3M Gold Privacy Filter 17-inch

LAPTOP SHIELD.

AIMED AT HIGH-FLYING execs who want to protect their screen view whilst also looking pretty slick in the process, this is 3M’s flagship screen filter. Available in a wide variety of sizes, we checked out the large 17-incher, for those who like to lug a monster of a laptop around. The film is easily applied to your laptop; rather than the entire screen protector being completely adhesive, like a phone’s, it comes with eight tabs that can be used to affix the screen to your laptop. This removes any issues such as bubbling or misalignment, and also means you can take it off with minimum hassle for meetings where having the whole viewing angle is essential. Once in place, when looking directly at your screen, the view is clear and easy to read, though brightness does suffer a little. However, at a 30° viewing angle, the image starts to fade; at 60°, all you see is a beautiful rose-gold mirror, hiding any and all data from the screen. It can be reversed to show an all-black finish if you’d prefer. There’s one small hitch — it’ll disable any touch functionality of your screen.