Candy and Lou are a rather handy duo in our home. They arrived about three years ago and haven't stopped working yet.

Candeloos are safe, portable lamps - ones that are perfectly sized for small hands, easy to recharge and most importantly don't heat up to burn a child. They last about eight hours on and have two levels of brightness.

I went looking for some type of child safe rechargeable lighting when our daughter went through a stage where she was damp at night. We'd worked hard to get her to wake up and go pee but found at times, she was scared or didn't want to go without Mom. And that turned into waking up Mom and Dad several times a night plus her leaving lights scattered on all over the upstairs, despite the bevy of night lights and other low lights we set up to guide her way.

So we found Candy and Lou, the pair of Candeloos, which have worked like a charm.

Just take it off the charging pad and it lights right up with a warm but solid glow capable of handling a trip to the bathroom or just a visit to mom & dad. These guys work like a charm - sometimes too well in our house, as we find our daughter has snuck a dog or two upstairs.

Small hands can hold by those the tips up top, bigger hands can grasp the body of it. They are sturdy too and we would know as we have been rough on them, drops, rolls under beds, left off chargers for days and all sorts of things.

We got a wall shelf and mounted it right outside our daughter's door. The recharging pad is just a slightly indented circle, no odd or difficult connections. Our daughter just sits it on there and it is recharging.

Also with no overhead lights on, she'll go back to sleep much easier. Sometimes she'll just keep her Candeloo next to her bed if she is scared. Works great until morning.

It's even handy in a power outage!