to use when travling. Average product. Been using a machine similar to this, helps to sleep tremendously, this particular machine has more sounds but I only use a couple. The volume cannot be controlled lower, the readout cannot be dimmed low enough. Used it for a couple of nights and havent used it since because of that problem, otherwise its a good product. Wow true customer service Love the product and the customer service was spot on. However think the alarm set up is not as easy as it should be. Sound Soother White Noise Machine Its not as compact as another $80 sound machine that i have. But for the price of [$], it works just as well. Need of sleep I live in a tent with 9 other people. One guys snored all night. I needed something to make a little noise so I would not focus on the guys snoring. I bought this white noise maker/other noises and it worked. I was not able to drown him out totally but I was able to create enough backgraound noise so I was not easily disturbed by his snoring. So Far So Great We purchased this sound machine for an upcoming sailing trip because of the battery operation. We tried it out at home and so far it has worked flawlessly and the one set of batteries is still working after a week. So Far so Good/great. bright and buzzing The alarm is hard to use so I dont.