Belkin F5L001 Laptop Cooling Stand | 
 enlarge | Brand: Belkin
Category: CE
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $19.69
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Rating:  164 reviews
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 12.6 x 11.5 x 1.3
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: F5L001
Model: F5L001
UPC: 722868608654
EAN: 0722868608654
ASIN: B000NWIOM6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Patented wave design and high-capacity fan enhance cooling capabilities | | • | Ergonomic features improve typing comfort and reduce wrist and neck strain | | • | USB-powered; no bulky batteries or adapters necessary | | • | Convenient storage compartment for USB cable when not in use | | • | Measures 12.6 x 11.6 x 1 inches (W x D x H); weighs 22 ounces; Belkin lifetime warranty |
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Product Description
The Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand prevents your laptop from overheating. The unique patented wave design uses natural convection to enhance fan cooling. This stand has low power consumption via your laptop's USB port with no bulky power adapters.
Amazon.com Product Description
If you own a laptop, you know all about heat. Because today's notebooks rely on fast processors to do the job, they generate a lot of heat, with much of it landing directly in your lap. Some laptops can have a "normal" operating temperature as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit! Not only is that unsafe and uncomfortable, it can also wear your laptop down, cause it to crash unexpectedly, and reduce its overall life expectancy. 
The Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand is designed to cradle your laptop in cooling comfort. | 
Now you can be more comfortable while you work. | 
A single high-capacity fan, which is powered by a USB port on your laptop, sits in the middle of the cooling stand. View larger. | 
Hot air is channeled out to the left and right sides of your laptop. View larger. | 
The USB cable is neatly tucked away in a storage compartment on the bottom. View larger. | Belkin's Laptop Cooling Stand relies on a patented wave design and ergonomic features that will not only help protect your laptop by keeping it cool, but will also increase your comfort while you work. As part of Belkin's laptop@home line of accessories, the Laptop Cooling Stand is designed to help you to take full advantage of the benefits your laptop has to offer-- comfortably, economically, and stylistically. Twice the Cooling Power, Half the Consumption
In contrast to most other laptop coolers that use two fans to suck warm air from the laptop's bottom, the Belkin's Laptop Cooling Stand relies on the natural flow of heat and air circulation to do the hard work and needs only one fan to do the trick. Instead of drawing the laptop heat down to push it out, the stand takes full advantage of natural air flow and heat's natural tendency to rise by pushing the hot air upward through the channel and away from your laptop. The single high-capacity fan, powered by a USB port on your laptop, sits in the middle of the cooling stand, and hot air is channeled out to the left and right sides of your laptop. The result is heat dissipation that's equal to a two-fan solution but that uses less than half the power. And because the fan is USB-powered, you won't have any bulky batteries or adapters (which can also both add heat!) to weigh you down. You simply place your laptop on the stand, pull the USB cable out of the convenient storage compartment, and plug it into your computer. The stand will take care of the rest. Computing in Comfort and Style
Measuring 12.6 x 11.6 x 1 inches (W x D x H), the Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand is designed for 15.4-inch or smaller laptops. To prevent slippage, the stand features rubber pads on the feet, and a small plastic panel folds out from the bottom of the stand that elevates the rear for better ergonomics. The gentle slope reduces wrist strain, and by raising the screen height, it also reduces neck strain that is common to laptop users. Unlike the industrial gray and metallic appearance of other cooling stands, the Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand offers an attractive, gently sloped look that you'll be proud to show off as you work. The stand's thin profile means that you can easily slide the stand into your notebook bag as you travel from meeting to meeting, or cafe to cafe. And weighing a mere 22 ounces, you'll hardly notice that it's in your bag.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 159 more reviews...
 Excellent laptop accessory! December 2, 2008
This is exactly what I needed for my new laptop. The stand is compact and works beautifully. I particularly appreciate the feature that allows the keyboard to be at a comfortable angle. I also felt it was a bargain compared to others on the market. I highly recommend this cooling stand.
 Works, but certainly not ergonomic. No point in a non-ergonomic, but good look fan, if its going under the laptop. December 2, 2008
This product looks beautiful.
But after 4 months of use, it's started to become cranky. After 7 months, the fan starts whistling and complaining. The actual design of the base was pretty poorly thought out. To make it stand on a table, you need to pull out a small support from the bottom, and the little hold that you need to insert your finger to pull out that support is located right above the fan and is made for really tiny sturdy fingers. My fingers aren't really large, yet I find it difficult to get a grip on that small hold at the back - I almost need to use my nail to pull it out and even then its hard to pull out. If you have the laptop+fan on your lap and intend to place it on a table for further use, you may need to pull this hold from the bottom while its running. But because, it's so close to the fan, you tend to get your finger in the running fan. Thankfully, the fan is plastic.
But it works. Then again, all these fans work. It was the purported ergonomic design that made me buy this and I was disappointed.
Bottom line: Not at all a very convenient product even though it looks good.
Would I buy this again after mine breaks down? No.
Look at other options - ones that work. After all, you cant appreciate the design if its underneath the laptop!!!
 A Great Choice December 1, 2008
I'm sorry to see all the reviews from people having quality problems with this item. I suppose Belkin deserves it - my first unit became noisy and I had to have them replace it because the store from which I bought it was too far away to drive back. But the fan really is teriffic.
It is not noisy at all. It is as quiet as can be. It's intelligently designed so that the fan isn't in direct contact with the bottom of the laptop, enabling it to pull air out and away, and it's very effective at cooling.
It doesn't LOOK like it would be comfortable on your lap, but it is.
I haven't had any problems with the power cord, but the newly-designed one is shorter than on my first unit, so now I have to use a USB extension. Not a biggie, because I already had one I wasn't using, but I do think they could (and should) have made it a few inches longer.
I got a second one at Costo for $18.95. If this one ever dies, I'll buy another. Perhaps they should have designed the fan to be more durable (judging by others' comments here) and charged more for it, but I'm pretty happy with this unit, and you can't beat the price. I'd recommend it to a friend.
After 4 mos November 28, 2008
This does lift your laptop up and fits your lap nicely, the power cord and place it plugs in is made very cheapy and pushes in when you plug it in. I have taken mine apart at least every month to push the cable back so the cable fits. Works at cooling but the plug doesnt stay in the socket it is intended so if you dont mind taking it apart to fix it monthly...
 pretty poor design November 24, 2008
The pop-out stand to tilt the laptop isn't very good. It doesn't lock, so when I lift it, the stand half closes, so I have to hold it open whenever I place it down.
When I place the cooler on my lap, the 2 ridges on the bottom aren't very comfortable to me.
After 3 months of use, the fan sounds like it's dying. I wouldn't be surprised if this is because the fan scraped up some stuff off of cloth surfaces(like pants, bed covers, or anything I put the cooler on top of) because there's not much clearance on the bottom beneath the fan.
Now, it's only being used on my desk as a stand to tilt my laptop(not using the fan because of the noise). At least the Belkin cooler provides space under my laptop for some natural cooling.
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