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What's the best way to read a book in a dark room?

Hello everyone.

I want to get back into healthy habits. This includes reading books before bed and no screen before bed.

The thing is that (for now) my partner and our child all sleep in the same bedroom. I tend to get to bed after they are already asleep and don’t want to disturb them.

What’s the best option to read in the dark that doesn’t involve blue light screen (smartphone) or high luminosity?

Are there e-readers with very very dim light that still allow comfortable reading?

Thanks for your input.

DavidDoesLemmy ,
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Braille would be the best.

the16bitgamer ,
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Most kindles and kobos with color temp front lights are your best friend.

Kobo Clara 2e or the Kindle 11th Gen should work.

AFKBRBChocolate ,

I didn’t see anyone mention things like this. Amber light with a dimmer that you can put on a physical book.

cheesymoonshadow ,
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I used something similar but no purchase necessary.

I used my phone as a light to read a physical book in bed. I would open Google Keep to a blank yellow sticky note, and my screen was so dim that it was really a dark amber light, and I’d rest my phone on my chest facing up so it lit up the pages.

Bebo ,

I read in my phone using an ebook reader app with amoled black background and a peach-ish font colour. I keep brightness on minimum, have phone’s night light setting on (it reduces blue light). Also ensure that my phone is on silent and dnd mode. Best combination IMO for reading in the dark before going to sleep. Another idea is, listen to an audiobook with sleep timer on.

VelvetStorm ,

Well you could read a book and use a red light.

RandoMcGuvins ,

Audiobooks with earphones? There's wispersync so your progress matches across devices. It's also much cheaper to buy an audiobook if you have the epub/mobi/kindle version

nutsack ,

I use a fucking goddamn clampy lamp that clamps onto the fucking goddamn headboard of the bed and holy shit it’s fucked

CaptainBlagbird ,
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Use a headlamp with red light 🔦🔴. They are specifically made for not waking other people up while camping. The red light also is not a problem before sleep, unlike blue light.

Critical_Insight ,

That’s not why the light is red lol

Red light doesn’t mess up your night vision. With a red light you can turn it off and still see as long as there’s some ambient light such as moonlight. With white light you need to wait for 10 to 15 minutes for your eyes to get accustomed to the darkness.

CaptainBlagbird , (edited )
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With white light you need to wait for 10 to 15 minutes for your eyes to get accustomed to the darkness.

Not when using the eyepatch method though 😉🏴‍☠️

But in all seriousness, mine stated the above on the package. Maybe they didn’t know any better or it was a translation error. There are multiple benefits of having red light instead of bright white. Not irritating your eyes is basically the same as not irritating someone else’s eyes.

Acamon ,

Ereaders like kobo / kindle have gentle backlight, just make sure you get one with adjustable warm /cool white backlight, so you can make it warm and not blue. I also use a little clip on booklight with adjustable brightness and color. If it’s dim and red/orange you’re not disturbing anyone but it illuminates the page perfectly.

fievel ,

I read every night with a kobo e-reader (next to my partner who generally sleep before me). I use night mode and a very dim brightness (2-3 %, the max I use is 4 %). It’s sufficient in my opinion.

Ludrol ,
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Kobo and pocketbook are good e-readers. Kindles have harder time with piracy and independent bookstores and you give money to bezos.

I had pocketbook. Not the best way to read comics or pdfs but for books is great. Customization is tricky but doable.

june ,

I haven’t had a problem pirating books and reading them on my kindle. Just make sure you’re downloading an epub and you’re gucci. The send to kindle feature is excellent and your ebook shows up in your kindle within minutes.

ExLisper ,

If you don’t want to give money to Bezos Pocketbook e-readers are really good and have good backlight that you can set to very dim level.

MataVatnik ,
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I use a red light. I put a red light bulb on my nightstand lamp.

TheActualDevil ,

🎵 MaaaaaaaaaataVatnik 🎵

🎵 You got to put on the red light 🎵

🎵 The day is all gone, You’ve got to read your book into the the night. 🎵

MataVatnik ,
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I love u

calypsopub ,

My Kindle Touch has a night mode with blue light inhibitor

Kit ,

I use a $15 book light with adjustable brightness. It has a flexible arm so it only shines light on the page, versus an electronic device which shines light on your face.

ABCDE ,

Yes, the Kindle Paperwhite and Oasis have good low level backlights. I’ve had both and currently use and recommend the latter for clarity, touch sensitivity and size.

PrincessLeiasCat ,

I love my Oasis.

Kusimulkku ,

Aren’t at least all Paperwhites front lit? No backlighting

ABCDE ,

You might be right, I just auto-typed backlight. I guess the Oasis is backlit judging from how mine appears.

Kusimulkku ,

I think they’re almost all front lit. It doesn’t necessarily look like it, but I think there’s three layers in the screen with e-ink being the bottom one and the one the lights light up is on top, so the e-ink part is being front lit even though it looks like the light might be coming behind the screen.

june ,

I really want to upgrade to an oasis but I haven’t been able to justify the cost. My paper white works so well but the touch swipe is finicky fairly frequently which makes me miss page turn buttons a lot.

ABCDE ,

I got mine secondhand for around £90, so keep your eyes peeled perhaps. The touchscreen is definitely better than the Paperwhite.

june ,

Oh damn.

I’ll def keep an eye out at that price.

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