I purchased one of these for my first pin. I played the machine about 10-20 times, then fully shopped it and replaced all rubber and installed the protector. That is important to understand as I ask my question. Has anyone noticed that these greatly increase the ball's ability to "grip" the playfield and spin. Seeing as I replayed all of the rubber, flippers, balls etc. and this is my first machine, this could be completely normal with new parts.

The gameplay feels really good on Cirqus Voltaire. I noticed when you hit the ringmaster with some force, the ball will jump off his face and backspin back up a bit. I imagine this could also happen on a naked playfield. Overall I'm really happy with the protector, it seems like a very nice product.

That's good to know. I am perfectly fine with the way it plays, I was just curious . Overall I like the product a lot. After installing it, I've noticed that it has picked up an insane amount of dust and debris under the protector. I cleaned everything before installation, but the machine seems to have produced some extra dust for me.

I recommend anyone installing one of these do a deep cleaning of the playfield beforehand as it will just annoy you .

Yep, I need to take down the playfield and do a much better cleaning job. I have like tiny wood particles and dust that seems to have come out of nowhere to sit under my protector! I don't think this has to do with the protector at all...rather a game that has been sitting for a long time, and I just cleaned it and started playing it.