Good Quality Sound Machine, Just Not For Me...
Very good quality sound machine with a few drawbacks. My wife and I have been using sound  machines, air purifiers, and/or fans since we were both children. I have never been able to sleep well without some sort of white noise in the background. We had been using a homedics machine (sorry can't recall the model) for about 10 years - and had been reasonable satisfied. However, I had wanted to buy this machine for years and found it on sale for ~ $35 after Christmas last year (on Prime!) - I couldn't resist.<br /><br />After reading all the great reviews I had very high expectations - my fault. I say this because I was disappointed with the sound machine. I anticipated the sound manipulations will really help me select an optimal background sound - it did not. First, there is no true volume control - you can adjust the volume by limiting the size of the wholes, but only within a pretty tight range; there is no way to limit the volume to a low level. Second, the sound was all in the same style, we did not find changing the sound to make any real difference on whether the sound would be pleasing. It was hit-or-miss, just like any other $20 sound machine.<br /><br />We also take our sound machine when we travel; however, we had always balked at the size of the machine. The Dohm sound machine is smaller in size than the previous Homedics, however, it is much heavier - there is no way we could travel with it.<br /><br />Despite the negatives (some subjective), I did not want to take away more than one star from Dohm sound machine. The assembly/build are great and the sound is consistent and I'm sure very good for users that like the tone. I'm just not one of them.
Rating: 4 stars