to use for travel, which was the reason I bought it. Sound Soother White Noise machine I am really enjoying and benefitting from the machine. Its drowning out the noises that keep me awake or awaken me and I sleep better. Im still trying to adjust to hearing the noise all night long. Lately Ive been setting the noise timer for an hour. I wanted to have it all night long due to a randomly screaming baby upstairs from me, but I found that white noise would wake me up too early in the morning. Its like I was sound asleep and dreaming hard all night and all morning and then suddenly the white noise was waking me up at 5:00 or 5:30. Too early for me, so I now use the timer for an hour only. I may still try to sleep with it all night, it depends on screaming babies. *eyeroll* My only small complaint is that the clock light, even at its lowest setting is too bright. I resolved that by turning the clock to face away from me 180 degrees. It kind of defeats the purpose of having the clock, but I still love the noise machine. Soothing sounds fit the bill I originally purchased the sound soother for my daughter, who developed tinnitus after ear surgery and thought the different sounds would help her sleep. However, I ended up keeping it for my own use when my alarm clock quick working. I love all the