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August 03, 2008
Cool Feet — 'Small, silent and handy'
The way they should be.
But I digress.
From the website:
- Cool Feet
No doubt about it, laptops get hot, often very hot.
So hot in fact that manufacturers now prefer the term "portable computer" since you cannot use them on your lap without a risk of injury.
In search of the simplest possible design solution to this dilemma, Bluelounge designed Cool Feet as compact and removable supports that temporarily fix to the bottom of your laptop with suction cups.
Elegant, simple to attach and detach, they raise the laptop just enough to allow a constant cooling airflow.
Not only do Cool Feet raise your laptop for cooling, they also create a comfortable ergonomic angle for the keyboard.
In fact, this bonus feature is one many users appreciate the most.
After typing on an angled keyboard, it's really hard to go flat again.
USB-powered cooling pads, cooling trays and cooling stands can be noisy, bulky and not very portable.
Cool Feet are the total opposite: small, silent and handy.
Perfect.
Note added Monday, August 4 at 3:32 p.m.: Shawn Lea, chief of my crack research team, informs me Cool Feet are less pricey here, to wit: $13.
There's a reason her salary's in the mid-seven figures....
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Rocket boy has it right as this carpal tunnel girl will attest.
Posted by: Milena | Aug 4, 2008 10:00:37 AM
"After typing on an angled keyboard, it's really hard to go flat again."
Once you've resigned to using bad ergonomics, you've convinced yourself that it's the best way.
Tilt your keyboard away from you, not at you. Your wrists will be all the happier for it.
Posted by: Rocketboy | Aug 4, 2008 7:02:12 AM
I hope mine doesn't die soon, I've had it for about 2 months now... but my boyfriend has had a cooler pad for 1-2 years and it's still working perfectly.
Also, it depends what you need. That Lapinator looks great for keeping your legs cool, but my laptop overheats sometimes to the point of not working anymore, so I *need* those vents under it. I've tried just lifting it off the table (the $0 option, a small piece of wood), but it doesn't cut it.
Posted by: Jen | Aug 4, 2008 4:43:31 AM
I have used a "Lapinator Plus" for years. It's the best thing I have found for use with my laptop (using it right now as a matter of fact). The chill pads that are usb powered never make it more than a couple months before they crap out. Here's a link to the Lapinator Plus: http://www.skymall.com/shopping/detail.htm?pid=102660749&pnr=M53
Posted by: Michael | Aug 3, 2008 2:19:44 PM
Are they honestly asking 10 pounds for two pieces of plastic? My cooling pad is not noisy, very portable, lets me hold the laptop in my lap unlike legs and also cost the equivalent of 10 pounds. Hmm what to choose.. duh.
Posted by: Jen | Aug 3, 2008 1:56:57 PM
