I bought two of these. One for me and one for my partner to be used in our respective laptops while working. I wasn't expecting much but as desk space is a premium in this house these seemed like an obvious solution.The good: Hardly any power consumption on the laptops, didn't affect the battery life at all really that I could tell. I'm sure it does, obviously. But it seems to draw very little power indeed. The fan is definitely sturdy and well made, the bendy part is nice and strong and doesn't just fall over after 5 minutes. They make hardly any noise at all. Quite remarkable actually. Certainly no louder than the laptop's internal gubbins anyway.The Bad: They just simply aren't powerful enough. I could feel a slight breeze but that's all. Nowhere near strong enough to actually cool you down.So there you go. Quite how this has received so many positive reviews is beyond me, frankly. At first I thought maybe I had a faulty one but since I bought two and they are both equally weak, I'm left with no choice other than to say these aren't fit for purpose.Lesson learned. I'm going to buy a side table and a proper desk fan instead.

I bought two of these. One for me and one for my partner to be used in our respective laptops while working. I wasn't expecting much but as desk space is a premium in this house these seemed like an obvious solution.

The good:
Hardly any power consumption on the laptops, didn't affect the battery life at all really that I could tell. I'm sure it does, obviously. But it seems to draw very little power indeed.
The fan is definitely sturdy and well made, the bendy part is nice and strong and doesn't just fall over after 5 minutes.
They make hardly any noise at all. Quite remarkable actually. Certainly no louder than the laptop's internal gubbins anyway.

The Bad:
They just simply aren't powerful enough. I could feel a slight breeze but that's all. Nowhere near strong enough to actually cool you down.

So there you go. Quite how this has received so many positive reviews is beyond me, frankly. At first I thought maybe I had a faulty one but since I bought two and they are both equally weak, I'm left with no choice other than to say these aren't fit for purpose.

Lesson learned. I'm going to buy a side table and a proper desk fan instead.

I used this handy little fan for almost week. While it's not very powerful (as is to be expected for a fan of this size), there was enough of a breeze to stop me from overheating during a hot spell. Unfortunately, after just 4 days of use it stopped working. Closer inspection revealed that there was a split near the base of the USB plug. This fan is designed to be flexible and easy to reposition so I would have expected this area to have been better reinforced. Disappointing seeing as there were cheaper options I could have chosen as a throwaway device.