Do You Rip the Protective Plastic Off Straight Away?

[Sir Topham Hatt]

I know this is going to depend on what it is and I haven't included the option for that reason.

We're also talking about the protective plastic film sheet which comes on things like mobile phones, not cardboard which is wrapped around plugs.

Generally speaking, I keep it on things like chargers (my Samsung charger has it on), but things I will use everyday like the phone it's off nearly straight away.

[Detection]

Depends what it is, I`ll leave screen protectors on phones and plastic on chargers, but i`ll take it off things like LCD plastics

[+virtorio MVC]

All of them always and as fast as possible.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Yes, straight away.

[Roger H. Veteran]

For my phones i keep it on for a few hours while it's being molested for the first day. After that then off they go. :) I always think incase something is not working right I need to bring it back (it doesn't matter but still) that it looks like brand new still :D

[REM2000]

All of them always and as fast as possible.

+1

[whitebread]

I almost always rip the plastic off right away. However, I still have the protective cover on my Lumia 710 for some reason.

[Salty Wagyu]

I leave it on until I'm sure the product is fit for purpose.

[laz45]

I usually keep them on as long as possible

[The Laughing Man]

I have to take the plastic off right away, drives me nuts seeing the stuff. Its like my kryptonite.

[Arachno 1D]

Ya know its reminds me of the 70s when the owners leave the plastic on the new sofa

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

I take it off right after I take it out of the box or whatever, I can't stand that film on stuff

[HawkMan]

Depends what it is, I`ll leave screen protectors on phones and plastic on chargers, but i`ll take it off things like LCD plastics

the stuff that's one when you get them is transport protection not screen protection. with the exception of some SE phones that come with pre applied screen protectors.

yeah it all goes of right away it only goes ugly right away otherwise, and some of the crap gets impossible to properly remove after the device gets used and hot

I always find it funny when customer come into the store with years old Nokia phones, and the soft package protection plastic with the blue rip of triangle in the corner still on. and you can barely see anything on the screen.

[ShMaunder]

I leave it on with mobile screens until I have something that can do a better job at protecting it. Though its like laptop stickers as well - they get pulled off soon after purchase.

[Colin-uk Veteran]

Yes, but I would say its more of a gentle peel than a rip.

[Arachno 1D]

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

I remove them if they make the product look worse than it does with them on. If you can't tell they're on... might as well leave them be.