Targus Lap Chill Mat: thin and light cooling pad

If you take a look out there at all the laptop stands available you immediately realize that most of them feature the same design, with small variation, and that’s understandable: why change something that works, right? Well, Targus surely doesn’t seem to agree as they’ve just released the Targus Lap Chipp Mat cooling pad, which features a wedge design, ventilated mesh and dual cooling fan system. It even accommodates big 17 inch gaming laptops with ease, it raises the screen thanks to its inclined surface and cools them by drawing air from beneath the laptop through the side openings and directs it where it helps your laptop the most: under it, where hot components sit.

You could use the Targus Lap Chill Mat (AWE55US) on your lap or on a desk without any problems. Four rubber pads make sure your laptop won’t slip off and the ventilated mesh ensures some air gets through from natural convection even when the two fans are not powered via USB. I would have loved to see adjustable fan speed on this baby, but it’s not the case, nor a power On/Off switch but that’s not a problem: just take off the USB cable and you have complete silence (if you don’t count your laptop’s fans).

Targus Laptop Chill Mat looks business

As of build quality, the Targus Lap Chill Mat unit is covered by neoprene which ensures good grip and also adds waterproof and other liquids proteciton, but I don’t advise putting the two fans under water. I personally also love the business look in this laptop cooling stand but you might want to check with your girlfriend if you want the give her as a gift. If you’re interested in one you can get it from Amazon for as little as 30$ and that’s a bargain for what it offers.

Targus Laptop Chill Mat in lap use mode