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What technology purchase felt like a major upgrade in your life? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Lighting system as a wake up tool.

Have now been using a light or lighting system as a morning wake up for over 15 years. It’s life changing.

Lights start off dim and red/orange, and brighten very slowly to warm white. Works every time.

I wake up without the jolt of an alarm at home.

In fact - automated lighting in general - just so good.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What one do you use? I tried this but the one I bought even the dimmest setting wakes me up when it comes on.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Phillips Hue, 800 lumen colour bulbs. We have three in our bedroom.

    It also depends on how they’re controlled. We do most of our control through HomeBridge/HomeKit but for wake-ups we’ve continued to use the Hue app-configured automations as the soft-on and ramp up are the most gentle.

    We were using a dedicated Phillips light alarm clock before the automated lights.

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