Fidget spinners: Who has one? Where did you get it? How much did it cost?

Potato_Fist

I had a fidget cube but lost it so i'm not buying a spinner

Savvy_Sue

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

My 10 year old's now asked for one.

I'd been aware of it for a while and was secretly hoping she wouldn't ask but they're pretty cheap, if you can get hold of one now, and they're supposed to be good to keep stress levels down. As she's moving school I figured it can't do any harm so we've ordered it.

Has anyone found them useful or are they just another fad?

I saw them at the motorway services the other day, wondered what they were, and still have no idea! :rotfl:

lazarou_true wrote: »

Annoying things they are but less so than chuffing loom bands, remember them?

Loom bands are awesome, I use them to keep count of my stitches in my knitting, and to keep pairs of knitting needles together. Fortunately I never had to put up with them as a 'thing'.

springdreams

puppypants wrote: »

And the poor woman who created this multi million pound fad 20 years ago, has not made a penny from them. Apparently she couldn't afford the $300 to renew the patent! She'd have been minted by now! x

If she created it 20 years ago, it would no longer be possible to renew the patent as the life of a patent is 20 years. Renewal fees are payable annually for patents. So she would have lost the rights years ago if she failed to pay the fees at any time during those 20 years.

It is because patents have a shelf life that there are generic medicines - once a patent has run its course, others are allowed to use the know how.

Former_MSE_Andrea

17! Wow!

We have three in our house now, I thought that was a lot!

shopaholicz wrote: »

mine have them. I bought some from Amazon, which haven't arrived yet. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XK7JHCY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
At £1.99 each, I'm happy to wait for them.

I also bought some from ebay £3.49 each with 1st class postage, they arrived the next day.

On the market they are £5 and £6 each for the normal plastic coloured single variety.

Children go to different schools, one school has banned them completely, the other says they can be taken in and played with at breaks.

Definitely then latest fad!! but all their friends have them, one friend has 17 !!

Former_MSE_Andrea

I'm moving house. Still finding loom bands around the place. The girls insist they still play with them :eek:

lazarou_true wrote: »

My son spent his pocket money on quite a few to sell on the friends, he's 13 and feels quite the entrepreneur. I'm waiting for the call from school though as they are most definitely banned. Annoying things they are but less so than chuffing loom bands, remember them?

Zeni

Our school has banned fidget toys unless its included for a child SEN plan. We did this a few weeks ago as we found we had a lot of cubes being brought in, the spinners haven't really been as bad for us but as a teacher oh so distracting!

anotheruser

Hmm.

I just see these as a treatment for ADHD, but not a cure. Are they helping the person to control their illness or just a way to accept it into their daily lives...

But then I suppose it's just a modern take on the stress ball.

KRB2725

I won't let my kids have them. Neither of my children have any of the conditions that they are intended to help with and therefore they don't need one.

I am surprised that any schools still allow them.

northernbird1976

Kids school have banned them in lessons, don't see the longevity but my 10 year old is currently spinning hers (and not driving me mad at all).

Gloomendoom

I remember my sister being a bit miffed when her school banned these...



Fidget spinners seem a bit tame in comparison.