So after all that, here’s what I’ve learned about Mous’s Hybrid Glass Screen Protector. It’s stupidly tough. Despite how thin it is.

If anybody is looking for a tough screen protector that doesn’t feel sticky, you should consider the hybrid glass. It’s definitely way tougher than glass and is ~almost as tough as a full PET screen protector.

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In this video:

Hybrid Glass Drop Tests: 00:00:00
Regular PET Drop Tests: 00:02:44
Hybrid Glass Design - 00:03:59
Vs. Plastic - 00:06:22
Vs. Glass - 00:07:38

At the end of the day, I would definitely recommend the Hybrid Glass over most regular PET screen protectors. Now between actual glass and Hybrid Glass? It’ll depend.

-What makes Mous's Hybrid Glass Special?-

When I first installed the Hybrid Glass, I was surprised at how thin the product was especially when compared to a similar product, the Sapphire Defense from Zagg.

Installation of the product was incredibly easy and I will say that Mous’s method of installation beats the frame method used by Zagg and is simpler than Spigen’s trat.

Now unlike Zagg, Mous is a little more straight forward when it comes to their product descriptions as nothing is infused, it’s just a layer of glass on top of polyethylene terephthalate or PET. I didn’t come across any issues with the adhesive as the edges of the screen protector didn’t show any bubbling, a problem you’d find on cheaper products.

Now what’s the benefit of this setup? Well, with the glass layer, you get smoothness and the “clarity” of glass and with the PET layer, you get impact protection. The “clarity” to me is a bit of a stretch since you’re still viewing your iPhone through the PET layer.

-Hybrid Glass vs. Regular PET-

Now there are THREE benefits (and two downsides) to the Hybrid Glass screen protector over the PET version. First of all, the Hybrid glass has the same smooth feeling as glass. My goto high impact plastic screen protectors is the one from Evolutive Labs and despite being very smooth, still has a slightly tacky feel to it.

The second benefit comes from the oleophobic coating. With the glass coating, you’ll get a slightly better fingerprint resistance for the first few months.

The third benefit is that the glass coating is going to offer better scratch protection than the PET version. My finger nails can actually leave marks on the plastic screen protector whereas the Hybrid glass stays clear.

Now the only con, when compared to the PET screen protector is that it ~might not be as tough. From my perspective, the thicker the screen protector is, more protection it’s going to offer. How much more protection will it offer? It’s hard to say given that both of the screen protectors I used in this video both took a stupid amount of punishment BUT the 100% PET screen protector took hits a little better.

-Hybrid Glass vs. Regular Glass-

So how does the Hybrid glass compare against normal tempered glass? It’s way more durable. I’ve shown that already. And safer as there’s almost no glass that goes flying around the so if drop your iPhone a lot, choose the Hybrid Glass over tempered glass.

Now the Hybrid screen protector is more scratch resistant than the regular PET one BUT this scratch comparison pales in comparison to the average tempered glass screen protector.

From my perspective, the scratch resistance is maybe around 5-6H where as the glass would be around 9H and regular plastic being around 3H. This is the first downside when compared to actual glass.

The second downside is the coverage. Glass can be formed, grinded and polished down to provide 100% coverage for your iPhone screen. You can’t do that with plastic so the edges of the iPhone are left exposed. Now as harrowing as that is, you just saw me drop my iPhone a ton of times and the iPhone’s fine. I was using the Mous Clarity with the Hybrid Glass and that case has oversized corners which helps with the screen protection.

The last thing I’ll mention is that even being incredibly thin, the edge will be noticeable especially if you’re transitioning from an edge to edge screen protector.

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