Candeloo Nightlights

What WE Say...

*KATY'S REVIEW*

We’ve got this new game in our house when friends come to play; it’s called ‘Guess What These Funny Little Things Are!’ and no one wins. There they sit, these two alien looking objects on their sleek little spacestation. A blue one and a green one with little alien antenna eyes and belly button holes. The closest answer we’ve had is a generic “ermmm, they’re toys, yes?”. Well, sort of but not quite.

They are the COOLEST night lights on the planet with the sleekest charger base station. Well, at least the coolest night lights I’ve ever seen, anyone seen anything cooler, you let me know, ok?

They are just amazing. Utterly. They are safe, they are functional, they are fun and very very cool. That’s ‘cooool’ as in “love ‘em Mum” and also cool as in they don’t get hot and burn little hands.

If you are looking for a night light solution (and more!) for your child(ren) then ‘ta da’, here it is. The Candeloo lights from Vessel are all you need. Nope, you don’t need to find an electrical socket in your children’s bedroom that isn’t covered by furniture and you no longer need to sing “aaaggghhh” cause the baby is playing with it again (funny how electrical sockets are just the right height for crawling babies, eh?). Yes, your child can grab one in one hand and teddy in the other as they toddle off, at 4am, for a much-needed wee. No, it won’t stop said child from slamming the bathroom door and waking the rest of the house up but hey, at least they didn’t shout, loudly, from their bed that they need a wee and it’s too dark and scary to move. Could be worse, they could’ve just wee’d in situ and then complained their bed was wet. Sigh.

My nearly-five-year-old son, Jacob, loves them. His is the blue because one wall of his bedroom matches that colour and the same goes for his baby brother’s green wall and Candeloo. I do have a slight fear that one day Jacob will accidentally drop one down the toilet as he now goes for a midnight-wee all by himself but I’m told they are splashproof; perfect for using outside on dark nights. I’ve already been told by Jacob that it is essential equipment for boy-dressed-as-Frankenstein to have a green light in his hand when he goes seeking sweets from the neighbours on Hallowe’en.

Candeloos. We adore them. Every time I walk past them, sitting there all ready to go on their charger, I smile and wish I had been the very clever person that designed them so I could gloat and say “yeah, I made those, neat, huh?”.

*LAURA'S REVIEW*

Okay, normally we split the reviews, but I have something useful to add to this one, so I’m chiming in. We’re just back from holiday, see. A real proper in-the-Welsh-mountains family holiday, with no street lights and strange bedrooms and weird animal noises outside. All my boys were sharing a bedroom, and therein lies the problem. Cameron likes a nightlight – but it distracts him from actually falling asleep. Joseph does NOT like the dark and can only sleep if there’s a nightlight on. Toby LOVES the dark, and only likes to sleep if the room is in blackness… You see my dilemma? Sigh.

Anyhoo, the Candeloos arrived at the perfect time, so they were rapidly charged... and that is something well worth a comment all of its own.

The base station.

It’s a little piece of mystical magical fairy plastic, I tell you.

It’s just a sleek rectangle of plastic with dips in, and a discreet wire out the back. That’s all it is. And you sit two plastic alien slugs (I have the pink and red, versions) on it, and a few hours later, they’re all charged up.

HOW???

There’s no connections, no metal… clever it is, as well as utterly safe. I often marvel at the genius design of it. Anyhoo, I’m digressing.

I whisked them into the suitcase and waited for the first bedtime to roll around. Before any clamour began about the lighting arrangements, I placed red candeloo on the table beside Joe’s bed (all pink was banned in the boys room, sadly, but that was okay cos I had other plans for that one) and switched out the light. The effect was instant. Joe was happy, because he had a ‘really, way cool’ light. Cam was happy because he had a light, but it wasn’t bright enough for him to be distracted by and Toby slept easily – it wasn’t a light on, y’see, it was a cool glowing slug and that was very okay by him. For the first holiday ever, the boys shared a room and we did not have the nightlight issue (we won’t talk about the knights-battles-under-the-duvet problem or the first-one-up-wakes-everyone-else-even-if-its-6-in-the-morning issue either). They took it in turns to pop it back on the magical charger in the morning and it was all set to go for the following night, glowing away happily all night long.

The pink one I used in Ella’s room, as it’s just bright enough to find your way around a strange bedroom and feed by, without being offensive at 5.30am. I don’t use a nightlight at home for Ella, but the holiday cottage had random steps and low ceilings, and on the 2nd night, with three bruised toes and a seriously banged head, I had the bright idea to carry the Candeloo with me :)

And here’s the biggest reason that I love the Candeloos; Ella is charmed by these lights – she loves them more than anyone or anything. Little Miss Sloth finally learnt to crawl while we were away and the object that tempted her into that monumental effort? Her Candeloo. Honest and truly, it was. You can see the video clip on our blog.

The Candeloo slug (sorry, with three boys they were never going to be called anything else in our house) is incredibly tactile and ergonomic. Everyone loves to hold it and carry it.

Website: www.thatcuteage.com

Candeloo Nightlights

What Vessel said about US...

"Hi Laura

Thanks so much for the coverage. This is one of the best reviews of the Candeloo we've had!

Best regards

Stefane Barbeau

Design Director, Vessel Inc."

**beam!**

Website: www.vessel.com

Candeloo Nightlights

What THEY Say...

Kids delight in lights. Candeloos make great bedside sentinels to ward off the dark, or in make-believe adventures and dining room forts. Plus, the SafeCharge™ system eliminates exposed electrical contacts, making them safe for inquisitive little hands. Candeloo are safe, portable and reusable… but most of all, they're perfect for brave trips to the bathroom at midnight.

These clever and cute lights are one of my favourite new products and were an instant hit with my toddler; her pair are named Nugs and Mugga and stand guard by her bed every night.

Fully rechargeable and cordless, they charge on a base that uses patented safe technology so no metal contacts are exposed - and if they are on their base when a power cut occurs they will cleverly turn on automatically casting a comforting ambient glow around the room - once charged, they last for approximately eight hours. Each lamp has a long-life bulb and battery and, as they remain cool to the touch at all times, can be safely held and cuddled to help your little one overcome night time fears. They're waterproof, so they can be taken out on winter afternoon walks in the park too!

Set of 2 rechargeable lights, choice of colours: Pink & Orange or Green & Blue. Size: 15cm tall.

Website: www.thatcuteage.com