Should I use screen protectors on my 3DS XL?

Of course you should, it has a touchscreen, which you will be touching a lot :)

Ya.

I use them even when not needed. Old habits die hard with newfangled tech.

You owe it to yourself to get Kid Icarus now that you own a 3DS. Brilliant game.

Always use protection, my friend.

I think you should: you'll be touching it a lot. :)

Not sure about 3DS XLs, but with the old one, it's another safety measure to put the cleaning cloth between the screens when not using the console (at least my friend's doing so). Nintendo messed up with (IIRC) the bottom screen (its frame to be exact) even scratching the top one if you're unlucky.

Hopefully it was fixed in XL, but I'm not sure...

I've always hated using screen protectors. No idea why. :P

yes

If you want it to last? Yeah why not. I have the original digitizer on my near launch DS, I've only used protectors on the lower screen.

On the other hand I did change the entire upper shell due to a crack due to it being dropped from a table by a cat so there's that, but the screen was pristine.

I never understood why people needed the DS and 3DS screen protectors so much. I've had my DS phat for 9 years and used the touch pad quite a bit, yet don't have a single scratch. I could understand for non-clamshell designs like the Game Boys and PSP, but still.

I never used one on my DS and have 0 scratches after 3+ years.

They just make the screen look worse imo.