The odd thing about the Rhino shield video I posted a link to was that they claimed glass protectors didn’t do a decent job for protecting against impacts to the face of a device. After all this, I’ve decided that my phone will remain naked and I will live with the consequences. Which probably means I will drop it and…

Is “glass screen protector” a screen protector for glass, or is this some screen protector made of a glass composite? If the latter, how thick is it, and does it impair the touch functions? If it was thick, it is possible that the edge that hit was the protector itself. So that could offer some protection. Interesting.

Agreed, but my point is that the majority of screen cracks I’ve seen have been from edge drops. So the whole “save a few hundred dollars” seems undercut significantly.

The OP is about saving yourself from screen cracks with a screen protector—seemingly all by itself. I’m not sanguine that a screen protector by itself will do much in the absence of a case with edge guards.

I wonder about the efficacy of screen protectors for screen breakage. I did find a Rhino shield video comparing its protector to a bunch of glass types that looked like a decent test—notwithstanding what looks like a LEGO-based test set up. But Rhino and similar products seem to work by redirecting the energy radially…

The fact that the price on Amazon has increased 50% since I posted less than 24 hours ago would suggest your comment does not accurately represent the price gouging occurring here.

$4 for a tiny bit of bent metal? It’s like Fisher is actually channeling Apple.

Since I’ve been conflicted by not knowing whether it will be understood I’m cheering the defense’s good work stopping an attack as opposed to cheering a spirited attack by the offense, I’ve just decided to stay quiet.

This must be right because it totally validates when I take my 9yo kid to bed.

There’s no such thing as “food grade” steel, so no different. I thought about it, but the one I bought actually doubles as a stovetop griddle with a grease channel around the edges—even though I’ve got a large Jet milling machine I can use, to do the same thing would have meant I’d have had to go buy a 1/2" ball mill,…

There’s no such thing as “food grade” steel, so no different. I thought about it, but the one I bought actually…

Yeah, I was reading too fast. Although in my defense, it does say under specifications that the product height is 0.51". If it is 0nly 0.14", I think I’d spend 2x and get 2x thick—the whole point is thermal mass, and I don’t think 1/8" steel will get you the results you want. I think mine is 3/8ths, which works well,…

Yeah, I was reading too fast. Although in my defense, it does say under specifications that the product height is…

Absolutely—in fact, there’s no “food grade” steel, so you could theoretically go and just get yourself a slab cut at your local metal supplier. I could have done that, and even have access to a large Jet milling machine so I could have finished the edges and milled it superflat, but I still bought one (I do like that…

Absolutely—in fact, there’s no “food grade” steel, so you could theoretically go and just get yourself a slab cut at…

I’ve had a Baking Steel—the original purveyors of the concept—that is also a steel stovetop griddle. I love the thing for both uses. It sits across my front and back burner and is awesome for smashed burgers, pancakes, hash browns... anything you would do on a flat top. In the oven, it is great for pizza, although you…

I’ve had a Baking Steel—the original purveyors of the concept—that is also a steel stovetop griddle. I love the…

Still better than cutting up habaneros and then going to take a leak without washing your hands.

Anyone tried just packing the flash frozen guys into a vacuum bag with some flavor stuff and going straight to the sous vide?

• What’s the most expensive piece of equipment in your kitchen? Has it made your life better? Aside from actual appliances, my Minipack MVS-20 chamber vacuum sealer. I love this thing. If my kitchen were destroyed tomorrow, it would be one of the things on the top of my list—I use it to fast marinade, quick pickle, prep…

I don’t get Swedish massages, because they don’t tend to have any lasting effects for me, but I swear by deep tissue. I work a very stressful job with long hours and a lot of staring at a computer—during intense periods of work I can feel my back tightening up and causing pain—as well as muscle twinges. Deep tissue,…

Our son will occasionally come into our bedroom after having bad dreams, but the rule is that he doesn’t wake us up and he sleeps in a chaise that is in the room (we tend to leave a blanket on it anyway). That, and some good praise for staying in his own room, seems to work pretty well. We tend to find there are…

I store my parm in parchment paper loosely rolled with a rubber band around it. For other non-soft cheeses, tho’, I tend to vacuum seal them. Which is the way a lot of them come. Does that violate the rules?

Can people really sleep with these things on? I bought one of the Cabeau things and tried it on a recent flight—I found it totally uncomfortable. Not Cabeau-specific uncomfortable, I think I’d have the same issue with any of these. Nothing around your neck like that really supports your head... At least I couldn’t…

Can people really sleep with these things on? I bought one of the Cabeau things and tried it on a recent flight—I…