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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 15 hours ago

I have an air purifier and one of the amazing things about it that they haven't actually advertised is that there is a button you can press to make all the LEDs go off. I just bought the best one in my price range, but if they put that feature on the box I'd have gone right for it.