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Product Review Summary: Not al it's cracked up to be. Fan's are a underpowered,and the on/off swith is located in back which sucks. And the lights are cool, but serve no purpose. I also use the intercooler ts, which fans are very strong and has an auto on/off which i love. I figured i would just get both because it can't hurt to have the extra airflow, but what do I know.
Product Review Summary: Surely there are better coolers than this one... I recently bought an XBox 360 Elite (120GB HDD). This is my first time purchasing a console since the Nintendo GameCube came out. For the last several years, I've read about the heat problems all the newer consoles have had. So when I purchased my new 360, I made sure to buy a cooler to go with it.
I chose this cooler primarily because it had an external power source. I had read several opinions from other people about coolers they had purchased that piggy-backed the XBox's built-in power supply and how that was not a good idea. I understood the logic/science behind this, so I wanted one with its own power source.
So that is a good point about this cooler. It has its own power source. While I'm on the topic of pluses, I'll also point out that this cooler does move air in a way that suggests to me that it is cooling the XBox ... as opposed to just moving air around with no net effect. After having the 360 running for a short while, you can put your hand behind the system and feel the difference in airflow with the fan On vs. when you have it shut off. When it is turned on, there is definitely *more* hot air being blown out of the back. That is a good thing. Getting heat away from the inside of the box is the whole point. So this cooler gets another point for doing what it's supposed to do.
That's the end of the good news though. Due to the design of this cooler, it does not shut off automatically after the XBox is powered off. This can be really inconvenient if you are controlling your XBox from the wireless controller ... as I imagine most people do. Every time you turn the XBox on, you have to make a trip to your XBox to turn the fan on. Likewise, when you shut it off, you have to make a trip back to the XBox to shut it off. (Unless you want to leave it run 24/7 ... which isn't a good idea because it will suck in additional dust and dirt and reduce the effectiveness of the cooler.)
It is also worth pointing out that the on/off switch is inconveniently located in the back of the unit. If the fans turned on and off automatically when you powered the XBox on and off (respectively), then this would not be an issue. But since you have to manually turn the fans on and off, it would have been preferable to have a push button at the front instead of having to reach around to the back.
The next problem is that after having my cooler for all of about 2 weeks, I noticed that it was very loud when I turn it on. It quiets down after a minute or so, but it's absurdly loud in the mean time. It sounds like the fans are off balance and/or grinding due to too much friction. In either of those cases, that most assuredly means it is tearing itself up. You can't having moving parts that are out of balance or generating friction for very long before something breaks.
My final "complaint" about this product is that you can't shut off the glowing green lights. (Which serve absolutely no functional purpose.) When you power the unit on, the lights and fans come on. When you shut it off, the lights and fans go off. It would have been extremely simple to have an additional on/off switch for the lights.
Bottom line ... after having this cooler for about 3 weeks, I've decided that I'm sending mine back (while I still can) and purchase a different cooler. In case you're curious, the one I'm looking to buy next is the Xbox 360 Intercooler TS - black. This one seems to have its own power source as well ... and I've read that it powers on/off automatically. It also doesn't have any useless lights. Hopefully the fans are better quality on the Intercooler TS. If so, it will be a win-win all the way around.
Product Review Summary: Just save your money, it's not worth it I purchased this expecting to get a base, with cool lights, and fans, that blew air into the system (it is on the bottom, after all)...
I received the base, it does have cool lights, but the fans don't seem to push much air. It's not that loud, maybe I just have a defective unit, I'll have to double check that the fans are actually spinning.
The 360 sits in the stand nicely, I'll give it that, and the elevation of the bottom of the 360 off the table will help with airflow, but I don't know if this was worth purchasing when a nice little stand would have probably sufficed.
The lights aren't all that cool, especially when looking at them against the duller green light of the XBox power button, doesn't mesh in my opinion. And the "chrome" plastic front is tacky, makes the device just look cheap.
Product Review Summary: Poor design and worse construction Immediately upon opening the box, I noticed this product was of very poor quality construction. The plastic for the housing is extremely lightweight and thin. The tiny on/off switch is not only inexplicably hidden in the back of the unit, but doesn't feel durable enough to last more than a few dozen uses. The fans are also quite loud. Overall, definitely a product to avoid.
Product Review Summary: awesome , great stand ligths, and really works!!!! i have view and review , before buy it, i totally happy, some reviews say too loud, some quiet no wind coming out of the fan, i tell you, 100% happy is as loud as the fan for xbox, no no big deal, and air flow, let me tell you place u hand on top, and think a guess this is no much but as xbox place on top, you can fell any air going out, so is almost sealed, and after a couple hours of playing touched my 360 , i can not belive it how cool was , so yep go for but i just got it so i can not tell how long the fan will last, but as preforming a 8 of 10
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