I was enthralled in the look of the candles on your tree...and glad they were on sale...thought after being told the controller was extra, I thought I could just unscrew the head to turn them off...not a good idea...and not easy, when your tree is loaded like mine..once I got them into place, it wasn't easy to unscrew them. I did and didn't bother the clip on, but either the brandch I put them on wasn't secure enought to juggle them around..anyway...the less ornaments would be better to use them and wish the controls would have just been included..