Icondom vs Invisible shield

Hi,
I installed the Icondom on my nano and I am 100% satisfied with it,
I showed it to my friend who bought the invisible shield and he couldn,t believe it, the Icondom is less visible, his Invisible shield makes his nano looks blurry. He paid $20.00 for his invisible shield and I paid only $6.00 for my Icondom on e-bay!!!!!
Mike

tbh, i was under the impression that invisible shield was a 1 piece "case" type product, having looked deeper it's obviously the same type of "sticker" protection as icondom so the invisible shield doesn't appear to be worth the extra money (which bummed me out cos i ordered one a few days ago for $19.99c/£11.57p) but now this raises another problem, bear with me
when i got the nano, inside the box the nano had a "thick" polythene wraparound, obviously you take that bit off, but underneath that is a screen protector that covers the whole front of the player, now, this seem to be the same type of thing as the icondom/invisible shield, & after a week of being in my pocket this has now started to peel & it's actually torn a little bit, can i expect the same from the other "3rd party" products ? & if so how often would they need replacing ? (tho given the price i reckon i'll order a pack of icondom as backup straight away )
thanks for any help

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    just did this yesterday on my ipod and mine also left a residue. I just used the applicator solution and those soft cleaning cloths that you use to clean glasses. It took a while but it eventually all came off, leaving a few new scratches. I had some old polish from an old ipod i had, and used that to mask the scratches. After I put the new sheild on, i could not see any more scratches. Just give it a little elbow greese.

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  • Need help re invisible shield....quick it's drying!

    Hi,
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    Its drying as we speak.
    Help!
    Thanks!

    i never applied pressure to anything, you must be doing something wrong. I drenched the entire shield: front, back , circle, and smaller circle in water with soap, then applied it. used a credit card to get out the air bubbles and then let it sit for 10-15 minutes. Dried on its own and have not had a problem. You should try reading the instructions that come in the envelope before you install it, using water alone does not help.

  • Invisible shield for 5G 30gb ipod in london or surrey?

    Does anyone know a local store where I can buy this invisible shield? I'm currently in Surrey England and will be in another country by next week so I cannot order this item online. I'm giving this ipod as a present and I want it to be protected before giving this away.

    Ken,
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  • Invisible Shield, iDiddy, or Martin Fields Protectors?

    Hi all,
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    Thanks,
    Ed

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  • My NOT so invisible shield

    I have the black 60 gig iPod and I read everything that everyone wrote, the instructions from the web site, from the rainy day web site and the front of my screen is pretty funky. lots of wavy kinds of little scratch looking lines. like they came from my credit card while getting the water out. which shouldn't have happened.
    I did not completely dip the shield in the soapy water, because I didn't want to put that much water on a $400 iPod and the company doesn't tell you to dip it, so I didn't. I did use a lot of water with very clean hands though, didn't have a problem with the alignment so much, though a little, but more that it screwed up my screen.
    you can definitely tell there is something on my iPod. I think the quality of the protection is probably great, but I definitely have to contact the company tomorrow and see about what can be done, because my credit card should not have been able to put marks in the shield according to everyone else and now I am a little afraid to pull the thing off especially since I have nothing else to cover my shiny new iPod with.
    anyone know how long you can leave it on and then take it off without ruining your iPod? I saw the instructions for removal and will get some goo gone in case I need it before I remove it.
    I should also have had some tweezers to use instead of just my hands as a little bit at the top that is supposed to go around the curve folded over on itself and i could not get it apart, so had to cut that part off.
    it's been 24 hours and i turned on my iPod and you can definitely tell there is something on my screen and it is not clear anymore.
    I think the key is getting the thing REALLY wet and then being able to use the credit card to remove the water, but like i said, i was apprehensive to get my iPod that wet.
    There should be a better solution, like apple making the iPod and especially the video screen, scratch resistant.

    Yes, I did wet both sides, I just didn't dip the whole thing in the water, I wet it with my fingers, but in retrospect, I think the dipping, then shaking off the excess, is a better idea as then there are no fingerprints on the sticky side, and the whole thing is equally wet and soapy. I did tilt the card in the direction that I was scraping. I even used a brand new credit card. I was worried that I would damage the screen under the shield while squeeqee'ing the water out when I saw what it was doing on the outside. I even put more water on the top to keep it from catching on the rubber like surface while using the credit card in case that was the problem, but it didn't work.
    I have to admit that I finally did pull it off of the front a couple of hours ago because I could never have lived with the marks all over the screen as I was trying to watch video after the 24 hours and I didn't want to leave it on any longer as I didn't want to have problems pulling it off at the click wheel. Which i didn't using tweezers to carefully pull it off.
    I do need to get the goo off of the sides tomorrow with some goo gone. it sure does scratch easily though. I wish the invisible shield had worked for me as I think if you can get it on properly with no marks and no bubbles, it's pretty amazing protection. I left it on the back and am using plastic wrap to cover the front while it isn't on to protect it until I can get another kind of cover for it.

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