Plug-in Nightlights

[peanut]

Hi folks,

Does anyone use, and able to recommend, those plug-in nightlights you can get?

My dear old Spaniel is starting to have a little difficulty seeing at night, so I thought I'd get one of those plug-in nightlights to make the stairs safer for him.

Also...which stores sell them?

Thanks in advance.

[elsie-scot]

I'd look in mothercare or stores like that

[zazen999]

Yes; we've got them.

We use the Ikea Spoka nightlights - and I bought one that is a light in the plug but it was too bright for us so we went back to the Spokas.

Ghosties we call them in our house.

The plug ones I think I just got in B&Q or somewhere.

[jackie j]

We have a bulb in the normal light fitting, switch once for night light switch again normal light so much better than plug in lights.( switch on and off quickly and on again for normal light.)

[Two_Sheds]

Am I alone in never using night lights? I think they disrupt your sleep (and I am convinced that's why Little One never sleeps through the night ... because her light is kept on)

Dogs have sixth senses, I don't think a night light would make much difference would it?

[chris]

I thought dogs and cats had a reflective retina to reflect as much usable light outwards so they can see... Horrible when they get older though.. our dog is due to go to the big bone in the sky soon

Anyway, we got our nightlight (plug in type) from John Lewis - their baby section - we have it plugged in at the top of the stairs so we can run up stairs if she cries before we goto bed and not have to put a light on (our hall way is really dark). I think it was a fiver, but it's dim enough not to be obtrusive! It works by ambient light too, so when it gets below a certain light level it comes on auto.

[Hilary B]

I can't GO to sleep in total darkness (probably due to growing up with thin curtains and a streetlight outside the bedrom window). Different people have different reactions.
The light we use in Spain (where windows are small, and only natural light unless we switch something on) is called Moonglow. You can only get it mail order. The Verdict (used to be Expert Verdict) sell them, online or catalogue. It uses almost no electricity (they reckon about ½p a day, if left on all the time), and is not bright, but plenty to see potential hazards if you wake in the night.
I wonder whether lighting would really help a dog. If he knows his way around, I suspect he mainly relies on scent.....

[tamsin]

We have LED ones at the top/bottom of the stairs. Handy for spotting the cat who tends to lay in wait on the top step. One is a torch, it sits in a ring normally with just a couple of blue LEDs like a nightlight but if the power is cut (either because you pick it up or there is a power cut) it comes on at full brightness like a torch.

[annacruachan]

Same as you, Hilary, but for me it's because I am claustrophobic. Being in total darkness is like being enclosed in a small, dark space. We use plug in nightlights bought from Lidl yonks ago; they give just enough light to orientate yourself on waking suddenly.

[Hilary B]

I'm slightly claustrophobic. I never quite associated the 'can't sleep if it's too dark' thing with that, but it does make 'sense' (as far as any phobia does).