Solar Bamboo Flame Garden Lanterns (2-Pack)

The flicker is what sells these. Twelve LEDs per lantern light and fade independently rather than pulsing together, which produces the irregular movement of a real flame instead of the obvious on-off cycle that gives cheaper imitations away.

Bamboo is a better housing than plastic for the effect. The natural material reads as a garden torch rather than a garden gadget, and it weathers to a softer tone rather than staying conspicuously new through a season on a border.

The obvious advantage over real flame torches is that there is no fuel to buy, nothing burning near planting or fencing, and no risk left behind if you go inside and forget them. They charge from their own panels and light at dusk. Site the panels in direct sun, expect shorter winter run times, and bring the lanterns in over hard frost to protect the cells.

• Twelve independently flickering LEDs per lantern
• Bamboo housing that reads as a torch, not a gadget
• No fuel, no flame and nothing left burning
• Solar charged: lights automatically at dusk
• Site panels in direct sun; bring in over hard frost