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VIZO EZ-SURF Fanless Notebook Cooler Review

Date Published:
01-10-2010

Written By:
Diceman

Edited By:
Diceman

Provided By:
VIZO

Where to Buy:
VIZO

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Pages: 1

Introduction:

VIZO EZ SURF Fanless Notebook Cooler

We're back today with a new product from VIZO by the name of the EZ-Surf Fanless Notebook Cooler. Let's take a closer look at the features and specs. First here's what VIZO says about this product:

"VIZO EZSurf's orginal idea is from the concept of surfboard.It features high-quality aluminum heat sink body with heat absorbing material providing the best protection and excellent thermal conduction and dissipation for your notebook PC.
Thanks to patented curve base design, notebook PC can automatically and 100% tightly contact with heat absorbing material for excellent thermal conduction and dissipation. Additionally, curve base enhances stability and allows simple angle adjustability."

Features:

Green Design :
Less material use
No power required
No noise
ECO-friendly
Efficient
Compact size to fit 14"~17" notebook PC
Aluminum heat sink body with heat absorbing material for excellent thermal conduction and dissipation
Reduce the temperature of your notebook PC for best performance
Patented curve base design provides stability and simple angle adjustability
Ergonomic designed angle for easy typing
Space saving, light weight, easy to carry
Easy to carry/ Easy to set up/ Easy to use

Specifications:

Dimensions : 264 x 100 x 36 mm
Housing Material : Aluminum + Plastic
USB Bus Power : Not Required
Noise Level : 0 dBA
Color Options : Black, Silver
Compatibility : 14”~17” Notebook PC
Weight : 260 g

A Closer Look:

Retail Front	Retail Back	Top
What's Included	Bottom	Bottom
Top	"Heat-Absorbing Material"	You want me to do what now?

The EZ-Surf quickly turned into one of them products that made me scratch my head and wonder what the heck they were thinking when they bothered releasing this. It feels like it was a complete product that under-performed so they slapped some "heat absorbing sticky material" in the package and said "here ya go!". It's a useless product before the tape, then it's a hideous product afterwards. I'll save the rest of my rant until after the installation pictures...

Installation:

What...The...%#$%#@	Ewwwww	craptastic!
Installed...	...other side	Installed backwards (still sux)

Before I attempted to install the sticky rubbery tape thingy, I mean the "heat absorbing material", I thought there really wasn't anything to this product. It was basically an aluminum slab with some plastic ends. However introduce the sticky pad thingy and we've got a whole new animal. The sticky pad was easy to apply to the unit, however then you need to peel off the top adhesive protector. That's where the problem starts. There was no way to remove it without messing it up. It just wanted to peel off the main unit. This is by far the worst product add-on that I have had the displeasure of working with. I honestly can't believe VIZO would attempt to pass this headache onto the customer. It shows their failure to design and engineer some grippy material into the unit itself. I tried to use the EZ-Surf without the sticky pad and it honestly shot right out from underneath my laptop letting it crash to the table. It's that slick (plastic and aluminum) without it. The angled and smooth edges don't help, they only hurt that problem.

Conclusion:

This is one of those products I wished I never received. All it did was aggravate me. It's pointless, it's poorly designed and obviously un-tested prior to production. The so-called heat absorbing material seems like nothing more than a pain in the a$$ sticky pad so that your laptop don't slide right off the slick unit. I can't remember the last time I seen a notebook cooler without a single rubber foot or something grippy hold your laptop in place, or the cooler on a table top. However the EZ-Surf has absolutely nothing to hold in place other than the sticky pad which is completely useless. If you're looking for a notebook cooler, move along, nothing to see here.

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