Testseek.com have collected 20 expert reviews of the ThermalTake iXoft Notebook Cooler and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for ThermalTake iXoft Notebook Cooler.
January 2008
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The editors liked
Does as it states
Doesn’t take up much real estate
Silent
And doesn’t use power
Extends life of your laptop
Surprisingly effective laptop cooling
No fans
No noise
No power required
Portable
Lightweight and foldable
Use it next time you need to get a bundt cake out of the oven
No power consumption
Silent operation
Flexible and portable
Fanless
Cools your laptop
Truly Silent
Look great
Lightweight
Simple
Good for laptops with no bottom vents
Works great!! Makes using a laptop on my lap a much more comfortable experience.
IXoft
Works well as a passive cooler
Soft and durable
Lapinator Plus
Large work surface
Thinsulate material
Soft
Padded standoff legs
Comfortable
Good cooling
Portability
Solid
The editors didn't like
Only two color choices
Slippery top surface
Its a little spendy
But considering the alternatives
Its worth it
Costs more than many traditional laptop coolers
Might not be as effective as active cooling.
A bit heavy
Blocks bottom fans
Potentially overheating the laptop and eliminating the purpose of the cooling pad
Slippery surface needs some decent feet on the laptop to keep from sliding around (or onto the floor).
The Ixoft uses solid state crystals that melt to a liquid state to help disperse the heat from the notebook. As the crystals heat, they become a liquid which, in turn, pulls the heat away from the laptop and on to the mat. The mat then disperses the...
Thermaltake has taken a new approach to notebook cooling with the iXoft and it seems to have paid off. The iXoft is a nice looking pad, available in both black and white (PC and Mac). Thermaltake claims the pad can be used with notebooks up to 17", alt...
Abstract: If your primary computer is a notebook than you are familiar with an issue that often arises- after using it for some time the system starts to heat up. This heat may or may not be enough to bother you, but on some notebooks it will get the palm rest q...
Abstract: OK. I just have to be honest with you: my laptop always ends up getting too hot to hold on my lap. Oh, that happens to you, too? Well then, you may be interested in this next item: a passive notebook cooling pad made by Thermaltake. Thermaltake...
The iXoft resulted in a large improvement in cooling. Our test showed that the laptop CPU ran 4.1 degrees cooler when sitting on the iXoft at idle, and 12.3 degrees cooler sitting on the iXoft when being tortured by Prime95. This product is properly p...
iXoft, Portable, Works well as a passive cooler, Soft and durable, Lapinator Plus, Large work surface, Thinsulate material, Soft, padded standoff legs, Comfortable
iXoft, Slippery surface, Heavier than expected, Lapinator Plus, Slick surface, Too large for easy storage and travel
Both these products have a primary goal and secondary goal. The main target is to protect the users lap from the heat build up of newer and hotter laptops and both these products perform that job admirably. The secondary goal is to lower the working t...
Abstract: The results were fairly nice for the Thermaltake iXoft Notebook Cooling Pad. The entire bottom of the laptop was also significantly cooler after using the iXoft for a while. The improvement overall was very good for a passive cooling pad. Air coolers ...
Before testing the product, I was rather skeptical as to how exactly this product could help cool my Asus A6JA. Its only 15.4" laptop, but it gets very hot, especially after I replaced the original Fujitsu 4200rpm HDD with a Seagate 5400rpm HDD in or...
Abstract: There are countless reasons why you would consider getting some sort of cooling solution for your notebook computer. If you’re a guy and you plan on having children at some point in your life, you may not want to cook your soldier’s under a smolderin...
Lightweight, portable, Simple, Good for laptops with no bottom vents
Blocks bottom fans, potentially overheating the laptop and eliminating the purpose of the cooling pad
The iXoft failed to cool my laptop. In fact, it almost caused the laptop to overheat! The bottom fan was blocked, preventing cool airflow to the innards. Users with bottom-fanned laptops should probably avoid the iXoft. Others, however, might decide t...
