{"video_id":"sp_l7Q9rJ4Y","title":"Liquid Armor Screen Protector Real World Test - Dragging Phones Behind My Motorbike Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2012-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":276,"segments":[{"start_s":7.68,"end_s":14.719,"text":"So, not that long ago, guys, I did an unboxing of the Liquid Armor Invisible","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":12.32,"end_s":19.039,"text":"Nano Coating Tech Screen Protector. And what I said was that at the time, I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.96,"end_s":23.199,"text":"didn't really have a way to validate whether this stuff works or not. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.439,"end_s":28.08,"text":"what it claims is that with the liquid coating, you basically just spray it on","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.6,"end_s":33.76,"text":"a screen, wipe it in one direction, and leave it for 24 hours to cure, or even I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":30.88,"end_s":39.6,"text":"think it's just uh whatever. It's not that long to dry, and then 24 hours to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":36.399,"end_s":41.2,"text":"cure, and it will make your screen up to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":39.6,"end_s":44.96,"text":"two times stronger than traditional screen protectors, which sounds pretty","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":43.28,"end_s":49.6,"text":"good, right? But unless you validate it, then it's just a claim on a box. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.68,"end_s":53.28,"text":"Slick and I came up with an experiment today.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":50.879,"end_s":57.199,"text":"where we're taking two dummy phones. So, these are a BlackBerry Curve and a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.199,"end_s":62.16,"text":"BlackBerry Bold. And we're going to drag them on string behind my","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.12,"end_s":67.04,"text":"motorcycle. We're going to drag them screenside down. And I I wrote on the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":65.36,"end_s":69.6,"text":"backs of them. So, this one is our liquid armor coated one. You won't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.88,"end_s":75.36,"text":"you're not going to be able to read that. You can read it. Oh, cool. And this is our control group one. So, the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.96,"end_s":79.92,"text":"bold has been coated with liquid armor 3 days ago, and the curve has not been","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":78.08,"end_s":83.759,"text":"coated with liquid armor at all. So, we're going to tie these down and we're","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":81.68,"end_s":89.04,"text":"going to drag them down to the end of the street and see if there's actually","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":86.799,"end_s":93.68,"text":"any difference in the scratched upness of the screens when we're done. So, stay","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":91.119,"end_s":97.2,"text":"tuned, guys. This is going to be fun. So, I don't know if you guys noticed","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":95.36,"end_s":100.799,"text":"this. I don't know if you can see it in the camera, but here I'm going to try","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":98.88,"end_s":105.92,"text":"I'll try and catch some on my sweater. It's actually snowing right now. So, I","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":104.24,"end_s":109.84,"text":"don't know why this always happens. It must be slick because every time I film","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":108.079,"end_s":114.88,"text":"something outside with him, it starts freaking snowing. So anyway, we're set","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":111.759,"end_s":118.28,"text":"up now. There's the two phones. And uh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":114.88,"end_s":118.28,"text":"here we go.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":155.2,"end_s":163.04,"text":"All right. So you guys are going to be here","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":159.76,"end_s":165.2,"text":"for the results. So this is our control","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":163.04,"end_s":169.68,"text":"phone and this is our liquid armor phone. So let's do the control phone","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":167.519,"end_s":173.519,"text":"first. So you can see the control phone is scratched to high hell. The only part","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":172.08,"end_s":177.28,"text":"we're really going to be looking at here though, guys, is the screen itself","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":175.76,"end_s":182.56,"text":"because this is going to be the same on both phones here. Actually, we should wipe it off so that we get a good","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":180.56,"end_s":185.36,"text":"representation. Okay. And this part has not been coated with liquid armor on the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":184.08,"end_s":190.56,"text":"other one. So you can see how scratched up the screen is. Can you see pretty well?","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":187.879,"end_s":194.56,"text":"Um, how about like a better angle? Does that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":191.72,"end_s":200.159,"text":"help? Okay, good. We got it. All right. Here is the liquid armor phone. So,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":197.84,"end_s":200.159,"text":"let's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":201.319,"end_s":204.319,"text":"see.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":207.72,"end_s":214.0,"text":"Um, oh, hold on a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":210.84,"end_s":216.92,"text":"second. Oh, check it out.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":214.0,"end_s":221.68,"text":"The scratched up coating is the liquid armor. Look at that, guys. I didn't","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":219.44,"end_s":225.84,"text":"realize it was going on so thick. So, you see how scratched up the screen is,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":223.76,"end_s":229.44,"text":"right? But then when I Oh, check this out. No, this actually works. I was","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":227.68,"end_s":232.879,"text":"pretty disappointed at first there, but look at this. If I scrape the liquid","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":231.519,"end_s":238.879,"text":"armor back off, you're supposed to reapply it every 6 months or so, the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":235.36,"end_s":242.0,"text":"screen is actually not scratched. Holy","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":238.879,"end_s":244.48,"text":"smokes. Look at that.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":242.0,"end_s":249.2,"text":"Okay, so guys, the answer is liquid armor actually freaking works. Even if","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":246.48,"end_s":254.799,"text":"you drag your phone behind you on a motorcycle, I got up to about 30 35 km","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":252.239,"end_s":259.359,"text":"an hour. Huh. I was not expecting this stuff to work nearly that well. So, I'm","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.519,"end_s":264.24,"text":"officially done with stupid screen protectors, with their stupid applicator","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":262.24,"end_s":267.6,"text":"cardboards, and all that kind of crap because this is amazing. So, thank you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":266.08,"end_s":271.04,"text":"for checking out this episode of Linus Tech Tips, and don't forget to subscribe","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":269.36,"end_s":276.0,"text":"for more videos like, well, not very many videos like this, but mostly","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":272.4,"end_s":276.0,"text":"unboxings and like tech videos.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"So, not that long ago, guys, I did an unboxing of the Liquid Armor Invisible Nano Coating Tech Screen Protector. And what I said was that at the time, I didn't really have a way to validate whether this stuff works or not. So, what it claims is that with the liquid coating, you basically just spray it on a screen, wipe it in one direction, and leave it for 24 hours to cure, or even I think it's just uh whatever. It's not that long to dry, and then 24 hours to cure, and it will make your screen up to two times stronger than traditional screen protectors, which sounds pretty good, right? But unless you validate it, then it's just a claim on a box. So, Slick and I came up with an experiment today. where we're taking two dummy phones. So, these are a BlackBerry Curve and a BlackBerry Bold. And we're going to drag them on string behind my motorcycle. We're going to drag them screenside down. And I I wrote on the backs of them. So, this one is our liquid armor coated one. You won't you're not going to be able to read that. You can read it. Oh, cool. And this is our control group one. So, the bold has been coated with liquid armor 3 days ago, and the curve has not been coated with liquid armor at all. So, we're going to tie these down and we're going to drag them down to the end of the street and see if there's actually any difference in the scratched upness of the screens when we're done. So, stay tuned, guys. This is going to be fun. So, I don't know if you guys noticed this. I don't know if you can see it in the camera, but here I'm going to try I'll try and catch some on my sweater. It's actually snowing right now. So, I don't know why this always happens. It must be slick because every time I film something outside with him, it starts freaking snowing. So anyway, we're set up now. There's the two phones. And uh here we go. All right. So you guys are going to be here for the results. So this is our control phone and this is our liquid armor phone. So let's do the control phone first. So you can see the control phone is scratched to high hell. The only part we're really going to be looking at here though, guys, is the screen itself because this is going to be the same on both phones here. Actually, we should wipe it off so that we get a good representation. Okay. And this part has not been coated with liquid armor on the other one. So you can see how scratched up the screen is. Can you see pretty well? Um, how about like a better angle? Does that help? Okay, good. We got it. All right. Here is the liquid armor phone. So, let's see. Um, oh, hold on a second. Oh, check it out. The scratched up coating is the liquid armor. Look at that, guys. I didn't realize it was going on so thick. So, you see how scratched up the screen is, right? But then when I Oh, check this out. No, this actually works. I was pretty disappointed at first there, but look at this. If I scrape the liquid armor back off, you're supposed to reapply it every 6 months or so, the screen is actually not scratched. Holy smokes. Look at that. Okay, so guys, the answer is liquid armor actually freaking works. Even if you drag your phone behind you on a motorcycle, I got up to about 30 35 km an hour. Huh. I was not expecting this stuff to work nearly that well. So, I'm officially done with stupid screen protectors, with their stupid applicator cardboards, and all that kind of crap because this is amazing. So, thank you for checking out this episode of Linus Tech Tips, and don't forget to subscribe for more videos like, well, not very many videos like this, but mostly unboxings and like tech videos."}