Do the tempered glass screen protectors dim the screen at all?

[greydarrah]

There are a number of threads about where to buy the tempered glass protectors, but I can't find anything about how they look on the phone. I've never liked how screen protectors (the floppy kind) dim the screen a bit and seem to take away some of the "pop" that nice screens display, but I've also never tried a tempered glass one. Does it change the screens look at all?

 

[dpham00]

A quality Tempered glass screen protector should feel as good as not using one and no dimming problems

Sent from my Verizon LG G4

 

[Jalopiejoe]

There are a number of threads about where to buy the tempered glass protectors, but I can't find anything about how they look on the phone. I've never liked how screen protectors (the floppy kind) dim the screen a bit and seem to take away some of the "pop" that nice screens display, but I've also never tried a tempered glass one. Does it change the screens look at all?

I purchased my 2nd tempered glass screen protector on ebay from exclusiveitems1 100% feedback, item
#261837050211
.26mm 9H
It went on perfectly, no bubbles, so thin you don't know it's there!! It Does Not dim the screen! Best part:
$3.59 plus .99 shipping!
Had it in 3 days!
I highly recommend one!
I absolutely love mine!

 

[Rukbat]

Glass absorbs light, but if you're talking about visibly dimming, a good protector won't. (The amount of light you get through the protector will be a measurable amount less than without the protector is you have sensitive enough instruments.)

Remember, though - a soft protector scratches more easily but breaks less easily. The harder the protector is (and some of the really good ones are about 7 on the Mhos scale, which is pretty hard), the more easily it breaks, so dropping the phone on its back or a corner can break a good tempered glass protector. All tempered glass does is protect the screen against scratching. (And carbide - which is in the air all around us) has a hardness of 9, making it cut through tempered glass like a hot knife through water. [Butter is hard by comparison.] So if you don't wet the microfiber cloth you're cleaning the screen with, all you're doing is smearing the finger grease and - if there are any micro carbide particles on the glass - scratching it.)

I prefer a good plastic protector (you can get plastic ones very cheaply) and when they scratch (I've used the same one for 3 years), it's less than $2 to take another one out of the pack and put it on (after cleaning the screen, of course).

BTW, as far as these "9H" screens go, see True Hardness of A Tempered Glass Screen Protector. They aren't 9 hardness. It's like Apple - you're paying for some print on the package.