#Icarez screen protector intsall pro#

I hope the company keeps up the quality of the protector and doesnвЂ™t change anything. And in every single capacity it beats both protectors hands down. ItвЂ™s twice as expensive as the iCarez, but itвЂ™s still cheaper than the Paperlike. Overall, the ELECOM screen protector is, by far, the best value. IвЂ™ve honestly never seen something like this before and IвЂ™m amazed that more screen protectors donвЂ™t have this feature. The screen protector must be semi-permeable or something. I donвЂ™t remember where that minuscule spec of dust is anymore because thereвЂ™s absolutely no distortion around it. However, when I went to use my iPad the next afternoon, the bubbles were gone. There were some bubbles and I noticed a spec of dust, so I was a little pissed off with myself for the rest of the day. It was trickier than the others but after two attempts I got it to line up almost perfectly. The instructions were strange and involved using the plastic covering as a sort of hinge to align with the iPad. Both the iCarez and the Paperlike came with guides and stickers to perfectly align the protector to the glass, but the ELECOM one didnвЂ™t. What really surprised me was the installation. ThereвЂ™s still a little bit of distortion, but you canвЂ™t completely avoid it if you want a matte screen protector. The screen clarity is noticeably superior to the Paperlike and the iCarez, and reading text isnвЂ™t difficult at all. When i run my pencil across the screen, it sounds just like IвЂ™m shading with a real pencil and paper. IвЂ™ve been using the ELECOM screen protector for about a month now, and the matte finish hasnвЂ™t noticeably worn at all. I decided to purchase it and try it out anyway, and to my surprise itвЂ™s absolutely fantastic. There were 0 reviews on Amazon when I looked it up, but it was also just released a week before. I didnвЂ™t have much hope for it because it just seems like some random brand and I figured if it was good, more people would be recommending it. So I heard of Elecom on some apple forum where someone said they got this screen protector in Japan and it actually felt like real paper and it didnвЂ™t make the screen as grainy as others. But itвЂ™s also $8 so if you donвЂ™t care about the bubbles that much and youвЂ™re willing to buy another one every month or two, itвЂ™s a decent value. Again, itвЂ™s a matter of personal preference, but reading text on the screen was somewhat annoying.Д«asically, itвЂ™s not amazing. An additional downside is that the screen clarity is slightly worse than the Paperlike.

But considering how quickly the paperlike wears out, iCarez only has this advantage for about a week of use. The only slight downside is itвЂ™s not initially as rough as the Paperlike. While the rough texture wore out a bit in 2 weeks, it still served itвЂ™s purpose by the time I switched to the Paperlike. It faces the same issues as the paperlike when it comes to dust and bubbles, but it did seem to last longer. ItвЂ™s only $8 so you donвЂ™t have that much to lose. I ended up buying the iCarez a couple days after ordering the Paperlike and used that for two weeks before the вЂњpremiumвЂќ screen protector arrived. It took 2.5 weeks for me to get the screen protectors in the mail, and the packaging was not protective in any way. ItвЂ™s just a terrible value.ДЄside from the actual product being awful, thereвЂ™s one other huge issue with Paperlike. There were two noticeable ones due to a spec of dust under the protector and it just looked bad. Additionally, the bubbles from the installation never disappeared. It comes down to whether you prioritize screen clarity vs writing. The screen is somewhat grainy due to the matte texture, but itвЂ™s not awful. There were scratches on the protector that make the ipad look worn under any direct light. After less than two weeks, my Apple Pencil was sliding around almost as much as without the screen protector at all. But it the rough texture diminishes very fast.

Sure, the Paperlike feels marginally more paper-like than the iCarez. They supposedly feel much more like real paper and they last longer. Seems expensive, right? Well the argument is that theyвЂ™re much better quality than the off-brand matte screen protectors you can find on amazon and whatnot. First off, it costs $30 for two protectors. I want to be fair to the company, but itвЂ™s so hard when theyвЂ™ve disappointed me so much. I heard about them on some forum and decided to try them out. IвЂ™ve seen questions asked on reddit about them, but not many posts comparing the different options.ДЎ) Paperlike ($30) - the most common brand, not because of quality but because of tons of advertising and name recognitionДў) iCarez ($8)- another common one thatвЂ™s cheaper than the paperlikeДЈ) Elecom ($20) - some Japanese company that isnвЂ™t widely known in the US.

#Icarez screen protector intsall pro#

Hey I figured IвЂ™d write a review of the three paper-like screen protectors I got for my iPad Pro 11.