Great votives. Gives off lots of light.
Love this product. I looked closely at the reviews and decided to give this a try despite some reservations about the wick and filling it up. So glad I did. This is a great product!Many reviewers talked about having some issues, here are my experiences. (Using 4 inch glass votive holders.)Filling: I used the recommended pure smokeless, odorless oil, and used the included funnel. I had zero issue filling them, and had no issues with over-spill. I recommend poking a hole in the protective tin on the fuel container (don’t pull it off completely,) and sticking the entire funnel top inside the glass, but holding it at a slight angle to allow the fuel to flow correctly. I filled all of mine up several times with this method & had 100% success.Wick: I took the advice of one reviewer (or several,) to use tweezers to hold the end of the wick while pulling it shorter. I held on tight and allowed the tiniest amount of wick to be captured by the tweezers and pulled until the tweezers stopped at the metal clasp.These lamps provide terrific light, bright flame, and they fit inside this 4inch votive nicely. (Also on Amazon :) I filled mine up halfway and it lasted for a few hours.
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These are stunning!
Great company, great product and great value for the money too! Initially I bought these because I practice meditation nearly every day and was going through a ton of candles each year. Because of that, I was making my own candles so I could reduce my costs. Then, while shopping for supplies, I just happened to run into these and well, I will never go back to candles again as long as this company is around. These fit perfectly in anything that takes a tea light or also fits nice in my votive holders too. I am going to buy a bunch of these and make myself a hanging chandelier for the inside of the house. I love the look of candlelight and am trying to conserve energy. This helps me to do both and they do burn pretty much as long as they said. Changing wick height is easy too and as long as you don’t let the oil burn out, you don’t really have to adjust very often.
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The tealight candles that keep on giving
These glass tealight candles burn steady, at the right height depending on your wick adjustment. I wish they'd burn longer but the oil is consumed within 2-3 hours, which I did not expect. I also noted that the oil I got from Bolsius is a bit sooty so I will get a different one next time.I noticed that some have struggled with feeding the replacement wick through the metal tip and that there is a video/post about it that uses scotch tape. I actually have no major issues feeding the wick through the tip without tape but instead of doing it (intuitively) from the bottom of the metal tip (the one that gets re-inserted into the glass container), take the wick and feed it through the top of the metal insert; then pull the wick through to the desired length. Very easy.The glass is not thick and I can see why some would rate it as flimsy; I would say it is delicate but having gone through at least 10 refills now without breakage, I think they do their job well.Overall good product, if you want to use something refillable that is a bit fancier and steady that some regular candle tealights out there.
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Cynthia L. Hashemi
September 25, 2018
These are beautiful!
I'm a huge fan of these. I have a pretty extensive crystal votive collection that I light throughout the house (a small portion shown in the attached picture) almost every night along with some cool blue fairy lights to relax to while listening to music (usually classical and usually Debussy or Ravel piano rep). I was looking for clear tealight-sized candles that would allow only the clarity of the crystal to shine through the flame. After first trying clear gel tealight candles (very beautiful but I was going through scads of them quickly) and then moving to disposable oil tealight candles (also beautiful but with a distractingly large metal part to hold the wick in place as well as having to buy them by the boatload). I then bought a set of these (tealight sized). I just love these! They are refillable and made of sturdy borosilicate glass, and the aluminum part that holds the wick in place is very small and discreet and does not detract from the effect I was looking for. Nothing gets in the way of the flame reflecting off high quality crystal -- EXACTLY what I was looking for. Each set comes with a small funnel to make it easier to refill. I bought a gallon of the fuel and find that with a little practice it is very easy to refill them, and believe me, because I light 25 of these puppies at a time on a nightly basis, I need to refill them often. Replacing the wicks is a bit trickier, but once I learned that tweak, that is easy as well. There are a few tricks I've learned along the way as far as the right amount of wick to allow for good flame and little smoke, etc. However, I absolutely love these and have 5 sets now (5 per set), and every single solitary one of them is showcasing a piece of beloved crystal and is lit on a nightly basis. The other larger sizes are also great for pillar candle holders and last a bit longer. (Now if I can just find some version of this in a taper candle to use in my taller crystal candlesticks. (And YES, I do have a fire extinguisher on hand.! ☺) HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend.
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