AVANTEK Laptop Cooling Pad 74B

Works great. Had a problem with the metal arm rest of my laptop getting extremely hot, this has cured the problem. Decent quality and arrived within a week.

I really like this cooling pad because it does it's job well. But I doubt I would buy this specific style of item again (CP162) or suggest it to my friends. The useful little 'feet' that keeps the laptop from sliding down, break really easily. They lay down flat when not in use, and flip up/open to provide a little shelf for the laptop. Well, when I first got this cooling pad, one of them was broken off already, but I fixed it with a paper clip and determination. Now the other foot has broken off, gotten lost and I can't fix it; so my laptop wants to slowly side down sideways. The other complaint I had was the metal bar that works to adjust the angle of the pad by slipping into notches on the base bit, is bent out of shape some. I can still adjust th angle but it takes a bit more work to ensure that the bar is properly in place before I put any weight on the whole set-up; just to make sure it won't collapse. The bar has been that way since I've gotten it and it hasn't really gotten worse. Bottom line: It works well and looks pretty neat. I wouldn't buy this style of a cooling pad again because it looks like some of the other varities have changed the design of the 'feet' to a better idea.

My laptop gets REALLY warm. But the dual fans in this cooling pad do an amazing job of keeping it cool all the time. They are so quiet, I forget they're even running. It's also more stable than any riser I've ever used. There are five height adjustments, and even in the highest position, it's still unbelievably sturdy. There's no bouncing and each height position feels like it's locked in place. The way it grips my laptop is incredible.It does not budge. It feels like it's all one piece. The rubber feet underneath keep it from sliding so it stays in place.Yet it's easy enough to move around. And I love to blue LED light at night.

The fan pad works as advertised, but is really only usable if you leave it parked on your desk all the time. It is not strong enough to withstand the rigors of travel. This is the version with the wire frame support (all of the Avantek model reviews appear to be lumped together) and two fans. And yes, the blue light is annoying, but the placement of the USB plugs are worse. They are on the back of the fan housing and between the wire support arm and the unit when the unit is folded down. This means you cannot use the fan unless the support arm is moved at least to the first height adjustment. You cannot leave the fan flat while it is running and you cannot leave the USB wire in the plug when you fold the unit down. I doubt I will use it much. Instead, I will find a nice rubber strip that I can superglue to the laptop base to keep it elevated higher off the table or my lap. Laptop vendors who have their fans discharge directly out of the bottom of the unit should include this as an option anyway because they often do not provide enough leg/bottom elevation to allow sufficient air movement through the laptops...and you get overheat damage as a result. Update 4/15/2015: If your internal laptop fans blow down like mine do, turn this cooling pad upside down to get better cooling results. The pad cooled my laptop 3C-5C better internally when operated as designed (fans blowing up). When I turned it upside down so the flow is in the same direction as my laptop fans, the internal laptop temp was 6C-7C (or 11F) lower. That 11F difference might be well worth the hassle of using this cooling pad if you laptop runs hot...or any cooling fan for that matter. Please note that you must leave the laptop catch tabs extended down if you run this unit upside down so the fans have a discharge path. If the unit is laying flat on the table and upside down, there is no way for the air to flow out from under the pad and it cannot do its work. You will get no cooling that way. Update 4/21/15: I received the following unit to replace the one I originally bought: AVANTEK CP172 15''-17'' Laptop Notebook Cooling Pad Chill Mat. It is far more stable than the one with the wire frame support. It also cools my laptop better. The following were the internal CPU temp results for my Dell Precision M3800 that runs hot on the bottom during system diagnostics stress test (100% CPU utilization): Without cooling pad and on table top: 85C On Avantek cooling pad without legs extended: 81C On Avantek cooling pad with legs extended: 77C A 9C drop in internal temp is good. I still don't like the blue light...but access to the USB port and on/off switch is excellent in this model.

Plastic snapped after about a year of use. Fans still work though. Overall, build quality is ridiculously cheap and completely not worth it. Best to look for something else.

This is the best laptop cooler I've ever purchased. It's quite, you can raise or lower it to fit your needs. I've had many other laptop cooler products, but with the Avantek CP 162 13" - 16" you can't go wrong.

I hated this fan. I recently had an issue with my laptop fan so I decided to get a pad to keep it cool while I searched for a new one. This did not help in the slightest. It worked fine for mundane actions but anytime I wanted to do something major it couldn't keep the computer cool enough for it to function. Skype, Steam games, hell even too many videos at once caused my computer to slow to snail speeds and volcano temperatures. The lack of the ability to turn up the fan makes it fairly useless for higher-end computers. This of course was when I actually got it to work. The USB ports are so finicky with this thing that I have to constantly jiggle it just for it to work and it has to stay completely still or it won't work. It barely worked on my laptop's USB port and after a while it stopped completely. If the cord it came with was longer I could've plugged it into the wall with no problem but the tiny cord makes it very hard to use flexibly. Maybe some instructions could've made it easier to understand but there were none included. Terrible product.

Decidí comprar esta base de refrigeración debido a que me gusta que la pantalla del portátil esté a la misma altura que la de un monitor y así tener dos pantallas a la misma altura con la que extender el escritorio. Encontré este modelo en Amazon por 23.99€ y ha sido un acierto. Da la casualidad que mi portátil refrigera bien por su parte, por lo que añadido a esta base tengo la seguridad de que no se recalentará por mucha carga de trabajo que pueda recibir. La calidad del material es bastante decente. Sobre su alimentación eléctrica, se conecta desde una toma usb del portátil a una posterior, además de contar con un puerto usb extra, en la he conectado un teclado externo que reconoce el ordenador sin problemas. En general ha sido una buena compra y estoy satisfecho con el producto.

Ich habe bewußt nicht den billigsten Kühler gekauft, da ich schon Wert auf Qualität und Leistung lege. Der Avantek Kühler sieht gut aus, ist stabil und die Kühlleistung sehr gut und das Gebläse läuft verhältnismäßig ruhig. Das Format ist für meinen 15,4" Laptop perfekt und durch den Verstellbügel individuell höhenverstellbar. Da mein Laptop oft stundenlang läuft, war der Temperaturunterschied zur Benutzung ohne Kühler enorm. Der Laptop läuft durch den Kühler stabiler und ruhiger. Fazit: dekorativer Laptopständer mit ausgezeichneter Kühlleistung bei geringer Lärmbelastung und absolut angemessenem Preis. Auch der Kundenservice des Verkäufers ist sehr gut.

Ich habe mir die AVANTEK CP162 16 Zoll für mein 13 Zoll MacBook Pro gekauft, welches sehr schön darauf Platz findet. Als erstes die positiven Aspekte: -Es sieht wirklich schick aus mit den blauen LED's -Es lässt sich einfach und schnell auf mehrere Winkel einstellen -Die Kühlwirkung könnte auf jedenfall besser sein, jedoch hält es mein MacBook gleichmäßig warm und ich verbrenn mir nicht mehr die Finger daran. Das negative: -Allgemein fällt auf, dass es sehr billig hergestellt wurde und deshalb auch dementsprechend leicht... was bedeutet, wenn ich mal mehr schreibe wackelt der Bildschirm immer etwas. -Mir persönlich geht es etwas auf die nerven, dass man die Plattform nicht parallel zum Tisch aufstellen kann und gleichzeitig kühlen, denn wenn man sie hinunterklappen möchte versperrt der Stromanschluss den weg, oder besser gesagt... das ganze gewicht des MacBooks lastet auf einen einzigen usb stecker... -wenn man das Schutzgitter zu sehr hineindrückt kann man damit die Ventilatoren bremsen... -Auf dem Bild, dass in Amazon drinnen ist sieht man, dass das Gestell links und rechts blaue ränder hat, welche auch gut zu den blau leuchtenden LED's passen würden... jedoch sind diese blauen Streifen nur eine Schutzfolie, welche das gebürstete Metall schützt (blechstreifen)

Es muy práctico. Refrigera el portátil por la parte inferior. Los ventiladores son bastante silenciosos. Aunque se conecta por cable a un puerto USB, tiene otro puerto USB libre por su parte posterior. Lo único que no me agrada es que se enciendan unos LEDs azules, que no tienen ninguna función.

Der Lüfter kühlt den Laptop gut und konstant und ist zudem leise. ABER der Lüfter ist keine 16" groß, sodass mein Laptop übersteht.... Es ist auch schade, dass die Höhe und die Schräge des Lüfters nicht höhenverstellbar sind. Der Laptop steht immer schräg, was das schreiben massiv erschwert. Das Gerät erfüllt seinen Funktionen, aber in mancher Hinsicht ungünstig, wenn man ohne zusätzliche Tatatur und Maus arbeitet. Der Hersteller hat einen hevorragenden Service und sich umgehend nach dieser Rezension bei mir gemeldet. Er hat erfolgreich versucht zu helfen und das vorliegende Problem zu lösen. Vielen Dank für diesen guten Service, würde mich wieder für Ihre Produkte entscheiden. LG