There are people who walk among us, people who can vote, and procreate, who will willingly sit in a room with just The Big Light on. It chills my blood to think about.
My new monitor has a flashing light when the pc is off… Last night I got few up and put black nail polish over the LED. Fuck off light
My bedside wireless charger has a piercing bright blue light on the front. That was covered by a small bit of black electrical tape on the first night.
Which sadist designs this shit?
This is why I love my smart bulbs. Fuck the switch; I can turn them off from my phone.
Also, you can set up scheduled actions to automatically dim them or turn them off if you happen to pass out
Do you guys not have light switches next to your bed?
Most rooms I’ve seen have the light switch right next the door, most bedrooms don’t also keep their bed right next to the door. I’m assuming most people also don’t want to run wire through the walls wherever they’re renting/living.
Most bedrooms I have seen have multiple light switches wiht one of them being next to the bed most of the time.
not once in my life do i recall seeing this, having been in countless bedrooms
Dunno guess it’s a local/european thing?
Makes sense, as I live in the americas
Home Assistant with smart bulb and a voice preview. Stay warm and cosy.
And that’s why mine are on their own VLAN with their own SSID. My TV and my phone are still spying on me though.
Hard mode: just sleep with the lights on.
Sleep maxing.
Sleep mask plus earphones that are specifically designed for sleeping (white noise, soft, low profile against pillow).
Optimizing your way out of being able to sleep without aid (I do it too).
GE sells LED bulbs that come with a remote, nothing smart about them, I can dim them or turn them off entirely with the remote that lives on my bedside table.
If you get a Zigbee smart switch (or smart bulb) and a Zigbee remote, you can pair the switch/bulb and remote directly so it works like you said, while still retaining the ability to control the light using Home Assistant (eg automatically turn it on or off based on something).
I have a Zigbee controller coming at some point this week, so I can set up a bunch of Zigbee sensors and products that a friend of mine no longer needs. Proper looking forward to seeing what I can do with it all in Home Assistant.
Selfhost Homeassistant, you’re welcome
Or simply having switches placed not in stupid places XD
Sure but that will cost you more
Or not at all possible when renting.
With a smart home setup, your phone is that switch.
Take it a step further with Tasker and your sleep taking app. Lights go off when I start sleep tracking, lights come on with alarm.
You can do that in HO no problem. No need for proprietary stuff (tasker has really lost it’s charm).
Possible to do from bed as well
Setting up home assistant from the bed is not very ideal. Sit straight up in a chair, set it up then go to bed.
