A certain friend of mine is a magnet for having dropped phones and broken screen protectors (Hey, have you tried… walking and not looking at your phone?).
I’ve purchased several different protectors for them, and myself too - and I wanted to just maintain a list of the protectors I’ve bought, and my thoughts on them

Albeit, the glass is probably all from the same place…

Samsung S9 Plus

Sorted: Earliest to Most Recent Purchase

Image	Price	Name	Link	Comments
	AU$6.95	Generic “6D” Tempered Glass Protector	eBay	There’s no such thing as “6D”. But hey, it’s eBay - people literally write “Genuine” in their product descriptions despite it clearly being a fake There’s dust/dirt buildup on the edges of the protector, where the glue is.
	AU$9.95	Nuglas Tempered Glass Protector	eBay	My friend broke this one within a week. Erm. I think it’s more their fault than the protector’s. What!? It’s never my fault!
	AU$13.95	Nano Optics Tempered Glass LOCA Protector	eBay	Okay, I messed up the installation on this so I can’t really comment on this. There isn’t any installation frame that other LOCA protector kits provide, I would recommend purchasing this after you have bought one with a frame
	AU$39.99	BESTSUIT LOCA Protector	eBay	Their UV light had some QC issues, but functionality was fine nonetheless. The packaging of the protector was great, it had a magnetic flip cover, and even a scratch sticker to check the serial number! Installation was super easy! That being said, I managed to allow two tiny bubbles but they’re barely noticable! I reckon though, the instructions on the guide should tell you to pull off the nozzle cover BEFORE unscrewing the lid - as you’d exert some deal of force on the glue bottle causing it to spill out a little bit. The glass size still doesn’t cover the entirety of the screen unfortunately (Whitestone 1:0), and in fact, it feels a little smaller than the rest of the protectors (it covers the camera elemts though!?!?). I would recommend this! Oh, and definitely keep the frame and positioning cover that comes with this!!!
	AU$2.65	EASTele Hydrogel Film Screen Protector	eBay	I didn’t like this one that much. You can definitely notice a difference in texture with a film protector compared to a tempered glass one - and having used tempered glass since the very beginning, it just feels wrong. There’s also a feint horizontal line in the middle of the screen due to the way that the installation is done.
	AU$6.99	Generic 5D Curved Tempered Glass Protector	eBay	< Pending Installation >

LOCA stands for Liquid Optically-Clear Adhesive. It’s a liquid glue technology that boasts in better screen protector adhesion and light transmission.
Whitestone has their flagship Dome Glass which - where I live to - costs about AU$100 to get it professionally done, or AU$80 to purchase for DIY.

But $80 for a protector??? Woah. Australia doesn’t have free lifetime warranty which is a bummer.

HTC Desire 825

Image	Price	Name	Link
	AU$5.49	Generic Tempered Glass Screen Protector	eBay

Eh, it works.