Targus Lap Chill mat This is the second of two cooling pads that I bought from Amazon to try and solve the problem of my lap top over- heating and just deciding to switch itself off. This lap top cool pad is a pretty solid table like plastic structure that is about the same size as a standard laptop. My smaller 13" laptop easily fits on the top with space all around. The top part of the chill mat is slightly sloping upwards towards the back. The top is slightly rubberised so the laptop doesn't slip. In the gap in between there are two fans and the bottom level is covered with a soft spongy fabric so that when it is on your lap it feels ...  Read the complete review

My dogs recently broke my beloved HP mini netbook, by charging to the door barking their heads off, they ran 'through' the power cable and yanked the netbook onto the floor with considerable force. So when I replaced my netbook with a laptop I decided to get a chill mat to go with it having seen my daughters high spec laptop knackered (temporarily luckily it was fixable) by overheating. I bought both my new laptop and the chill mat from the 'Very' catalogue which has allowed me to defer payment on the laptop until next year and will give me a chance to save up, otherwise I could not have afforded to replace it so quickly. The Targus chill mat was the only ...  Read the complete review

Like most people, I often use a laptop on my lap - either whilst sat on the sofa watching the TV, or whilst stopped in the car somewhere. And again like most people, I tend to suffer from the hot legs problem where you end up blocking the cooling vents of your laptop, which then causes it to heat up, creating a double problem. Initially it heats your legs up, which can become uncomfortable, but it also heats up the components in your laptop, thus shortening their life, possible meaning laptop failure and loss of your vital documents. So it kind of makes sense to try and do something about this heat issue. Hence when I came across this Targus Lap Chill Mat ...  Read the complete review

Work nowadays for many of us (and for better or worse) is no longer a 9 - 5, or even an 8 - 6 concept. Instead it's a case of working as and when the client/customer dictates. The references to decreasing working weeks and lots of free time that were frequently made by Tomorrow's World in the 1970s now seem a quaint idea that will never come to fruition. As part and parcel of this modern approach to work I use a laptop in front of the television, or at the dining table, during the evening. The heat coming from the base of the laptop is a bit of a problem however - on the dining table I worry about damaging the old wooden surface that my wife loves, in front of ...  Read the complete review

Anyone who is a regular laptop user will know that awful burning thigh sensation that you get when balancing your over heated laptop on your lap, for several hours at a time. Even though laptops are fitted with cooling fans, sometimes they just don't seem to be able to do the job well enough and thats why we decided to purchase a Targus Lap Chill Mat. Our Targus Lap Chill Mat came simply packed in clear see through cellophane outer sleeve, with a cardboard wrap around the mid section which displayed the basics of the product. The packing was minimal and you could easily see what you were getting without having to open anything. The mat is roughly 38 cms x 30 ...  Read the complete review