ConAir's lighted mirrors are great- super easy to use, with just the few buttons/options you need to see every pore, tweezers every hair and get your makeup looking perfect in all lights! I've been using the prior generation of this mirror for years (which i adore!), the biggest change is that the new version is detached from the base, to be "handheld". The problem is it's big, solid metal and even heavier than the older version with a base- for a handheld mirror this is very clunky. There appears to be no way to move the mirror and the base as one piece, which is awkward-you'd think there'd be some way to keep it together and move it as one. Overall, still a great mirror, but maybe not the right gift for grandma, or anyone who has troubling holding a very heavy object in one hand and trying to do makeup or whatever in the other.