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1. Enter bedroom

2. Turn on primary light

3. Walk to bedside lamp and turn it on

4. Walk back to primary light and turn it off

5. Walk back to bed and climb in

6. Turn off beside lamp.

It's not _the worst_, but it is toil.

>>flerch+(OP)
On the bright side, it's a few more steps on your pedometer.

>>flerch+(OP)
3-way switches are the best solution here. Switch the bedside lamp on from the main switch by the door, and then off again from a second switch at the bedside. Many stairways are like this: you can control the lights from the switches at the bottom or the top of the stairs.

>>flerch+(OP)
It is possible to work these steps into your routine.

1. Enter bedroom 2. Turn on primary light 3. Do getting ready for bed activities. 4. Turn on lamp when convenient 5. Use bathroom 6. Turn off main lights 7. Get in bed and turn off the lamp.

>>flerch+(OP)
This was solved in the 90s. The actual lightswitch can be mounted in a wireless remote that sockets into the switch plate by the door. You just take the switch with you to the bedside table. In the morning when you leave the room you socket it back into the switch plate.

>>stonog+dD
This was solved probably around 1880: 3-way switches

>>elzbar+e91
My stairway/upstairs lights are on a 4-way switch. I’ve never researched it but presumably one could build out a 5-way or 6-way switch by adding more switches wired the “middle” way. I’m sure there’s a term for the two wire switch in the middle but I’m no electrician.

>>elzbar+e91
The same cost to get an electrician out to wire in one 3-way switch paid for an apartment of smart (plug-in) outlets for me. And since it’s a rental, I would not have been allowed to actually add the 3-way switch.

>>elzbar+e91
Have you seen a room wired with a second lightswitch specifically for the bedside? I'd be interested to know if anyone's done this.