Lite Sprites

We have been on a hunt for a night light for our little one since she out grew the plug in winnie the pooh light from when she was a baby.

I'm against lamps in childrens rooms that are within reach and as a short woman putting it on the wardrobe isn't an option, since all it takes is for a child to fall asleep and knock the duvet or toys onto lamps and they can melt and catch fire so easily now days due to cheaper plastics and toys from china not carrying the safety needed i didn't want to go down that route.

So i logged onto the tesco online site a few days ago and went searching for some gift sets on offer when the usual 'customers who bought this also purchased' and found a Lite sprite, with the site they affiliate from other company's so i can collect from Tesco and even get club card points but it's actually on sale from other places.

On the website photo's i expected them to be around 2 inches so i purchase 4 of the 5 (one was out of stock) at £2 each reduced from £8.99 each and thought about hanging them above Evie's bed.

I ordered them via the direct seller (the entertainer) and collected from store for free instead of the delivery charge as i was going into town anyway.

When i got them i was advised they didn't come with batteries so purchased 2 packs of 6 watch batteries as they need 3 each.

 When we got home with some other bits too we unwrapped the goodies, i think i was more excised than Evie at this point :) they were actually much bigger than i thought at around 4 inches for the doll and 5.5 inches for the stand and they did come with batteries so that was an unnecessary expense thanks to the staff in store, they were heavily packaged which is a shame but once out we set them up on their stands.

We got blue, yellow, black and green, pink was out of stock and they all had unique stands with little hooks, there weren't any lose bits or bits to choke on which is a plus and they all turned on easily and ready to use.

You can't see it very well but they are on in the below picture, they aren't too bright and in your eyes but bright enough to look like fairies in the sky.

They do have pros and cons, the pros are....they each light up a different colour, if you click the on switch in they change to 3/4 other colours so they could all be set to green or all to blue or any comination you wanted for the night, they also have a neat trick where if you click and hold the on switch on one, they all turn that colour, i'm not sure how they talk to each other but they do and it's cool!

The con is they only stay on for a few minutes, not ideal for a night light but they are ideal for us as we are at the bedtime toilet stage and at weekends Evie is allowed a dvd on, once we go to bed we wake her for a toilet trip and once she's back in bed, close her door but she doesn't like the dark so we now click these on and by the time they go out she's back to sleep.

I haven't yet set them up around her room and i've not read the instructions but i'll be updating this blog shortly with a night time picture to show how bright they are and more info on how they work.

TJ x