Nice cooling pad/lap surface?

I'm going to be getting an NP9150 soon and figured since I'll be spending a good amount of time playing on my bed and the couch (don't have a proper table in front of my couch yet), I figured I should get some sort of surface I can put the laptop on so the air isn't restricted. I could also put it on a cooling pad, on top of a tray or something. Are there any anyone would recommend that go nice with their np9150?

Also looking for a nice gaming mouse. Been looking at the RAT 7 made by mad catz. Never really liked the company, but have no idea how nice their computer products are. Thoughts?

 

I'll tell you about my mice, the RAT cyborg 7, it's s great mice, made the difference with my old one buuuut the profiles are stored on the computer, not on the mice. You'll have to install their software and its a bit ty, it crashed few times while playing, but not too much, i would recommend it, although this issue. I would love to mod it to have internal memory to save there the three modes (3 modes per profile) and then, use the software to change the profile. But meh, it's VERY VERY comfortable and I truly recommend it.

 

mice...mouse...whatever. Why spend money on a gaming mouse....its a waste in my books.

Try this for a sleeve & lap surface: Philips HeatProtect Laptop Sleeve Review

Ive owned it, it could fit my P150HM. Barely, but it fits. Works good for working on your lap, the bottom surface is hard and the upper is soft (neoprene).

 

The Logitech G400 is one of the very best gaming mice around.

1000hz plug and play, no need for drivers, perfect sensor, no prediction. If you like the shape and weight it's perfect.

Also it's not expensive.

 

adjustable fans
Amazon.com: Cooler Master NotePal U3 Laptop Cooling Pad with Three Configurable 80mm Fans (R9-NBC-8PCK-GP): Electronics

 

What are the advantages to having different profiles on the rat7? This will be my first laptop so I'm still learning I really like it for the way it looks, how you settings of the mouse can be changed without having to go into a settings menu to do so, and the different customization options. How comfortable is it? I know some people claw the mouse and others don't, but I'm comfortable doing either, if that matters.

@Tony
There's a 15" version of the Philips HeatProtect Laptop Sleeve, it's just unavailable on amazon at the moment. Sure I could find it somewhere else if I looked. I do like how it seconds as a protective sleeve which would be useful to me. If the upper surface is soft though, wouldn't that restrict the air flow as well?

 

Logitech and Razer seem to be the favored brands for gaming mice; Razer particularly caters to gamers, but I can't comment on their reliability or longevity (haven't tried one myself). The profiles for the mouse are stored via the utility that comes with the mouse. A higher-end gaming mouse will store the profiles directly to the onboard memory built into the mouse, eliminating the need for software control.

If you go with a cooling pad, I would simply suggest not going with an entirely plastic one that would obstruct the vents. Up to you if you want to go all out with dual+ fans, metal mesh unit, with LED fans @ 2600 RPM+ and USB ports, etc.

 

I would suggest you to go with the NZXT Cryo LX, 3 x 120mm fans, and you can replace them with even stronger fans or LED; its upto you. Really few ones left for sell, there are one left for sale on ebay if your interested HERE

 

I have a sager NP9170, and I am using a coolermaster U3 pad. A U2 pad would work for the NP9150, but I am not sure it would be the best thing to use on your lap.

As for a gaming mouse, I use a Corsair Vengeance M60 and I really like it. It fits my hand right, feels good (I have large hands), and has a thumb button automatically programmed to slow the mouse down when depressed. It is good for sniping in videogames, and I have also found it helpful when doing precision work in photo-editing and CAD programs.

 

I use a razer orochi and scarab mat. The scarab comes in a case that can be used to keep the mat flat out and about but it is not made of metal so it does not get freezing.

Cooling in your lap then use a dinner tray with the raised back stands for notebooks

 

Yea, cooling pads are sort of a waste of money. Raising the back for good airflow seems to work the best. I tend to forget that the Heat Pipe does the lions share in a clean well designed laptop. I used thermal monitoring programs to test and retest and keep myself honest.

That said I do use a few coolers, after trial and error, to lower bottom plate temps for couch potato work. If going that route, buy the cheapest one on sale as the fans tend to die and replacement cost as much as the new cooler. One of those metal mesh, two fan coolers comes to mind

 

A nice flat tray is more designed to be in your lap than most notebook coolers which are really designed to be a desk though.

 

Yea, I only really need a flat tray sort of surface but it'd be nice if it was padded underneath, like the LapGear LapDesk, I could just get something like this cooler and just put it on the tray. The Logitech Cooling Pad looks like I can just use it on may lap.

 

I got one of these cheap throw away things at Sam's club for $23. Big, flat and thin. Made for 18" desk use, but I use it for arm chair use with 15" and under with no slip holed top. If you want fans, dead quiet at low speeds, but not as stable as something as a good larger serving tray. Link is for item NOT price.

Targus

 

I'm using the Lapinator: Amazon.com: Lapinator Plus! - Blocks the heat & keeps your notebook cooler!: Office Products

It's just a flat surface made of Thinsulate. It's very nice and block the heat well. I've had mine for years and it has lasted well. I bought the optional mouse pad extension which is nice for a 17" to have room for a mouse pad too.

 

my NP9150 is on its way too!

I am using this coolermaster on my belly lying down, with an NP2090 (15.4 inch sager, about 0.1lb heavier than the 9150) at the moment. it is fine. probably cools the laptop, but more importantly, keeps my belly cool.

 

I can't wait until my NP9150 get's here. From what I'm told, mine should be here the 22nd which I think would be the last day I could get it otherwise I'd have to wait until after christmas (which would suck hard). The wait's already killing me

I really like that one though, especially at under $20, it seems pretty good.

I use to think the same thing, until literally 2 weeks ago, when I played around with different shaped mice and it was like a whole new world of comfort to me. It's not so much the fast numbers or extra buttons or whatever, it's that the RAT 7 has a good amount of customization abilities and the look catches my eye in a weird way. Plus I need a new mouse anyways and if I'm buying a very nice laptop, why not buy a nice mouse to compliment it?

Speaking of which, I jumped on a RAT 7 I found on ebay, going for $55. Haven't been able to get that mouse out of my mind so hopefully it'll be a good buy.

@Everyone else
Thanks for the suggestion guys. Most of lapdesk surfaces you guys have posted cost more than the ones I've found that are basically the same, a flat piece of plastic (some obviously have padding though). I'm starting to lean toward the Logitech Cooling Pad because it seems like a cooler, built with your lap in mind.

 

Really depends on the player, mmo's like world of warcraft for example. Can't play that game unless i have at least 4 thumb buttons, as well as the LMB, RMB and mousewheel/click.
for games like battlefield a mouse with a dpi changer helps when on a tank or turret with different sensitivity levels.

really depends on the player and the comfort a gaming mice provides

there's also macro options where if you spam a skill with a button repeatedly, just create a macro that while pressed it will trigger numerous times per second. (life saver on those long hours of gaming).

and at work i have my profiles assigned to those mouse buttons as well, like ctrl+c, ctrl+v etc....