If you're going to get a skin I'd suggest getting dbrand. I've tried all of them and dbrand uses 3m and I think 1080 ply which is the same material I've used in the past to wrap my interior dash components of my truck and the material is the best you can get. So it's very durable. Leaves zero residue and give you instant grip. I'd say the carbon fiber may give you a slight better grip but not by much. They wlso just came out with a new design called dragon something and the only thing is it's in a greyish black color but it has the best grip out of all of dbrand skins. It's textured. I've never used it bc it's not offered in Red or Blue which are the only two colors I've mainly used. I almost however decided to order the White carbon fiber for my new Pearl White honor but defaulted to red in the end. So there are three companies to choose from. Dbrand, Slick Wraps and Mighty Skins. Only dbrand and slick wraps makes skins for the honor 8. Out of those two I'd go for dbrand bc they use the 3m material. Best material on the planet. You'll like it and their cuts are are perfect where they don't hang over the edge nor are they too small to give full coverage. I think I paid with shipping for my skin from dbrand $14.95. Definitely go with them. They not only have the best reputation but they also make the superior product as you can never beat true 3m material. What color are you going to get? What color honor do you have. You can go on their site and choose the color of your phone then pick the skin so you can preview it before you order it which they are the only company that offers you that.