Targus 17" Dual Fan Chill Mat - Black

Broke too quickly. Purchased in mid March. By mid April 1 of the fans completely stopped working. So half was cool half was hot. I did do an in store replacement. Hopefully just a fluke but am prepared for this one to do the same. Not cool that it stopped working that quickly. And not used daily either.

item does not work. broke on first day of use

Worked well, kept my laptop between 10-15 degrees Celsius cooler. However less than a year into owning it, it's not working as well. The USB cable is poor quality. For the price and it's simplicity this is underwhelming

Works okay. The fan is quiet but I feel like most of the benefit comes from the elevation; the laptop still gets warm, possibly because of where the fans are placed. An improvement for sure, but I don't know if it's worth fifty bucks.

Good product, but it works better upside down. It's designed so that the fans blow air up at the laptop but my laptop (which is hella hot!) has fans blowing hot air down, so these fans are just blowing air at each other and my legs were still overheating. Turning it over means the chill mat fans are blowing on my legs which cooks them. So for now that's how I'm using it as it's the only way my legs don't overheat with my Lenovo Thinkpad/Hot Plate.

Poorly designed, lacks structural rigidity, the bottom panel has developed 2 big cracks on either side in less than 2 months of use with a 17" laptop

High quality product and I love the quiet cooling fan! Yes I would recommend to a friend!

Within about 3 months the fans stopped working, I want another.

It would have been a good chill mat if it hadn't been damaged in shipment. There was a big hole and rip in the box and a plastic piece was snapped off the upper right hand side of the chill pad. The mat must be somewhat tough because looking at the box it should have had much more damage on it. It was surprising how little packing was in the box. Otherwise, I believe it is a good strong chill mat.

I purchased this a number of years ago. And the first thing I did was disassemble and flip the fans over so they blow air into the intake. Instead of drawing air away from the intake. It makes no sense to me to have the CPU fan drawing air through the intake while the "Chill Mat" is pulling air away from the intake. The fans were effectively fighting each other. I'm about to remove the original fans, integrate a USB hub and install higher flowing/quieter fans. One of my laptops has (2) USB ports. Which makes things a little inconvenient at times.

My gaming laptop is well equipped with fans already so I was never worried about cooling issues of my hardware. My PC's fans are plenty powerful, and if manually turned up to maximum effort sound like a f18 powering up to take off the carrier deck. So needless to say, my computer stays plenty cool even under heavy gaming. The max I've seen is 85 degrees out of my GPU. But I along with my wife was concerned with the heat's effect on my little swimmers.. A laptop running at 85 degrees Celsius isn't necessarily comfortable sitting on your lap, and definitely not good for the crown jewels. With this chill mat, it's a win-win situation for me. I keep my laptop a few degrees cooler and get to keep my fertility. The added bonus of the comfortable angle is nice too.

Reasonable price. Good size. Comfortable. Cooling fans work well, not too loud. Adequately sturdy so far, but hard to judge in the short term. Laptop slips off surface too often. Raised tabs need to be bigger to keep laptop securely on pad. Other than that, meets my needs and expectations.

I just bought it to replace my AWE79CA which was several years old. Quite impressed with all of the improvements.

Chill mat is a novel way to keep the underside of my laptop from overheating after being in use for a period of time. I had my HP Chrome motherboard replaced recently and a possible cause of damage was heat. The underside of my Chrome got pretty hot after a while. I will let you know in a few years if the chill mat is effective.

Seen a review saying it was a bit flimsy in the middle. Fixed with a couple erasers.

Great product I have one already for my work office I had to buy another one for my home office

I purchased this model to replace a Targus chill pad that I bought in 2011 which is still operational but was getting a bit noisy. The improvements in the new one I just purchased are quite nice: (1) the tilt in this mat does make it easier to type on my laptop, (2) the design of the mat allows my laptop to sit slightly above the mat meaning I'll get better airflow, and (3) the open design of the mat would seem to allow for better airflow under the mat as well.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This chill mat is used for a large gaming laptop, that is still very new. When not in use, the usb cord is tucked into a special spot in the unit it's not just laying out there. It looks as if you can plug the usb into either the left side of your computer, or the right. The bottom of this chill mat is neoprene so I havent had any issues with it sliding away from me on the desk, so that is also a perk compared to chill mats I have had in the past. It is not very quiet, but it's not what I would call noisy either. It sounds just barely louder than the typing of the keys. It has been doing it's job. One thing that I was really surprised about was the fact that even though my laptop was closed and asleep (not shut down), and thankfully plugged in, the chill mat was still going. When I opened my laptop to start up, it turned off for a split second, then ran again. So this might be something that you keep a look out for if your computer is running but not plugged in.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This chill mat has been a great addition to my work at home environment. Wether I’m sitting at the kitchen table, or at my office desk, I can use this chill mat to keep my computer cool and operating at a peak performance. I highly recommend!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got this a month ago and wasn’t completely sure if I would use it that often...but i was so wrong. Being a remote student you can imagine how long I am using/ on my computer each day, and when I got this pad it made using my computer so much more bearable. This pad not only gets the computers at a more comfortable position/height for me when sitting down, but it also helped stop the burning sensation when my computer would inevitably over-heat. Overall good product, wouldn’t say it’s necessary but if you can get your hands on it, it’s super useful.