StarTech.com Black USB Powered Laptop Cooler NBCOOLER

Pros: -Lightweight -Even keeps laptop cool at low speeds -Cheap Price -The humming fan is lower than more expensive coolers. I've used in the past. -Toggle switch for Speed -Toggle switch for on/off -The wire from the cooler to the USB is long

Cons: -Not really a con... a little bit smaller than expected, but my fault for not reading the dimensions of the product first. -Maybe a little flimsy, hopefully more durable than it looks

Overall Review: Overall can't complain definitely the best bang for your buck... Overall very satisfied and hopefully will last me a long time :-)

Pros: Price and style. Low power consumption and small "footprint". Very silent even in "high speed" mode.

Cons: Fragile, and I mean it, the plastic that borders the sides and that connects the power adapter to the cooling pad itself is delicate. Broke/Cracked after 1 fall from a bed to a carpeted floor. (Although may have just been a bad "drop angle". Doenst seem to move alot of air.

Overall Review: Got this for my GF's laptop, for her to use as a "Lap Cooler", granted she is not a "techie" but breaking after a single 3 foot drop to a soft (carpet) surface, seems like a poor structure design, esp for a device thats meant to be moved alot.

Pros: Quiet, cheap, there are 4 fans so the cooling power is spaced out over a decent area.

Cons: None really, I mean, it's not going to make hurricane force winds, but do you really need hurricane force winds?

Pros: Bought it for the Xbox 360 and it runs alot cooler now with this unit under it. Very quiet on high settings. Easy to use.

Cons: Don't drop it. Not the highest quality made product. Plastic is not as durable as it looks. You get what you pay for though.

Pros: If your laptop is flat on the bottom with nice tall feet, this is the cooler for you. This little cooler would work great - just not with my HP Pavilion dv5-1125nr. So sad (read the Cons). The air movement is great , I love the side vents. I like the fan speed control. I didn't need a lot of USB ports so this cooler (with none) was just fine for that. It's quiet, too (at least in my home office with two other desktops and a laptop running).

Cons: Now the sad part: the bottom of my laptop isn't flat. I didn't think to look at it before shopping for a cooler! The contoured ridge all across the bottom of the laptop rests so close to the cooler that it blocks air flow to the hottest part of the computer. The central "void" on the cooler also actually blocks an important-looking vent on the laptop, making it even hotter than normal. I would need taller feet on the laptop to get air flow, or a recesssed area on the cooler. I guess I'd better get to shopping...

Overall Review: I spent a lot of time shopping for this cooler and don't relish doing it again, but will definitely need a different one to achieve the cooling I need. Also, when I buy my next cooler, I might get one with an AC adapter as well, so I could leave it running for a few minutes under the powered-down laptop. I run it at high-performance for gaming, so it gets pretty hot.

Pros: This laptop cooler has lasted me longer than I thought it would. Often my Kids borrow my laptop and they accidentally drop the cooler or have it dangling from where it plugs into the laptop. I've had it for 9 months and it still works great.

Cons: None!

Overall Review: Would be nice if it could attach to the laptop and thereby eliminate the possibility of the cord getting pulled from some people only lifting up the laptop and not the cooler also.

Pros: Power switch, adjustable fan speed.

Cons: Feels cheap.

Overall Review: It works, but its hard to use while sitting on the couch and putting it on your lap. Everytime I handle it, it feels like I'm going to break it.

Pros: Cools the laptop. The power button on the front is nice. The fact that it allows you to increase and decrease the fan speed. Also, the fans blow out of the sides instead of directly down on your legs.

Cons: none

Overall Review: The supplied usb cord is a bit long; however, realizing that there are many laptop configurations, I can understand the need to standardize.