KLIM Mistral Laptop Cooling Pad - New - Powerful Turbo-Laptop Fans (4500 RPM) - Rubber Seal and Dust Filters for Maximum Performance - Gaming Laptop Cooler to Avoid Overheating - 15.6-17.3 inch

Don't worry, even though it might look it, this isn't some paid review. I paid the full $60 to own this thing. It hasn't even been a day owning this and I already feel compelled to write a review. Once the warmer weather rolled in, my gaming laptop started to have major thermal throttling issues when gaming. This caused the frames to dip massively every other second which made playing games almost impossible unless I set the graphics quality lower to save resources. The laptop does fine during the cold winter months, but during the summer, it's a completely different story. I bought one of those cheaper HAVIT coolers from years back. It didn't really stop the throttling and after a while it just broke and didn't work anymore when plugged in. I decided enough was enough and I had to do something. I took a leap of faith on this product that only had one other review at the time and just bought it for the full $60. Two days later I received the box. It was left under my front porch in the heavy rain, but it was not a problem. It was decently packaged and the box for the product itself immediately gave off a premium impression and told me, that yep, this is the real deal. After unpacking everything, I saw it. To some, it might look funky, but I think it looks cool, even beautiful. Keep in mind, your laptop is going to be on top of it for most of the time anyway. Figuring out how to work this thing wasn't too hard: You put on some doo dahs to let the heat escape without getting sucked back in, place the laptop on the rubber thingy and adjust these doo hickeys to secure the laptop in place, then plug in the USB into the slot and into your computer, turn on the on button and voila, it works! With your laptop on max fan speed combined with the max fan speed on the cooler, it's a loud setup, but with headphones while gaming, it's tolerable. I immediately tested this thing out by trying to play one of the worst games I owned for thermal throttling on ultra, and I immediately noticed a difference. A big one. The game was running smoothly without any throttling or any dip in frames, AT ALL. Yes, that's right. And I played for like 4 or 5 hours straight. Oh, did I mention the beautiful RGB lighting? They're awesome, but not too ostentatious and you can change the colors to whatever you want by simply pressing the "LED" button next to the power button, or keep it on the default color changing setting. In short, this product works, and it works great, at least it did for me, and it looks to be well built and sturdy. Nothing about this product comes across as cheap or feeling like something's going to break. Of course, since it's only been a day, if things change, I will update this review. I have a good feeling that I won't need to though. To be honest, I did not expect this thing to work as well as it did. But then again, for $60, it better be good! And it is. Thanks for a great first impression and a great product Klim! If you're a doubter, stop doubting and just get this thing now.TLDR: Have gaming laptop. Major thermal throttling issues. Horrible frame dips while playing games. Bought this cooler for $60. Looks cool. Throttling and frame dips went bye-bye. Plus pretty lights. What more could you want? Just get this thing now.

Ordered this product along with a different one to replace my old laptop cooler. Both products had great reviews but this one beat the other by a few degrees :) Very happy with the purchase NOW but wasn't initially. Read on for full details but in short, this product was worth the price and keeps my laptop cooler than any of the 4 coolers I have now. This repeatedly beat the second best cooler (and not a cheap one either) by about 8 degrees Celsius on the CPU, 11 on GPU, and about 8 on the system overall. It is well built, well engineered, and has some important little features I like (i.e. the rear air deflectors that seem cheesy but actually make sense). The support that KLIMA provides is first rate and I'd buy from them again in a heartbeat.The full story:Ordered a NEW KLIMA Mistral from Amazon. Package gets here and it was obvious I had been sent a previously sold and returned cooler. The cooler was NOT packed into anything other than its original vendor box. There were old shipping labels cut off that box. The box itself was torn in a few areas and showed obvious signs of handling and wear. I opened the box and pulled out the contents. There were 2 cables loose inside the box, the air deflectors had the backing taken off for the sticky area, and the glue itself was all balled up and nasty. The rubber o-rings were also loose within the box. Nonetheless, I hooked everything up to see what it was like. One of the LEDs up front was not working and one of the fans, at idle and at level 1, was VERY rough sounding. At level 2 and 3 it matched the sound of the other fan though. I contacted KLIMA via their online support page and also sent them pictures. I expected to wait 2 or 3 days for a response and also expected to have to explain things multiple times. I had a response the next morning and right off the bat they apologized and offered to send me a new one. They explained that they did not control what Amazon sent out and that they truly were disappointed and apologetic. "They" was a support representative named Marja and she did a great job over the next few emails, albeit her native language was not English, communicating what was going on. 5 days after my initial contact with them I had my new cooler and I am loving it. Kudos to Klima and Marja for standing behind their product, righting a wrong, and showing that their stance on support isn't just words but actionable truth.