How to Protect Your Laptop from Overheating In Sunlight

As the winter days approach, it is obvious to have an urge to enjoy the warmth of the sun while working on your laptop. However, instantaneously the question that comes in our mind is this, is it safe to take your laptop outdoors? Is the battery support of the laptop strong enough to let you use the laptop for a long period of time?

It is true that using your laptop in the hot sun is not a very good idea as it can adversely affect the internal parts of the computer and cause serious damage to it. Firstly, the hard disk of the laptop which is one of the most important components of your laptop can be badly affected in the sunlight owing to the expansion of metals that are present in the hard disk. The Android OS of your laptop may also get disturbed by the dirt present in the air. Therefore, if you are planning to use your laptop outside you need to take some precautionary measures as well.

Here are some ways that can completely protect your computer

Use a Laptop Guard 

In keeping with the popular demand, new accessories are available in the market that provides full protection to your computer when you are using it outdoors. One such invention is the laptop stand. Though it is an extremely simple device, you should not underestimate its use at all. It has been ingeniously designed to safeguard your laptop from the sunlight as well as dirt of the air.

Use a glare shield on the screen 

Anti glare shields are available at a throw away price in most of the hardware store which looks unattractive but one cannot underestimate the potential of its utility. The shiny screen of most of the laptop do not deflect sunlight from it, rather absorbs more sunlight that can be detrimental to the working mechanism of the laptop. The matte finish screen will assist in reflecting the sunlight from the screen. Thus though this accessory can weigh down the chic look of your laptop but undoubtedly this is the cheapest and most useful way of protecting your laptop in the outdoor ambiance.

A company known as Compushade provides a sun hood for laptop use outdoors, you can see their demo above, compushade goes for $29.95

Lap hoods 

The users can even consider to use a laptop hood that will protect the laptop from harmful sun rays and thus ensures the fact that the gadget is working just the right way.

Some practical advices 

Position your laptop in a way that ensures that you are facing the sun. This will obstruct the harmful rays of the sunlight from your screen, thereby ensuring the full protection of the laptop from the sun.

These are some of the extremely affordable and at the same time full proof techniques that can assist you in protecting your laptop from overheating in the sun. If you are planning to use your laptop in the outdoors, then at least an external fan is recommended. It will protect the device from getting overheated while being used in the open-air environment.

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