Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand

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CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars Excellent
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Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 18 reviews
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Product summary

The good: Attractive white design; effective cooling, built-in tilt stand.

The bad The bad: Only one fan; small footprint unsuitable for bigger laptops.

The bottom line: The Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand manages to both look good and offer effective cooling, despite having only a single fan.

Specifications: Color: White See full specs

Price range: $15.99 - $37.72

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: Dan Ackerman
Reviewed on: 03/06/2007
Released on: 01/08/2007

The most-effective laptop cooling devices we've seen involve fans that suck warm air away from the laptop's bottom. Both the Antec Notebook Cooler and the smaller Antec Notebook Cooler S use dual fans, but the $29.99 Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand manages to offer effective cooling with only a single fan.

Measuring 11.5 inches wide by 11.25 inches deep by a little more than one inch high, the Belkin Laptop Cooling Stand is best suited for 15-inch or smaller laptops. A larger desktop replacement will have to balance on top, extending over the left and right sides by several inches. Rubber pads on the top prevent slippage, but a wider cooling stand, such as the Antec Notebook Cooler, would be a bit more stable. For the aesthetically oriented, the Belkin's white, curved design is a nice change from the gray/silver industrial look of the other devices we've looked at.

A small plastic panel folds out from the bottom of the device, elevating the rear slightly for better ergonomics. The single fan, powered by a USB port on your laptop, sits in the middle of the slightly concave cooling stand, and hot air is channeled out to the left and right sides of your laptop.

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Average user rating: 2.5 stars out of 18 reviews
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4.0 stars

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

"A great solution to a common problem. Perfect fit for my 15" Toshiba laptop and my Sumdex bag."

by bbclurman on October 19, 2007

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2.0 stars

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

"Does its job cooling, but has bad proportions"

by johnaar on October 17, 2007

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3.5 stars

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

"Good laptop cooler for desktop use"

by bigsnaff on August 25, 2008

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