We've been thinking about night lights lately, so when we saw the GloMate Jr, we were intrigued. A night light you can sleep with? Carry around? Pack for travel? We're in.
The GloMate Jr is a battery-operated, softly glowing light with several custom options. You can set the heat-free LEDs to various colors or allow them to cycle through the rainbow. The GloMate also has a 15 minute sleep timer mode so you can choose an automatic shut off if your child only needs it to fall asleep. Perhaps most unique, it's made from soft material so your child can keep it in bed. No cords also means you can easily take it when you travel, or your child can carry it around—to the bathroom at night, perhaps—when it's needed.
At $9.99 a pop, it's super affordable, too. Available at Mobi.
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We have the GloMate, and while it has lots of benefits, there is one main con: batteries. This thing runs out of them pretty quickly. I was constantly running around looking for AAA batteries at bedtime - no fun at all.
Then we stumbled across the Oxo Good Grips Candela Guardian Light (http://alturl.com/yjxub). When not in use it hangs off a charging hub plugged directly into an outlet so no batteries required. Plus the hub has a dim blue light itself which keeps me from knocking into furniture in the middle of the night. The light itself is all rounded edges and the rounded "handle" makes it easy for my toddler to lug around as needed. And the brightness is just right.
We still use the GloMate for travel, but at home the Guardian Light is the hands down winner.
We have the Ikea Spoka nightlight in our son's room. Same exact thing except it doesn' require batteries - you just plug it in to charge it. It also changes colors (or stays on one color, depending on what setting you choose). I want to pick up another one for my daughter's room.
We have this and the battery issue has never come up. We've been using it for 5 months now and just make sure to set it on it's charger during the day. LOVE it. My daughter was never afraid of the dark until 3 years old hit and this seemed like a great add for her. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! :)
We got the glomate jr for travel. If you leave it on all night, it eats batteries. After 3 nights and one all day run (oops), it was dead and we needed to get new batteries. It gives a good light and is easy to use but I don't know if I would recommend it for everyday use unless you have an endless supply of batteries or use rechargeable ones.
I bought the non-travel version of this and returned two to the store because it would not charge right. After talking to other parents I found out that this version was a battery hog so we went with the IKEA version and my two year old LOVES IT. When I was at IKEA three moms standing nearby practically jumped at me to tell me to buy it. I highly recommend it.
the Spooka from IKEA is the best .... and cheaper! We bought a few as we always forget to charge them. They are great for nightlights and fort/under blanket play!
We bought the kind with the battery recharging base. It was great while it lasted but it stopped recharging after a couple of months. I would definitely consider something else. The IKEA one sounds great.
I returned two of these because they didn't work. Fabulous idea, but I think there might be some kinks to work out yet. I think I'll head to IKEA!
oxo candela is what we use for our 2 year old. it's perfect and has a charging base. the glow is soothing.
I thought we had found the perfect nightlight, BUT like others have said, it quits working out of the blue and it's so frustrating. My son got hooked on having his "Blue Man" (what we named it), so when the nightlight quick recharging, I bought another. And another. And then my mom bought him another when we refused to buy any more b/c of the same problem happening over and over. We went through 4 of these and they all went kaput after just a few months (at most) of use. And we followed the manufacturer's charging directions to a "T." Now we use a closet light turned on and that's been the best solution yet.