Thelife- People who want to read in the dark now have a $1.85 solution from China.
- An AliExpress store is selling reading glasses that are supposed to shoot out LED beams.
If you ever wanted to read in the dark, China's got your back.
For $1.85, the discerning buyer can purchase a set of reading glasses outfitted with LED lights to illuminate pages without disturbing others.
The glasses are "great for reading in the car, bed, plane, camping, or wherever light is dim," according to an AliExpress listing.
It's sold by a China-based store called Homei Assister, which offers a bevy of household items like a wall holder for bathroom slippers or a rice strainer that doubles as a spoon.
This one is called the "Multi Strength Reading Glasses LED Man Woman Unisex Eyeglasses Spectacle Diopter Magnifier Light Up Night Presbyopic Glasses."
If Homei Assister's photos are to be believed, the reading glasses emit light so powerful you can literally see the beams in the dark.
The product comes with two kinds of lights — a white one, and a blue one.
And according to Steven Le Blanc and Masanuki Shunakoma, writers for the Japanese website SoraNews24, they actually work.
Masanuki bought the glasses, and wrote that they allowed him to read in comfort when it was dark.
At least 1,000 pairs of these glasses have been sold, retaining a review of 4.1 out of 5 stars from 563 reviews.