Laptops are great products, they allow us to take our computers with us easily to get work done and have fun as well. There's one problem with most laptops though, they're really not meant to be on your lap, they all can get fairly hot and being on your lap is the possibly of covering the vents or fans making them even hotter and even more uncomfortable to use.

There are many types of laptop coolers and pads out there, but many of them are big and bulky and also many have fans in them requiring power thus draining your battery a bit quicker than normal. Quite a while back I reviewed the Xpad laptop cooler and found it to be a very nice product overall, today I've got the latest version, the Xpad Slim. The Xpad Slim is much thinner than it's predecessor, and lighter, though it is essentially the same look, an X style pattern of raised bumps that lifts your laptop up to allow better airflow under it, while at the same time shielding you legs from the heat.

So continue on to learn more...

Product Name: XPAD SLIM Non-slip Laptop Cooler & Heatshield

Author: Kristofer Brozio

Sponsor: Xpad4Laptop

Tech Specs,Features or the Basic Info:

XPAD SLIM Non-slip Laptop Cooler & Heatshield

...the next generation of the best-selling original

Cools your laptop without fans

Protects your lap from laptop heat

Non-slip interface keeps your laptop on your lap

Xpad is a universal fit design that will accommodate laptops with up to 17 inch screen size.

For small laptops (i.e. 13 inch screen size), the wider Xpad footprint will allow you to comfortably use your laptop on your lap without having to keep you legs tightly closed or having the edges of the laptop dig into your lap.

The Xpad size is wide enough for comfortable use but slim enough to fit into your laptop bag along with your laptop.

Features:

-LIGHT-WEIGHT: Weighing in at less than a pound, Xpad feels amazingly light!

-UNIVERSAL FIT: Xpad will accommodate Laptops with screen sizes up to 17 inches!

(Please measure the distance between the rubber feet on your laptop - they should fit within a 14.5" x 10.5" footprint.)

-ERGONOMIC: Xpad is optimally sized to fit on your lap while gripping your laptop so that it won't slide when used on an incline.

-PORTABLE: A slim profile means Xpad will fit in most Laptop bags along with your Laptop.

-30-Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Price: $24.95

A Better Look at Things:

The Xpad Slim comes in a plastic casing, it just pops open so no tools are needed to get at it.

There is a paper band across the product that identifies it.

Looking at the following picture you can see where the X in Xpad comes from, it has an obvious X design to it.

Here's a side shot, you can see it's very thin:

The raised sections of the X are not solid, rather they features ventilation slits to possibly further improve cooling.

The bottom is black in color with the Xpad logo there, along with patent number and web address, the base is a non-slip material as well.

Installation, Testing and Comparison:

There's not much to the installation, just put your laptop on it and you're ready to work or play.

Here's my mini notebook on it, kind of a bit overkill here:

Here's my regular sized laptop, a Dell Latitude C640, a much better fit:

here's a side view and some closer shots as well:

For testing the Xpad Slim I compared the CPU temperatures with the Xpad Slim and without, with my laptop just sitting on the table. I ran Orthos Stress Prime to get load on the CPU, ambient room temperature during testing was 21.2C.

As you can see there is a difference when using the Xpad Slim, it does get things a bit cooler.

I also used my laptop while on my lap with and without the Xpad Slim, there is a very big difference in how much heat I could feel. The Xpad Slim also provides a more stable place for the laptop to sit.

Summary and Comments:

So the Xpad Slim does cool you laptop and keep the heat away from your lap, which is good thing, no one wants a hot laptop, and no one really wants a hot lap, especially us guys, that could be bad...

..but yes it does cool your laptop, so it works as advertised, though only by few a few degrees, then again cooler is cooler right?

It's not a bad product overall, the cooling abilities of it will of course depend on your type of laptop and where the fans and vents are located, so everyone will have different results with it.

DragonSteelMods gives the Xpad Slim a 4.5 out of 5 score.

Pros:

-Does cool your laptop

-Keeps you lap cool

-Seems well made

-Relatively inexpensive

-Fits most all laptops

-Easy to use

-Thin and light, making it portable

Cons:

-None really

I would like to thank Xpad4Laptop for the chance to review the Xpad Slim and for their continued support of DSM.

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