If you have kids or roommates who are younger than three, you’ll quickly learn that toddlers can’t read clocks and, as a result, will wake your ass up at 5am. The Good Nite Lite is designed to keep the younguns asleep – or at least in bed – until you’re at least done listening to Morning Edition.
The concept is simple: you set the time and an alarm. When it’s dark, the light shines blue and displays a happy moon face. When the kid(s) are supposed to wake up – the nightlight glows yellow for a few hours and then goes off. Buttons on the back allow you to change settings over time and both faces are calm and kind and not really scary except to my son. He calls them monsters but it seemed to work for the few days we had it in his room.
The light costs $34.99 and is a great way to teach kids when you’d like them to get up. You can recreate this product by marking up a clock – say coloring a clock face yellow for daytime and blue for night time, but this seems like a considerably more elegant and useful system. Obviously it’s not for every wee one, but if getting woken up at 4:15am isn’t your idea of a party, take a look.
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You know, for kids.
Ah the joys of hear little feet racing down the hall towards your room at 6:00 on a Saturday morning. I know the feeling well. My girls already have a moon nightlight up so maybe I’ll just replace theirs with this one. Maybe I’ll actually get some undisturbed sleep or whatever.
I think I’d be pretty freaked out if I looked at the moon’s face and it lit up on fire like that. “Mommmmmyyyyyy!!!!!!”
This is pretty inventive, though I don’t know how my kid would take to a face staring at him as he fell asleep. Might be a little spooked. But then again I could always use the extra few hours of sleep. I swear kids know just when you are most comfortable, then they come jump on you in your morning slumber.
I just purchased this item and I have high hopes it will work. I was sad that it did not have a rotating plug and was forced to have to plug it in upside to even use it.
I bought one for my child and was very pleased with it until we had an issue with it 2 weeks after purchase and now no one at the company will respond to my warranty request via email or phone. Very disappointing, especially since it was $42 after shipping.
Dear LT MOM,
I am sorry that you had issues after a few weeks of use. If you did reach out and we missed connecting with you it was completely unintentional as we are trying to respond to any and all questions/concerns. We have even set up a new system to make sure that no one is missed. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance or if you even wish to return/ exchange your Good Nite Lite.
I apologize for any inconvenience.
All the best,
Adam Nelson
Founder
I was so excited to receive this nite lite after I read this article. When it finally arrived, 4 weeks after ordering it, I was horrified. It did not even turn on. So I called the customer service number–no response. I emailed their customer service rep listed on their web site–no response. It has been 3 weeks and still no response! Then I researched it on line–and found that I am one of MANY individuals who are literally left in the dark. This company is a SCAM!!! Do not buy this item!
Dear Mom from the suburbs,
I am sorry that you had issues with our company, we are still a startup of two people and were not expecting the over whelming response we have received. If you did reach out and we missed connecting with you it was completely unintentional as we are trying to respond to any and all questions/concerns. We have even set up a new system to make sure that no one is missed. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance or if you even wish to return your Good Nite Lite. We have been fortunate to receive many positive reviews from both consumers and the medical community (sleep specialists, pediatricians, etc).
All the best,
Adam Nelson
Founder
We purchased this night light in January of this year. The product is an excellent idea. However, the quality is terrible. The clock will not maintain the time. The sun flickers on and off when it is supposed to be lit. The buttons do not consistently work. I am extremely disappointed as our daughter responded well when the product was working properly for the first couple of weeks. With quality this poor, I can not recommend this product to other people.