used, and known that this type of skin "heals" given a little time.

 

I use invisible shield by zagg. The squeegee they include is a soft rubber piece that will never scratch the film. I had no problem putting it on my iPad, and no problem when I put it on my Macbook air a couple of years ago (which was a much bigger piece). My advice is to find your own squeegee, even a credit card would work.

By the way, I only applied the back film on my iPad. I agree the front is not necessary, but the aluminum on the back is easily scratchable, and I don't like putting on a case. It adds too much bulkiness, and even more so kills the look and feel of the beautiful iPad.

 

I guess I'm never in a situation where sand would be rubbing against my devices. Just goes to show YMMV, I guess.

 

Do you use a case with a flap that covers the screen (like the Apple case)? Do you put said case in a bag? A little tiny sand from anywhere (beach, obviously, somewhere concrete is being mixed, etc) falling into your bag, then gets between the screen and the cover flap, the flap shifts a little back and forth while you walk, and boom, scratch.

It'll happen to lots and lots of people.

 

I just spit Coffee all over my keyboard...

I don't know why it struck me so funny, I should have seen it coming

 

I installed my invisibleshield on my ipad just fine. This the same exact reason apple is not gonna sell these anymore. Too many people mess up and for some reason feel they should be able to return it.

 

After seeing pull those screen protectors I decided to pull mine from my iPhone. Glad I did. What I found, upon removal, was a small amount of residue. It was a goos quality protector too. The residue came off but this was enough to convince me to go naked on my screens for the iPhone and iPad. I'll just keep them in cases when not in use and let common sense prevail when using them