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Colleen
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Jan 15, 2013 11:52PM
I have never been a fan of reading in bed. I need to sit up and like a comfy chair. I wonder about those who share a bed... does an E-reader glow too much and keep a bed-mate awake? And I pretty much have to set a timer and force myself to close the book to get some sleep. Anyone else have these dilemmas?
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I read paper books mostly though, so glow in bed is a non-issue for me.
Depends on the bed mate. I've been known to read in bed from time to time, but usually just to the end of whatever chapter I'm on since I know my wife can't fall asleep with the glow from my phone. Because I read on my phone more than anywhere else...My wife, on the other hand, will read straight through the night if the book is good enough (just the other night it was Mistborn: The Final Empire until 5am). I haven't had a problem falling asleep... but that's the case even when the lights are on.
I recommend experimentation with just how much light you can get away with, or maybe a slow acclimation to ambient light in the room. Positive reinforcement of desired behavior may prove difficult, though...
Unless your bedmate is especially sensitive to light sources, you shouldn't have any problems with the ereader.* My girlfriend watches videos on her Nexus 7 and I read dead tree books with a table lamp that's twice as bright as her tablet's screen. Neither of us has trouble getting to sleep from the light. *Most people I know have fallen asleep in front of the TV at some point. It's not a whole lot different, except the lack of sound.
The e-reader has been a HUGE improvement for my 'bed-mate'. I used to have the light on to read, and after a few hours eventually it would bother my spouse. I've been reading recently with the Kindle in the dark and no problems. I've also set the reading for the white text on a black background. I don't have any eye strain problems (or at least for the 1-2hrs of reading before sleep) and the screen glow is negligible.The only problem I've had recently is the screen automatically reorienting when I'm changing positions.
Scott wrote: "The only problem I've had recently is the screen automatically reorienting when I'm changing positions. My husband just got a Kindle Fire, and we figured out that there is a way to lock the screen orientation in the settings. You just tap at the top of the screen for the settings bar and can lock it there. Might be helpful to you. :)
I have an e-ink Kindle with a light in my case. My husband hasn't ever had a problem with the amount of light from it and I have found since I started reading before bed that I sleep soooo much better. Although I totally agree with the whole Kindle to the face hurts more to a paperback to the face experience...
I used to balance a torch and my book but now I have a cover for my kindle with the little light that pulls out I find I have got back into the habit or reading in bed. The best thing about a kindle is that I no longer lose my place when I fall asleep and drop the thing on the carpet!
I loved reading in bed back when I lived back home, because my bed could elevate. But even though I can still do it here, I prefer not to, as my back will kill me after an hour or so. Besides, our ceiling lamp is placed so there's hardly any light reaching the pages.But I can fall asleep with the lights on when my boyfriend is reading, as long as I'm tired enough. But it would be easier if I could get that Kindle Paperwhite, whenever they decide to make it available for everyone else outside of the US and UK :/
Darren wrote: "Not me. I can tell you firsthand that a kindle hurts more than a hardcover when it falls onto your snoring face. No paper to vision the blow."haha I laughed so hard at this... I had this happen to me just the other day! Ow!
I do read in bed at night, usually before bed. I used to read a lot more in bed, but my back's been royally screwed up for awhile and my bed isn't working well for it (I'm slowly on the mend).Now I still read a little, mostly sitting up in bed (as opposed to lying down in bed), or I read in my recliner (that I got for when recovering from my back surgery).
I've always read in bed. had a little nightstand lamp that was pretty dim so it wouldn't keep my wife awake.. but then I'd be turning my kindle or books to different directions to try and get enough light. this christmas the wife got me a new kindle paperwhite and it's amazing. You can turn the light way down when your in th dark and still read so it doesn't bother anyone at all and the battery is lasting longer then a lot longer then my kindle 2.
For people with insomnia, one of the elements of sleep hygiene is to not read in bed or watch tv in bed, on the hopes that you convince your subconscious that bed is a place for sleep, not other stuff.Having said that, I will read in bed myself. But no scary books. Real book, real light.
kvon wrote: "For people with insomnia, one of the elements of sleep hygiene is to not read in bed or watch tv in bed, on the hopes that you convince your subconscious that bed is a place for sleep, not other st..."See, I'm the opposite. I stated reading in bed as a way to take my mind off whatever things may have been stressing me out and keeping me from falling asleep. So far it's helped. Although, that may have only been because now I'm going to bed much earlier, and not watching TV right up until when I think I should be going to sleep.
I stopped reading in bed to help alleviate insomnia. These days I only do it when I'm too sick to get out of bed at all.It's more comfortable to read in my armchair anyway.
This will sound funny, but the only problem I have with reading in bed is my hand goes numb from holding up my head. Then I have to flip the other way until that hand goes numb. lol
Jeff wrote: "This will sound funny, but the only problem I have with reading in bed is my hand goes numb from holding up my head. Then I have to flip the other way until that hand goes numb. lol"I hate that.
Darren wrote: "Not me. I can tell you firsthand that a kindle hurts more than a hardcover when it falls onto your snoring face. No paper to cushion the blow."You have made me laugh, because it's true. (Although try an iPad to the schnoz sometime. Ouch.)
I read in bed. Not as much as in the Reading Room, mostly because I tend to fall asleep (in bed, not in the RR), but I do it.The basic Kindle doesn't have a lighted face, but you can buy a nifty cover with a pull-out light. It's not great but does the job. I assume the Kindle Fire is like an iPad -- basically it's a low-powered nightlight, especially in "evening" mode. (Although I never use it in that mode.)
See, this is one of many reasons I cannot see myself ever sharing a bed long term, which I realise a lot of people view as an odd thing, but I guess we're all different. But I love reading in bed, thus assume others are the same. I am also incredibly light sensitive, particularly with electric lights, to the point where even the small light from a 4 way extension plug drives me mad, and has to be hidden before I can drift off. There is no way I could sleep next to someone using a device bright enough for them to read! I would also not be comfortable reading next to someone trying to sleep, though I have read on a mobile when trying to keep quiet and still during that horrible time when I wake early and know that I've two or three hours before the other person gets up if I'm lucky (sunday mornings are the worst for this, especially after a night out) and found that, yes, the unnatural light on my mobile and the occasional key presses did, in fact, wake up the person I was sleeping next to. >.<I do have a light on my kindle (via the case) though, and I like to use it for reading late at night, as I enjoy the darkness around me and it seems to help me sleep more quickly when I decide to turn the device off than when I read in lamplight.
Darren wrote: "Not me. I can tell you firsthand that a kindle hurts more than a hardcover when it falls onto your snoring face. No paper to cushion the blow."Haha so true. Ipad hurts even worse when you accidentally drop it on your face.
Darren wrote: "Not me. I can tell you firsthand that a kindle hurts more than a hardcover when it falls onto your snoring face. No paper to cushion the blow."HA! I wondered if I was the only one who's done that.
Louise wrote: "Darren wrote: "Not me. I can tell you firsthand that a kindle hurts more than a hardcover when it falls onto your snoring face. No paper to cushion the blow."Jeff wrote: "This will sound funny, b..."
That's what happens when you get older. I could get hurt making a sandwich. :(
I always read in bed at home. At my boyfriend's, I usually read on the couch. Either way, if I'm comfortable I can start dozing off.
Jeff wrote: "That's what happens when you get older. I could get hurt making a sandwich. :( "My back got injured at football camp when a giant kid named Warfield slammed me to the ground.
Last month I pulled a muscle in my neck during a rugby match. I was WATCHING it. In bed. WTF oldness?
David(LA,CA) wrote: "See, I'm the opposite. I stated reading in bed as a way to take my mind off whatever things may have been stressing me out and keeping me from falling asleep. So far it's helped. Although, that may have only been because now I'm going to bed much earlier, and not watching TV right up until when I think I should be going to sleep. ..."This is what I do too, it is the only thing that distracts me long enough to fall asleep. But considering how many times I've dropped a paper book through my fingers as I drift off, or wake up sleeping on it, there isn't a big chance of eReading before bed. :)
David(LA,CA) wrote: "See, I'm the opposite. I stated reading in bed as a way to take my mind off whatever things may have been stressing me out and keeping me from falling asleep
I can totally see how that would work for some people, but I don't have the discipline to put a good book down while I'm in bed and I would never fall asleep reading, I'm just not wired that way. I listen to audio books in bed though, so long as I've picked out a narrator with a soothing voice.
With regards to light, I've found that reading on a phone with the kindle app set to white-on-black and the brightness turned way down produces very little stray light. Neither my fiancé or I have any trouble sleeping when the other is reading this way. I also find it more restful, making me more likely to fall asleep, than reading a kindle or dead tree book with a light.
I would rather have a kindle fall on my face than some of the 1000 page hardcovers that I have :)
I cannot read in bed. In fact I actually go to great lengths to make sure the bedroom is primarily for sleeping. No TV, no electronics, etc.
Alex wrote: "It's taken me my whole life, but I've finally perfected a position for reading in bed sideways where my head is propped up, and nothing goes to sleep.With a good enough book, it holds for hours!"
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I read in bed and love my Kindle Paperwhite for this! During the day when I'm out and about I tend to have my phone or iPad with me and read there, but at home it's the Kindle. No problem with the glow for my wife, but she could sleep through most anything. I love the Kindle's weight and the soft glow of the page. I read in bed to help me fall asleep. Before the Paperwhite I had a Kindle Keyboard and then a Kindle Touch so I used a light attached to the device or a lamp on my headboard. Again, it didn't bother my wife, but I find that I like the light on the Paperwhite much better than using these other lighting sources.
Ron wrote: "I read in bed to help me fall asleep..."I'm the same way. It helps put my mind at ease.
I tend to read paper books in bed, usually something like true crime where the chapters are short. If I read a novel I stay up reading on and on.
After reading all the posts, I think a reading position chart needs to be made! T-shirt sales would buy me more books! ;-)
Reading in the bath I just cannot do. I think you need to be just the right height in order to manage this. In Japan I could, because they have very short, taller baths, so you can sit more upright in them, but for the normal bath size in England I'm just a little too short, and however much I try to sit comfortably I will end up sliding down until my head is facing the ceiling and my arms have to be raised up to hold the book over my face which is just not comfortable at all. If the bath was a few inches shorter, I could probably jam my feet against the end to keep this from happening. I think I'd still prefer reading in bed though. I like listening to music in the bath.
Wouldn't dream of getting my Kindle anywhere near a bathtub full of water!
Colleen wrote: "Wouldn't dream of getting my Kindle anywhere near a bathtub full of water!"Yeah, in the bath? Just too many things that can go wrong. And with my luck they would.
Colleen wrote: "Wouldn't dream of getting my Kindle anywhere near a bathtub full of water!"Ziploc bag... :D (I've done it...)
If I'm reading anything when I'm in bed and getting ready to sleep, I turn on an audiobook. Quite nice.
I always attempt to read in bed. Depending on the book I can be up until the wee hours of the morning finishing it, or asleep after a few pages.
My kindle paperwhite doesn't glow too much unless I really crank up the light. I don't find that necessary though in a darkened room. I always read in bed!
I can read about three sentences on average...
I do most of my reading outside during my lunch breaks. When I'm home, there are too many distractions. While laying in bed i could be: watching TV, playing on a game console, etc. and so forth.
I read in bed a lot, usually before I go to sleep. Of course I try to keep myself to three chapters at a time when I do that.
