If you're looking to cool yourself down, this is the wrong fan for you. If you are looking for a fascinator to exchange with a child to promote their communicataion skills, then you could do a great deal worse. There are five leds here, which create a pretty inexplicably stunning display when the blades are spinning. You can hold the fan up to touch your face without any pain, although you obviously wouldn't want it in your eye. I have some sticky tape around the battery compartment on mine, because it didn't go back together that well after I put the batteries in. Who cares though! It looks durable enough, who's to say. It certainly doesn't mind it if you stop the rotor spinning. For the price, I would recommend buying a few.