We tried several batteries, but item would not switch on. Since it’s expensive to ship to vendor, I would say, “DON’T BUY THIS CANDLE.”

Much smaller than I thought, but that works for my purpose of lighting bed stairs for my dog. Cheaply made seems to be out of thinner-plastic on the bottom.Note The package says it takes 3 batteries, but it actually only uses 2. There are no markings showing how to load batteries. See my picture of the correct way.