Purchased this box of 24 Emergency Household Candles for just that, an emergency. Our power went out and had these candles among others to start getting basic lights and see what we needed to do. These candles were abysmal and didn't come close to the 3 hour burn time as advertised. Half of the candles wouldn't light due to bad wicks and when lit would fizzle out after a few seconds. Stay away from these.