Review: Surprisingly good
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
I'm a big fan of screen protectors but I'm not a big fan of applying them. Many cheap ones are impossible to apply without getting bubbles underneath and some better ones require a special spray and a few hours to set before the device can be used. I was also skeptical of the number of five star reviews. I don't make it a practice to read other reviews before writing my own, but I wouldn't have expected a screen protector to be something that anybody would rave about.As with other screen protectors, this one comes with a microfiber cloth. This cloth seemed better than others, was softer and did a great job cleaning off fingerprints. But it didn't pick up dust. It required me to push the dust off to the side. No matter how much I tried, I kept having very small and difficult to see particles on the screen. Experience has told me that even though they are hard to see, they cause bubbles. Nevertheless, I cleaned it to an extent that I considered reasonable given the supplied cloth.The next step was the big surprise. I expected that I'd probably need to re-position things a few times, and that the "no bubbles" claim would come with a caveat that it applied after using a credit card and pushing bubbles to the side or waiting a few days for them to disappear. But there were no bubbles and I hadn't even pushed down on the protector to stick it in place.I consider it remiss if I don't point out the flaws in products, and there's always a flaw somewhere. But in this case, I can't find one with the product itself. Perhaps I'd want it to be less expensive. But it's a high quality product and in addition to being easy to apply, it's far more heavy duty and thicker than competing brands. But the thickness does not interfere with touch sensitivity, ability to view the screen, or ability to put the Kindle in a case. It seems made for it.