“Great product for keeping the Pi 4 nice and cool. The only design point I'd question would be the length of the screws as they do contact the board when screwed in normally. I'd recommend turning these upside down as they have a couple of mms clearance in that case.”
“Silent, low power and keeps the board cool. Easy to put together, but for secure fastening on the pins, you need to push it down to the extent that the button can't be used, if you have the pi in the coupe case. Not a Biggie, though - I have the fan running all the time, as it's so quiet...”
“The fan is great - silent and sleek.
Whilst it probably does say somewhere, I had not noticed that the fan looks to be intended for use on a Pi without a heatsink. I do have mine kinda fitted on a heatsinked PI, (and it's working well), but it's not a perfect fit. Just a heads up for anyone who reads reviews closer than I read specs :-)”
“This little shim is spot on for Pi4! (Wish I had it for our Pi3B+ for PiWars, too)
I've taxed Pi4 as much as you would regular desktop Linux computer - along with KDE windows manager, build scripts, PyCharm and such and temperature never crossed 48-49ºC!
Also, fan is so nicely quiet that I wasn't even aware it was there at all. Beside that opting for one (for try) and changing mind is not an issue at all - you can still pull if out and place it somewhere else. Not that I am shying form soldering things on - but it makes it permanent and you need to plan in advance and you can't to it on 'just to try it out' bases. This shim doesn't require any soldering and can be moved to another Pi (Pi4 with more memory if you originally bough 2GB only as I did).
And lastly, as a really nice touch, when raspberry pi is shut down fan stops.”
“Affordable, easy to assemble, no soldering, keeps my beloved Raspi4 below 55 deg C under heavy load.
The software on github is exemplary and easy to install. Love that.
A highly recommend product.”
