Obviously, at this price, do not expect something exceptional. It's very low-end plastic in a cardboard box just as bad, without foam minimum protection. The 12 candles batch work, the light is yellow and flickers. It's bad. I would not call for as much dim (but should not be surprised that it varies from batch!) It illuminates much less than real, but it can not heating we stick two per house in a village Christmas in Troute tranquility without risk of brown roof or crack the trinket. It remains to see the battery life.