Cooler Master NotePal ERGOSTAND III Review

Notebook running hot? Need height-adjustment and cord management? How about additional USB ports? Answering “yes” to any of those questions should lead you to take a look at Cooler Master’s ERGOSTAND III, a notebook cooler that, as we find out, is a lot more than just a notebook cooler.

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My first laptop was a hunk of junk that had about 20 minutes of battery life, took about 4 minutes to boot to a useable Windows 95 desktop, and would probably give you first-degree burns if you actually set it on your lap.

It’s amazing how far laptop technology has come. Solid state drives, high-definition displays, and lower power requirements than ever before, just to name a few. But even with the lower power requirements, there is still a very real threat to performance and the longevity of the system – heat.

Cooler Master steps into the ring once again to keep your laptop running as cool as possible with its ERGOSTAND III active laptop cooler. We take it for a spin and try to keep my day job laptop from bursting into flames, so let’s see how it does.

The ERGOSTAND III is designed to handle laptops measuring up to 17″. The area over the cooling fan has a removable metal mesh, similar to what we frequently see on the front panel of modern chassis. This mesh design allows air to circulate freely, while giving a solid supporting surface.

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