Lights on?

[brirene]

A serious question, with no judgements, to people who leave their porch or other outside lights on all night while camping: why do you? This past weekend, and many other times I've noticed folks who do this. Is it safety? Keep critters away? Just forget? Something else?

[Dave_H_M]

It is cus i want to. :B

[milo]

The porch light is left on to keep evil spirits from entering the home.

[RollandB]

the older we get the more we forget.....

[2gypsies1]

separated1 wrote:
I keep mine off too. Don't want to bother anyone who's trying to sleep. 🙂

Thank you! People might say if you don't want the light shining through your bedroom window, close the shade. Well, that usually cuts off the nice breeze coming through. 🙂

[separated1]

I keep mine off too. Don't want to bother anyone who's trying to sleep. 🙂

[Sport45]

Since I'm the one that has to go to the trouble and expense of replacing burnt out bulbs we only leave them on when we need them.

And I don't see a need to light up the outside when everyone's inside.

[gotsmart]

I don't know how new this is, but I am seeing more (mostly FW) trailers with their marker lights turned on, all night. It's an attention-getter. I'm not a fan of it.

[stetwood]

mowermech wrote:

Dakota98 wrote:
It allows for would be burglars to see what they are doing. :B

I suppose that was meant to be humorous, but, actually, I totally agree!
That is why I refuse to have so-called "security lights". I WANT the trespassers to stumble around in the dark!

There is some research that supports that crime goes up when security lights turn on. Think about it, if it is dark and a light appears then there a possibility of nefarious activity occurring.

[DE88ROX]

hardly ever use mine. but when i do, its hard not to notice them on due to the orange glow i can see outside my door window.

[Jim_Shoe]

I left mine on once in over 10 years. I needed something from the toad at night. Turned it on, got what I needed, and came back inside with my hands full. I just simply forgot to turn it off. At least that side of my 'C' was facing the woods, so I hope it didn't annoy anyone. In KOAs, where I usually stay, there is usually some lighting in the CG, but I rarely notice it. I have blackout shades in my 'C'.
The way I look at it, if I don't want light inside at night, its up to me to keep it out. That's the reason for the blackout shades. Depending on others to be considerate is a fool's errand.

[colliehauler]

bid_time wrote:
You go to a campground with 150 - 600 sites all packed in next to each other and expect it to be totally dark. Maybe it's not your neighbors that's the problem, maybe it's your expectations.

I have to agree. To expect darkness is unrealistic in a large campground.

Now in a small campground in a remote area you might have better luck.

[coolbreeze01]

I shut my shades if the light is too much. I have some serious lights if my neighbors are scared..............

[Landroamer1]

I set me led strip on yellow or red and dim it all the way down . Just enough light to see the steps

[brirene]

OP here, and I'm actually really pleased by the responses and civility of of the thread, especially over 9 pages! Thanks to all of you for that!

[MitchF150]

I asked this same question a number of years ago and had my a$$ handed to me too... 🙂

What I learned is everyone has their own reasons for doing what they do while in their camp site and that's fine... They also critique and judge what everyone else is doing in their camp site as well.. 😉 I do the same thing..

That's part of the experience of it I guess.. 🙂

But, I always seem to end up having a great weekend anyway.. 😉

Happy camping everyone!

Mitch