Customer Reviews:
 Xpad vs. Chopping board June 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've had the Xpad for a few months now, and I have to admit that I don't use my macbook without it, and I don't get my legs fried anymore (they still get warm though). It's light to carry around, non slippery at all, and I like that I don't have to plug it to a USB port.
However, my first impression was that it looks and feels cheap and crappy. It looked way better online. Don't expect miracles in benchmarks for your CPU's temperature. To compare, I put the Xpad away and started using a plastic chopping board instead for like 20 minutes and I got similar results temperature wise. I would have given the board 1 star cause it would look weird in public; because I think the Xpad does block the heat a little bit better, and because the laptop keeps sliding around. On the board's defense, it wasn't designed for this ;)
 Works like a charm. June 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Amazing! I didn't think it would work without fans, but it does. NON-SLIP...really.
 A Good Solution for Keeping Your Lap Cool May 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't think it's as simple as it should be to buy a product to keep my MacBook from burning my lap when I use it on the couch. There are a lot of products with fans and USB hubs and lights and all manner of doohickeys--all of which seem too complicated. Other products are rather simple, but are little better than using a book or a small piece of wood, in that the laptop's heat eventually makes them hot, too. I found that the xPad, with its simple X design on top, keeps most of the laptop out of contact with the bottom of the pad, and hence, keeps my lap pretty cool. The laptop does not slip off the top of it (a big plus). On the downside, the edges of the base are, as many reviewers said, not rounded, so they can dig into you. I did not find that it was uncomfortable, however.
Easy, simple, and effective May 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have worked with my laptop sitting on this for several hours, and the pad itself was only slightly warm, my machine even less so, and my stayed nice and cool.
Honestly, it is a 5 May 2, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I just put three for my own personal reasons. The thing is really great for what it is. I just wanted to warn for those who are looking for something to actually physically cool off a laptop, this is not for you. This is just a pad that will keep the laptop efficiently cool and your lap from being overheated. If you want to cool the laptop, get one of those pads that physically absorbs heat, or just buy a cheap fan to go against it. This is especially when you do some recording with music sequencers and play online games.
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