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I could imagine how funny but literally cool it would be to get like a razer package that came with a compatible mouse keyboard cooling pad ect. for like "laptop x". Knowing it all compatible. Would (be)ast!
The dumbest thing you said was that the laptop cooler cooled down the room, it's the same logic of people who thing leaving the fridge door open will cool down the room.
FINALLY!!! Someone has the brains to test this with the lowest possible RPM too! Literally every other review out there just cranks it up the max - praises the low temperatures and complaints about the noise. And the fact that you compared the noise levels with the laptop's own cooling is a cherry on top!
Except... his laptop is on a desk. I literally have like a "aluminum laptop stand", at minimum height (which is 5cm off the table at the back.) This creates good airflow than if the laptop were straight on the desk. So I don't know if this is necessary.
@@millanferende6723 I have a stand too .. if you're not doing intensive gaming, then probably not. But I noticed with some games (like bf2042) the CPU temps hit 95c and stay there.. which is incredibly high for sustained temp. So I bought one of these hoping it will lower it by 10/20c for very demanding games. It's not even the performance aspect that I care about. I'm just worried I'm going to destroy my laptop with such temps. I don't even really play bf2042 etc
Its not more then what I spent on the wifes laptop, but its not far off, hers just has a i5 and a 1050 but it was only £170, will probably get her a coolermaster ergostand iv, but theyre only £30
I can see why this is a highly effective design. It creates a seal around the edge of the laptop and crams air through the vents. The only reason this wouldn't work is if the laptop had a lifting rear hinge and the foam couldn't make a complete seal.
That's how it work. Without the foam seal, it won't be effective because of leaked and wasted potential. The wind would spill over anywhere but not to the laptop where it supposed to go.
That foam looks tacky. You can already see on the bottom right corner where it's damaged 🤣 Thick industrial rubber, like the stuff on the soles of workboots, would have been better at this price point,
even if it does, some people use these with monitors and keyboards since the keyboard is too uncomfy to type on, so you can have it half open or in clamshell mode
exactly my thoughts im gonna try to recreate this on my own laptop cooler just get a foam cut it in the shape of my laptop, plug any other holes on the cooler except the fan this might work.
I have an older "non-crappy" Laptop Cooler which is a Aluminium Pad with two 120mm fans in it. Which have a high and low setting. On low they are as loud as a laptop and on high to loud. Low Setting drops the temperature about 5-10°C. Putting a Laptop on this Wedge for 2°C. I never use high. The biggest Problem with it is: I can't buy a new one. The Company is no longer on the market. And the heavy Aluminium Design is replaced by crappy ones in the market. Plastik needs to be thicker, which kills the advantage and most Fans are crappier then the old Revoltec fans at this pricepoint.
Entirely depends on the lappy, mine gets cooler just by the tilt of the cooling pad, with the fans off. In contrast, a severly heatsoaked, undercooled lappy will only be cooled by a monstrosity like this or maybe not even by this lol
Having your laptop on a stand with holes is already much better thank keeping it against the desk with no room to breathe. No wonder a pair of good fans makes it even better. The thing is that the majority of laptop cooling pads break very quickly
Most pads provide pretty much the same amount of cooling as just propping the back end of the laptop up on something. But it really depends on how the laptops cooling is designed. A fan that seals well enough to shove large volumes of air right into the case would certainly provide significant cooling.
There are a few factors. For one, these cooling pads assist the original fans in the laptop in pushing air into the bottom of the laptop, creating a higher pressure region and makes the original cooling system more effective. However, if your thermal paste is dried up, or your internal fans and heatsink are covered in dust, a laptop cooler like this is unlikely to help since it only can assist the original cooler and can't really do much to cool the laptop by itself. I do wonder however if using the laptop on this stand with a filtered input makes it better in terms of dust compared to regular unfiltered input on the laptop itself.
I've had junky $10 cooling pads that actually made a reasonable difference in temps (10-15°) but it also depended on the laptop itself. If the laptop has slots on the bottom side for cooling it will make a difference but with a laptop that's completely flat and covered underneath it would do nothing
Thats great, my laptop is already pretty well cooled when its elevated, but im really thinking of getting this now because of stepless fan adjustment. Youre a real champ for testing this out!
If it gets the job done for better performance, why not? In a desktop setup there are people replacing the stock cpu fan with a 100+ euro AIO that gives better cooling and thus performance.
You can get iets gt500 for cheaper price. This is what I have used for the last 6 months and is great cooler. My CPU temps never get above 75c, and this is max I ever seen after 5+ hours of gaming. I also use ANC headphones, so I barely hear anything outside.
The one saving grace is that heat really kills batteries, so this will likely help keep said battery in good condition for longer- which is pretty important for a $1000+ laptop.
This is probably what my (older) laptop should have. My i5-8250U and MX150 equipped laptop gets so hot when playing games (95C or higher) and even my laptop cooler pad struggle to take the temps down. Wish I could test it and release the results. Nice video btw, thanks!
Llano is an old western town in Texas. Been a while since I was there last, but I don't remember seeing any RGB laptop coolers grazing out in the pasture 🤔🤔🤔
My old gaming laptop had a habit of overheating. Being a broke teenager and then uni student, I used a cooling rack (like the one you'd use in the kitchen) as a cheap DIY solution. It worked pretty well, dropped the temps by about 10C and stopped it from thermal throttling (although it was still pushing 90C on the CPU)
I got a couple of these to write reviews on as well, and other than the ludicrous sound I was shocked they actually worked pretty well. Not just snake oil for once.
They definitely work! I was on a laptop for a while that always throttled the GPU and the CPU as they would always hit hit their max temps. I bought one of those that threw air right into the fans and it helped quite a lot! It actually kept both the CPU and GPU from throttling and gave me a nice bump in performance! The only downside was that it was pretty loud. Worth it though in my opinion.
I own this cooler and can testify 300-500 is a great range. 500 for ultra games and 300 for ambient use and your device will stay much cooler. There's even some seepage through the keyboard on my Zephyrus G16 so the digits get cooled as well
Yes! I've got the Asus Rog Strix G16, RTX 4080, i9 processor, 2023, and it has 3 internal fans, but when playing The Witcher 3 on ultra ray tracing setting. I get temps between 90 and 95c. I just got the Llano yesterday and tested it out on The Witcher 3 and also BG3. The fan setting even at 800RPM, dropped the temp between 70 and 75c, and if I put the fans on full blast, it went as low as 69c. Which is amazing and I can put my laptop in performance mode without exhausting the laptop internals. I'll Let the Llano do all the work 🙌 it saves an expensive laptop from deteriorating.
You haven’t accounted for research and development,including the planning and design, the time spent sourcing parts and/or factories. Storage and shipping also, taxes and business fees. Also, if that’s the case, you could make a killing making them . Go ahead, it only costs 15 bux right ? Der hurr
Main reason this seems to work so well is because the foam creates seal around bottom so the fan is properly acting as a fan for the laptop inside instead of throwing most of air out the sides before it gets into the laptop. Costs a shit ton for a cooling pad with a foam rectangle on top tho they are making bank lol.
If you haven't tried before, I suggest you try a vacuum cooler too, it works at least for me. My laptop, an ASUS X550IU kept throttling down whenever I play games, the GPU clocked down to 300 MHz per MSI Afterburner without any cooling. With a vacuum cooler, it did also throttled but only came down to 600-700 MHz (from 1.2 GHz iirc). And its cheaper too.
that worked awesome on my old laptop.. i could literally overclock he hell out of the gpu and get way lower temps than without it. but my new laptop has a bunch of exhausts. so my only choice are these pads
Cooling pads can work, i made one myself, you take a cheap fan and then you take some books and make two towers that are a little higher than the fan, and you are done, difference between the fan being on vs off is 10Cº or more.
My wife has a Dell with XE graphics. Got her a cooling pad and it helped a lot but it was mainly due to the fans no longer being choked by the sofa cushions. 😂
I owned like 4 different laptop cooling pads but the fan bearing would give away very soon most of the time so they ended up being used as a laptop stand, which is still better than putting the laptop on a flat table. It IS hard to find something that works like the one you featured on the video. :)
I bought a cooling pad for use with my new laptop, but then quickly found out that it only brought the temperatures down a few degrees (and my laptop already has decent cooling) and the RGB was pretty abrasive against my eyes. Love it as a stand, though, actually having the screen on my eye level is incredible for long gaming sessions.
I have one of these for $60 and yes it actually works. Keeps my CPU and GPU at about 60-65 Celsius around 1800 rpm (low) at 70%-90% load on both processesors. $60 for longevity is actually pretty good considering laptop temps are regularly at 90c GPU and CPU
i got this thing, for me its worth the money. i have been burned by cheap latop coolers before. this one actually makes noticeable difference. i dont run it at full speed, at 300 its good enough to stop my laptop fans running of like a jet engine. i would recommend it if you have a workstation laptop like Lenovo Thinkpad or Dell Precision because it looks like this thing was created for those kind of laptops specifically. it will not only bring the cpu and gpu temp down, even the Nvme SSD's are getting cooled somehow.
I think the problem is the height. I would find it uncomfortable to have my hand, wrist, and arm at an extreme upward angle while typing. Then you have your other hand and arm at a lower position awkwardly beside it while using a mouse. Therefore, this cooling solution would be a no-go for me. In the alternative, I could only see it being useful for me as a cooling solution while using my laptop connected to an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Thanks for bringing this cooler to our attention.
I got a Dell G15 5530 and boy doesn’t she heat up. At one point it was 101c. I spoke to Dell and they said laptops are designed to run hotter due to it compact size. I’ve never had a laptop go over 65c in the past but then it was a gaming laptop etc. it does give fantastic performance still regardless of the heat. What I tried was removing the base of the of the laptop cover, I had a big 190mm spare and put it to use in a diy sink shape like this cooler. The fan was rated for 3600rpm, further testing showed it would only go 3219rpm. So I bought a fan controller from parts and soldered them together so the fan is adjustable. I play DCS and the gpu is a Rtx 4060. Testing and benchmarks showed me I can now go from between 69c to 98c down to 53c maxed out. I’m so chuffed actually. This is a nice cooler. But I built for about £7.
Wow yeah seems laptop cooling pads have indeed came a ways in the last decade. Like you I as well haven’t touched one in about 10 years and the last one I had way back then quite literally did nothing but make noise. This Llano on the other hand looks quite well designed. I mean the numbers speak for themselves. Looking at it as an engineer I already knew by the design that it would very likely do something but my gosh I didn’t expect it to do that much! That kind of performance perfectly justifies the price.
I just got this yesterday after waiting for almost 3 weeks to get it from Amazon. Totally worth the wait. I also have a Gigabyte laptop. I have the G5 KF5 version with a i7-12650h and a 4060. The CPU temps will hit 100℃ when I play fortnite and throttle but with this cooler at 1000 RPM, it dropped down to around 85℃ and rarely going into the 90's.
It looks like something that is normally sold for half the price. When I looked it up I got some weird results. People on reddit call it a copy of an "IETS gt626", yet that isnt available to buy anymore. It seems that this style of laptop cooler hadn't always cost >$100 so be careful about buying it at that price.
This is the exact model of laptop cooler I have been circling for months. None of the reviews out there has really convinced me, until this. It's a remarkable laptop cooler, expensive, but from the results, it is totally worth it. I don't mind the loud sound as I usually game with the headphones on.
I always told people who wanna buy a laptop cooler this, "Instead of wasting money on bad quality coolers that might not work, just buy one of these coolers, like GT500 that are indeed more expensive but they are so much better than everything else."
i got mine for the non-rgb version for less than 70$. recently bought it from ilano official store. works really good, ive seen previews reviews about it, it does get loud if put higher rpm. For intense gaming, around 40%-50% of max speed shud get the work done if you dont stand the loud noise. After few days fan noise wont bother much.
well the $110 version seems to also function as a USB hub, and comes with a pretty large mousepad as well (at least on Amazon in the US at the time of writing). it’s definitely still a steep price for what it is, but i generally think that if it’s well built and can serve the purpose well, and has some things bundled in that make is a more reasonable buy, then it could be worth it. combined with the coupon from this video it’s around $88, so it definitely hovers into that reasonable criteria.
I just got one of these and it does indeed lower my Razer's CPU/GPU temps. My only complaint is that for $95 they could supply a power cord longer than 5 feet.
Imagine you have a close case with an exhaust fan in the back. Do you think it will do much good to duct tape another fan to it from the outside? That is essentially what the cooling pads do. The benefit you may experience using one can be recreated using bottle caps as a standup for the rear part of the laptop. That way the fans, usually on below, can breath more freely. That´s all the magic. To truly make a difference in cooling you would be required to re design the airflow with external fans in mind, so they can get access to help ventilate air through hot spots, passive cooling block fins. Which might be doable by cutting the bottom cover... but i´d rather not go that far.
I think it depends on the laptop. Mine doesnt have vents on the bottom, theyre on the top above the keyboard between the screen, so this coolong pad would just blow air at a flat solid plastic bottom and do nothing.
The only way modern laptops will run cold enough is if you do your own custom bottom plastic part design about 2 inches thick at least, stick a proper server grade 100% copper radiators on a thermal glue or ect. And run it with a dozen 15K RPM fans (5 for each side) replasing og fans or a big compressor like those which are used to pupm up tires. And you can plug em into the USB-C PD ports. 60watts will be enough to power at least some. The remaining fans can be powered with a separate wall plug. And you should understand that the laptop loaded with a heavy task can't be quiet. It's just a matter of fact that if a laptop still less noisy than a server room - you still can cool it down. I personally run an electric leaf blower through my laptop each time i turn it on for the entire duration of it running. The down side is that the stock fans blew up because of the airflow this high.
I mean if your laptop was overheating that quickly there was obviously an issue with the heatsink/fan in the machine like it was clogged with dander. No laptop cooler would help that if you are being fair and honest.
i saw this on amazon and purchased it. What a big difference i noticed on the temps for my laptop. You can also really crank this cooler up but i use it at 1000 rpm with still nice coolling. Also love that it matches the back of my alienware m18
You should include performance benchmarks too. Due to things like gpu boost, you can actually see higher core and memory clocks simply by keeping the laptop cooler. The lower temperatures are good but I feel the performance benefits were left out here.
If it wasn't for the IETS GT500v2 I own, I absolutely would have picked one of these Llano coolers in white to fit the black/white carbon skin on my Strix G15.
All of these are horrible non re-useable e-waste. Ive been through 4 of them just since 2020. The first failure was the a-rgb controller, causing the fan to be uncontrollable. Because of the short the fan and display showing RPM flickers on and off. I have 4 different brands, all of "amazons best e-waste collection" Please dont be the guy sponsoring this cheap plastic e-waste, if anything cover options that feature replace-able fans, controller. I have purchased one that is extremely simple and works, allows fan replacement as well as servicing the cooling pad. Sorry for a long winded comment about cooling pads, I hope you are doing well ! 💚💚
Llano is a good laptop cooling brand, lots of good reviews, myself included, i got the config where it uses the mains power too since usb powered fan isnt going to push alot of air, i really like the insulation of the cooler because it forces the cool air to go through the vent holes of the laptop instead of blowing out the sides, the only downside for me is i live in somewhat of a humid environment and the foam would feel wet, and started to grow mold, good thing that llano sells just the foam inserts too
I like cooling pads because I only ever use my laptop in hotels while in bed. They may not make a huge difference on a hard surface, but on top of sheets they save it from suffocation and rapid overheating.
Super happy you are getting review samples now!!! I have been with you since the beginning! I use to buy intel pre-built pics and mod them for bigger psus and graphics cards..I would add rgb and optimize the systems for the hardware..you helped me alot! I am super grateful 🙏 for your Chanel and wish you all the luck and wealth!! Give it a few years and you will have your own office space with tons of hardware to test! I would buy stock in you if I could! You make the best videos possible with what you have and I have always loved your personality dedication and charisma!!❤.. your an awesome influence on new pc builders and pc enthusiasts looking for advise or budget friendly options for the best gaming experience.. and for that I will always stay tuned for your next video!! I will be picking up this cooler for my aero 16 xe4! Lm just don't get me the Temps I want!! Glad you reviewed this product!! Was looking for a decent one and this is it!!!
Generally speaking the clocks on a gaming laptop are a consequence of the harsh power limit rather than thermals. In my experience you shouldn't expect much thermal throttling with modern gaming laptops unless they're poorly built or caked in dust. That being said Ultrabooks can thermally throttle, it a design feature from devices such as the Macbook air, which are designed more like smartphones. But unfortunately many of those laptops lack the large bottom vents needed for a device like this to be effective. It's a real shame, as awesome as this product is there just aren't too many modern laptops that'd truly benefit from it. The device's that need it can't use it and the devices that can use it usually run well within their thermal limits (90°+ temps are acceptable for gaming laptops its 100°+ where you need to start worrying.). I think most people considering this are either paranoid about the standard running temps of gaming laptops or would be better served by simply cleaning the inside of their laptop.
I know people are gonna make fun of the price, but I remember using a cheap cooling pad and realising it does NOTHING. So honestly, if I had the money, I would buy this. It is not cheap for sure, but damn those temps are a huge drop
Nice one! I found anything that just lifts the laptop works well as then it can get fresh air in. Nice to see how it can boost performance if temp is throttling the cpu or GPU too.
I use my laptop (i7/2070) docked 90% of the time, connected to my TV and a monitor. It's in a room with a window A/C, so fan noise isn't a problem. I think I might be the perfect use case for this cooler.
This would be the ideal use case for my HP OMEN 15, as that always ran (and still runs) bloody hot when gaming. I would happily take the 2800RPM setting on this to get the temperature down to a reasonable level: trust me when I saw HP do not know how to design good cooling!
Let me introduce you to me budget laptop cooling set up. So, you get two bottle caps of the same vertical size and put them on the back rubber legs. In my case helps cool enough for it not to throttle at full load. PS the higher the lift up the better the results.
Best laptop cooler: Cooler Master Notepal U2 or Plus with 2x120 Noctua 5 volt USB fans (or any other 5V fans) strapped to it with a fan splitter. If the fan breaks you just replace it, not throw away the whole cooler like in this case. It's also cheaper and you can actually use the laptop's keyboard on it. From the video it's a bit of a challenge with the Llano. It's a beast and not louder than the laptop fans while gaming. While not gaming you should disconnect it if you want some peace and quiet.
its been so long since I actually seen anyone use one of these laptop coolers lol. Someone I knew had one (not this exact model ofc) wayyy back in like 09 for his laptop. His unit was pretty powerful for the time, if I remember correctly it was a Samsung Aura model with a 9600M GT. I dont think the cooler ever did anything meaningful cooling wise, but I still remember how bulky it looked.
Gotta be honest. I just use a normal stand without fans. For a while i used stands with fans but after comparing temperatures, i decided that a normal stand is better.
To bad you did not test the scaling at different RPM. Would have loved to see how it scales with lets say every 500RPM increments and also to find its sweet spot in regards of noise vs performance. I know the latter is more subjective, but still. Regardless, great and fun little review. Am glad to see the channel grow.
I mean these are "cool" but do not really do much since most of the cooling is done by the laptop itself, blasting a tone of air at the laptop does not really help cool it down (since you are not really doing anything at all, infact in some cases it can actually make it worse). The only cooling pads I have seen that actually work well are dedicated ones made specifically for a specific device, where the attachment helps blow air through the laptop in addition to the main fans instead of just firing air at the base of the laptop. These are made for that one device only and often cost a tone of money (and these days are extremely rare to find laptops that have this feature).
Your old cooling pad might have been doing a decent job on your old laptop. The thermal protection settings still allow it to reach a set temp before throttling down. So, maybe it was still overheating, but maybe it was also running faster and produced more heat.
Must say, channels like Gamers Nexus do all their science with equipment I never heard of for money I never will have but here I always find information important to me and so many others from a real life environment. I enjoy your content as much as GN but for entirely different reasons.
Y'all need to start using vacuum fans for laptops. They suck air from the exhaust of your laptop, making a lot more air go through the cooler. Works like a charm, and it's compact for everyday carry.
The only time I needed a laptop cooler was when I put a gtx 280 in a alienware M13 that came with a gt240. It would hit 100C and with a cooler it would lower it to 75C. It ended up being used as a computer in mechanics shop being used with a mesh stand and 2 fans blowing fresh air into it.
There’s a huge market for laptops in parts of the world that are so hot that even ambient/room temps are too high to run without an issue. This and other cooling pads are really best suited for those environments.
A lot of the comments on here show me how many people dont realize that this is for gaming laptops, you know, the 2-3k lines that can overheat really fast despite the laptop being lifted a bit higher, dust in its ports or even straight out of the box?
I got an extremely nice cooking pad just for it to make my razer blade hotter. But my 30$ cheap pad that elevates my pc with cheap fans does make a noticeable difference for the better
I wish a company would make a proper cooling pad like this that is an actual lap pad with a decent sized mouse pad built in. I don't have a desk and actually do a lot of gaming on my laptop laying in the bad. Its hard enough finding a lap pad for a 17" laptop let alone one that actually can provide better cooling.
I've had the same cooler master x slim cooling pad now for about a decade. Works great. The thing about a cooling pad is that it has to pull air from the bottom and blow up. Too many pads did the opposite when I was looking at them years ago. It was more about having something that I could put it on and use it in bed at the time as well. I don't use it that often nowadays since I purchased a small saiji bed desk, but when I want to game on the go, it does keep my laptop from getting too loud.
Interesting. Looks like decent build quality compared to a lot of so called laptop coolers which aren't much more than a small fan or two wedged between 2 pieces of plastic. However, if someone has a laptop that's overheating they really ought to get it serviced. Chances are the heatsink is clogged up with dust, hair & debris which is why it's running too hot in the first place. In my 25 years of working on laptops that's by far the #1 reason why a laptop is running hot or overheating. It's fairly rare that a laptop comes equipped with insufficient onboard cooling, but it has happened in the past, mostly on machines with higher end CPUs or GPUs in them.
It did not make the room cooler, that's not possible. I've been subscribed since you had 3,000 subscribers and that's one of the first mistakes I've heard you make.
I'll put it like this - its more benificial to clear your laptop's dust covers and exhaust, change the thermal paste - if its still terrible, sorry, these cooling pads wont help. its that simple. speaking from experience. edit: okay, maybe not so much with this one. suprising results for sure!
I'm going to be honest, the performance is nice but if it's more than 50 quid I would never buy it. I'd much rather have something that performs a bit worse but is like 30 quid instead, which you can find as well. The problem is typically with people buying something even cheaper and then getting junk. No shit. This goes all the way in the other direction.
Most people's laptop cooling problems result from dust getting in and clogging up the fins of the internal cooler. So these heat pads are just a crutch to avoid fixing the actual problem. Often you can just blow some compressed air through the exhaust vent to push it back out and break it up.
Your results were enough to at least determine it's not a completely worthless piece of junk! But also it seems pretty impressive -- usually they just have a weak little 5V fan, not a beefy 12V one that can hit respectable speeds. And the incorporated USB hub definitely is a value-add. Most of the "cooling pads" I've had were more helpful as "keep your lap from getting cooked" pads -- we have one in my house that never even gets plugged in because the fan is worthless.
