I've noticed several review say that this item does do a good job during normal use, but not so much gaming. This is both true and misleading. TL;DR, when flat (not elevated using the built-in bar stand), there isn't enough of a gap in the front of the device - which is the ONLY opening at the bottom - to allow enough air in; you must either elevate it, place it on an uneven/partially open surface, or modify the base to allow air flow in if you DON'T use the elevation bar. If you have sufficient room underneath, you will get 10+ degrees cooler even when gaming.Longer: I bought this to be able to travel with for cooling my MSI gaming laptop; it worked well enough, but when I settled more into my home office, I began noticing uncomfortable temps with more demanding games. This led me to repaste everything, which helped a bit, but the temps were still high. However, I was leaving the thing flat instead of propped using the elevation bar because my office cat likes to snooze on it while I work; I never changed this while gaming, and just recently finally had an idea of the issue. I propped it, fired up Cinebench, and my scores jumped considerably while my CPU stayed around 70-75 instead of climbing up to 90+ and getting into thermal throttling. Fortunately, I have a laptop stand that has a 2-inch gap between the main platform and the mouse area, so I just moved the pad over to allow more air into it. It's not as good as using the stand to elevate the whole, but still keeps it cool enough to game. If you have a dremel or similar tool, you could easily carve some arches into the base to allow greater air flow without compromising the structure.And since nobody seems to have said it directly, to turn off the RGB lights entirely, press and hold the lights button (right next to the power button) for a few seconds and they'll all turn off. The fans are quiet enough to leave them at max full time. Overall it's good enough price/performance that I bought one for my work laptop and another specifically for traveling.

Must buy for home office, Great product

Very suprised with the quality of this product! The lights are awesome and fans are quite and works super well

My laptop used to heat after an hour of using it, thats why I purchase this... Really effective, I like its cooling system as it has 6 fans. i also love the lights... Highly recommended😊

In appearance it looks very good, the RGB lights give it a very good gamer touch, the smartphone holder is a very good addition.It keeps my laptop at acceptable temperatures and gives it a more gamer touch, its ventilation levels are useful for alternating between different wseasons(winter to summer) or simply if you want to change the fan settings, in general the noise is acceptable.Works perfectly on my 15" laptop.It feels quality and very well built, resistant and durable.

I was gifted another gaming laptop riser from someone, and I ended up really liking the concept of having a cooling base for my gaming laptop. After a few weeks of use, I decided that I wanted to purchase something that had a bit more adjustability, and some neat RGB effects. This came in at a reasonable price, and had a whopping SIX fans, unlike the Klin I had been using, which only had four fans.PROSThe sheer adjustability of this riser is excellent. I'm able to easily adjust the height on the fly, and there's multiple levels at which this can be set.Six fans do a reasonable job at keeping a gaming laptop cooler under normal usage. These fans are also backlit with dim blue LED lights, which adds a nice aesthetic.The RGB lighting effects are really neat. I'm a sucker for RGB lights, and this base does it well. They're also much easier to control, as opposed to other cooling bases with similar effects.This is not an expensive base, and definitely feels more substantial than others in the same price range that I've tried.CONSDespite six fans, and the fact that they can keep a gaming laptop cool with normal use, they don;t really seem to make much of a difference when actually gaming. I was still noticing how hot my laptop keyboard was getting while playing Skyrim, or Call Of Duty WWII.The adjustability comes from a thin metal bar underneath the main platform. It's anchored near the middle of the platform, so if you're doing any typing on your laptop, you'll notice a bit of wobbling or bouncing, so it's not the most stable base.Overall, it's a nice looking piece if you're looking for a riser for your laptop, and want to be able to keep it a bit cooler while using it. If you're looking for something to keep a more powerful rig cool, this may not be the best riser for that. I've been using mine at work, and I've been happy with it in that application. I would purchase again for my office.

For starters you *CAN* turn the RGB lights off, the only thing unaffected by the lights turning off is the fan lights but they aren't super visible outside of the stand. So, if you're an intelligent human being and actually read the manual on how to not be brain dead you shouldn't have any problems. Otherwise, it is super useful and customizable for height and the RGB settings are nice. One thing is the phone stand is kind of clunky to use but not like it's a huge problem because well I don't use it, and the RGB setting reset if your laptop turns off or if it's unplugged, again not a big deal you just have to click the button and it will be good. The fans are very quiet on max setting, and I mean QUIET, like you can feel them running and doing their job, but they are super quiet, and it has cooled down my laptop significantly keeping it 4-10 degrees below what it would normally run at. While it isn't major it still does what it is intended. It mainly keeps my GPU and CPU from overheating and keeping it at the recommended safe zones for gaming. The height adjustment is helpful in general for the laptop itself and its also kind of nice to be able to look up than more down. My laptop is also heavy, it's one of the Alienware laptops and HE IS A BIG 15 inch BOY. This thing can withstand the weight of the laptop and my constantly RAGE typing on it, so it is very sturdy. If you're looking for something simple and to bump your laptop down a few degrees into the safe zones and otherwise helpful, this is it!! Also, for those worried, it comes packaged safely and securely so the only reason it would break on transit is because your mailman has beef with you.

El producto representa un buen compromiso en el aspecto de calidad-precio. Tengo una base Cooler Master la cual cuenta con dos ventiladores, realizando una comparación haciendo uso del software MSI Afterburner, el cual indica el valor de la temperatura del GPU, la base TopMate C11 siempre obtuvo temperaturas menores y/o un avance menor en el incremento de las mismas. Por lo que puedo decir que el objetivo principal que buscaba (mantener lo más bajo posible la temperatura de mi equipo) se cumplió.Respecto a las características adicionales que tiene, considero que en cada una de ellas puede mejorar:- Manual, realmente carece de un manual con las instrucciones mínimas. Puede parecer que al ser una base de enfriamiento no se requieren muchos pasos, sin embargo me costó varios minutos el encontrar la base para el celular, para descubrir que está insertada a lo largo de la base principal, una pequeña imagen hubiera ayudado bastante. La página web que aparece en el mini panfleto de agradecimiento por haber comprado el producto me llevó a una página genérica de la empresa pero no me aparecía la TopMate C11.- Base para el celular. Me parece un muy buen instrumento y, sobretodo, el poder colocarla en cualquiera de los costados, desafortunadamente mi celular (posiblemente por su grosor) queda en una posición muy vertical y es incómodo interactuar con el celular dentro de la base así que se debe estar retirando a cada rato. Sugeriría que el celular pudiera quedar con un ángulo mayor. En mi celular tengo todavía configurado el navegar con los botones virtuales en la parte inferior, aún cuando la base del celular tiene un espacio para poder ver dichos botones, es complicado interactuar con ellos por la altura.- Calidad/dureza de los botones. Los botones son muy duros de presionar, puede ser para evitar presionarlos por error, sin embargo me preocupa la cantidad de fuerza necesaria para activarlos ya que puede llevar a un desgaste prematuro.- Control de iluminación. Realmente no me interesa mucho la parte de iluminación en la base, prefiero tener desactivados las luces o un efecto de luz fija, desafortunadamente cuando apago el nobreak o el regulador (con la finalidad de ahorrar luz) la configuración de la base se pierde así que al volver a encender las luces comienzan encendidas y con el efecto de movimiento. Esto me lleva a tener que interactuar con los botones cada que voy a trabajar, lo cual llega a ser cansado.- Estabilidad de la base. Creo que este es el punto más débil. Yo trabajo con la altura de la base recorrida una posición, y se tienen disponibles 4 posiciones adicionales para aumentar la altura. Aún cuando yo solo estoy haciendo uso de la primer altura, en mi laptop de 15 pulgadas, se siente movimiento al momento de teclear, no es mucho pero si es algo que se nota de inmediato. En la laptop de 17 pulgadas el efecto es todavía mayor. Afortunadamente no pienso ocupar otra altura porque para mí sería ya muy incómodo pero en otros niveles el efecto de movimiento al teclear aumenta considerablemente.- Conexiones USB. A parte de recibir la energía por un puerto USB, tiene otro adicional para hacer uso, sin embargo la alimentación de energía es muy pobre así que solo he logrado que memorias USB (no discos duros) funcionen de manera confiable. Tengo un pequeño ventilador que funciona mediante USB, al conectarlo al puerto que tiene la base de enfriamiento la velocidad a la cual funciona es al rededor 3/4 de la velocidad que tiene si se conecta directamente a un puerto de la laptop, del monitor, o del disco duro externo (un Seagate con hub USB integrado).Pueden parecer mucho puntos negativos pero en realidad son cuestiones adicionales que uno puede sobrellevar o no impactan demasiado en la experiencia final, sin embargo espero que en un futuro producto mejoren estas características.Si solo buscan la base para enfriar lo mejor posible su laptop, este es un producto muy bueno. Si les gustan los efectos de luz para su laptop "gamer", esta también es una buena opción.Solo recomiendo probar su uso para que la inestabilidad no sea algo que afecte, ya sea al escribir o al estar jugando.