Review (4/5): Great mirror. One small design flaw.
I love this mirror. I have used it for nearly three years and have been happy with it. When I first purchased it, i was planning to use the battery feature as i didn’t want another appliance that needed to be plugged in on my bathroom counter. But that battery feature is weak, the batteries run low quickly and the light is not as bright on battery power. Totally worth plugging it in for the brightness. The design flaw is in the rotation from magnified to unmagnified. You can rotate the mirror any direction and number of times you want. So, unless you are disciplined enough to only rotate the mirror 90 degrees one way and then back the opposite direction, you are effectively twisting the wires. We all know that if you twist wires enough they become faulty. Had the design included a stop on the rotation so that you could only rotate it one way and then back the other, it would reduce the chances of the wires twisting too much. Over the years I am sure I have twisted them a few too many times now so the light will sometimes flicker or become dim because those wires are weak and losing connection. One simple mechanism could have improved the longevity of this mirror.