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View Poll Results: Do You Sleep With Battery Powered Devices? (Multiple Choice)
No. 9 29.03%
Yes, I sleep with my remote control. 5 16.13%
Yes, I sleep with my laptop. 10 32.26%
Yes, I sleep with my mobile phone. 19 61.29%
Yes, I sleep with my my hearing aid. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my key fob. 2 6.45%
Yes, I sleep with my vibrator. 2 6.45%
Yes, I sleep with my GPS tracker. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my iPod (any music player). 2 6.45%
Yes, I sleep with my emergency panic button. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my mechanical pet. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my robot doll. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my calculator. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my flashlight. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my bluetooth earbud. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my electric toothbrush. 0 0%
Yes, I sleep with my wrist watch. 3 9.68%
Yes, I sleep with my artificial pacemaker. 0 0%
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Do You Sleep With Battery Powered Devices?

Be Truthful

Do you sleep with any battery powered devices?

Select multiple choices if you do !!

Suggest new devices to add to the poll !!
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Mobile phone and ipod are in docking stations on the night stand when in the bedroom and I don't have a tv or anything else with a remote in the room.
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I have a clock that displays the time on the ceiling. It is also a pink noise generator and I usually program it for "rainstorm". It plugs into the wall so I guess that disqualifies it. Also, it stays on the nightstand, as would a remote control if I had one. Must the device literally share my bed to qualify?
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Perderabo,

I took it to mean literally in the bed. I know a lot of people sleep with their mobile phone in the bed either because of on-call work or as an an alarm clock.

Also a question. How well does the pink noise generator work for you? I have often wondered how effective they are.
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The pink noise generator works wonders. I grew up without air conditioning and in the summer we used window fans. I still like to do that sometimes and I noticed that the drone of the fan really helps me sleep. I bought my clock radio without noticing that it had a pink noise generator. I just wanted the ceiling clock projector. I pushed the rainstorm button for the heck of it and it really helped me get to sleep.

This is the one I have: Amazon.com: Homedics SS-4500 SoundSpa Classic Clock Radio
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I have a clock that displays the time on the ceiling. It is also a pink noise generator and I usually program it for "rainstorm". It plugs into the wall so I guess that disqualifies it. Also, it stays on the nightstand, as would a remote control if I had one. Must the device literally share my bed to qualify?
Sleeping next to devices on the nightstand qualifies
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It helps me to fall asleep when i read something and so i sometimes awake finding the running laptop besides me.

I normally do not take off my wristwatch so i also sleep with it but it is a mechanically operated one, no batteries in it.

I have (probably unbelievable for an american) not even a TV (i prefer to read newspapers) so remote controls are out of question.

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