There are two areas that I am concerned with when determining the results: Anything less than 5 degrees could easily be written off as noise and within the margin of error.
What constitutes a valid finding will vary, but presumably if putting a skin on mattered you would want to see at least a few degrees increase in temperature to be significant.
I put Black Camo on my Pixelbook (with a sexy red Google logo ? ) and the Grip case for the iPhone XR, Swarm on the OnePlus 7 Pro, and Concrete on the iPad.
(My favorite was the OnePlus 7 Pro installation-seeing the skin wrap the curved edges of the phone and line up perfectly with the back is awesome.) Look at that precision. That aside, all the skins I checked out were fairly easy to install, though a bit tedious at times. Still, there’s also something so satisfying about watching the skin perfectly line up with the cutouts on the phone. I’m just glad I’m married because otherwise my bald-headed self wouldn’t have easy access to a hairdryer and would’ve needed to make an “emergency” order to Amazon. The hairdryer heats the skin, making it more pliable and easier to manipulate into place. That was the case for the iPad, OnePlus 7 Pro, and even the skin for the back of the Grip case for the iPhone XR. Since some of the skins wrap around curves and edges, they might also require a hairdryer to install. A closer look at the texture on the Swarm skin. Still, dbrand’s installation videos are easy to follow and make the entire process about as simple as it can get. For example, the Concrete skin for the iPad wraps the back and around all sides, making for a much more complicated installation than something like the Pixelbook, which simply covers the top of the device. Cameron SummersonĪs already mentioned, each skin is custom cut for the device it’s intended for, and some of those skins are more intricate than others. That red logo look so good next to Black Camo. I tested the different skins on a variety of devices, including the OnePlus 7 Pro, iPhone XR, Google Pixelbook, and iPad. That said, we’re focusing on some of the newer textures here, like Black Camo, Swarm, and Concrete.
And, in my experience, they’re very precise.Īt the time of writing, dbrand offers 35 different types of skins in a handful of different textures, so there should be something for everyone. Each one is custom made to fit the device you’re putting it on, including any camera, logo, or other cutouts somewhere on the device.
These skins are made from high-quality, tough vinyl with a super-sticky (but residue-free) 3M backing-in other words, they’re more than just stickers or generic decals.