LED Votive Lights - Safe but Possibly Expensive
By Joan Young on
I needed a tealight that wouldnt heat up for use in my candle wind chime so I tried these battery powered lights. They looked very nice, and lasted about 48 hours before the battery ran out.
This package of two LED battery-powered votive lights was only $2.99, and they come with batteries included so you can take them home and be ready to go without any fuss.There is a strip of plastic that is between the batteries and the contacts that sticks out of a slot at the edge of the battery box. You have to remove this before the lights can be turned on.This is a great way to assure that the lights havent accidentally been turned on in the package before you buy them.It is pretty hard to pull out, however.I had to use a pair of pliers.
Once you push the switch the fake flame flickers nicely with a yellowish light. I put one in the candleholder I had and left it on for the holidays. It lasted about 48 hours before the battery ran down.
Opening the battery box required a small phillips head hobby screwdriver, and some little tool like a paper clip, toothpick or something to pop the batteries out. They are button batteries, and each light takes two of them. Of that type battery they are on the inexpensive end, model L1154. I looked for the price on line and found them anywhere from $0.68 each down to $0.34 each.So, if you really wanted to decorate with these lights for any extended length of time the cost could add up rather quickly.
Nevertheless, I am quite happy with how it allowed me to use my candleholder over Christmas.
Made in China
Got a gift that uses these, not sure if i'll replace with Led or use reglar votive candles.
For a night of entertaining - these would be terrific as you wouldn't worry about flames. Though for every day use, the battery life is too short - for me. The candles would end up in a drawer or the trash after continually forgetting to buy new batteries. Thanks for the review.