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Subject: Thumbs down^H^H^H^Hup for the InvisibleShield
InvisibleShield, the plastic stuff you can buy cut to fit various things including DAPs, seemed like a great idea. I hate my iPod's iSkin Evo3 case because it makes it almost twice as thick and IMO looks pretty ugly as well so the idea of having this really strong, yet thin and transparent, material covering almost all of the DAP sounded ideal. (It doesn't cover the corners and some of the areas around the ports but I can live with that.)
Problem is, the thing is IMPOSSIBLE to apply. It says you should spray this stuff that comes with it on it and them apply it and move it into position but the stuff dries really quickly, and there's far too much friction to move it anyway unless you only have a small part of the material in contact with the DAP, so it's really hard to align properly. (Plus it's transparent so you can't see if it's perfectly lined up until you get to the other side of the device and realise you weren't quite straight.)
So you end up peeling it off and trying again a few times. By the time you have the damn stuff on straight it's covered in dust (despite cleaning the DAP beforehand) and other crap on the sticky side, or you've stretched it trying to peel it off, which leaves horrible lines in the material.
ARGH.
The dust and stretch-lines look terrible when they're over the screen. Worse than any scratch ever would.
I've just ruined my second batch of InvisibleShield and decided to give up on the stupid thing. Gone back to my chunky iSkin case.
I think this stuff would be great if applied by an expert with no fingerprints, perfect aim and in a dust-free environment but that's the only situation in which I could possibly recommend it. (It's not just me being a clumsy either, lots of people say the same sorts of thing on the web.)
If you do get this stuff, try the "run a hot shower to make steam to take the dust out of the air" trick as then all you'll have to worry about is getting it on straight and not stretching it if you end up having to pull if off a few times. Oh god, now I'm tempted to buy a 3rd batch and try that, but I think it could only end up with more frustration.
WTF isn't there a single good iPod case on the market? So many cases and every single one of them sucks somehow. (Belt clips... WTF are they about? Who wants their DAP on a beltclip? Who wants a "detachable" clip which leaves behind a huge link of plastic that sticks out, makes the thing wider and catches on things??)
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Problem is, the thing is IMPOSSIBLE to apply. It says you should spray this stuff that comes with it on it and them apply it and move it into position but the stuff dries really quickly, and there's far too much friction to move it anyway unless you only have a small part of the material in contact with the DAP, so it's really hard to align properly. (Plus it's transparent so you can't see if it's perfectly lined up until you get to the other side of the device and realise you weren't quite straight.)
So you end up peeling it off and trying again a few times. By the time you have the damn stuff on straight it's covered in dust (despite cleaning the DAP beforehand) and other crap on the sticky side, or you've stretched it trying to peel it off, which leaves horrible lines in the material.
ARGH.
The dust and stretch-lines look terrible when they're over the screen. Worse than any scratch ever would.
I've just ruined my second batch of InvisibleShield and decided to give up on the stupid thing. Gone back to my chunky iSkin case.
I think this stuff would be great if applied by an expert with no fingerprints, perfect aim and in a dust-free environment but that's the only situation in which I could possibly recommend it. (It's not just me being a clumsy either, lots of people say the same sorts of thing on the web.)If you do get this stuff, try the "run a hot shower to make steam to take the dust out of the air" trick as then all you'll have to worry about is getting it on straight and not stretching it if you end up having to pull if off a few times. Oh god, now I'm tempted to buy a 3rd batch and try that, but I think it could only end up with more frustration.
WTF isn't there a single good iPod case on the market? So many cases and every single one of them sucks somehow. (Belt clips... WTF are they about? Who wants their DAP on a beltclip? Who wants a "detachable" clip which leaves behind a huge link of plastic that sticks out, makes the thing wider and catches on things??)
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Bit the shed again. Typical.
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