Only works about 2.5 hours

I've had these installed for about 5 days, and the average life of these after sunset is only about 2.5 hours, maybe 3. The website advertises 8-10 I think, which is a far cry shorter than what I've observed. Despite the short lifetime, it's a great idea with the 'flickering' flame, which is just a series of LED's that blink upwards from the bottom in a cycle. You can see the individual LEDs that create this effect, but it still is kinda neat, it's just really hard on the battery. The motion sensing is great. The lamp, except for the lifetime of the battery, is pretty great. Two stars for a good idea. Too bad the observed lifetime is garbage. Too bad I also already drilled into my house :-/ These are getting returned for a different solar lamp that isn't operating all the time to so the battery's don't get tapped!

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