Anyone have a good cooling tray or something to go under your laptop?
 

Tired of how hot my laptop gets on my lap or the desk even. Where can I get a good cooling tray?

http://www.amazon.com/Holmes-Twin-Wi...9336309&sr=1-3

I'm actually using one of these under my 17 macbookpro right now cause one of my internal fans failed a couple days ago and I'm encoding video and don't have time to stop and fix it... LOL.

It actually works great, laptop pegged out for the last 4 days strait doing the encoding and my temps 108F to 153F loud as fuck though.

I got a good one at bestbuy for like $20

McDonalds dinner tray

Right now I have my XBiz magazine under it.

Is that right side up or upside down? I'm having trouble deciding if the 1/2 inch upwards angled walls would serve good to direct the exhaust up and away or if the tray should be upside down so there are no walls and the heat can continue flowing outwards away from the laptop without any conflict.

That one looks cool!

If you want it for your lap remember that anything with active cooling such as fans etc is actually creating MORE heat, it may be cooling the lappy but not necessarily your legs

Fuck I hate when fans die.

I used 2 bits of wood, works perfectly.

Wow, Nice job. Thats a good price... :2 cents:

:1orglaugh It would work better than the duvet on the bed :winkwink:

Thanks, I thought so :thumbsup

There is a desk under mine.

What sort of chair have you got?

http://www.fahad.com/pics/most_expen...hair_2_lrg.jpg

http://www.luxurylaunches.com/decor/...fice_chair.php Ouch :winkwink:

i use a zalman one

I have been using a Targus double fan cooling tray and pretty much keep it on 24/7 during the hot (90+) weather here in Boston. Have no complaints about it, it's sleek and not bulky.

weird, maybe they dont have these in the US (?) but we use them on our laptops and they work brilliantly for about 5 hours. then the cooling beads break down and u have to use a cold one.

cooling mat:

A black one with wheels on it.

Did you not read up on the chair image in my post :pimp


$65000! Oh my fucking......

Damn, I like this one the most. Not having to plug any extra wires in is a huge plus.

I have this one for my mini

http://www.thesource.ca/estore/produ... oduct=2601116

I put large 1/2" Self-Stick rubber pads on the bottom my laptop. Keeps it high for better cooling and dry if you spill and drinks around it. About $2

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LZ7G0ERaL.jpg

that's actually a good idea..

I have two 17" laptops that i use daily. One is 4 or 5 years old and the 2nd i just bought last fall. The older one would always get hot so on my desk i had two bottle caps propping up the laptop and when i use that laptop on a tv tray in the living room I would just let a quarter of the left side of the laptop hang off for cooling and to allow room to use the mouse on the right. My newer one never gets too hot and is faster and 3gigs of ram.

damage done, you have sack cancer

That probably works better than the coke bottle tops I used to use :thumbsup

That's another thing I'm skeptical about :helpme

Yeah but you don't get the 2 sodas for free!

Actually I have it propped up 3in in the back on my desk, it is a bit cooler but still gets hot because it's just hot air trapped under there being sucked up.

The desk thing isn't really a problem, it's just the lap use that is unbearable.

I make the gf stand and fan my laptop with a piece of cardboard. Keeps the laptop cool and her arms flab free

thats pretty funny

ya the cooling pads work great on a bed too