Folks,

 

Has anybody found a decent screen protector that would fit on the bear? 

 

Cheers

Do you plan on dropping your dashboard!? 

 

What is it you are hoping to protect the screen against? The coating applied to the screen is the same as those applied to smart phones, it is pretty durable and designed to resist light scratching and damage from greasy skin etc.

 

Anyway, you're not alone, this should do, although I'm not sure why you'd need two...

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brotect-Infotainmentsystem-Columbus-Protector-Protection/dp/B078NX5FVG/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1536732970&sr=1-4&keywords=kodiaq screen protector

someone on the Kodiaq facebook group was asking the same question the other day. Still can't see a reason for having a third party screen protector on the columbus unless it stops the finger marks!

15 minutes ago, robdav said:

unless it stops the finger marks!

 

I just keep a cloth in the glovebox to give it a wipe every few days. But you only really notice them when the screen isn't on... which is only when I'm not in the car.

I want to protect the screen from scratches. Even the most toughest phone screens still get scratches and I doubt if the Kodiaqs screen is made for such tough material. 

 

For the the sake of a few pound I think it’s worth while. 

@TheWildHaggis - once you have one installed, can you share your experience of it, how it installs, what it looks like etc please?

 

Share some pictures when fitted, will be interesting to see how visible it is.

I fitted a protector screen to the Columbus unit in my previous Yeti. Even after meticulous fitting it still looked like a stick on after thought, it also seemed to dumb down the touch screen, have to wonder what one will do to the gesture feature. Anyway I removed it and after 5 years the screen was scratch and blemish free.

Forgive me ignorance, but how would somebody scratch the screen anyway? 

Oh, and you get two, as you’ll make a right pigs ear of fitting the first one.

9 minutes ago, Jamie82 said:

how would somebody scratch the screen anyway?

 

You could use a knife. Or a diamond ring. Or one of many other sharp implements. 

 

But under normal day-to-day use... really not sure. Unless maybe your job entails having mucky hands and you end up with small bits of grit on your fingers that you don't wash off when you've finished said job, before getting into your nice lovely car to drive home.

11 hours ago, TheWildHaggis said:

Even the most toughest phone screens still get scratches

 

Do you put your car's display screen in your back pocket, or carry it around with keys in your hand, or put it on a desk and bury it with a million other things.

 

Phone screens don't get scratched when you're using them with your fingers - they get scratched by coming into contact with a million other things that shouldn't ever end up anywhere near your car, let alone the screen in it.

Echoing points already made really. A screen protector is completely unessesary.  The only result from fitting one will likely be reduced responsiveness. Your screen isn’t going in your pocket with keys or change. It’s not going in a bag either with a plethora of other potential scratch inducing items. 

 

It’s not going to pick up fine scratches like the piano black trim either. 

In my experience screen protectors are usually naff and a complete waste of time.

 

They supply two in a pack, because you make a pigs ear out of fitting the first, crooked, air bubbles, refitting with tons of dirt trapped, not going down at the edge. The second attempt is not much better and then you find it's not quite the right size. And after a month it's scratched to hell and looks bad.

 

 

 

40 minutes ago, SC03OTT said:

It’s not going to pick up fine scratches like the piano black trim either. 

 

Good point, I'll guarantee the shiny black trim around the gear lever and parking brake button will look worse in a few years than the Columbus screen will!

I got mine from this place:

http://www.protectionfilms24.com/article/upscreen-scratch-shield-clear-premium-screen-protector-skoda-infotainmentsystem-columbus-kodiaq-2832945.html

My own verdict is worth it!

Very little fingerprint, and screen looks so clean

I would definitely consider a matte anti-glare film though.

I mistakenly thought all bolero/amundsen units were the same regardless of Skoda model, so I ordered myself a tempered glass protector to suit 2017/2018 models. What I got didn't fit my 2018 Octavia. I now believe its for a Kodiaq or Karoq circa 2017/18. I'm not going to attempt to cut it or return it to China so its free to anyone who can collect it.

Its rectangular in shape, dimensions are 255mm wide x 135mm high, 2 x 30mm diameter holes for knobs 215mm apart and 15mm from bottom edge to centre of holes. Still in original packaging, protective film layer undisturbed.

Collect from Nursling, Southampton, first come first served, Richard 07825 350953