LED Flame Bulb, KKTICK Rechargeable Flame Light Bulb Battery Operated and USB Powered with 3 Modes and Upside Down Feature for Christmas Fireplace Decoration and Tent Lighting

This item is great for it's ease of use, portability, functionality, brightness, and price. I let both of mine charge for about 3 to 4 hours when I first got them. The base turns from red when charging to green when it's charged. The built-in rechargeable batteries came with USB cords for charging. Per my video, they are bright and look great and very noticeable even with other lights that are on full brightness of about 12800 total lumens coming from 8 cool ultra white daylight bulbs in the same room / 8 ft away. Of course, when I switch off the daylight bulbs, they look better and brighter. They also come with little hooks to hang them anywhere and they're not that heavy and made of thick solid plastic. You can position them upright too. The flickering flames will automatically switch sides of the bulb depending which direction they are facing. There is no remote which would be nice and they do not have a dimmer, but they do offer a glow setting that does not flicker or a pulsating glow setting. Not yet sure how long the batteries will run, but I will update on that. These are great in general, but especially because I do not want to replace regular lights and light bulbs inside of my home with flickering flames, so buying ones you screw into a light socket is not ideal for my purposes. I wanted ones that could go anywhere like in a lantern or candle holder. I am happy to be able to move them around or bring them outside without having them plugged in. They add a nice touch for ambience, decor, entertaining, and as a night light or on a patio. They probably look even better behind a fogged glass / something do you do not see the actual bulb... (Like the transparent silver glitter mesh I will be applying to the inside of each glass lantern just to be extra). I'll probably order a few more sets to place in the rest of my lanterns. And they do not get hot. They just get a little warm to the touch.

We put up three of these in our living room for happy-hour ambiance during the holiday. The downside is brief and simple, you only get about 3 hours (max) on each light before it will have to be recharged. It takes several hours to charge them on the usb. I'd suggest to the manufacturers that they find a more robust battery to marry to this unit -- a slow charge should mean a slow discharge in the batter world but it doesn't seem to work that way.But they are a fun little item that can be dressed up in a way that hides the plastic shell and adds instant firelight to any room you want to hang one in. We've had quite a bit of fun with these over the holiday and they'll probably get used for the rest of the year -- if not inside, then out in our 'cabin' (screened in deck) until we start going to bed before the sun does. Then they'll get used again in the fall. Inexpensive fun, if you ask me.Oh, yeah, the gaming reference -- I have a room that I do my computer games and hung one on the back of the monitor plugged in to the usb so I don't have to worry about it running out in middle of a gaming session. Adds quite a bit to the ambiance of the dungeon-crawling session. Liked it so much, I gave two to my son for his gaming set-up at his house.

The built-in battery and USB charging (which means you can extend the runtime with now-common USB power packs) make these useful in making handheld props like torches and lanterns, and for the size and brightness of the fake flame, which are comparable to store tiki torches and oil lamps, these bulbs are just right (oil or tar-based "dirty" flames; this bulb has a fairly orange flame so it doesn't appear as bright/white as kerosene lanterns). However, be aware that within 10 feet it's easier to see that the "flame" is contained in a bulb-like shape if looking directly at the "flame".If you want to make a very good illusion of flame even up close, it's enough to put the bulb behind frosted/"dirtied" glass or plastic and have the flame glow through, or simply hide the bulb in a sconce or shade and have the flickering light bounce off nearby surfaces. At that point the main things threatening the illusion would be 1) lack of smoke smell, 2) lack of heat, and 3) a mismatch with the amount of wind/breezes in the area (the flickering on this bulb would be hard to believe on a resting candle or lamp in a shuttered room; while this bulb does have a "breathing" mode, that mode is probably too slow/gentle to make a believable indoor candle). The gravity-switched up/down orientation of the "flame" also helps maintain the illusion, even if the direction change is sudden and the flame doesn't really follow Earth-up directly.One bulb may be enough to make a fake fire in a real fireplace, but I'd probably put 2-3 of these to fill it out better.The believability of these bulbs for handheld torches and lanterns is enough that I'd be satisfied if future versions were simply cheaper with longer battery but the brightness and pattern were the same.BTW, if you're looking for a fixed light, definitely go for a screw-base non-battery bulb with good reviews, you'll probably save money and have an easier install.

I have 6 of these for my business. They are fantastic. You definitely have to trial and error them for battery use. The first hour they are amazing. The next 2 hours they def get weaker. But I just was changing them out through day at convention as was charging them up. They made my booth look so cool. I’m so happy I got these. And I think they lasted about 5 hours but like I said the first hour they are sick.

Every time I recharge this, it only stays on for about 30 seconds. Then it will start flashing on and off for about half a minute, and then just completely shut off. Both of the lanterns in the box that I received do this.