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Bluelounge Cool Feet
Posted 06/24/2009 at 12:13:00pm | by Susie Ochs

cool feet
Giving your ’Book feet doesn’t mean it’s more likely to walk away. It just won’t burn your legs--or its battery--as quickly.

We’re weirdos here at Mac|Life for many reasons--not the least of which is that some of us actually like the heat produced by our ’Books when they sit on our laps. It reminds us of sitting in the passenger seat of a car with a hot carryout pizza box on our laps, back in the days before we got lazy and started insisting on delivery only.

Our personal quirks aside, those notebook Macs get hot, and tons of products exist to help them run a little cooler (which also keeps the internal fans from running as much, saving you some battery life)--from gel pads that absorb heat to cooling stands with USB-powered fans. Bluelounge offers Cool Feet, which are four rubber feet that attach to the bottom of your ’Book with suction cups. This lets some air circulate under the computer, plus tilts your keyboard a little for more comfortable typing. You get two taller feet that raise the ’Book 1 inch, plus two shorter feet that raise it a 1/2 inch, and you can use all four at once or just two.

We stuck them easily to both aluminum MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and the older plastic MacBooks and iBooks too. But if you have trouble getting ’em stuck, Bluelounge includes four thin, clear adhesive plates you can apply to the bottom of your laptop, and then stick the suction cups to the plates.

The keyboard tilt is great, and we love how portable the Cool Feet are. You can stick each pair of suction cups together and toss ’em in your bag; they take up no room whatsoever and weigh about as much as a ballpoint pen. 

 

THE BOTTOM LINE
This is the smallest, lightest solution to the hot-lap problem we’ve seen, and of course, unlike fan-equipped cooling stands, the Cool Feet don’t use any power. You can buy Cool Feet alone, or packaged with two Cableyoyo cable organizers in Bluelounge’s $19.95 Notebook Kit.

Cool Feet
COMPANY: Bluelounge
CONTACT: www.bluelounge.com
PRICE: $12.95
REQUIREMENTS: Notebook computer
Highly portable. They don’t use power.
Red fabric carrying case is kind of ugly.
4/5
COMMENTS: 1
TAGS:  Bluelounge
COMMENTS
avatarI love it...

Considering the mobility, ease of use, the little tilted effect, zero power consumption and the price (I got it in HK for just HK$88), a cool gadget to add in your pack with your MBP (or any notebook) when you hit the road - you probably would feel that people are watching you when you set this up in Starbucks...

It does help a bit, in terms of cooling effect; but often the MBP is just too hot - so don't over-expect the cooling ability.

Forget about the carrying case, it is a real joke, ha~

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