Bed Reading light ideas

[DeanRIowa]

I would like to install a reading light above the head of our bed. My wife would like to be able to sleep, while I read, so I want a reading light instead of using the overhead light in the bedroom.

Our bed like many has storage cabinet to each side of the bed and overhead the bed. I have an outlet under the side cabinets, no electrical above.

I am not extremely handy thus a full built in light is not in the cards, probably simpler the better.

I would like some ideas?

thanks,
Dean

[Gjac]

Harbor Freight sell battery operated stick on LED pucks that can be rotated to direct the light where you need it. After trying several options I found these worked very well and conserve your house battery if you dry camp and no wiring is needed to install them.

[bpounds]

I installed this style. Same reason. They work great for reading, and any time one of us needs a light during the night.

[Matt_Colie]

Same - almost Same Here
Or, you can do what I did for reading lights. I got a low voltage track light set and mounted the track under the over head cabinets. The, I took out the power supplies. This one had one per fixture. I put a pull chain switch in and changed the bulbs out to 5 watt MR16s. We both love the result.

Matt

[schlep1967]

Look up lightwedge. I know they have them on Amazon. It lights up the page and not the room.

[Dutch_12078]

Back when I still read dead tree books, I used a clip-on LED light that clips right on the book to read in bed while my wife slept. Since switching to e-books it hasn't been needed...

LuminoLite

[horton333]

DeanRIowa wrote:

horton333 wrote:
I have a similar issue, I'm thinking of something like this.
Make something to clip it on, and recharge in the day. Running a wire may work better, but this is also portable so it can go outside.
there are various types, cheap enough if it doesn't work then ....

Interesting I looked at that very light, only not sure a place exists to clip it. I will check once I pull trailer out of storage.

thanks,
Dean

In my case I plan to make a place to clip it, held on the closet side with double sided tape in case I decide to move it later.

[DeanRIowa]

coolmom42 wrote:
The light in the link above would work, if you have a shelf that the clip will fit on. If the shelf is pretty high, the light may spread out enough to bother your wife. Look for one that has a long neck you can pull down to position.

If you are using a tablet or e-reader with its own light, you just need enough of a night light to see what you are generally doing. A small plug in light would work for that. It would be down low enough that it wouldn't be in your wife's face.

Funny note: my job is in IT Software Development and I do not own a tablet, wife and kids do, but I like good old paper.

Also many books I own and read, do not necessarily have a digital version.

thanks,
Dean

[DeanRIowa]

horton333 wrote:
I have a similar issue, I'm thinking of something like this.
Make something to clip it on, and recharge in the day. Running a wire may work better, but this is also portable so it can go outside.
there are various types, cheap enough if it doesn't work then ....

Interesting I looked at that very light, only not sure a place exists to clip it. I will check once I pull trailer out of storage.

thanks,
Dean

[coolmom42]

The light in the link above would work, if you have a shelf that the clip will fit on. If the shelf is pretty high, the light may spread out enough to bother your wife. Look for one that has a long neck you can pull down to position.

If you are using a tablet or e-reader with its own light, you just need enough of a night light to see what you are generally doing. A small plug in light would work for that. It would be down low enough that it wouldn't be in your wife's face.

[SoundGuy]

DeanRIowa wrote:
I would like some ideas?

Battery powered LED lights are available in all sorts of configurations so I would think you could find something suitable for this task.

[horton333]

I have a similar issue, I'm thinking of something like this.
Make something to clip it on, and recharge in the day. Running a wire may work better, but this is also portable so it can go outside.
there are various types, cheap enough if it doesn't work then ....