Batteries nearly dead.
926297
I bought two of these.  My huband's works great - so bright and fun.  Easy to install.  Mine, however, has been dim since I bought it, and yesterday, four days after the refund window, it went out.  I just bought several other Nite Ize products and they came with defective batteries as well.  I love their products, but am dissappointed that so many come without working batteries.
2985882
Make sure you don't blow your batteries up in your hand. Re wrap them when they tear.
1243321
One of these arrived with dead batteries.  Our original intent was to use them temporarily in our bathroom while doing work that required removing the main light.  They weren't as bright as we would have liked, and were much smaller than we expected.  However, I can see where these would be handy in smaller tasks, and will hold onto them for future use.
2543056
The batteries inside were dead upon arrival and after replacing them it still didn't work. And it killed the new batteries within a half hour. The only thing that work was the light. I guess they are not inspected well or at all.
9321
had to put in new batteries right away ,as some would not lite. also I was short one spike, but I used one from my old set.
25750
Our phones, probably more than ten years old, were pretty short on power and dropping calls regularly with no warning. Hence, new batteries! What a concept. So far they're great. Hope the power lasts.
194827
Batteries may have been old. Shorter live than ones purchased @ local stores.
1773207
Batteries didn't last long. Also had to put a piece of cardboard under some of the covers to get the batteries to connect.
303472
They are good, but do not run as long as claimed, not even close.  Be prepared to buy a truck load of batteries.
3690637
These arrived with all four batteries dead. New batteries cost about $12, so buy only if you think the total cost is worth it.
2107253
Works great until the four oddball batteries need to be replaced. Who has all of these batteries around?  Triple A's would be nice.
4493739
Good product, the batteries are dead though which is a slight inconvenience.
1370965
From a distance, its very difficult to tell these are not real.  I have them mounted quite high on the side of my house so they are not subject to close inspection.  The flashing red light could be toned down a bit.  I expect battery replacement to be annoying.
2250364
The batteries on constatnly running out. My kids like to leave them on so they can talk from different rooms in the house. They're 8 and 5 and have a lot of fun with these radios, however the battery situation has left me wishing I had purchased recharable units.
I'm not sure if it's specific to this product or all two-way radios, but we also get the occational 'phantom' voice that comes across. Freaks my kids out.. and of course I egg  them on to keep them guessing.. :)
But the batteries. Seriously.
584727
A couple of pumps and the batteries are up to snuff.  Big help in keeping down the spilled water on the batteries.
1123132
Candle batteries die really quickly. Couple hours of use every other day, after a week some candles are barely visible
3073981
Beware. Most of the batteries were DOA. You get what you pay for. Never again.