Thread: Searching for the most realistic LED tea light!!!

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Hey everyone, I might be out of the loop, but has anyone done some research on finding a CHEAP very realistic battery led tea light? It seems all the ones I try buying, have such an unrealistic, jarring, flashing effect. But then again, I'm very picky!!

I think Terra did a very in depth look at the expensive pillar candles, which was GREAT! But has anyone found the perfect tea light for cheap? I like to take them apart and remake them, so I dont' care about how weak, or how poor the color is. I just need a good flicker chip. (see my photos)

I have seen the "true flicker" tea lights in person, and they are pretty good, but still seem pretty expensive to me:

Amazon.com: Wholesale Tea Lights 144 Pcs: Home Improvement

if any of you have any leads please let me know! Thanks, and Happy Haunting!

Andy

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WOW. Nobody? ;(

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/p...eaLightCandles

and rechargable too!

Hmmm, well thanks for posting B00d,

Besides being really expensive, I can't use rechargeables, since I take them apart.

Have you seen these in action, and know they are realistic? Maybe they would be great for others on the board....

You might check out the flicker LEDs in my thread if you haven't seen them yet:

Flicker Flame LEDs

Thanks Dave, those are great! But not realistic enough for my taste. I cast my own tips, so they are taller and look more like flames, and I colorize the LED myself so it's not cartoon yellow. I don't have the best pictures right now, I'll have to find some of the battery powered silver candelabra I made. But here are some...



http://www.halloweenforum.com/member...ke-candles.jpg

Those are pretty awesome looking. Great depth of color in your photo too. Any chance you would do a tutorial on the candles? I've never heard of anyone making the flames before, just the "candle wax" part.

My own personal experience with these flickering LED tea lights is that they look best when placed down inside of a "wax candle" of sorts so that the actual flame is not visible. The light pattern then seems realistic because you are not focusing on the flame itself.

BTW the ones I bought from Walgreens last year had a more stylized tip to them, not the uniform look of the ones in the photo on the very first post here. I'll see if I have some of them handy to take a pic of and post them here if I can.

Those are really nice candles, AuraofForboding!

These are the best I've found. They are bright enough and they have a good flicker. They are also decently cheap. I use them in my fake pumpkins, lanterns and witch jars.



http://www.locomolife.com/store/inde...roducts_id=230

Do not get these. They are dull and they have basically no flicker.

Amazon.com: Set of 12 Battery Operated Realistic Flickering 'Flame' Amber LED Tealight Candles FLAMELESS & SMOKELESS: Everything Else