Candle by the Hour 80-Hour Vertical Candle, Eco-friendly Natural Beeswax with Cotton Wick

I purchased this for my son and he loves it. High end look and feel. Love the beeswax - so much safer and healthier than regular wax.

So unique, but turns out to be a style that’s hundreds of years old! So unique that I bought one each for my adult children for Xmas. I really like the way that it goes out on its own when the candle burns down to the metal holder.

It’s a lovely piece. I recommend it to anyone!

I only use candles to entertain or for power outages. Every time, I’m exquisitely aware of the dangers of ever leaving a burning candle unattended. Second to that has always been the glorious ambiance a beautiful candle brings to a space. I’m asthmatic to powerfully-scented candles (think “Yankee”), strong perfumes, most flowers, pollen, you know the thing. But for some reason, NOT my neighbor’s small organic bee-keeping operation or hive products. Or locally-grown produce. This “Candle by the Hour 80-Hour Horizontal Candle, Eco-friendly Natural Beeswax with Cotton Wick” description, reviews, and videos were compelling. So on a wing and a prayer, I ordered one horizontal and one vertical candle, figuring I’ll trial one, and gift the other to my daughter’s family this upcoming Christmas (2025) if it passes muster. The two candle configurations arrived on time, well-boxed, and sealed in plastic. I broke open the seal on the horizontal one I was giving myself. And was hit with its natural aromatics. Incredibly, it didn’t trigger my asthma. In fact, I liked it. Even its flame is clean — how is that possible? So I carefully hand-warmed, uncoiled, and threaded up the virgin candle’s first 2” through the cold metal clamp. Judging by my cell phone’s stopwatch, the candle’s first inch burned very fast, but its second inch didn’t. In fact, it took its time, almost in protest, until its very melted bottom atop the clamp was liquefied and the flame ‘self-extinguished.’ I decided my timing test wouldn’t be fair, because there was a draft, it was the wax coil’s debut, and I was learning. When I went to rethread the next length up to display it on my bookcase until next use, I realized what made the design concept “self-extinguishing” was that the wick itself COMPLETELY burns to ASH at which point, the melted wax that pools in the concave clamp douses the last flicker of flame! So I had to turn the entire frame and candle on its side over a paper towel, and go at the wick from the sides and underside with a lighter to expose it. Once enough wax was melted away from the wick within, I was able to get enough wick to relight. I decided, ok, I’ve verified its “self-extinguishing feature,” not that I’d ever trust it. Now let me test it with no drafts, and time the replenished length to burn just short of ‘self-extinguishing,’ leaving little more than 1/4 inch up from the hot pooled wax. The candle burned for 35 minutes. So best case, 2” of candle yields 35 minutes. Given the length of my dinner parties and the manufacturer saying only advance 2” of candle at a time, I’d have to rethread the candle at least FOUR times!!! Given how busy my kitchen, guests, and other wonderful and spontaneous my events are, I’ve no time to fuss on my table’s centerpieces — no matter their ‘beauty.’ Rather, the candle is best suited for small group or intimate sacred, decompression, or ‘down’ time. I found most of the Amazon reviews and videos helpful, especially those whom said the coil must be warmed (by hand or hairdryer (!) ) before advancing the next length through the clamp. One reviewer remarked how he would advance the candle midway through his dinner parties. I’m guessing his parties were centered more on the candle than his guests. I know — ouch. The frame and hardware are solid duty. Especially the ‘candle clamp,’ which slides the length of the frame to meet wherever the remaining candle remains (the candle’s coil doesn’t slide easily up to meet it on the frame). The frame’s pan beneath ensures no hot wax will drip beyond. Technically, its metal feet are ‘protected’ with padding but haphazardly, so I’d still advise a plate underneath to protect any good furniture. Update: I suspect one recent reviewer whom titled his review ”Toxic Smell,” the guy sitting at a table holding his fork like a caveman and full forearms in front of his plate, a beer, and two other candles burning in front of his face, was drunk. Consider the source.

One of the candles had 2 of the bolts missing from the bottom. I located them loose in the bottom of the box under the flap. I had previously purchased some of these candles and had lit them for a short time to burn. It was actually a good thing the bolts were loose, it made me take the complete candle apart as you would do when replacing the wax candle. In doing so, I realized the candle had a paper tube inside for support for shipping. I looked inside the other candles I had previously purchased and found they too had paper tubes. In the directions there is no mention of that tube, so I never looked inside. I'm just glad I didn't burn the candle down low enough to catch that tube on fire. Customers need to be made aware to remove the paper tube before burning. Otherwise, the candles are really beautiful.

I first bought this in 2020 and have bought refills for it as well. I just received my first refill in over a year and didn't think to check reviews before purchasing since it's been so good in the past. Unfortunately the quality has seriously gone down hill on this product. Over the last 5 years it was a true unscented beeswax with just the lightest scent of real honey. This order smelled different as soon as I opened the box. We decided to give it a chance anyway since different honey can smell slightly different, but after setting it up and lighting the first bit it's very clear that this is not a real beeswax product and has had artificial scent added to try covering that fact up. It's not as clean burning, likely a beeswax blend or even all paraffin. It burns much quicker and puts off gross smoke when it gets to the clip and extinguishes. The scent is a strong, cloying sickly-sweet floral that fills the whole house. It was most apparent after leaving the house and returning a few hours later, the smell hits you in the face and causes and immediate headache. I'm annoyed at the false advertising on this product because it's so obviously something worse. Between the migraines and the pets in our home this isn't going to be something we can keep around, and I would warn anyone considering this to stay away. Unfortunately I don't know how trustworthy any of this brand's products are; even though they look to have more fun options we'll have to find something else. We often order directly from Big Dipper Wax Works as they usually have nice "seconds" in their sale section, if anyone is looking for an alternative!

Fabulous item. Love the soft light. Makes a great timer without the noise. Turned out to be a central attraction in my house for company. It's historical design and function is fascinating to everyone. I love that it's a natural and a historical use of bees wax. Changes the air in the room. Just lovely.

OMG THE SMELL!!!!! ALL FAKE CHEMICAL SMELL!! WE HAD TO STORE THIS OUT IN OUR GARAGE FOR 18 DAYS BEFORE WE COULD BRING IT INTO OUR HOUSE!!!! This is defiantly not the same way formula that we've loved all these years from this company!!!! BUYER BEWARE!!! THE SMELL FROM JUST THE UNLIT CANDLE WILL MAKE YOU SICK!!! Sad that they went cheap and sold out to artificial, instead of the real deal!!!! I would return it, but it was a Christmas present for my wife and the time to return has expired!!

Ben

So deliciously fragrant, even unlit, that you'll think you actually live inside a beehive.

not true

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OMG this is gorgeous. I love everything about it.