For  the price, this is a nice larger solar like that I can hang from a high post and not have it look wimpy. the light does stay on from dusk to daybreak. It's very plastic, but you really can't tell too much when it's hanging outdoors. The one thing I'm not crazy about: there is a glowing warm light coming from the candle, but there is a rather bright LED light in the top of the lamp, and it's visible from the angle where I have it hanging. I wish that LED wasn't so bright or noticeable.