I bought this 530 years ago and I keep it under my cubicle at work. The office is never as cool as I'd like it and it gets very stagnant. When I get back form our work gym I crank up the fan and point if way up from the floor (an angle other fans can't do) and it saves me. It's been kicked, knocked over, had salt from by boots dripped on it and a plethera of other kinds of semi-normal abuse.. It is still deadly quiet and runs like a top. Now... Get me a battery powered personal fan! I'll buy lots!