There is only one button on the remote and you have to hold it down in order to make it work. It takes a while to warm so your hand is tired before it's even warm. As soon as you let it go it shuts off and cools down quickly. Product description did not mention this and said there is heating controls on it. First two times it only got slightly warm the third time it got really hot. ( my box was damaged and taped so maybe it was a returned item)