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

First impression is great
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 (1×4 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.

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.

GENTE POR FAVOR, CUANDO VAYAN A DAR UNA OPINIÓN HABLEN DEL PRODUCTO, NO SÓLO DEL ENVÍO.Ventilador de ancho:36 cm aprox. Ventilador de largo:24.5 aprox. Altura: 2cm. con unas patas que llegan a una inclinación de aprox. 65 grados.RESUMEN: Ventilador de amplia duración para algo que se notaba muy sencillo y frágil (cosa que no lo es), conectores decentes de un buen material. Llevo 2 meses con el ventilador y no me ha dado fallas (lo utilizo en jornadas de 12 horas o más). Ha disminuido el calentamiento de mi pc un %20 aprox. Venía bien empacado y protegido. Lo volvería a comprar si es que se llegara a descomponer. Calif: 10/10Más detallado:Hoy es 1 de Julio del 2018. mañana cumplo 2 meses con el ventilador; para ser sinceros pensé que me duraría menos de 1 mes jajajaEste ventilador lo he utilizado todos los días en jornadas de más de 12 horas diarias o a veces hasta más, realmente ha durado demasiado para ello (Recomiendo comprar un bote de aire comprimido y limpiarlo cada 15-20 días para que no se le junte el polvo, aunque regularmente no se le junta mucho). Es un ventilador muy sencillo la verdad, pensé que no serviría para enfriar mi laptop ya que regularmente la utilizo para jugar juegos de alta capacidad. Antes la pc se calentaba hasta 90 grados y cuando la utilizaba sólo para estar en el navegador llegaba a 60, ahora cuando juego no llega ni a los 75, un ventilador realmente muy funcional para algo que se veía tan sencillo y frágil (Obviamente debes tener cuidado con los cables.La entrada que tiene el conector no se a dañado, por lo visto es de un buen material. Detecta bien las usb’s cable no tan grueso pero de un material de plástico contra rompeduras.El ventilador es algo silencioso, no suena casi nada.Calificación 10/10.Entrega rápida y super bien empacado, venía con sus burbujas protectoras y la caja venía sin maltratarEn un mes actualizaré sobre su estado si es necesario*actualización 20/06/19*Definitivamente esto fue mucho más de lo que esperaba. Dentro de poco cumpliré un año con el y sí que aguanta para uso rudo.Este es uno de esos productos que volverías a comprar