# Shorter days leaving you SAD? This bedside gadget lit me back up

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/shorter-days-leaving-you-sad-this-bedside-gadget-lit-me-back-up/
- Published: 2026-11-09T23:17:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T00:35:00+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/shopping/how-the-loftie-lamp-sunrise-alarm-clock-makes-my-mornings-easier/
- Topics: Gadgets, Technology, World

## Key points

- Loftie’s lamp simulates sunrise and sunset for darker days.
- It offers adjustable light, app controls and a red-light mode.
- The article says it cannot replace sunlight or SAD light therapy.

## Summary

The article presents a Loftie sunrise lamp as a way to make darker mornings and evenings feel easier. It says the lamp can mimic sunrise and sunset, but stresses that it does not replace natural sunlight or standard light therapy for seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

The article says SAD affects up to 10% of the US population each year, with symptoms often lasting four to five months as days shorten. It also cites research involving 87,577 people in which at least 42 minutes of bright daylight a day was linked to a roughly 17% lower dementia risk. The lamp has adjustable brightness and colour, app controls, a red-light mode and routines; the article also mentions other sunrise lamps with features such as sleep sounds, FM radio and multiple brightness settings.

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