Laptop Cooling Pads

-MBG--De-Sniper-MBG--De-Sniper Alaska
edited November 2007 in Hardware
What do you think about laptop cooling pads?

Here is one I like the customer reviews are good, What do you guys think?


XION Notebook Cooling Pad with Dual 80mm Ball-Bearing Silent Fans for PC and MAC Model XON-CP001B - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834998323

Comments

  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited October 2007
    I think they are great, I never owned one myself but I've got a big laptop and these things are usually built for 15" screens or less.
  • -MBG--De-Sniper-MBG--De-Sniper Alaska
    edited October 2007
    EVERCOOL widescreen cooling pad 17" notebook w/ dual 8cm fan Model EC-NP-501 - Retail
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992011

    BYTECC Notebook Cooling Pad ( Aluminum ) Powered by USB port Model NC-500 (USB) - Retail
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834999336
  • skyline111skyline111
    edited November 2007
    I think they are very good for laptop, if you got a laptop I suggest you to buy a cooling pad , they will hlep your laptop work more effectively , and do good to your laptop.
  • -MBG--De-Sniper-MBG--De-Sniper Alaska
    edited November 2007
    Im gonna get the one with the highest speed fans/quality ratio.
  • maxclarkmaxclark In a hole in the ground
    edited November 2007
    I have a cooling pad for my laptop...it works really great and i think it is a very good accessory to your laptop...i noticed immediatley how much cooler my laptop was when i had it, where as before it got quite hot from the games that played on it...i deffinately reccomend one...
  • mas0nmas0n howdy Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    Didn't we just have this thread? Didn't Thrax come in and say "Laptop cooling pads are a scam"? I think yes and yes, but if that was some alternate reality I'll be the first to say that I think laptop cooling pads are a waste of money and you can get almost the same performance out of a book or something propping up the back end of your laptop. Maybe I'm wrong; I'd like to see a comprehensive review of multiple cooling pads vs. said propping method.

    Either way they will be a thing of the past soon as I recall reading not too long ago that a nano-tech company has developed a material that easily allows the passing of air through it, but not liquids which would allow laptops to pull all their air (and lots of it) through the keyboard area.
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    A cork heat pad for your stove-hot pots and pans will probably dissipate heat as quickly as any cooling pad and those cost .25 cents.
  • -MBG--De-Sniper-MBG--De-Sniper Alaska
    edited November 2007
    I want something to keep it away from my lap when Im sitting in chairs or anywhere in my house. Ill buy one in the near future and post my results with it. I'm not gonna tecnically review it and make an article out of it cause I dont do those type of things.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    One of those bean-bag lap-desk would be ideal for just keeping it up off your legs.
  • -MBG--De-Sniper-MBG--De-Sniper Alaska
    edited November 2007
    But wouldnt a bean bag thing a ma jig suffocate my laptop, I like the idea of a notebook cooling pad and Im gonna try it if I dont like it Ill return it or send it back or whatever.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited November 2007
    The whole thing is not a beanbag, it's a desk surface, with a beanbag bottom, so it's comfy on your lap. The ones made specifically for laptops have rubber ised tops to prevent the machine from sliding around, and little risers to help airflow.

    They sell nice ones at Barnes and Noble's in my area.
  • -MBG--De-Sniper-MBG--De-Sniper Alaska
    edited November 2007
    huh thats interesting I might have to look one up but I have a super power laptop that gives off abunch of heat thats why I want to try the laptop cooling pads.
  • broady81broady81 Member
    edited November 2007
    My dad uses his laptop on a desk quite regularly, and it actually damaged itself through overheating (needed motherboard replacement). He now uses a laptop cooler, and it runs a lot cooler I have to admit :bigggrin:. I personally use a magazine but my laptop runs a lot cooler (probably due to a more efficient design being newer and larger) :smiles:. Either is sufficient, a laptop cooler being sensible if your into all that "I have 8 fans on my PC case" thing :wink:
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