Switch illuminator / locator

Posted by Richard Cunningham on 5th Jun 2010

I searched for and bought this product after redecorating my hallway and stairs simply because I didnt want anyone feeling along the newly emulsioned walls and leaving fingermarks.
However I think this product is more important and invaluable to the elderly or infirm as it does as it was designed to do, namely identifying the position of a light switch in a darkened room.
Last Christmas an elderly relative staying with us could not find our light switch and believing we did not have one, descended the stairs in the dark, he fell at the last step believing he had reached the bottom and luckily came to no harm.
I cannot believe how hard it was to locate this product especially as I now realise it is suppled by a top distributer as MK.
As an engineering technician I do a lot of locating and buying parts. I tried the obvious local suppliers such as AA/Jones Electrical, Hull Lighting, Bonus Electrical, B&Q and Screwfix. Only one of them knew of this product but did not know where to get it and advised me to try the internet.
This simple product is easy to fit and must be the best kept secret in the electrical sector, the inventor should have taken it to "The Dragons Den" as I am sure it needed better promoting as a product, personally I am delighted with the result.