Review on IHome Mac Cooling Pad IMAC A300S by John Bailey

I have had several of these products over the past few years and they all fail after 6-12 months. I've been using it for about 6 weeks now and so far it's not working. It's currently being used on a 15-inch MacBook Pro, which tends to get very hot, and the unit *really* seems to drop the heat a few degrees from almost "hot" to fairly warm. Airflow isn't great, but *adequate and the fans are quiet. I was hoping it would expand to fit side by side on the computer, but it stretches vertically. I think this is normal as it's pretty good for chilling. The biggest con at the moment is the very bright *blue* power LED. Yes, blue is "cool", but in the dark it is *very* bright. It sees blue well in the dark and it's a long way to such LEDs on products more distracting than "cool" when the lights are off. The USB power cord also seems to be too long. The cable connects to the left side of the unit, so if your system also has left side USB ports you are left with additional cable storage. There is also very little space underneath which means this product is best used on a hard , flat surface - *not* on your knees. Fans can be easily turned off when placed on your lap, sofa, chair, pillow, etc. Check your USB ports as this device eats one up and *does* not have hub functionality to recreate the one that was occupied. The big annoyance was actually the packaging. It's terribly crowded, but that might just be for protection as the case is made of *very* light plastic. Generally not bad and quite typical for such products.