Protective film for TFT screen

[Shelterwoods]

Have any of you applied a protective film to the screen on your bike? Please let me know what you think of the result of you have, and what brand you used.

 

Thank you.

 

Del

[Oldrider51]

I purchased protective film from Wunderlich USA for the instrument panel and the NAV6 GPS on my 16 R1200RS. Both do a good job and stop some of the glare I had on the instrument  panel. Overall I am pleased with this film.

[Shelterwoods]

Thank you for the help. Went to Speedo Angels and bought the product advertised by Wunderlich for a little over half.

 

Thanks again.

 

Del

[Claudio]

Ditto on the Speedo Angels product. Have them on my R1250RT and on my wife's F800GT.

 

I too had bought it from Wunderlich not realizing they were reselling someone else's product for a ridiculous markup. 

[Skywagon]

041100s....I see Speedo offers this protector in plastic and something they call nano glass.  Im not worried too much about protections but would like the benefit of anti-glare which they say is only on their plastic version.  Do you recall which one you installed?

[Shelterwoods]

I haven't received mine yet.

 

Del

[Oldrider51]

To Skywagon, sorry just got back to this. I installed the anti-glare on both the instrument panel and the NAV6. It does a good job and I am able to see the instrument panel better in sunlight. My NAV6 is mounted higher and at an angle so glare was not a big problem but i do see an improvement. 

[AndyS]

I've not found a need for any protective film. It doesn't seem to scratch at all.

[Skywagon]

Andy... I agree not a scratch issue, but the glare with Texas sun makes it pretty unusable.  Going to wait and see if  Del above gets his.

[AndyS]

That's weird. The NAV5 used to have reflection issues and difficulty to read the display in bright sunshine, but the NAV6 seems to have resolved that (for me).

[Shelterwoods]

I received and installed mine. It went on easily, though I practiced a few times before removing the backing and attaching. I can barely tell the difference after installing, and even bright sun doesn't cause any issues. 

 

I installed mine because of concern that I might absent mindedly were some grit of the screen and scratch it. Now if I do scratch the film, and it becomes noticable enough, I can just replace it.

 

Del

[WBinDE]

BMW sells one as well. It has a bit of a matte finish to it, so helps with the glare issue. I forget how much it added to the purchase price but it's BMW-branded so don't expect it to be inexpensive.

[Skywagon]

I finally got around to installing the screen protector from Speedo.  Even though it came from England, the time was only about 2 weeks....a pleasant surprise.  As in all film it was tedious getting all the water and air bubbles out but I did.  I bought it because it said it helped with glare.  I didn't care about the screen protection part.

 

I rode with it on the Nav V for the first time yesterday.  My experience is it actually made the glare and readability worse.  I had forgotten I put it on and wondered what was up with my GPS for the first 100 miles.  I stopped, took it off, cleaned the screen and my visibility was better.  YMMV.  It seems like a well made product and the kit it came in was good quality, but it didn't help me with glare or visibility.

[Tactical 1]

https://www.nushield.com/

 

Installed on my Navi VI with good results - nice to have some glare and scratch protection

[Aum]

On 12/20/2020 at 1:45 PM, Skywagon said:

I finally got around to installing the screen protector from Speedo.  Even though it came from England, the time was only about 2 weeks....a pleasant surprise.  As in all film it was tedious getting all the water and air bubbles out but I did.  I bought it because it said it helped with glare.  I didn't care about the screen protection part.

 

Interesting. I hated the glare from the Nav5 on the R1250RS mount. The anti-glare Speedo Angel cut the glare nicel , but I had a hell of a time installing it and have several bubbles.

 

What's the secret to installing with no bubbles? (I followed Speedo's directions but must be bubble challenged.)

 

Mike

[Skywagon]

I had lots of bubbles too and I’m use to installing film. I got them out for a while but they kept coming back. After several months I just took the speedo off and threw it away.