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Light the way to the toilet

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grannypiper Mon 13-Mar-17 09:17:59

My neighbour came round 2 weeks ago and asked me to replace the bulb in our outside light as her husband was struggling to find their bathroom during the night since our bulb had gone. They have 2 very small(4x4) glass panels at the top of their door and our light gives just enough light to find the way.

rosesarered Mon 13-Mar-17 09:00:22

Living in a village means, like others say, that there is a streetlight nearby, and there is no need for any lights during the night, once out of the dark of the bedroom, we can go to the loo, then wander off to the kitchen( bungalow) for a glass of water and back to bed, with no lights being put on at all.smile

Greyduster Mon 13-Mar-17 08:48:51

Like ninathenana we have a street light that lights up our bathroom and as it has just been replaced by an LED light it is even brighter. If you leave the door open a crack, you can't lose your way. There is a plug in night light on the landing next to the main bathroom for when GS is here so that he doesn't get lost! I like the light up toilet though!

Stansgran Mon 13-Mar-17 07:53:37

Moonlight last night was so bright I wandered around without turning the lights on! We've just stayed in a hotel where we had a flight of stairs from our bed and massive array of lights from one switch so we had a small torch rather than wake each other up.

MawBroon Mon 13-Mar-17 07:24:18

Easier to stub your little toe on the door, more like! One week on I have come to the conclusion it is not broken but still have had to buy a new pair of Hovercraft sized Skechers as I can't get a shoe on my right foot ???

ninathenana Sun 12-Mar-17 23:56:28

There is a street light outside the bathroom window. I never need to put the light on in the night.
As for blue light, our home phone has a blue light on the dock which is powerful enough to see where your going at night but doesn't disturb sleep. I didn't realize that is probably why it's blue.
I read that if you keep one eye closed during your trip to the loo it's easier to drop off to sleep again once back in bed. I've not tried it !

tanith Sun 12-Mar-17 22:33:11

We have one on the landing outside the bathroom no need to put the lights on. It's very handy.

Moocow Sun 12-Mar-17 22:26:48

I like this

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-39194085

I know someone mentioned the toilet light before, but I was put off because of the extra cleaning. Now I feel we could do with this in so many instances. Last year we stayed with a hotel chain that has blue light pointing the way to the bathroom at night which didn't disturb your sleep by lighting the room too much. Seeing this report I am now thinking of buying some motion lights for the corners of the bed, often a very sore point!