The night light glowing pink and orange on a bedside table in a dark bedroom, beside a small plant

Sunset Slider Night Light

A little arcade cabinet whose screen is a glowing sky. Tilt the joystick and sunset slides into midnight.

It starts at the stick

Tip the ball-top joystick up to 25° to either side. Left is sunset, right is midnight, and every point between is a sky of its own.

A gear under the deck

Below the stick, a toothed sector turns a small gear 2.8 times as far, so a small tilt of your hand makes a big move inside.

A pin in a slot

The gear swings a pin that rides in an upright slot on a sliding carrier. The turn goes in, and a straight sideways push comes out.

The sky band slides

The carrier pulls a colour band up to 1.2 in (30 mm) each way, behind 4 layers of black silhouettes: mountains, hills, a car and palm trees.

Sunset to midnight

12 LEDs light the band from behind. Stick left for pink and orange, stick right for deep blue and cyan, or stop anywhere in between.

One press for off

The red button latches. Press it and every light goes out, and it uses no power while it is off. Press again and the sky comes back.

Up close

At 8.6 in tall and 4.5 in wide it fits a nightstand, a desk or a shelf, and makes a soft night light for a kid's room or a game corner.

A hand tilting the night light's black joystick while the screen glows pink and orange
One fingertip on the ball is all it takes to move the sky.
Close view of the joystick on the sloped control deck below the screen
The stick sits on a sloped deck, right where your hand lands.
Close view of the red button beside the joystick, with the palm trees and car in the screen above
The red button is the switch. It stays down while the light is on.

Try the stick

Tilting the joystick slides a colour band behind the cut-out scene, so the same 12 lights read as sunset on the left and midnight on the right.

The night light on a bedroom shelf in the evening, its sky glowing
On a shelf in a kid's room, it doubles as the night light.

One night light in the box

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Sunset Slider Night Light
Size
4.5 × 4.4 × 8.6 in, W × D × H (114 × 112 × 218 mm)
Sky window
3 in square (75 mm)
Scene
4 silhouette layers: mountains, hills, a car, palm trees
Lights
12 LEDs in pink, warm white and cyan
Joystick
25° each way; the sky band travels 1.2 in (30 mm) each way
Switch
Latching red push button, no power drawn when off
Power
USB-C, 5 V; no charger or battery in the box
The night light switched off, the black silhouettes standing in front of a pale screen
Switched off, the silhouettes stand in front of a pale sky.

Good to know

What does it plug into?

A USB-C cable at 5 V, the kind a phone charger takes. There is no charger and no battery in the box, so use one you already have.

Does it use power when it is switched off?

No. The red button latches, and when it is out the circuit is open, so the light draws nothing at all.

What colours does the sky make?

12 LEDs in pink, warm white and cyan light the sky band from behind. Stick left gives a pink and orange sunset, stick right a deep blue and cyan midnight, with every shade of dusk between.

Can you play games on it?

No. It looks like an arcade cabinet, but there is no screen or game inside. The joystick moves the sky, and the button switches the light.

How big is it?

4.5 × 4.4 × 8.6 in (114 × 112 × 218 mm), with a 3 in square sky window. Small enough for a nightstand, tall enough to read across the room.