havit HV-F2056 15.6"-17" Laptop Cooler Cooling Pad - Slim Portable USB Powered (3 Fans), Black/Blue
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Play Video\n I uploaded a video so you guys can see how it fits perfectly for my asus rog laptop. Feel free to ask any questions.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Durability update: February 26, 2021. It's still quiet and going strong!\n\nMy old Targus mat which has served me well has over time become extremely noisy. In researching pads as a replacement, I automatically discarded the higher priced ones with adjustable speeds, glowing LEDs, trendy designs, and whatnots considering my laptop would be covering all that expensive eye candy. My priorities were rather basic: (1) thin & lightweight, (2) cooling performance, and (3) quiet. The HV-F2056 fits the bill and works as advertised:\n\nThin & lightweight: The design fits 15.6” – 17” which works for me. I have a MSI GS70 2QE Stealth Pro with a screen size of 17.3” and overall length of 16” and width of 11.25”. With both units side by side (with the exception of length), the Havit is almost the same width and thickness as my laptop. The aluminum wire mesh design makes it definitely lighter and seems sturdy enough for traveling, so no problem there.\n\nCooling performance: There are 3 monster 110 mm fans spinning at 1000 RPM which is almost double my old Targus and I can definitely feel the results of the updraft as the laptop bottom and sides are cool to the touch. I ran CoreTemp and HWMonitor with the fan off/fan on to be sure and there is definitely a drop in the internal temperature. The fans are also at the perfect location for my vents. What I did not want is a pad where the housing part had a lot of plastic that would cover the vents and with this being an all mesh surface it wasn't an issue. The 3rd pic shows the glow of it running. Like I said earlier, your laptop covers most of the unit so the lights aren't obtrusive.\n\nQuiet: Unless I’ve gone noise blind, I can’t hear this pad running! I think this cooling pad strikes a good balance between the amount of airflow and noise. I've also discovered that those fancy LEDs lights are not just another pretty glow, they may actually serve a purpose like… reminding you to turn off the cooling fans when you’ve shut down everything else!\n\nPower/Charging: This is not really a gripe since I’m a chord/adapter hoarder, but (a) a 12” USB chord come with the fan which is actually a tease and way too short, and (b) it does not come with a wall power source. I hate using my laptop as a host for power when not on the road, so was surprised there was no option to run from a wall source. Let’s face it, the reason many of us buy a cooling fan is to extend our battery life. While the cooling pad has a rating of 5 volts which seems minimal, it still converts to watts which adds to more battery drain to cool. Anyway, nothing a usb male-female extension cable and adapter couldn’t fix.\n\nOverall, this is a great cooling pad that is quiet, well built, sturdy, doesn’t slide around, and cools air effectively. As for durability, it’s a little too soon to tell. As for price, it’s a great value for the quality & thinness."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Very surprised at the effectiveness of this.\n\nUsing this on a 2018 13" i7 MacBook Pro. Had some overheating shutdown issues with this machine (a bit frustrated with Apple: Too much design over function lately) so picked this one due to the positive reviews.\n\nHere are the results:\n\nTest 1: Laptop at idle:\nPre cooling pad Processor Temperatures: ~50 degrees\nPost cooling pad processor temperatures: ~42 degrees\n\nTest 2: Compressing a 2min video to MP4 using handbrake in with standard MP4 setting:\nPre cooling pad: Internal fans would kick in after about 10 seconds and run at about 3000 rpm. Video would take 31 seconds to render\nPost cooling pad: Internal fans came on after about 20 seconds and ran at about 2700 rpm. Video took 28 seconds to render\n\nTest 3: General Web Browsing:\nPre Cooling Pad: Processors sat around 55 degrees\nPost Cooling Pad: Processors sat around 45 degrees\n\nSo, there you go. Some very unofficial and basic tests to show how it helps on an \'18 13" MPB. Hope this helps.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I use this cooling pad every day with my MSI GS65 gaming laptop. It's powered over USB and has 3 giant fans which keep the laptop as cool as possible while gaming. The blue LED lights are a nice touch that let you know that the mat is on and gives it an overall nice aesthetic.\n\nThere are 2 USB passthroughs on the back located near the power switch which is nice because it does take up one of the USBs on your laptop. (One of the USBs is used to connect the pad to the laptop, leaving 1 for an additional device.) Pretty sure the USBs are USB 2.0.\n\nThere are kickstand legs that come out to raise it at various angles depending on your working surface. They're very strong and not flimsy at all.\n\nIt doesn't have the nicest build quality in the world as it is made of plastic and is pretty lightweight. However it keeps it lightweight and since it's not metal, it won't get extremely hot either.\n\nIf I had one complaint, it'd be that if you hold the cooling pad firm enough while it is on, the fans will rub up against the chassis causing a loud grinding noise. If you're careful with how you hold it and don't clamp down on it, you won't run into this issue very often. This doesn't affect the performance of the cooling pad at all, but if it was built a little stronger, this most likely wouldn't be an issue.\n\nThe fans are decently quiet (a lot quieter than my laptop). I can hear sound coming from my computer speakers with no issue, although if you're going to game, I'd still recommend headphones anyways.\n\nOverall I'd recommend this cooling pad to anyone looking for a budget-friendly option. It's not the best out there, but it does its job and I can't complain."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this product along with its number 1 competitor, the Tree New Bee, because I have a computer that has a fan that seems like it runs on high when the computer is over 50 degrees celcius. Overall, I am very impressed with both!! The Havit and the Tree New Bee both dropped the temperature of the laptop by 10 degree Celsius during idle temp and dropped 4 degree Celsius during a 10 minute benchmark test. The only thing that made this one better was that it is whisper quiet (I could not hear it running at all). After testing, I prefer the havit because it is quieter and it drops the temperature of my laptop by 10 degrees so the fan doesn\'t go into the high-speed mode unless I am doing something to require high CPU or GPU utilization.\n\nPicture 1 - without cooler on a flat desk\nPicture 2 - Havit - model F2056\nPicture 3 - Tree New Bee - model K0025\n\nTests performed on a 15.6" laptop with a 4700MQ processor'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I play Sims 4 on my laptop, and always use this while playing. I can tell a noticeable difference when I play without using this fan, versus when I play while using it. I can feel it to the touch. The fan keeps my laptop so much cooler. As a result, I never play without using it, as I want to prolong my laptop's life and keep it as cool as I can. I recommend this to anyone looking for something that is comfortable to use (which yes, it is comfortable on the lap) and wants to keep their device from overheating while gaming. It is also pretty quiet. I can't hear it running unless it's deadly silent in the room, and even then it is not all that loud at all. I watch TV sometimes while I game, and you can't hear it whatsoever when I do."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'PROs:\n* Cools nicely\n* Fans are quiet\n* Extra USB slot (ABSOLUTE NECESSITY)\n* Looks pretty cool\n* Can shut off the fans/lights with a switch when you don\'t need cooling or to save power.\n\nCONs:\n* NO ANTI-SKID (the picture pointing to anti-skid bar is BS)\n* Fans & lights are only controlled by the switch; won\'t turn off in Sleep Mode. (Switch is in the back, so forget trying to use this for your XBOX or PS4...)\n\nAs a laptop cooler, it\'s fine. Its size is fine. The lack of ANY anti-skid capabilities or tech, despite the deceptive mention of "anti-skid bar" in the graphics describing the product--is a huge showstopper. If I adjust the feet to angle the pad, my laptop slides forward.\n\nThere\'s no sticky/traction area at the bottom. There are no tabs or other mechanisms to lift up to act as anti-skid material. There\'s a minor, nearly imperceptible groove near the bottom, but that offers NO traction. It seems like it may just be cosmetic. (In fact, I\'m not sure how they\'d expect it to do anything. It doesn\'t RAISE, just dip down into a short trench--and since your laptop *will* be wider than the little groove (it\'s barely longer than some smart phones/phablets), the groove won\'t be wide enough to act as any kind of lip for the laptop to find purchase and stop skidding. That\'s just false advertising.\n\nConsidering it has competitors with the same benefits (size, decent cooling, quiet, extra usb port) but that offer anti-skid mechanisms that work for the same or lower price?\n\nI\'ll be sending this back.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'does a great job of cooling my older hp that has a bad fan in it, it no longer gets hot. This is a very quiet product, cannot hear it unless in extremely quiet setting, and then just fan sound. Love that this has a tilt feature, actually like using my laptop with this more than before. It does raise your laptop about an 1" minimum, but with the tilt feature it is very comfortable to use.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So many things wrong with this. It has 7 LEDs which are all on all the time. People don’t want LEDs on their products. For how many DECADES do consumers need to keep screaming about this? It doesn’t just have LEDs in the fans, it also has a blindingly bright BLUE LED as well. People don’t want bright blue LEDs in their living spaces.\n\nThe USB port sticks out the back an extra inch, so you can’t have it flush against a wall. So I have it back to front, and now the super bright blue LED now shines straight out.\n\nHow many times must so many consumers on so many reviews make it plain that we don’t want bright LEDs on our products?\n\nI’m sending it back. LISTEN to the market. Build products the way people WANT them. That’s your only job. Frustrating.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Five stars! Five MILLION stars!!!\nI work for a bank, so my hard drive is ridiculously encrypted.\nI have 3 versions of visual studio, ssms, and Oracle developer installed, each with a license specific to me - so imaging is out of the question. My laptop was *cooking*. The fan was in overdrive, but it was still burning up. Bought this to help save the hard drive from melting. It is damn near silent, and I'm in an office where it's quiet. And my laptop is COLD. The fan is calmly chugging away its worthless contribution while this thing does all the work. Where has this thing been for the last 3 years?!? I'm buying more."}]