Any experience w/ the Otterbox Defender and a good glass screen protector?

[bkrell]

So, I bought an Otterbox Symmetry with my phone and put a glass screen protector on it. It seems so vulnerable. So I got the Defender and it promptly lifted my screen protector off. So, I got a second screen protector and tried installing it with the Defender case on, to minimize contact. It still lifts the screen protector. Does anyone have any experience w/ Otterbox's Alpha Glass screen protector? I saw bad reviews on amazon but it looks like it may have been a ripoff copy. I'm really hesitant to give otterbox anymore money unless I know I'm going to have my phone protected.

I'm really paranoid about my phones b/c, even though I've never broken a screen, my wife and kids do constantly. My last two Samsung phones were the Active 4 and Active 7 (with a lifeproof'd 6 Plus in-between). The Defender for the 7 was hilariously bad. It was so huge. I was glad to see the defender is relatively trim on this phone.

 

[Rukbat]

I've always used an Otterbox on my current phones (Defenders, in my case).

The glass protector only protects the screen from scratching, not from breaking or anything else. (Although if hit right, the proterctor will break and the screen won't.) The Otterbox does the same thing, with the addition that, since it's plastic, it affords just a bit of shock resistance. I've never used a glass screen protector, and yet, when one of my phones was thrown face-first into a wall (flipped off a wireless charging pad when the cable caught on my belt), the Otterbox was more than enough to protect both the phone and the wall. With just a glass protector, both the protector and the wall (and possibly the screen) would have been damaged.

So after 4 years, I say Otterbox definitely, protector no.

 

[bkrell]

The Defender for the Note 8 doesn't have ANY screen protector. They tell you to buy their own glass protector separately. I used glass protectors on on S7 Active mainly because of all the horror stories of scratching the soft outer layer.

Yes, I've had a Defender on every phone I've owned except the iphone 6 plus (wanted water resistance with a lifeproof that I didn't get) and the Galaxy Active S7 because it was hilariously way too bulky.

 

[Rukbat]

The way I look at it, the plastic protector (the 3/$5 kind) don't scratch that easily, offer a little shock resistance, and are cheap to replace if you need to. Glass protectors can actually cause the screen to break if dropped wrong, and aren't any harder than the original screen, just cheaper. (I'll wait until they come out with a glass screen protector with a hardness of at least 9 - sapphire or artificial diamond [which, in industrial type, is cheap].)

 

[bkrell]

I tried putting on a plastic one and absolutely hate the texture on the screen. Glass feels natural and there's no worry about bubbles. Like I said, I'm not really worried about cracking the screen, just scratching it. Guess I'll just waste money on the otterbox one.

 

[Gs12rider]

I'm using a glass screen protector with an Otterbox Defender. No lift here. The brand of glass screen protector escapes me now but I bought it at the local Verizon store.

 

[bkrell]

Yeah for some reason, I assumed otterbox's own screen protector was the only glass one that would work. I searched Amazon for case friendly glass ones and found a few.

 

[Raydee]

I tried a couple glass screen protectors with the Defender but they all lifted so far. Going to try a normal screen protector next, actually ordered and received the IQ Shield today and will install it tomorrow.

 

[Gs12rider]

The Zagg Invisible Shield is what I'm using with an Otterbox Defender. Fits perfectly, very precise fit, no lift.

 

[Raydee]

The Zagg Invisible Shield is what I'm using with an Otterbox Defender. Fits perfectly, very precise fit, no lift.

Can you take a pic of the protector?

 

[notefreak]

I tried a couple glass screen protectors with the Defender but they all lifted so far. Going to try a normal screen protector next, actually ordered and received the IQ Shield today and will install it tomorrow.

Have you installed it yet? Because this combo is kind of my next plan.

 

[Raydee]

Yes I installed the IQ shield protector and as long as you like it up good the defender did not lift the edges. I personally didn't like the way it felt and ended up removing it from the phone a couple days ago and went back to glass for now. I bought 4 of the IQ shield protectors just in case I decided to switch back down the road. If you do end up using the liquid glass protector I found that the gray s-pen tip seemed to work much nicer than the black tip.

 

[notefreak]

Yes I installed the liquid shield protector and as long as you like it up good the defender did not lift the edges. I personally didn't like the way it felt and ended up removing it from the phone a couple days ago and went back to glass for now. I bought 4 of the liquid glass protectors just in case I decided to switch back down the road. If you do end up using the liquid glass protector I found that the gray s-pen tip seemed to work much nicer than the black tip.

You instaled liquid shield or iq shield?

 

[Raydee]

Sorry for the confusion, it was the IQ screen protector not the liquid stuff.

 

[bigcanoe]

How does commuter and defender differ for note 8?

 

[Dankees]

Yes I installed the IQ shield protector and as long as you like it up good the defender did not lift the edges. I personally didn't like the way it felt and ended up removing it from the phone a couple days ago and went back to glass for now. I bought 4 of the IQ shield protectors just in case I decided to switch back down the road. If you do end up using the liquid glass protector I found that the gray s-pen tip seemed to work much nicer than the black tip.

Which IQ Shield version did you get?

 

[Raydee]

This is the one

 

[Mighteemouse]

I have the Otterbox Defender case and I am using the Zagg Glass Curved screen protector. Works great. No pop offs.

 

[mike104393]

Get the Whitestone dome note 8 glass screen protector. You won't be disappointed

 

[Baby_Doc]

Get the Whitestone dome note 8 glass screen protector. You won't be disappointed

Whitestone won't work with the Defender according to most people on the forums, although I am using a Zagg which works with all cases.