Although you should always be very careful with naked flames nothing quite sets an atmosphere like good old fashioned fire these items can be used as a hand held torchflare often seen in night time processions or used as garden candles they have a slow burn time of approximately 60 minutes and are made from a non drip waxr r when used as a processional torch the products are used with a drip stopper supplied or if used in the garden as a garden candle or flare they are simply pushed in