Why does every small appliance or useful home electronics item have the BRIGHTEST LEDs in them?
I bought a new fan for our bedroom Sunday. It has 4 speed settings, and LEDs to display which setting you’re on.
Just like every other electrical device in our bedroom, I had to cover the LEDs with electrical tape because they are TOO DAMM BRIGHT. That one light was more than bright enough for me to see in the room with all the lights off.
I can’t sleep well if there’s a lot of light like that, especially blue light, and it’s like every fucking electronics manufacturer used the same extra bright blue LEDs.
All of our power strips have them. Same brightness.
The fans have them.
Don’t even get me started on digital clocks and the plague of bright LEDs that they bring about
Many charging plugs have them built into the plug itself.
Even some fucking light switches have them now!
I have about 6 different things in our bedroom that have electrical tape over their completely unnecessary LEDs.
Why has this become such a common thing? Is this really something most people want? To have a room that is never actually dark even with the lights turned off?
I’m exactly the same as you. One tip I have is if you can open the device use masking tape on the inside of the shell where the lights shine through so it’s dimmed but you can still see the lights if you need to/it’s helpful to. I do this on some of my handheld gaming consoles so I can play them in bed and not be blinded by the LEDs
The worst is when you find bright LEDs all over a hotel room. Becomes like a buckaroo style puzzle game trying to cover things up with whatever you’ve brought along with you.
Pack a small roll of electrical tape and you’ll never have to play the game again.
It’s always the last thing I think about but that is definitely a good idea
I give up in hotel rooms and consign myself to a bad nights sleep.