When I first got these Mooncandles, quite a while ago, I had trouble keeping them going. I guess I must have had some bad batteries. Anyway, now they're great! I love them. And the remote works well even from several feet away. The remote has all kinds of color options and so on. I've had no problem with the battery life anymore, and the timer feature is nice.

They each have an on/off switch, and I was wary of leaving the switches physically 'on' and just using the remote to turn the lights off or on, but so far that hasn't depleted the battery life like I thought it would. So these are a very economical, fun, and beautiful 'night light' ensemble.