TECKNET Laptop Cooling Pad, 12"-16" Laptop Cooler with 2 Quiet Fans, Ergonomic Comfort Gaming Laptop Cooling Stand, Speed Adjustable Cooling Pad

# TLDR I’m pleasantly surprised and impressed—this is the best cooling laptop support I’ve found for my specific needs. A MacBook Air can get hot during short bursts of high CPU/GPU usage, and this pad effectively reduces temperature. # PROS 1. Lap-friendly design: Smooth, rounded edges and corners create an understated, comfortable aesthetic. 2. Effective airflow: Measurably reduces heat—for example, on a fanless 15" MacBook Air, the battery temperature drops by 4–4.5°C in minutes. 3. Dual power options: USB-A and USB-C ports—my first cooling pad with USB-C support! 4. Adjustable fan speed: The dial feels solid and offers a useful range of speeds. 5. Sturdy build with acceptable noise: Fans run smoothly and quietly at lower speeds; even at maximum, the hum is manageable. # AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT 1. LEDs: While the blue lighting might help some users visualize airflow, I find it unnecessary. 2. Airflow optimisation: I added rubber feet to lift the pad slightly, creating more space for airflow. Integrating this feature would be ideal. 3. Slip prevention: No front tab, which could cause the laptop to shift. Adhesive silicone pads are a good workaround. 4. Intake design: Air enters from the bottom and sides, but blocking the bottom (e.g., on a couch) limits effectiveness. # CONCLUSION It is very easy to recommend this laptop cooling pad—it’s practical, well-made, and genuinely useful. Well done, TeckNet!

Elephant in the room first - coolers that just blow air at the base of your laptop don't work very well. To see why, flip your laptop over to look at the base. About 10% of the surface area of your laptop's base will be vents, meaning 90% of any air blown at it will just hit a wall and go around the outside of the laptop. And that is what happened initially with this cooling pad with my Acer gaming laptop (Predator Helios 300 model number PH315-55, RTX3080, i7-12700H) - no noticeable temperature reduction over and above just lifting the laptop off the table by the same amount as this cooler. Bah! A bit of Googling revealed that most laptop coolers don't work because of this reason. Any temp drop actually comes from the cooler creating more clearance at the base. The few coolers that work seal the base of the laptop onto the cooler (via a foam seal) so that airflow cannot escape. This creates a slight high pressure around the base of the laptop, making it easier for your laptop's fans to draw in air. This in turn creates better airflow... and cooler temps. Worth a try. I had some PVC door draught excluder lying about (search for it on Amazon via its ASIN - B0BXP1MDGZ). I stuck this around the edges of the cooler's grille so it would be airtight against the Acer's base and waddaya know, it worked! The thing about recent CPUs is that they all run hot and will easily reach their throttle temp (for my i7, that is 92C - easily reached during gaming). With the TEkNet cooler plus my pressure chamber mod, the laptop never reaches 92C, instead topping out at about 88C. A 4 degree change is not much, but it is enough for the laptop to maintain 100% performance without throttling, so that has to be a win. The other thing is if you put this cooler on a flat surface, you block about half the airflow because no air comes in from the underside (airflow is now from the sides only). Raise the back by about 2cm and it works better. My RTX3080 laptop used to hit the mid 80s on the GPU, but with the draught excluder and the 2cm gap, I can leave it rendering for hours (Flux and stable diffusion AI) and it never gets past the high 60s, which is desktop level airflow. Even better that I don't have to raise the laptop fan speed from default to do it, raising the life of the laptop, and lowering the laptop fan noise (small laptop fans make more noise than the larger fans in this cooler). So, full marks if you are prepared to make a change or two (and less than half the price of the pressure chamber coolers - such as the KLIM Everest - if you follow my tip!). As useless as every other cooler if you are not prepared to do this. Oh, and throttlestop is also your friend (and it is free). For laptop Intel 12 series and above, the CPU package TDP is rated for about 45W, but the chip is typically allowed to peak much higher - 130W(!), causing cores to often hit their throttle limits This is fine for most applications, but not games - as any CPU that hits its throttle limit is probably getting hot doing a lot of work managing an important game process, and throttling it momentarily causes a micro-stutter. Set the power limit to 45-55W via throttlestop to avoid these throttle-bounces.

Not too sure why I am updating this - not even sure it's still available but going through my profile came across this review from 6 years ago! (I write in June 2023). The amazing thing is I am updating it using my Alienware laptop which is on my lap, been kept cool by the same cooling fan! Its a little battery now, and taken apart completely, any easy matter, once or twice to fully clean the fans. Fantastic piece of kit. Good company. Excellent piece of kit. I have an old Dell, 6420 I5. A workhorse and still going strong. However, like a number of Dell laptops, it can get pretty hot. But no longer with this cooling pad. I am one of those strange creatures that actually use their laptop on their laps - I have the heat marks on my thighs to show for it. Thus, I was looking for something small and light. with only the tiniest of forwarding tilts. This thing ticks all of these as you can see in the pictures. More importantly, it works and works well. In addition, it is incredibly quiet, incredibly so, Yes, you can hear the fans in a very quiet room, but only just. It is USB powered, however, it has another USB in/out port at the back which means you don't lose a port. on your laptop. Handy. Not sure what the none slip material is but it works very well. One thing though, my laptop is 14.5 inches .and fits perfectly side to side. A larger laptop would sit slightly over the edge at either side. Not a major issue but one you should be aware of. From back to front, however, there is about two inches of free space. And odd design decision but in no way problematic. I noted a few reviewers commented on the smell that they found it had - a plastic smell, I am very sensitive to smells and have not noticed this, Unsure if it was a previous bad batch or they have changed the design, but mine is great, Overall, highly recommended. I have, however, only had it less than a week. If things change I will update this review accordingly.

Edit: seller has refunded and I have immediately bought another. great service. It's great at what it does - don't get me wrong. My particular laptop has a lot of vent space underneath so it works like a treat. The only problem with this is that after 2 months the fan bearing has become unbelieveably noisy. It honestly sounds like there's a ball bearing rattling around inside it. I'm sure this is just a fluke bad experience as it has worked like a charm and most people are happy with theirs.

I'm a singer/musician but trained as a designer, so have technical understanding and feel qualified to give an honest review of the 'Tecknet Cooling Pad'. The cooling pad was purchased to assist in reducing processor core temperatures when my laptop (Dell Latitude 7280 - i7-7600U) is run under load for real-time, low latency music playback. 'HWiNFO 64' software was used to monitor core temperatures, and a software based sound decibel meter used to record noise level with the laptop set to an 'Ultimate Power Plan' (associated settings tweaked as necessary). The attached table shows 3 columns: COLUMN ONE (SPL = 35dB) / AVG. CORE TEMPERATURE - 83C Reference temperatures, laptop raised 15mm above desk on foam riser pads - NO COOLING COLUMN TWO (SPL = 49dB) / AVG. CORE TEMPERATURE - 76C Laptop with foam riser pads placed on 'Tecknet Cooling Pad' - MAXIMUM FAN SPEED COLUMN THREE (SPL = 44dB) / AVG. CORE TEMPERATURE - 72C Laptop with foam riser pads placed on '2 No. Personal Cooling Fan' - MINIMUM FAN SPEED The 'Tecknet' cooling pad achieves a 7C temperature drop on maximum fan speed setting (rotary switch) with a 49dB SPL. This is a good result, but the objective is to achieve the greatest temperature drop at the lowest sound level. Heavy gamers may be looking for better results than this! My own solution using '2 No. personal cooling fans' positioned beneath the laptop achieved better results on the lowest fan speed setting (4C better than the cooling pad with less ambient noise). A lot of these cooling pads are way too big! The smallest form factor is most important for portability and is more pleasing to the eye. I would have preferred it if the 'Tecknet was smaller still. I know a manufacturer wants a one product solution for different sized laptops, but we consumers prefer products that are as custom to our needs as possible. The quality of the plastic used is 45% OK - IMO. It could have been better, but that may have affected cost. The pad has 'USB A' and a 'USB C' input on the right hand side as well as a rotary fan speed switch, and comes with a 620mm long 'USB A' to 'USB A' cable + manual. The two 110mm fans light up 'blue' when switched on. There is no mention in the specifications if these are 'Dual Ball Bearing' type which would have a longer life and less noisy in operation. There is a lost opportunity here as the pad could have acted as a hub for additional USB / charging ports. There is a good foundation here for the manufacturer to improve on this product in the next iteration. For me .... Sadly the item had to be returned.

TeckNet® Laptop and Notebook Cooling Pad 2 Fans Laptop Cooler fits 9"-16" I ordered this little cooling pad around 3 weeks ago because my 5 year old laptop was on its last legs and had started to overheat continuously. It was overheating to the point where the laptop would shut itself down regularly during usage in order to prevent damage to the internals such as the CPU etc. I purchased this cooling pad with the 2 fans as I wanted a small form factor - something that wouldn't clutter my work desk unnecessarily and look big and ugly. I also bought this one as I figured that a cooling pad with more fans might run noisier. I'm very impressed with this one though. It's performed exactly as I wanted it to. The design is relatively minimalist and it doesn't elevate the laptop to an uncomfortable typing position compared to other cooling pads which I have seen. It also looks less ugly. Ideally, I wouldn't want one at all, but hey, my laptop is overheating so I've got a need for it. As regards the noise, you do hear an audible hum when the cooler is switched on in a quiet room but it's definitely not anything intolerable and I don't find it too distracting while I'm working on papers etc. Most importantly though, the cooling pad works. It improves air flow under and around the laptop and therefore reduces both internal and surface temperatures. Using this has helped significantly with my laptop's overheating problems. In fact, since using this, I haven't had any system crashes due to overheating so it's proved very effective for me. Out of curiosity, I actually decided to test how much this cooler actually reduces the temperatures of my laptop to see how effective it is. I did this by installing a neat piece of software which measures the temperatures of all of the laptops internal components including both cores of my dual core CPU and that of my GPU. As shown by the little graph which I've included, I found that the cooler helped drop the temperatures of both CPU cores by as much as 10-12°C when I powered it on for around 5 minutes or so. I also found that the temperatures got lower; the longer the cooler was powered on. So after being switched on for around 15 minutes, the cooler helped to reduce the CPU temperatures from an uncomfortably high 96-98°C to a much safer 80-82°C. 5 Stars from me. It's minimalist and sleek as far as cooling pads go, it's not too loud and it does a good job of reducing system temperatures and preventing those dreaded systems crashes. My laptop now performs a lot more smoothly. Plus it's cheap too - What more could you want!

Bought this to replace an old cooling pad (Belkin), on which the flimsy fold down stand had broken off. I had previously ordered the Targus cooling pad but returned it due to the fans being next to useless. The Tecknet cooling pads build quality is surprisingly sturdy & exceeded my expectations. My laptop (15.5") fits perfectly & stays put & due to the design, you can use it on a soft surface without obstructing the operation of the fans. The USB cable is separate, unlike my previous model, so if the cable develops problems it can be replaced and you won't have to throw away the whole pad. There's a convenient on/off switch on the rear so you don't have to keep unplugging/plugging in the USB when you want to turn it on & off. The fans work ok, they're not as powerful as the Belkin, which I think may be an exception but were deafeningly loud so are are much quieter & more unobtrusive, not much louder than my old laptops own fan & a little better in my opinion than the previously mentioned Targus. Considering the price, I didn't have very high hopes for this cooling pad but i'm pleasantly surprised. Decent built quality, good features & whilst the fans aren't the most powerful, it does the job. For the money, give it go, you may be surprised !

Excellent cooling pad. Worked perfectly to cool my overworked laptop. Well worth the very reasonable cost.