We've owned this particular model for a week now and I've go tot say, no complaints (knock on wood!)We had that white plastic piece of crap thing from Belkin and the leg broke off after 2 months of use so when we purchased a new laptop last week and bought this new pad along with it.It has no leg to break off and is a really great design. If you have it on your lap, I'd reccomend parting your legs a bit so tha tit can get air from below to cool the computer. It's very quiet, the USB cord is long enough to accomodate the USB supply that might be on the sides of the computer as opposed to the back. All in all, very happy with this purchase thus far!way to go Targus!