Hey, I notice you live in Germantown! That's cool I live in Poolesville (about 20 minutes off!)

Anyway. I still have the existing one that came with the tablet on it (with the diamond sticker residue) but that's because I'm waiting on a screen protector. And yeah I know you can use a touch screen device without a protector, my Nintendo DS is an example of that. And there's no loss in touch sensitivity. It's just scratched a bit and obvious when it's off (when it's on you can't see them).