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Originally Posted by Dazrin
I've seen those before (those exact ones even ended up on my Amazon wish list) but ended up going the low-tech route and used a hole-punch to get round, black circles of electrical tape. I use that to cover the camera on my work laptop too. A friend of mine did the same using some leftover black touch-up paint for a car he used to own. Effective but more permanent than I like.
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I generally use black electrical tape, too. But sometimes I want a more elegant solution. Also, sometimes I don't want to black it out completely, just dim it. I think these stickers dim, though I need to do more research.
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
I wear a sleep mask when I sleep. I find that even slight amounts of light, from the street or wherever, make my eyes tense up, and I cannot rest. Voila: eye mask. For the last 20+ years.
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I don't mind light as such. Living in the city center I can deal with the security lights and streetlights (unless the bulb needs replacing and it's literally on the blink). I can also deal with red LEDs. I hate the green or, even worse, blue LEDs. They are too bright and I think it's a design fault to use them on electronics that are often used in the bedroom, such as chargers or alarm clocks. I once got a new digital alarm clock with cd player for Christmas. And the manufacturer, Philips, had made the display light up in bright blue with black numbers. It did have three lighting settings: light-up-the-room bright, 1000W-halogen bright and search-light bright. I could read a book on the lowest light setting. I put a small towel over the display to be able to sleep.
I find noise being much more of a problem for me at night. More and more so over the last couple of years. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and sometimes Sunday, there's some noise from nearby restaurants. Especially in summer when the doors and windows are open. When it rains somewhere nearby it drips loudly on, I think, an empty wheelie bin. My mind just locks on to that sound and lets not get started on the museum's airco when it's really warm. Luckily that wasn't a problem this year, since the museum has closed. Occasionally the anti squatters people had the airco on, but not the one with the annoying cycle. So I've been using a white noise app since earlier this year on the recommendation of a forum member. Which works great, but now I just need good headphones.