I am really impressed at how well the solar light works.  After assembling, it came on right away.  It took less the 5 minutes to put the light together.  I like how fast it was.  And it came fully charged with no batteries required.  The stake is tall, about 34 inches from top of snowperson's head to bottom of tip.  I placed in a sunny spot of a couple of days, and thought it was not working.  But I had forrgotten it has a automatic shut off in bright light.  I called customer service, and the person who helped me was very friendly and helpful.  All that I needed to do was put the light in the dark to get the lights to automatically turn on.  I love the 3 dimensional snow flakes.  I like the product and service so much, that I plan to buy more Alpine brand solar lights in the future.