Laptop Legs and Installation
Laptop
Legs:
The laptop legs are available for a
price point of $24.95 for two sets. If purchased directly from LapWorks,
the cost will be only $19.95. The extra legs are intended for other
devices such as calculators, keyboards, or telephones.
The packaging indicates all the value-add features that come from purchasing
these legs. A pictorial on the bottom right of the front insert
describes how these legs can lower overall laptop temperatures. By
allowing hot air to escape and cold air to enter, your laptop's temperature can be
reduced. The back of the packaging has detailed instructions for
installing the laptop legs, as well as how to remove the laptop legs.
After opening the package, I can
definitely feel how light these feet are, which is important for those
people concerned with these adding extra weight to their notebooks.
LapWorks has tested these feet to operate efficiently at 15lbs of pressure,
but has tested for failure rate at 40lbs! I doubt any of you have
notebooks of that weight, so you can rely on these legs to easily support
any notebook on the market. The material on the legs feels like some
kind of break-proof polycarbonate, yet I
will probably never know because the design is patented.
The legs have two overall heights for
adjustment depending on your preference for typing. When flat, the
feet act as anti-slip material to help prevent your notebook or device from
moving.
Installation:
Installation of the laptop legs is easy,
a matter of peeling off the protective film from the
adhesive and applying the legs to the back of your notebook.
Obviously, you need to make sure that the legs are symmetrically placed
equidistant from each other, otherwise your notebook may wobble. The
legs need to open up towards the back of your notebook, or else they will
collapse if place the other way. Once applied, I definitely felt how
sturdy the adhesive was and knew these legs would never come off. With
the ability to choose two height levels, the laptop legs offer good enough
versatility. I
also decided to test for changes in temperature, but I did not notice any
significant changes in system or CPU temps. I doubt the overall
temperatures of a notebook can be lowered without active cooling. I did
not expect these legs to disprove my theory, as they were not designed
primarily for cooling.
