Best Skins Ever review

[ludesleep]

PRO If you own the tablet and have no desire to purchase the keyboard dock, then I believe this is the skin for you!
After the skin is applied to the screen, it's almost impossible to even tell it's there. Even when you swipe or tap the screen it feels like glass and responds like it should.


CON I really hate to say anything negative about this BSE skin because overall is a really nice skin. Fits perfect on front and back. However, the skin is thicker than most other skins. I'll post pictures later when I get home because I want to show you the tolerances that ASUS allowed for the tablet dock clearance. With the skin applied on both sides of the tablet, it appears that the dock does not have enough clearance to fit the tablet. First let me say, yes the tablet will dock with the skin applied, but your dock will leave impressions on the skin when you undock. The keyboard even leaves impressions on the screen after being shut, and I'm not just talking about the little bumpers on left, right, and top of keyboard. The keys are starting to leave rub marks on the screen and even the little nipples on the F & J keys are leaving impressions which is really annoying.


So here are a few pics of the tablet with the full body skin installed.

So the Prime is roughly 8.3mm thick which translates to .3237 thousandths of an inch. The dock itself has an opening of .330 (+/- .005) thousandths

The film is roughly .010 thousandths thick which must be applied to front and back

So, after adding the extra .020 in thickness

So essentially what happens is your applying close to .020 of press. The tablet will slide in just fine but as you can see in the picture....the film will leave an impression of that pressure being applied.

Still more to come...testing links


Anyways I have to run to class and work real quick. I'll post pics and a small video of a carry bag that I purchased for my Prime as well. A must have for students..

 

[c00l0ne]

Great cant wait to see the skin,,I just applied my skinomi carbon fiber keyboard skin last night and I like it.

 

[scottysize]

Where's da pick? Man. What time you coming home?

 

[ludesleep]

O Sorry, I'm working on it right now. Things came up, like always....

 

[c00l0ne]

finish yet? I want to see!!!

 

[ludesleep]

Loading pics to picasa as i type

 

[ludesleep]

are the photos working or is it chrome beta thats not letting me see them?

 

[c00l0ne]

cant view it,,,let me try my other browser ,,,nope can`t view it,,sorry

 

[ludesleep]

First pics are up!

 

[ludesleep]

I'll post more later...MW3 time

 

[ludesleep]

I'll post more later.. tim[YT][/YT]e

 

[scottysize]

OK, stupid question, but who made the skin? Where'd you get it?

 

[scottysize]

OK, stupid question, but who made the skin? Where'd you get it?

Disregard. I get it now. The company is called "Best Skins Eever". See I told you it was a stupid question, but I'll leave it up so that anyone who didn't get it initially will not have to ask like I did.

 

[scottysize]

Order for my Prime as well as for my Maxx. Thanks for the review!

 

[Sneakersislife]

if the entire skin adds too much thickness, would it fit if just the screen protector were applied and not the back one too? just curious as i had planned to add a screen protector to my device.

 

[ludesleep]

if the entire skin adds too much thickness, would it fit if just the screen protector were applied and not the back one too? just curious as i had planned to add a screen protector to my device.

Good question. I say yes. The skin for my screen kept snagging on the small screws inside the dock, so I removed it. I prefer have the back protected vs the screen. After I removed the front skin, the back no longer leaves an impression.

 

[Sneakersislife]

so it would work vice versa, as i would prefer having the screen to the back

 

[ludesleep]

so it would work vice versa, as i would prefer having the screen to the back

Exactly. I'm rockin the back cover right now with no problems. I'm going to purchase a couple other front skins from different companies as well. I'll report back with my results.

 

[scottysize]

My skins are on their way, but how did you install them? I tried installing them on my iPod tonight and got tons of bubbles.

 

[Bamm83]

The most important thing you can do when installing is be dust free. So, if you do it in the bathroom after turning on the shower to extremely hot and having the steam flow through the air, the dust is taken care of. Apply very slowly and carefully. Most of the bubbles will disappear after a couple of days, even a week. use plenty of solution on your fingers and both sides of the skin and/or screen protector.