Conducting a little experiment. Anyone want to help?

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I covered my MBP with one of those adhesive skins. It's about 1/3mm thick, clear, flexible, extremely tough skin that has an adhesive on it. You apply it to your MBP with a little water/soap lubricant. The top, bottom, and sides of my MBP are covered, as well as the palm rests and the track-pad. It's a product made specifically for the MBP. (www.bestskinsever.com). +but nobody seems to know if it will cause the MBP to build up more heat inside than normal.+
So, I have one of those thermometer guns (i.e. with the little laser that lets you target a spot, pull the trigger, and measure the temperature at that particular spot).
I will leave my MBP on an animated screen saver of some sort--i.e. something that requires some graphics processing during the process.
I plan on taking measurements at 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, and 2 hours.
...and...
I plan on taking temperature measurements at the following locations: 1. middle of the screen, 2. middle of the keyboard (i.e. the "H" key), 3. middle of the undertray, and 4. inside one of the USB ports.
If any of you who have an uncovered MBP would like to take the same measurements on your uncovered computers, let me know!
These protective skins really are fantastic products. I've covered my iPhones with them and they really work well. If we find from this experiment that they don't cause added heat build-up, then perhaps more people would be comfortable using them and protecting their MBPs.

Dina,
There are really two companies out there selling these products:
Best Skins Ever (www.bestskinsever.com) and Zagg (www.zagg.com).
For the Zagg Invisible Shield cover:
http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/apple-macbook-13-inch-2nd-gen-cases-covers-s kins-shields.php
For the Best Skins Ever cover:
http://www.bestskinsever.com/apple-products/macbook/macbook-13-inch-2008-aluminu m-model-1.html
The products are very similar. That is, they use the same plastic material and the same adhesive, but the Best Skins Ever cover for the MBP comes with stripes to protect the sides and corners of the computer, while the Invisible Shield product doesn't. I have the Best Skins Ever product on my MBP now.
I've used the Best Skins Ever and the Invisible Shield on different iPhones, an I've had a slightly better experience with the Best Skins Ever. Fewer smaller pieces to stick to your phone.
Moreover, the Zagg product, while being packaged a little nicer and including a squeegie and lubricant spray bottle, is significantly more expensive. To cover an iPhone, the Best Skins Ever is about $8.00, while the Zagg is $25 if I'm not mistaken. For a Macbook Pro, the Best Skins Ever is $28.00 and the Zagg is $54.00.
The Best Skins Ever comes to you "bare-bones". Just the plastic pieces. No squeegie to push out air bubbles, and no spray lubricant. This is not a problem for me, because 1. the squeegie that Zagg includes wasn't particularly useful for me, and 2. the lubricant is easy to make!! A cup of water with a few drops of dish-soap. And you can use a credit card or simply your thumb-nail to push out air bubbles.
So, for me, the Zagg is a far better deal.

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