Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If only there was a switch for the LED lights! While the lights are "cool", they are unnecessary and waaaay too bright in the darkened environment in which I frequently work, casting eerie images all over the walls 10-15 feet away. That one gripe aside, the real reason I bought this item was to cool my Toshiba 17" laptop that recently began having overheating issues after about 18 months of use (video card, not so much the CPU -- but since they're integrated on the motherboard, one affects the other). And, after looking at the reviews for a variety of different units available on Amazon.com and doing price/product comparisons on eBay and Newegg, I chose this Havit unit on Amazon.com . . . and am **thoroughly pleased with my selection.** The exceptionally quiet downdraft functions perfectly as a heat sink, and effectively cooling the laptop which slightly overlaps the unit on the left and right sides only. The metal screen surface on which the laptop rests is very rigid and does not deform under the weight of the laptop -- a frequent complaint I read about on less costly units made entirely of plastic -- and one of the main reasons I chose this Havit model. The added benefit of the downdraft is the cool air flowing across my lap. No more hot thighs as I recline in bed or on the sofa -- the two most likely places I work when at home. the sides and base of the device are heavy-duty plastic and made to last. In the field at a customer's table, or at table in a training seminar, or when I teach a class, the unit will be perfect as well because it is also designed with rear legs that flip open to angle the laptop, just like those on a regular desktop keyboard -- something lacking in the design of my current Toshiba and every one of the five other laptops from Toshiba, HP, Fujitsu, and Samsung I've owned in the past 12 years. If you have a 17" laptop, **don't waste your money** on less costly units made entirely of plastic, or any of those where any reviewer mentions that the laptop causes the surface of the device to contact the fan blades . . . you'll be sorry you did.