I've always told myself that I never needed those terribly ugly laptop cooling pads until I found this ...

... and until I got a laptop that heated up as badly as my MacBook Pro.

I found that I had to constantly keep my table top fan on or have the room's air-conditioning on to keep my MacBook Pro from becoming molten aluminum.

This is how it looks under my inferno of a Mac.

It's a simple device powered by USB, the fan's pretty quite making it good for those overnight *ahem* downloading *ahem* sessions while I sleep. The white plastic is pretty good quality and the grey rubber portions are a good grip for the laptop.

The only thing I feel it lacks is more fans. Some of the alternatives to this Belkin cooling pad have two or more fans which might be more effective. But I'm happy with this one simply because of its good looks (if I'm gonna be geek, might as well be chic).

The height and tilt is something I got to get used to since I usually use it flat, but it hasn't come between me and this blog post so I'm cool with it.

It cost me S$49 which is quite expensive but since I never turn my machine off even when the mid-day sun warms the room so I'm more than happy to spend on this device.