Thinking of spending $30CAD for a vinyl laptop skin... Opinions?

Skins in question (which I would buy, if I decide to, just yet):

  1. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Skin-Decal-Wrap-for-Dell-Inspiron-i3147-11-6-cover-sticker-Bright-Smoke-/231388034048?hash=item35dfcd3400:g:e8UAAOSwT5tWO9~8
  2. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Skin-Decal-Wrap-for-Dell-Inspiron-i3147-11-6-cover-sticker-Color-Storm-/321582360918?hash=item4adfcd6956:g:WLUAAOSwo6lWO-F3
  3. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Skin-Decal-Wrap-for-Dell-Inspiron-i3147-11-6-cover-sticker-Outer-Space-/321582360945?hash=item4adfcd6971:g:-j0AAOSwAYtWO85k
  4. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Skin-Decal-Wrap-for-Dell-Inspiron-i3147-11-6-cover-sticker-Drips-/321582361188?hash=item4adfcd6a64:g:CnkAAOSw5VFWO-HT

I personally like #2 the most, I think it fits my tastes the most. But now, let’s get to the main question… $30 CAD for a skin. Is it really worth it for a vinyl skin? Is it the same material that DBrand uses (I felt a friends DBrand M50X skin, it wasn’t bad). Is it too expensive?

I mainly want to hear from people who have gotten skins in the past, or people with strong opinions of the skins idea. In the past, I thought skins were a complete waste of money, but I don’t know anymore. I need other people’s opinions on the matter.

If you're feeling creative you can buy some car vynil wrap, cut it and apply it yourself. Some places even allow to print your own vynil skin.
I think they're nice to protect the notebook if you carry it a around a lot and makes it look more the way you want it to so if those 30$ CAD won't make any difference for you go for it.

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Wow, I didn't even think about using a car-vinyl wrap and cutting it to size. I'll look around for that! Thanks! :D

Edit: Well, I found this. It's much cheaper, and so, so much larger, so I can use it on multiple things. http://www.ebay.ca/itm/20-x50-3D-Black-Carbon-Fiber-Vinyl-Car-Wrap-Sheet-Roll-Film-Sticker-Decal-Sales-/400736561791?hash=item5d4dc2aa7f:g:iB8AAOSwEeFVD8Uo&vxp=mtr

Thanks for the amazing tip, @MetalizeYourBrain

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Wow, that's an amazing deal. I bet you can cover your whole house with such a roll of vynil and than some lol. You're absolutely welcome! Have fun and, if you remember, post your final result.

P.S. jokes aside if you cut it wrong or make a mistake you have room to do it all over again.
P.P.S. look up for some tecniques on how to apply car vynil wrap because requires some heat to make it adhere perfectly and some work on rounded parts (if you want the vynil to wrap around something, for example).

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hey,

for my thinkpad yoga i bought for 5 bux shipped about 80 Stickers off Aliexpress and stuck em to my laptop.
stuff like that:
aliexpress

I had the stickers on there for a year now, they are starting to peel off, but still not bad for 5 bux.
screenshot of how it looks now.

ps. i was able to leave a gap free for the indication light if its on or in sleepmode, which im happy about.