Amazon Fire HD 8 Screen Protectors

The Amazon Fire HD 8 has a 8-inch display. That figure is the diagonal measurement, so it doesn't on its own tell you a protector will fit, two devices with the same diagonal can have different corner radii and cutouts. Always buy one listed for the Amazon Fire HD 8 by name.

Tempered glass is the default choice for the Amazon Fire HD 8. The default choice. Rigid, glass-clear, absorbs impact by sacrificing itself.

Worth knowing before you buy: can shatter on a hard corner drop; adds noticeable thickness on curved screens.

Somewhere between £8 and £25 covers almost everyone. Under about £8 you're usually buying glass with no oleophobic coating, which looks fine for a week and then smears permanently.

Above £25 you're paying for a warranty, a better applicator, or a speciality finish like privacy or paper-feel. Those are real benefits, but they're refinements. The jump in protection from nothing to a £10 protector is far larger than the jump from £10 to £30.

Usually, if you buy one described as case-friendly. Those stop fractionally short of the screen edge so a case lip can sit over the top without catching and peeling it.

Full-coverage and edge-to-edge designs look better but can foul thicker cases. If you already own the case, fit the protector first, then check the case clips down flush before you commit to a second one.