Product Description

Targus Podium CoolPad raises the back edge of your notebook to increase airflow, improving the cooling efficiency of your notebook, doing wonders for your mobile work environment! The CoolPad also allows a 360-degree rotation of your notebook, making it ideal for small presentations, while the six small rubber pads on the bottom provide a tight grip, ideal for air travelers. Offering more than just ergonomic benefits, the CoolPad also protects your furniture from heat damage, and your notebook from liquid spills!

Product Details

• Brand: Targus
• Model: PA241U
• Platform: Windows
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: .25" h x 10.10" w x 8.50" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• Prevents Overheating: Prevents Your Notebook From Overheating; The More Air Under The Notebook, The Greater The Heat Dissipation, and The Cooler Your Notebook Runs
• Protect Your Furniture: Protects Furniture From Heat Damage; Protects Notebooks From Liquids Spilled On Work Surface
• Ideal for Presentations: Pivots Your Notebook 360 Degrees So Others Can See The Screen
• Increase airflow, improving the cooling efficiency of your notebook

Customer Reviews

A bit noisy but does the trick.
Very light, therefore portable. I guess it is true that you get what you pay for - no frills, does the trick but is rather loud. Add that to the noise generated by my laptop's internal fan, and you've got yourself a white noise maker! I've been planning to get a higher quality fan-dock once it breaks but it has already been a year! Not sure if that's good or bad.

It's just ok..
This is the second notebook pad I've purchased. The first one did not raise the notebook up at all so there was no airflow. This one is designed to allow airflow underneath the laptop. The fans on this model are not very powerful and you can barely feel the air moving. It keeps my Macbook Pro 2.14Ghz around 84 degrees. The previous pad I had stayed around 80 degrees.

Worked great while it lasted, then fell apart
Functionally, this worked great. Greatly reduced the heat generated from my laptop. Made it comfortable to work long hours with my laptop in my lap.

That being said, I used it daily and carried in my laptop bag occasionally. The plastic is flimsy,the rubber feet fell out, the housing cracked, the cord is much too long which makes carring the laptop and chill pad together hazardous (really easy to catch the long loop of cord on something). At the end of 8 months of use it was no longer operational and I had to pitch it.

If they would just remanufacture it with some more durable materials and a shorter cord, I'd give it 5 stars.