Customer Reviews

Astonica Nicholas Cole Victorian Butterfly Solar Light

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I bought two of these to illuminate my front door so I could see the keyhole at night. They worked for less than a week but glowed only brightly enough so I could see the lamps, providing no light to the doorway at all. Then it turned cool, down to the 40's, and the lamps never worked after that. They're worthless here in SD, but I'll give them to someone in a warmer climate if they're repairable.

I recently purchased two of these lamps and initally was very pleased, but not any more. I have had these for less than 45 days and one of the two has quit working. I opened the lamp to see if the problem was with the rechargable batteries and found that the internal casing that mounts the batteries was cracked and falling apart. Since I found this problem after Amazons 30 Day return policy I'm now stuck with a worthless lamp.

I have been looking for this kind of lamps for a long time, in my case with my regular electrical lamps I have the problem that the bulbs burn a lot because some problem with the rain and a bad installation, also having to be at home at dusk to turn the light on is an inconvenience. Only one thing, I will prefer them in a bigger size, my house is very big and this lanterns are two small for it.

I ordered one as a gift, and it had a short in it, and wouldn't even charge. Amazon replaced it with no questions asked - the second one is holding a charge, and my sister loves it. It isn't meant to give off a lot of light - it's more for decoration. The lamp housing is beautiful (her's is copper). I'm thinking of getting one for my garden arbor, but will wait to make sure hers works for more than a month before I order mine.

We purchased a total of 16 of the copper, placed them along the driveway and around the front of our house. ALL our neighbors have commented on how nice and classy they have made our home & property. We prefer the copper, (and wanted another 12) which unfortunately has been discontinued; some of our neighbors wanted to purchase some as well. Too bad Nicholas Cole will no longer produce in copper - we personally like the copper best of all. The on/off switch is a nice added feature and the solar works very well. It's been a year now and they still work great!