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| Antec USB-Powered Notebook Cooler | 
 enlarge | List Price: $47.58
Buy New: $19.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 235 reviews)
Sales Rank: 54
Category: CE
Publisher: Antec
Studio: Antec
Brand: Antec
Label: Antec
Media: Electronics
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Fragile: 0
Batteries Included: 0
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 13 x 11.2 x 0.9
MPN: NOTEBOOK COOLER
Model: NOTEBOOK COOLER
UPC: 761345750042
EAN: 0761345750042
ASIN: B0000BVYTV
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Protect your valuable investment and reduce heat-related instability | | • | USB-powered cooler with pass-through connector included | | • | Draw power from any USB port without losing use of the USB port | | • | No batteries or power adapter needed | | • | AQ3 Antec Quality three-year warranty |
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Product Description
Overheating laptops are a bigger problem than most people realize, as heat reduces system stability and harms the lifespan of your electronics. To combat this problem, you need the Antec Notebook Cooler! Increasing the cooling your laptop gets can help it last longer, and may reduce or even eliminate system crashes.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 230 more reviews...
 Works great to keep my Dell 17" widescreen laptop cool August 27, 2008
Bought this for $14.99 a month or so ago and couldn't be happier. I was looking at these for a while and when the price dropped, I had to grab one. It is very quiet, even on the high speed setting and the blue light is not annoying to me because my Dell 17" widescreen laptop hangs over an inch or two on each side, so it blocks most of the light.
GREAT PRODUCT August 23, 2008
THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN GREAT SO FAR. IT IS QUIET AND COOLS MY LAPTOP VERY WELL. IT SEEMS MORE SUBSTANTIAL THAN OTHER COOLING MATS I HAVE TRIED, AND IT IS FAIRLY COMFORTABLE USED ON YOUR LAP. I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE UBS PLUG HAS AN ADAPTER SO THAT YOU DO NOT LOSE ANY UBS PORTS. I WOULD BUY ANOTHER OF THIS PRODUCT IF AND WHEN I NEED AN ADDITIONAL MAT.
Great Cooler August 22, 2008
I doubted that it would not be much of an asset to help cool my laptop because of those negative reviews. However, after experienced it first hand, this cooler works wonderfully; it helps cool my laptop all day and night, and the high temperature my laptop would get it around, let's say 70s degree F. And as of speaking, it's cooling my laptop right now.I would recommend it to other users. Especially HP laptop owners.
 Good for a few months. August 21, 2008
I liked it until it failed.
I thought this did a great job cooling my IBM T60. My laptop went from a smoldering high 40C to as low as 30C. I thought it was pretty loud, but I got used to it.
Then the fans started to fail. I ripped it apart, and WD-40'd it, but its just a matter of time until it stops spinning completely. I'm back on amazon looking for a replacement.
Actually allows you to use it as a laptop again August 20, 2008
Computer's used to run a lot cooler... Then again, they didn't have nearly as much processing power. The result is that newer laptops are simply too hot to be used on your lap (at least not without some sort of buffer). Of course, if you use a pillow or blanket, it may likely choke the ability for your laptop to properly vent heat.
Using the Antec cooler is a much better solution. Thus-far (have been using it for a few weeks now) works great sitting under my PC but on my lap.
And, using HWMonitor, the laptop does have a noticeable improvement in lowering the temperature (at least on a Dell Latitude D610).
So, what are the con's? Well, there are a few:
1) It definitely will *not* hold a laptop with a 17" screen. Not a big deal (provided you have a 15.4" or smaller screen). And on the 15.4", if using one of the newer widescreens, while it fits, it's a bit close.
2) The fans are USB-powered. This would be fine if it was a standard USB cable connecting from the cooler to the laptop. Unfortunately it isn't. It's a standard USB connection on the PC-side, but for the cooler side, it's more like a power cord. This poses two problems. First, what happens if the cord breaks? I can't use one of the plethora of USB cables I already have. Second, the cord is a bit short. The instructions show the cooler should be positioned such that the outlet on the cooler is on the left side. Guess what? My USB port's are on the right side and on the back (right) side. This results in the cord being stretched a bit.
Have I tried any others? Yes -- I tried the DataStor UNBCPX 3-Fan Notebook Cooling Pad (or something that looks a LOT like it) -- the thing looked VERY shoddy. Perhaps it would have worked (I admittedly never gave it a chance) - got it in the mail, took one look and said to heck with this, I'm going with the Antec!
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