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by anonoholic 2646 days ago
> no obnoxious blue LEDs...

:) True! But for $10 I'll live with it.

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Then again, not everyone wants the same thing, just like some people value their annoyance much higher than others (making a more expensive purchase actually turn out less expensive).

People are weird. But that is fine.

To me, the AirPower mat seems like a really hard thing to make. Qi charging needs concentric coils, but AirPower as a Mat needs a reconfigurable matrix to do what it needs to do.

A piece of color matching electrical tape does wonders.
well yeah but applying electrical tape to a product does kinda ruin its aesthetic in almost all cases don’t ya think
Another option is nail polish. It comes in plenty of colors and you can add a thin layer of polish to make the LED dimmer but not totally blacked out.
There's a reason you find a matching color and cut the smallest piece that covers the LED, I haven't seen any aesthetics ruined by tape if they already have an ungodly bright blue LED indicator.
I have a set of various colors of electrical tape. If the color is even close to the same, you can't even tell it was there unless you are looking for it.