Ordered 2 of these for Disney on ice - so my kids would already have one and not ask me to buy them a 30 dollar one at the show.  One worked great, the second one only worked intermittently. By the second day one had already broken in half.  They would have held up better but my kids are savages. So if you have fairly gentle kids these are great.  If it had been a few more days until the show I would have returned the one that wasn't working right for a new one but there wasn't time. I don't know if it was an isolated issue or if other customers have had trouble with it lighting.