My wife and I usually share a MacBook Air when we travel but this year we'll be doing some separate trips where we'll both need one.  I didn't want to spend full price for a new MacBook but wanted to stick with Apple since I have so much stored in iCloud.  I definitely had reservations about buying a refurbished laptop, especially after reading some of the 1 star reviews.  I was delighted when this MacBook Air arrived securely packaged and had only some minor wear to the casing.  More importantly the screen and keyboard are in excellent condition, look new.  No problems registering and all my data in the iCloud is available to me without having to do anything complicated or time consuming.  Battery life appears to be about the same as the previous MacBook. One happy customer!