Caitlin Hull
good deal for a sturdy af laptop pad
(Please ignore my mess of a basement in pics) Will update later down the road, but for the moment I am more than satisfied!The short of it: great for the price. I've only used the Notepal X3 for the past few years, and this is just as cool as the Notepal's single fan, and obvs more dispersed with four fans. Can't turn the lights off, but they're about as bright as my keyboard backlights. Very nice cool white. There's a USB port on the back so you're not out a plug, and two dials for the top and bottom set of fans. The pegs to hold your laptop in place are kinda sharp, as others have mentioned, but the material of the fan and the rubber footies on the bottom of my laptop keep it in place, so I'm not worried about it sliding if I don't use them. Running nothing but Discord and YouTube, all four cores are averaging about 30-32° C. Comfortable for your lap or a lap desk, and laying it flat doesn't jostle or rattle the fans. Only packaged in a box and a single sleeve of bubble wrap, but I haven't seen anyone else having issues about returning it, and the seller seems amicable enough to reach out with problems.The long if it: I'm going to be comparing it to my Notepal X3 A LOT but it holds up fairly well right out of the box. For nothing else, it kicks the Notepal out of the field in quality. I'd be very shocked if this ever broke on me. Both of my new Notepals' had wiggly, loose power ports, and the plastic always felt it was one wrong drop away from cracking. The Klim is far sturdier (at first glance I thought the frame was metal, it's definitely hard enough), and while I'm not one for throwing things, I at least have a bit more faith that it wouldn't bust if I were to drop it or something.If you're debating this vs. others because of the price, double check the other colors available, cuz I got mine 50% off because they were overstocked 👌👌👌I play FFXIV on an Acer Aspire, which tends to (as expected of all MMOs with graphics not total poop on a laptop not necessarily built for hours and hours of gaming) make the laptop warm. Not to the point I can't touch it, but enough that I worry about it not being elevated or having air flow or anything like that, or playing XIV for more than an hour without a break. I've been through three (one handmedown, two new) Notepals in the past 4-5 years, so I figured I'd take a chance with this one since the reviews were more positive.The fans on max are like a box fan on medium; it's on, not whisper quiet, you can hear it spinning, but it's not roaring. The output of air thus far is decent too. Both elevated with its legs and flat on my lapdesk, the cores are averaging out about 30-32°C. XIV running in the background got it to about ~58°, and tabbed in got me between 64-68. I don't have my numbers from my Notepal, but surface temp is pretty similar.I also like that since my Acer is 15.6" there's a bit of room for the air to blow on me, similar to the vent on my old Notepal. That said, I could definitely see laptops on the 16-17" range having overhang issues. But, again, the rubber feet and the pad's grating hold pretty dang solidly, so even then I'd trust it to hold a bigger laptop.One of the things I did check was the fan to chassis contact, as my Notepal would groan, skid, and rattle if I had to pick it up to adjust it or my laptop. Right off the bat, I didn't have that issue with the Klim. I took my laptop off my lap desk and set it on my lap; at no point did the fans scream from contact, like my Notepal would have, and it was actually very comfortable to have it there. I wouldn't put the the legs up, they're practically stilettoes, but it'd be nothing to get into a comfortable position with or without my little lap desk.If anything, I AM dappointed in Amazon for not putting it in an Amazon box (what's the point of asking at checkout) and that it was just left on my stoop in the middle of a rainstorm. But there was no damage to the fan itself that I could see, just some bumps on the box... I do worry for future customers that only a sleeve of bubble wrap is the only thing inside the box padding the product.Ver másVer menos
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