I picked up the light and dark wood skin wraps from Skinomi.
Installation was super easy, although I didn't use the side wrap or front screen protector (I just wanted the wood on the back).
You can see the difference between the two shades of color and the texture of the skins HERE
Will try to get Dbrands or Slickwraps for comparison.
I have used both Skinomi and dbrand skins for the S7 and S7 Edge.
I find that the Skinomi skins are much lower quality and craftsmanship than the same product from dbrand.
I have not yet had a chance to try out the skins from Slickwraps yet.
Here is my review of the dbrand skin for the S7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/accessories/dbrand-skin-review-t3343648
I also have an installation video from the S7 Edge up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAQthdN4pJA&feature=youtu.be
If you have a chane to try the dbrand skins, i would highly recommend it.
The fit around the camera, heart rate sensor, and the overall fit on the back of the phone is much better.
The material used is also thicker.
The only down side is you use a hair dryer or heat gun during the application process.
This is so that the edges will form 100% to the phone and never peel up.
I'm going to be buying the black s8 very soon and am incredibly excited. I have decided on the crashguard bumper to protect it, but really want to put a skin on the back of the phone. I can't decide what skin I think would look the nicest. What do you guys think would look best?
I'm quite partial to dbrand skins, but if there's another brand that you recommend I'm open to that as well
Ghost armor and skinomi generally have nice options
I just received my Honeycomb Skin by Slickwraps. It's amazing! I had the black dbrand skin but I found it slippery. The pattern on the Slickwraps skin adds a lot of grip when the crashguard is off. Highly recommended!
On Jul 3rd I pre-ordered two dBrand skins for my OP5 and they arrived on Jul 6th. The two skins were the Mahogany wood (back and camera lens cover) and the Hyperblack Titanium (back with red camera lens cover and red 1+ logo). Even though I wanted to add the front Mahogany skins the fact that I've also ordered the Ozly tpsp screen protector made me realized I'd have issues whenever I needed to replace the screen cover.
Attached are pictures of both skins with accessories un-applied and the Mahogany skins applied including the camera lens cover. Notice that the two Mahogany skins have different wood patterns. Running your finger over each skin I realized that the Mahogany adds almost no additional grip to the slippery naked OP5 while the Hyperblack Titanium skin has more texture which I believed would add more grip. This is not to say that once applied the Mahogany skin did not reduce the overall slipper feel of a naked OP5, as it did. In the future I'll likely try the Hyperblack Titanium but right now I really like the Mahogany's overall look the best.
I still bought a cheap clear plastic case which is currently on a slow boat from China. I'll use it when I'm going someplace where accidents are more likely such as camping or a party. These skins are so thin that I don't anticipate putting the case on to be an issue.
This is the first time I've every bought or applied a skin as I've previously only gone with bumper cases. Over all I think the application went well but I certainly don't have the corner flaps applied as well as seen on dBrand's OP5 application video. Most definitely you need a hairdryer during application as I had a bubble under the skin and heating that section and the bubble's path to the outside saved having to peal the skin off to start again. It works much like you push bubbles out from a clear plastic screen protector. Getting the initial bottom alignment applied properly is the key to the rest of the application. Mess that up and you alignment issues multiply. Heating and stretching the skin is dangerous and only helps with the tiniest of misalignment.
The dBrands fit overall and specifically around the buttons is as perfect as a mass produced item can be. In conclusion, if you choose to use a skin you'd be hard pressed to find a brand with a more accurate fit.
P.S. For grip the Carbon Fiber would likely be your best bet but I thought it was butt ugly so went another way.
Edit: Added top, bottom, right and left side pictures.
Hyperblack comes along with the white 1+ logo? Or is it just the packaging design?
I am thinking of buying Black Dragon.
Usually, when is the Dbrand Sale? Any idea?
Thanks
observingi said:
Hyperblack comes along with the white 1+ logo? Or is it just the packaging design?
I am thinking of buying Black Dragon.
Usually, when is the Dbrand Sale? Any idea?
Thanks
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No, what appears on the Hyperblack picture as a white 1+ logo is just the skin's backing tape. The Hyperblack I picked has a cut out of the 1+ logo then I ordered the red colored logo cut out to fill in the skin's logo cut out. On the Mahogany skin I chose not to have any 1+ logo so the skin was solid (no logo cut out at all). The Black Dragon skin was already available when I purchased my skins. I was tempted to get that instead of the Hyperblack.
I have no idea when there will be a sale. I didn't feel the price was too excessive. In fact I would have only bought the Mahogany at this time but the added $5 for shipping meant that a second skin only cost me an extra $6 and the shipping on both skins became free. That's much like how Amazon prices small items to be just under the free shipping costs to get you to buy one more item. In this case I went for it as a Hyperblack skin also tempted me.
I just got the black dragon skin with orange logo and camera cutout. I previously used the titanium and the hyperblack on my Nexus 6p and I can say that the dragon skin has a very similar texture than the hyperblack. IN terms of looks, I have to say that it looks similar to the hyperblack except for the cracked look/texture and the slight silver highlights in certain areas. All in all, I think it looks amazing on this device.
Im looking to grab one of the Mah Wood one and having it under my Orzly flexi case. It looks pretty amazing with the wood skin. Would you be able to show off the sides of the phone? I would love to see the fit on the sides
dBrand sure do make some precision skins! Let us know once you installed them!
Here is mine! Just finished. Marble with cement logo
A Guy Called Revive said:
Im looking to grab one of the Mah Wood one and having it under my Orzly flexi case. It looks pretty amazing with the wood skin. Would you be able to show off the sides of the phone? I would love to see the fit on the sides
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I added pictures of both side and top and bottom to the original post. Don't be too harsh of my corner imperfections, I was a rookie
hmph @3DSammy don't I know you from my tab s threads?
Yep, new device new forum visits
Not Dbrand, but Gadgetshieldz. This is a carbon Flat Back.
HueleSnaiL said:
I just got the black dragon skin with orange logo and camera cutout. I previously used the titanium and the hyperblack on my Nexus 6p and I can say that the dragon skin has a very similar texture than the hyperblack. IN terms of looks, I have to say that it looks similar to the hyperblack except for the cracked look/texture and the slight silver highlights in certain areas. All in all, I think it looks amazing on this device.
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Looking good!! I've ordered mine but with red logo cutout. Is there good grip with the black dragon skin? My only quirk with this device so far is how slippy the back is and was hoping the black dragon skin would sort that out for me..
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Looking good!! I've ordered mine but with red logo cutout. Is there good grip with the black dragon skin? My only quirk with this device so far is how slippy the back is and was hoping the black dragon skin would sort that out for me..
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From what dBrand have been saying, the dragon skins look to be quite grippy. I'd love to use skins over cases but don't trust myself enough
DarkExistence said:
From what dBrand have been saying, the dragon skins look to be quite grippy. I'd love to use skins over cases but don't trust myself enough
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I don't trust myself either!! Thinking of getting one of the rhinoshield bumpers so I can keep it looking nice, on the back at least :victory: Hopefully that along with the tempered glass SP I have one will protect it.. and so long as the skin is grippy I hopefully shouldn't drop it.
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I don't trust myself either!! Thinking of getting one of the rhinoshield bumpers so I can keep it looking nice, on the back at least :victory: Hopefully that along with the tempered glass SP I have one will protect it.. and so long as the skin is grippy I hopefully shouldn't drop it.
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Just be careful with that combo on a Rhino Shield. they can rip off Tempered glass and the cases lately have been so tight getting them on with even a skin on is really hard and taking it off is even worse. I damaged my OP3 trying to get the Rhino Shield off when using a skin. best results is to cut the skin so it doesn't go up and down the sides or corners of the phone.
I still remember ordering that case there was no warning on the prouduct page about it not working with tempered glass and when I complianed and got nowhere a sudden disclaimer went up :/
wedgess said:
Looking good!! I've ordered mine but with red logo cutout. Is there good grip with the black dragon skin? My only quirk with this device so far is how slippy the back is and was hoping the black dragon skin would sort that out for me..
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It definitely has some texture that helps the phone be less slippery but not as much as I expected. But it certainly help add a decent amount of grip, especially on the sides of the phone which are very thin and rounded.
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Just be careful with that combo on a Rhino Shield. they can rip off Tempered glass and the cases lately have been so tight getting them on with even a skin on is really hard and taking it off is even worse. I damaged my OP3 trying to get the Rhino Shield off when using a skin. best results is to cut the skin so it doesn't go up and down the sides or corners of the phone.
I still remember ordering that case there was no warning on the prouduct page about it not working with tempered glass and when I complianed and got nowhere a sudden disclaimer went up :/
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Ye my mate was saying the RhinoShield on his OP3t is way too tight and difficult to get off. I saw one on a S8 and looks a fair bit looser, hoping it's a bit looser on the OP5 and fits.
Thanks for the heads up though:good:
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It definitely has some texture that helps the phone be less slippery but not as much as I expected. But it certainly help add a decent amount of grip, especially on the sides of the phone which are very thin and rounded.
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Thanks, so long as it adds some amount of grip I'll be happy. If not I might just end up getting a case:good:
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I don't trust myself either!! Thinking of getting one of the rhinoshield bumpers so I can keep it looking nice, on the back at least :victory: Hopefully that along with the tempered glass SP I have one will protect it.. and so long as the skin is grippy I hopefully shouldn't drop it.
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never had a bumper but always heard rhinoshield were the best, saw some youtube videos of them being dropped from 10 ft and surviving haha
I went with the dragon back myself...
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I went with the dragon back myself...
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So it does actually look as good in real life as in the renders then eh? How does it feel?
Hi Everyone, I recently received some products that are all amazing. I decided to make a post about them instead of posting in the accessories post about them because they might be lost and I will make it easier to get lost if someone was looking for the ultimate (Slim without scratches protection).
First, I started with a case called Anccer. They have gravel material which feels very close to the Oneplus 5T Sandstone texture. It is sold via Amazon. It is a very nice slim case that is SCREEN PROTECTOR COMPATIBLE. This case does not push the screen protector anywhere like most other great brand cases I have tried. If you are looking for a case, I highly recommend one of those. I paired this case with a pet screen protector Sold by LK on Amazon. I found a slickdeals discount code and decided to give it a try. I am impressed. It is PET and not liquid based. will post pictures below.
Now the skin talk. I have always been a D-brand fan buying skins. I found out phantomskinz and I tried their skin. I am very impressed by this brand that I haven't heard of before. Here are my thoughts as a long-time dbrand user.
The packaging is great. These guys really have an amazing packaging for their skin. You get a skin, the solution, two liquid based screen protectors, cloth, and a squeegee card. Even, they have a small texture sample on the outside of the box so you can feel it before you open the package. I am posting some photos below.
I went ahead and applied the black carbon skin since I have owned previous dbrand skins, but I can say, the phantomskinz black carbon feels better in the hand. It is a little thicker than the dbrand one and it actually have a good texture for the extra grip, which is helpful with the super slippery Galaxy S9
The application process is not hard and it is actually all in one piece so you have to align everything properly before finishing the installation. I personally like the all-in-one cut VS the separate parts on the 3m paper that dbrand provides. The only separate parts are a small piece for the sim-card and the camera, which I have installed. Overall, the skin feels like a very slim case and not just a skin. Of course, cases won't work after that because that skin is a little thick.
The screen protector is a wet application screen protector just like the IQ shield. It was straight forward, easy to align and squeeze the solution out, then let it dry. (I'd recommend watching a couple of tutorials about that if it is your first time installing a wet screen protector). The protector is edge to edge, so it is meant to be used without most cases, and it is meant to be used by their skins or other skins. The protector feels like the IQ shield where it sports the self-healing for minor scratches.The one thing I would change about the screen protector is the outer layer when pulled after the setup, pulls the screen protector, so I had to remove the protector after removing the outer screen protection plastic, applied more solution then put it back again. So far no edge lift. From the packaging, skin, screen protector, it is a really nice premium feeling product that is bundled nicely. I would give my thumbs up if someone is looking for that smooth all-in-one experience with phantomskinz.
Overall, that is the setup and these are my thoughts. Ask me anything in and I will do my best to answer you if you are thinking about buying the products that I had mentioned. phantomskinz has their own website and the other products are up on amazon.
The anncer case (the sandstone feeling)
Phantomskinz packaging
After Installation :good: :highfive:
getting the black carbon Monday, looking fwd to it.
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getting the black carbon Monday, looking fwd to it.
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Great choice. It also has a great texture for an extra grip.
If you are looking for a decent skin just to reduce how slippery the Mate 20 Pro is - I've had good results with Slickwraps.
I wanted a subtle skin so that I can throw the tpu case over it, I ordered a shade series skin as well as two 'naked' skins from Slickwraps. Shade version as backup because over time i've seen a few negative reviews about transparent skins.
Turns out the Slickwraps Naked is perfect. Easy to place since the camera module is a perfect & strong guide.
It arrived without instructions. :/ and without the mounting magic liquid that the instruction videos all use. But a few drips of dish soap in water and a decent mist spray bottle sufficed. After using a credit card to push out all bubbles it took a couple of days for the skin to fully settle but now it's perfect. No longer slippery to hold yet it still has that premium feel.