I was quite surprised when I actually used this. I procrastinate in actuality ordering it because I thought it was a nice novelty gift but not something that anyone would actually need. Boy was I wrong. When I unboxed it I was delighted to see it came with a USB cable and it's rechargeable. No batteries needed! It takes about an hour to take a full charge and the charge lasts about 12 hours! That's pretty good run time.
It looks more like a glowing snow ball to me but that's just my opinion. I remember when I was a child my Nana would talk about Santa's magic snowball that would allow him to see all of the good children doing their chores. This time of year, that though is very comforting to me.
It has 3 settings with 3 different light colors. The cool blue light is beautiful and goes from very bright to very dim just by holding the ball with a prolonged touch.
The bright white does the same in the very bright to dim as does the kind of pinky peach glow that they call a warm glow.
The ball is very textured and comes with its own wooden stand. It really is a beautiful product and very useful .I keep it in my living room and I no longer run into my TV on my way to the bathroom at night thanks to the aid of my magic snowball lol
It's $14.99 and I'm a very frugal shopper and like to give my audience really low low prices so I would have preferred a better price on this but it is a quality product . I would definitely recommend this as a good buy for the money and a hot buy this Christmas season.