I bought these solar flame flicker lights for our sailboat before we left Florida for the Bahamas. My wife thought they were a waste of money, and rolled her eyes at me. As the confidence in their longevity wasn’t exactly high, I mounted them temporarily with zip-ties. 2 on the bow rail and 2 on the rear solar arch. Ok, she’s coming around. They look kinda cool out there. Sure makes it easier for other boaters to see us at night while we’re at anchor. 3 months into our Bahamas cruise and the weather has been horrid. We may have had 4 weeks of nice sunny days this whole time. Little did I know it was just beginning. Last week crossing from one island group to another, the conditions got bad. Real bad. Imagine riding in a washing machine bad. The wind and the waves didn’t match so we were tossed like a dog playing with a rag doll, for over 6 hours. The picture attached showing the bow going underwater was just as the seas were getting bad. It got a whole lot worse. But wait. There’s more! Today, just after we set the anchor after traveling for the day, a particularly nasty storm was forming right overhead. Long story short, we were hit by a waterspout. (A waterspout is a tornado on the water) The wind and the rain was so bad it blew us nearly 90° over, our toe rail was almost in the water. It was total whiteout conditions. After that ordeal, we looked on the weather radar and we can see the clear circle of the tornado just after it passed over us (pictured). It’s finally calmed down and we’re sitting in the cockpit decompressing from the experience and my wife looks at me and says “ok, I stand corrected. Those silly lights aren’t total garbage after all. I’d buy them again, but as you can see, I don’t need to! The flicker lights picture is from tonight. Recommend 100%!