Cooler Master NotePal Widescreen Notebook Cooler ( R9-NBC-AWAK ) | List Price: $55.82
Discount Price: $27.99
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Brand: CoolerMaster
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Two silent fans lower your notebook's temperature up to 7 degrees Celsius
- Custom-made for 15" and 17" widescreen notebooks
- Sturdy alloy aluminum construction
- Ergonomic design
- Includes 2 USB 2.0 ports
A Balancing Act... [Posted on 2008-06-04]
I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 and the Notepal is not deep enough,front to back, for my PC to sit in it properly. It is also heavy. Especially when combined with my PC. Picture me trying to sit and hold my PC, this cooler, and do a balancing act to hold it all together without dropping the whole thing. It will keep your computer running cool. But the reason I bought it was to keep my leg from burning up while holding my laptop in my lap. The 2 fans are relatively quiet and are supposed to be good for 30,000 hours. It comes with a USB cable and needs no other power source. If you only use your laptop on a desktop then this might be good enough but lap use is precarious at best.
Exellent: 8 degree celsius drop during encoding. [Posted on 2008-06-11]
Macbook Pro 15 inch.
15 minutes into encoding would raise the CPU temp to 77C and the GPU diode reports 85C.
With notepal cooler, the temp for CPU is 69C and the GPU Diode is at 73C.
"Temperature Monitor" was used to measure temps.
Why buy this when the smcfancontrol app can increase fan speed and cool your laptop? 1) Revving your internal fans can shorten the life of your notebook fan leading to an annoying replacement and possible voiding of the warranty 2) Trying to rev the fans up in Windows mode (bootcamp) requires using smcfancontrol in OS X then rebooting into windows.
Does not cool at all [Posted on 2008-06-21]
I got this cooler for my Macbook pro 15 inch. The fans are definitely very very quiet, but I think the reason why they're so quiet is because they blow so little air out from the fans. The air that's being blown out is equivalent to someone gently blowing through their mouth. The made the air output absolutely negligible, and so the heat on my Macbook Pro is still very hot. I didn't notice a drop in temperature at all. The aluminum cooler actually started heating up as well.
This cooler did not work for me. So that's $30 down the drain.
Good product...not perfect [Posted on 2008-06-28]
This laptop cooler does a good job overall. It is wide enough and provides a stable platform. The fans are virtually silent due to the low rpm's. However, this is also the cooler's biggest shortcoming. The fans just don't provide much airflow. This product would be much better if it had multiple speeds. It does provide decent cooling, and for most people will be enough to provide the relief they are looking for. Another caveat, if you are planning to move this cooler around much, it is quite heavy and most people will find it cumbersome. The cooler is well-built and works as advertized. It just falls short of being a great product.
Better than others I've tried [Posted on 2008-07-08]
I have had this cooler for a couple of months and this is the best cooler I've found for my laptop. I have a large 17" widescreen Toshiba Satellite X205-SLi6 and it has rubber feet on the bottom that make it difficult to find a cooler. Although this cooler isn't perfect (the feet hang off the back- but securely- and the front feet keep the laptop level on the cooler)this is by far the best cooler I've tried for this machine. The computer sits on the cooler securely and although the base of the cooler itself is at an angle, the computer sits level.
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