I purchased the Zalman ZM-NCI500 Notebook Cooler from Frys.com. Two of them actually. It was on sale with their email coupons: Regular price is $19.99 each. Promo code price is $4.99 each. For that price I thought I could try this product!
I've used the Zalman Notebok Cooler for about a month now. In my non-scientific testing, basically daily use, it seems to do what it says it'll do: it blows air and is fairly quiet.
I mainly purchased this because I have two laptops: a two-year old Dell XPS 13 and a ten-year old ASUS G50VT-X5. The ASUS internal cooling fan is piss poor and I previously replaced it but do not want to spend another $30 or so to replace again even if I could find a replacement as the first one was hell to find. The Dell XPS fan is still pretty good but for some reason recently, the fan occasionally runs high. I'm not sure if it's programs running in the background or what. I've blown it out with compressed air, checked running programs and it still runs high for a few minutes...on occasion.
The ASUS is basically where I back up my files to so it's not really for everyday, typical use. I used to have it set on a Vornado table fan but where it sits now I do not have room for the fan. So now it sits on the Zalman Notebook Cooler. I can't say that I have really noticed any extra cooling but I do know it must work as the ASUS typically overheats and shuts down automatically without any fan/cooler underneath it.
The Del XPS is my daily use laptop. I take it to work and it sets on my desk and I'm usually remotely logged into it through my work computer or it's on almost all evening when I get home. While at work, I sit it on the Zalman Notebook Cooler. Occasionally, I do hear the XPS fan rev up but typically when I just turn it on. I believe it's because the virus scan runs as soon as the computer is booted and logged into. After that, there is the once-in-a-while revving which I do not know what causes it. So with the XPS I really haven't noticed much of a difference other than the fan doesn't rev as much as it used to but that could be either something 'fixed' with the XPS or the cooler is actually doing a good job.
Again, I figured for $4.99 this was worth trying out. So far, I can't complain but I also can't say, "Run out and buy this!" I do know that I probably wouldn't pay $19.99 for it when I can get a Vornado for like $30 and it has three speeds and would definitely cool any machine!
I've used the Zalman Notebok Cooler for about a month now. In my non-scientific testing, basically daily use, it seems to do what it says it'll do: it blows air and is fairly quiet.
I mainly purchased this because I have two laptops: a two-year old Dell XPS 13 and a ten-year old ASUS G50VT-X5. The ASUS internal cooling fan is piss poor and I previously replaced it but do not want to spend another $30 or so to replace again even if I could find a replacement as the first one was hell to find. The Dell XPS fan is still pretty good but for some reason recently, the fan occasionally runs high. I'm not sure if it's programs running in the background or what. I've blown it out with compressed air, checked running programs and it still runs high for a few minutes...on occasion.
The ASUS is basically where I back up my files to so it's not really for everyday, typical use. I used to have it set on a Vornado table fan but where it sits now I do not have room for the fan. So now it sits on the Zalman Notebook Cooler. I can't say that I have really noticed any extra cooling but I do know it must work as the ASUS typically overheats and shuts down automatically without any fan/cooler underneath it.
The Del XPS is my daily use laptop. I take it to work and it sets on my desk and I'm usually remotely logged into it through my work computer or it's on almost all evening when I get home. While at work, I sit it on the Zalman Notebook Cooler. Occasionally, I do hear the XPS fan rev up but typically when I just turn it on. I believe it's because the virus scan runs as soon as the computer is booted and logged into. After that, there is the once-in-a-while revving which I do not know what causes it. So with the XPS I really haven't noticed much of a difference other than the fan doesn't rev as much as it used to but that could be either something 'fixed' with the XPS or the cooler is actually doing a good job.
Again, I figured for $4.99 this was worth trying out. So far, I can't complain but I also can't say, "Run out and buy this!" I do know that I probably wouldn't pay $19.99 for it when I can get a Vornado for like $30 and it has three speeds and would definitely cool any machine!
