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

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.

I purchased this to help move my laptop above the surface I'm using it on so it has access to cooler air, as well as to provide extra cooling. I'm a big fan of its design, both from an aesthetic and utilitarian standpoint. The last thing I wanted was a gigantic cooling pad that featured 1 million LED's that can be seen from space, as well as 5 fans all running at Mach 3 and a giant footprint that took up more desk space than the laptop would on its own. This cooler fit what I wanted perfectly. It fits my Alienware M15 R3 perfectly, runs quietly, provides extra cooling that keeps the laptops fans itself from kicking into high gear as much as they used to do (granted, after undervolting the CPU I've never had issues with it running hot, but the internal fans would ramp up when editing video or gaming), and does not provide any distractions from a visual or auditory standpoint. It would fit right in in a professional environment as well as on your desk at home. It's also light and thin enough to throw in a laptop bag and carry with you without being a hindrance. The large single fan moves plenty of air which provides plenty of extra cooling without being excessively loud.The design as a whole will help cool laptop even with it not powered on due to the mesh surface and large vents on the rear of the unit, specifically high end gaming and professional laptops that have intake fans on the bottom of the computer. The USB cable has areas that allow it to be tucked away and stored. The cable also provides a female USB input which means you still have access to all of your USB ports even with the cooler plugged in. It also features feet that flip up in the rear providing more airflow and also allows the keyboard to rest at an angle, which I find more comfortable than having it in a flat position.Overall I think this is the best cooler on the market for usage cases similar to my own. If you're looking for a laptop cooler that you can carry with you wherever you go, can be used in a professional environment, provides good cooling without sounding like a jet engine, and doesn't take up an excessive amount of space, this is the cooler for you. Oh, did I mention that it's also one of the cheapest priced coolers available as well?Stop shopping around, this is the cooler you're looking for.