It does what it says it will do; charges in the sun and casts a very low-light,  atmospheric effect. The candle even looks real! What I didn't realize it that it's made of plastic, extremely light-weight, which on close inspection looks cheap. Also it will blow over very easily if the breeze picks up, so hanging it or finding some other way of securing it, perhaps amongst landscape stones would solve that issue. At night it looks charming, I'm just afraid of what my brother will think when he opens it Christmas morning and pulls out a plastic lantern!