Xpad (Non-slip Laptop Cooler and Heatshield)

by Xpad

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13 x 10.5 x 0.6 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000PH2E3E
• Item model number: EP0001A
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (287 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #41 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Accessories > Laptop & Netbook Computer Accessories > Cooling Pads
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 16, 2007

Product Description

Xpad is the original patented passive laptop cooler and heat shield that beat out fan based coolers on Cnet review No Fans! 100% Passive Cooling - Cool your laptop and your lap silently without having to use up a USB port to power a fan Universal Fit for up to 15" Laptops (see Xpad Slim for larger laptops)Lightweight design fits in your laptop bag with your laptop Non-slip design grips your laptop so that it stays put even when you don't Laptop Heatshield Laptop heat can be bad for health - especially for men. Xpad composite style structure provides air pockets to shield the heat from passing through to your lap.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't use my laptop without it. Period., August 28, 2007

By 

Mark Wieczorek (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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I've had this for about as long as I've had my laptop (a new model is out and it's $200 cheaper so that makes it what... about a year?) and I love it. It fits my 14" just fine and could probably fit a 15" too. It's the exact same width as my laptop and about 1 inch longer, which is ideal because a little bit of slack forward & back keeps it on your lap even when it slides just a bit (more on that later).

When used with a desk, it keeps it up and away from the desk and simply provides more air below the laptop where the fans are. One of the "X" pads are directly below the hard drive, so it probably doesn't get as much ventilation as it could, but still more than if the xpad wasn't involved.

As something you keep on your lap, it works great too. The bottom side has an almost denim like feel to it and keeps everything relatively stable and things don't slide around except at the most extreme angles - the laptop will start to slip at, say, greater than 30 degrees away from you (the monitor half being heavy and towards the bottom - it's just not good) or 45 degrees towards you (which is how I sometimes keep it if I'm lying in bed with it propped up between my stomach and one of my legs). If I were to redesign it, I'd texture the rubber X pads on the top (they're pretty smooth) so as to add just a touch more grip, but that's a very minor quibble - really at the angles I'm talking about, gravity just has to take over.

It's made of some sort of plastic and foam, and I was really surprised with how light-weight it was. It's also thin enough to take with you in a laptop bag. If the laptop is running really hot, the bottom will get one or two degrees warmer, but not at all hot and definitely nothing that would make you sterile (read the stories on the internet, it happens).

All in all, this is a great product and doesn't pull any power from your USB or have any areas where you can't put your leg because there's a fan there. My girlfriend is getting a laptop soon and we'll definitely get one for her too.

45 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars xpad for MacBook Pro, October 28, 2006

By 

Lisa Hyatt - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Great solution. Lightweight, and dramatic difference. The heat from my MacBook Pro was intense. I've had other laptops before, but nothing came close to the heat from my Apple. Every couple hours I would have to shut it down to let it cool off, or put it on the granite countertop in my kitchen to absorb the heat. The typical plastic laptop pads didn't absorb the heat. I even pulled out a spare tile of stone from the outdoor countertop we installed to use as a laptop pad, but this was a heavy and ridiculous solution. The Xpad was much more affordable, and I liked that it didn't need to plug into my laptop to run additional fans.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple idea, worth the money, December 28, 2006

By 

A Mother's Logic (Sunshine and Happiness, USA) - See all my reviews

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I purchased this after receiving my Macbook 13". I read the online reviews and thought I would give it a try. For me it works well with my needs. First, it surely keeps my lap cooler, though I am not really sure about the actual laptop temp. It is ergonomic, being pretty non-intrusive and not having to adapt to an extremely odd wrist/hand angle. My laptop never slips, even when I angle my legs! It is very light and travels extremely well and does not use up your battery. I also have one with fans, the Vantech or Vanguard, which of course does lower the temp, but sucks up the battery, plus seems to be very fragile, and my laptop slips off of it often. I would recommend this item to others, though I would hope the price of this extremely simple unit would go down, but at around $17, I would pay that again.
My rating for the product is a 5 star, but it losses one star from me for the cost being higher than what I believe it should be, considering manufacturing and material cost. I would imagine the cost would go down eventually.