What Tea Lights Should I use For My Wax Burner?

What tea lights should you use for your wax melt burner?

We have had several questions at markets recently in regards to what tea lights you should use, so here is the answer.

🔥 Only use 4-hour tea lights for the best performance and safety!

💡 Why?

• Larger tea lights burn off fragrance too quickly, reducing scent longevity.
• Overheating wax can cause spitting, fire hazards, or damage to your burner.
• A bigger tea light won’t make the scent stronger—just add more wax instead (without overfilling).
• Never use two tea lights—it wastes fragrance and overheats the wax.

⚠️ Check your burner’s safety instructions—some smaller models recommend a 2-hour tea light instead.

In regards to tea lights, the only tea lights that you should use for your wax melt burner are the four hour ones.

Why only four hour tea lights?

Unlike a candle, where you are melting the wax and the fragrance together, with a wax melt you are merely burning the fragrance off. By using anything other than a four hour tea light you are just burning the fragrance off a lot quicker, so you are not going to get your money's worth from your melts. With a four hour tea light, not only are you going to ensure you get the most from your melts, you are also keeping things safe. With larger tea lights you are likely to overheat the wax, and that is when the wax starts to spit and, in the worst case, the wax and burner could catch fire.

Will a larger tea light give a stronger scent?

No. Using a larger tea light just burns the scent from the wax quicker, so the only way to make your melts smell stronger is to add more wax melt, while making sure you do not overfill the well of your wax melter.

Can I use two tea lights?

Why would you want to? It all comes back round to you just burning the fragrance off the wax quicker.

So the moral of this post is: just use one four hour tea light, nothing more, and you should then get the best out of your wax melts.

We would also recommend reading the safety instructions on your burner to double check the manufacturer's recommendations on what tea lights to use for your particular burner, as some smaller burners only recommend a two hour tea light.

Looking for a burner? Browse our tealight wax melt burners, and see how to use wax melts for more tips.

For any further questions feel free to contact us. Hope this helps and thanks for reading.