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?

  • abalyes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    18·
    1 year ago

    You’ve reminded to tape off the blinking blue LED on my monitor, it’s been driving me nuts when I’m trying to sleep!

    • Stan@lemmywinks.comEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      I like the big bright ass light on my monitor when I am using it. Burning my retina from the corner of my eye. Good thing it’s there to tell me my monitor is on. Like I wouldn’t know my monitor is on because I am fucking looking at it…

        • crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          81·
          1 year ago

          For one, the LEDs mess with your sleep. Some wavelength of light make your body think it’s day therefore inhibiting melatonin production (the hormone that makes you sleepy).

          Furhermore, a general advice for better sleep is to keep electronics outside if the bedroom, as they are too psychologically engaging (e.g. “I’ll just check one more post on Lemmy”).