Well, for those of you who don’t know, I bought myself a Creative Zen Vision:M. It’s sort of a personal media player, it’s the same size as the iPod Video 60GB. Fits perfectly in the palm of one’s hand. Only problem is, the thing scratches easily and is rather susceptible to finger prints also. I had been looking around for the perfect case when I stumbled upon the Invisible Shield. It arrived in the mail on Friday.
For those of you who don’t know what it is, it is supposed to provide front and back protection. It is virtually puncture proof and scratch proof. I’ve seen them key the heck out of an iPod with it and not leave a mark. I thought it would come in two pieces, one for the front and one for the back. It came in four pieces instead.
Installation was rather interesting. I had to put this tiny piece on over the slider (kind of like the scroll wheel but just up and down). It was a bit awkward since it was so small. Next I put a piece over the upper half (screen, etc), and then a piece on the lower half (over the buttons). After that I put the backside on as one giant piece. It had little flaps to cover the corners and around the power switch, headphone jack, and the port for connecting to my computer. It was a bit awkward to put on also because it was more difficult to line up. Plus, the Zen has some indented spots where I ended up with some big air bubbles.
After putting everything on, I was instructed to let it sit for 24 hours so the cover could bond firmly. I let it sit for maybe 16 hours before I started playing with it. I haven’t tried to scratch it, and won’t try to do so, but it looks great. Can’t even tell that it’s on when I look at the screen. It also doesn’t get fingerprints on it nearly as easily either. So far I am rather impressed. We’ll see how well it sticks over time.
If you really need me to… I will try to scratch it for you.
That’s fine, scratch away. But in exchange, I am going to perform the same test on your car hood. Anyway, one thing that did bother me is that the liquids that you spray on the shield before you put it on have saturated the serial number label on my player. I don’t believe I oversprayed it though because I was almost out of it when I did the back side.