Heat Insulators for Laptops

Alex Bischoff writes "The Gadgeteer has a review of a product called LapPads from LapLogic. They're heat-insulating pads to protect you from cooking your lap when using your laptop. Depending on the model, they apparently provide up to 57 degrees (F) reduction in heat transfer. Why didn't someone think of this sooner?"

Northern Winters

[Deanasc]

Yeah but during cold winters nothing short of a cat can keep your lap quite so toasty warm as a Compaq with a fresh battery.

Re:Hot indeed...

[Anonymous Coward]

When I saw this headline, I thought to myself, "I bet some loser is going to post a link to the story about the guy that burned his penis." Thanks for not disappointing me.

Re:Why didn't someone think of this sooner?

[D-Cypell]

Which, while not ideal, is marginally preferable to cooking your genitals.

Good grief...

[14erCleaner]

They sell generic equivalents of these heat-insulating thingys at Wal-Mart.

They're called towels.

This is counterproductive

[L. VeGas]

A hot computer on my lap is the only action I get.

Well this could be helpful

[digitalgimpus]

People seem to get really upset and mad when they smell burnt testicle.

Perhaps now some penis oven mitts?

Some say this heat thing is a problem... I say kill the sperm. My laptop is my birth control method ;-)

Much less expensive version

[ZakMcCracken]

Lap heat is a problem with you? Pay less now!

Cardboard-based Italian lap thermal protectors for $10 only! Half the price of that thing! Get one with pizza inside for only $20!

Neat Invention

[Z4rd0Z]

I've used these inventions before, they work really well. Only we used to call them pillows.

I already have a solution...

[fgb]

I call it "pants"

Re:Why didn't someone think of this sooner?

[wwest4]

Hey, for some of us, the laptop and the genitals are in symbiosis - neither would get much use without the other.

The delicate balance of this relationship is mediated by DSL, screen cleaner and paper towels.

Re:Use a cookie sheet

[cuzality]

But you have to make sure you tell IE or Firefox to reject all cookies or else... well, it could be messy...

Cooler processor...

[BLAG-blast]

57 degrees (F) reduction in heat

I've removed my CPU fan and covered my CPU in that lappad stuff. I'm now looking forward to a faster, cooler, quieter computer....

What's that burning smell.....

Cheaper Option...

[Bobartig]

I use a phone book. Sure, it doesn't look as cool, but it's virtually free. Of course, I had to move to a larger city first, as the Elyria county book is less than a cm thick, and tended to let a lot of the heat through.

Re:Well this could be helpful

[ContemporaryInsanity]

'My laptop is my birth control method'

Hmmm, no. You post on slashdot, your personality is your birth control method.

Why didn't someone think of this sooner?

[sulli]

Because most of us wear pants when using a laptop?

Overheating laps

[sjbe]

My laptop is my birth control method

I think that goes without saying in this crowd...

Geeks are selling point enough

[Trigun]

for women who don't want kids.

After countless wedgies in grammar school, I couldn't procreate if I saved up until I was 90!

Re:Hot indeed...

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Effect on laptops

[Minwee]

Circumventing a heat transfer mechanism? Isn't that outlawed by the DMCA?

Re:Hot indeed...

[JamieF]

Yeah. God damn those on-topic posters.

Re:Good grief...

[Anonymous Coward]

Or simply pants.

Bad joke

[Anonymous Coward]

It gives a new meaning to the term "weenie roast"

ok but

[demonhold]

Will it prevent the laptop from overheating when its using is surfing pr0n sites?

Re:Where does the heat GO?

[Fig, formerly A.C.]

We're geeks. The answer is simple.

It's the laptop, duh.... Primarily because most of us will find a use for the laptop in our lifetime. ;-)