Cooler Master NotePal X-Slim Ultra-Slim Laptop Cooling Pad with 160mm Fan (R9-NBC-XSLI-GP),Black X-Slim

It does exactly what I bought it for. My 15" laptop overheats a lot, as I haven't yet changed the likely melted cooling pad around the processor. Add to that the fact that I often put the laptop on my lap in bed, therefore it's also on top of a blanket, and you can imagine how hot it gets. The cooling pad has so far worked very well; it's kept the laptop cool whether I place it on a desk or on my lap. It's fairly quiet - it's quieter than my laptop when overheating, at any rate. It's extremely light, so much so to the point where I'm not even sure it's 1.4 lbs as the manufacturer states. It feels as light as a feather. If you want a good pad, I would highly recommend this one. I have yet to test it while playing a video game, as that uses the most processing power, so if the pad can successfully keep it cool through that, it would be amazing. So far the most I've used it with is playing movies, and it's been perfect through that, so I have high expectations and hopes for the gaming test. I've also left it on for many many hours at a time and it was fine. I've seen other reviewers mention that it's cheaply built and parts around the USB have broken. I haven't had it very long at this point, just two weeks, so nothing has broken yet. TL;DR: Pros: - light - can be placed anywhere, on fabric or on a desk, and still works - successfully cools an extremely hot laptop - doesn't take up a USB spot as it replaces the one it uses with a port of its own - works fine with extended periods of time Cons: - You have to be careful how you hold it if you're transporting it while its running, as it is a little flimsy so if you hold it in the wrong area, it will push the top part of the plastic (where your laptop is sitting) down and into the fan, creating an absolutely horrible noise, and that could also break the fan.

This item just arrived today. I had bought a different brand of laptop cooler from Amazon about a year and a half ago. Like this product, it had several hundred reviews and like this was also rated very high (about 4 1/2 stars overall). I tried to look for it but it appears that it's not available at Amazon anymore. I wasn't looking for because I wanted to buy another one. Quite the contrary I wanted to insert a product link and advise people NOT to buy it. It was much heavier and uncomfortable when sitting directly on my lap than this Cooler Master is. I've just plugged this in and right now am sitting in my recliner with the cooling pad in place. I'm truly amazed at how quiet the fan is and how comfortable it is. What's really great about it is that it's so thin that I can barely tell anything's added onto my laptop but it is working well. I know because I happen to be wearing shorts right now as I'm writing this review and it's literally cooling my legs! Another nice, and I think pretty common feature, is that while the cooler runs by plugging it into a USB port, you don't lose a port because the back of the USB plug that goes into the laptop is a USB slot and it works! I have a Canon CanoScan 4507B002 LiDE110 Color Image Scanner that I plugged into it and it immediately recognized and powered it. The scanner is powered solely by the computer's power through USB (i.e., it doesn't plug into a standard household AC power outlet) so the replacement port provided with this laptop cooler is a powered one. That wasn't the case with the previous laptop cooler I had. It did provide an additional USB port but it was not powered so it's use was limited. I have a Dell Inspiron N7010 (17R) laptop that I bought at Costco about two years ago maybe even three years ago, I don't remember for sure. I run Windows 7 Ultimate on it and absolutely love it because the monitor is outstanding High Definition but it runs HOT!!! Just a couple of weeks ago I bought a Crucial m4 512GB 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SATA 6Gb/s with Data Transfer Kit CT512M4SSD2CCA for it to replace the original traditional hard drive that came with the computer and upgraded the RAM from 4 GB to 8 GB by buying two Kingston Technology 4 GB (1x4 GB Module) 1333MHz DDR3 PC3-10600 204-Pin SODIMM Memory for Select Dell Notebooks KTD-L3B/4G and taking out the two 2 GB RAM cards that came with the PC. All I can tell you is WOW, this computer is now a screamer. It's as though I bought a brand new computer that's running 10 times faster than the old one but paid 1/3rd the price of what I would have paid for a comparable new one. Indeed, it would be difficult to buy a comparable new one now because most upper end new Windows laptops are coming packaged with Windows 8. Getting off track there sorry. I thought that replacing the traditional hard drive with the Solid State Drive might help the laptop not run so darn hot, but it didn't make a difference. I don't know, maybe the extra RAM offset it. But it still runs really hot. I am extremely pleased with this cooler. It's simply the most comfortable laptop cooler I could ever imagine and if it continues to work a year from now as well as it's working right now, then, I think, like the New SSD & new RAM i just bought, it will one of the best laptop accessories I've purchased. Fear not though friends: if things go south (i.e., if this stops working as it should) I will come back and revise my review accordingly. One other thing to note: keep a price check on these items. I ordered this laptop cooler on 3/24/2013 for $20.99 from a merchant called "LLYtech" and it was "Fulfilled by Amazon" so because I'm an Amazon Prime customer I got free two day shipping. At the time of this writing (3/27/13) it's selling from a merchant named "Galactics" for $21.01 and is not currently Fulfilled by Amazon though the merchant is offering free shipping but it won't be two day shipping. I also checked and Galactics is a highly rated merchant (4.8 stars over the past 12 months with 47,000+ ratings). I'm always more comfortable buying products that are "Fulfilled by Amazon" though because if there are any problems at all with the order I deal directly with Amazon and not the merchant to resolve them. Furthermore, the return policies for merchants that use Fulfilled by Amazon are identical to Amazon's so that provides peace of mind, especially for electronics. If this thing arrived Dead on Arrival a simple call, chat, or e-mail to Amazon an I'd have a return UPS label immediately and they automatically arrange for UPS to pick it up from you. In summary, unless you hear back from me to the contrary, you can buy this laptop cooler with confidence.

Conforme à la description. Il est en effet peu bruyant et convient parfaitement à un portable 17". Le gain en température est de quelques degrés, 4~5°C dans mon cas. Mais vu que j'atteignais le Tjmax de 100°C avec pour conséquence un ventilo de portable extrêmement bruyant et des shutdowns intempestifs, j'ai finalement pris le taureau par les cornes. Après démontage du portable pour nettoyer le ventilateur bien encrassé de poussière, le CPU ainsi que le processeur graphique, et enfin après changement de la pate thermique qui avait fini par sécher, j'ai atteint un gain de quasiment 40°C!!! Aujourd'hui avec le Cooler Master, la T° de mon CPU varie entre 48° et 62° pour une utilisation poussée. Maintenant, je ne donne que 4* pour 2 raisons: 1/ Le coté connecteur USB femelle est vraiment mal conçu. La partie métallique est coupante et on a vite fait de s'y accrocher. Il aurait mieux valu faire comme les marques concurrentes et injecter du plastique tout autour de ce connecteur USB femelle. Pour solutionner le problème, le mieux reste une gaine thermo-rétractable épaisse... 2/ Produit acheté sur Amazon.fr au prix de 30.36€TTC le 20/03/2015 alors qu'il est vendu à moins de 17,00$ aux USA, y compris sur Amazon.com... Aujourd'hui (18/04/2015) Amazon.fr le propose à 26,04€TTC, donc pas de quoi être très content de cette politique tarifaire pour un produit fabriqué en Chine...

Love this cooling pad works really well

I thought for the price that this inexpensive thing might not last for the warranty period. Am now 2 years past the warranty expiry and it's still going. One of the legs just became loose and then broke. Repaired and braced with duct tape. It makes a big difference in laptop running temperature; I am amazed. You might have to shift your laptop around on it a bit depending where it runs hottest, to line up with the fan. It works best with the legs down; doesn't cool nearly as well with them retracted -- which makes sense; more airflow. It's very quiet. Well worth the investment to maybe prolong your laptop's life! UPDATE: Back to bookmark this because I might finally have to get a new one; the wire where it connects to the plug has worn to the point where the fan only runs if the wire is in Just The Right Position. I've repaired the leg a couple of times but the thing is still running like a gem otherwise, and it is now SEVEN years from purchase. Also I cannot fathom why people think it is noisy. If there's any background noise, I have to put my ear down beside it to see if it's running with that wonky wire. Will definitely get another when this wire finally craps out. UPDATE # 2: I bought this in 2017. In 2025 I am finally going to have to get another, as the wire has worn badly right where it connects to the plug and it is much harder to position it to keep it running. Electrical tape didn't help. Nothing else wrong with it but I don't know how to repair this. Can't complain as it has lasted this long.

I have a HP Elitebook 800 G1 and used to have a cheaper cooling system but since purchasing a docking station and HD monitor the heat of the laptop against the desk has been concerning, this pad is genius and I am in shock nobody has developed a cooling system for docked laptops but this pad allows you to set it flat so its comfortably fits both laptop and docking station. Excellent

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