Alexa-Like Voice But Button Responsiveness Weak and Some Crude Sounds
The best part of this sound machine is that an Alexa-type voice speaks to you as you set the timer: "15 minutes." Press button. "30 Minutes." "60 minutes" etc. It has a soft foreign accent that I can't place but it's cute. Most sound machines don't have a human voice saying anything. I guess it's needed because there are no light buttons to tell you which setting you're choosing.<br /><br />Except for this, I felt this device feels cheaply made. The casing feels cheap (hard, brittle plastic) and the buttons on the interface are not sensitive to touch. You have to press really hard sometimes to get it to change settings. The volume control is also confusing - there are actually two volume controls - one to raise the volume, one to lower. I was pressing one volume control (the loud one) thinking that I could lower it but I was mistaken - you have to press the "low volume" button.<br /><br />On the positive side, the night light works well - the colors are neon bright and you can keep a steady color going all night long OR cycle through the different colors. The timer like I said has a human voice, which is kind of cool. The weak parts are the button responsiveness and some of the sounds. The lullaby function is good and the sound is sharp and clear. The Nature sounds are relatively good - the best are the chirping bird sounds and thunderstorm but the "water" sounds (i.e., ocean, babbling brook) sound muffled and are not particularly sharp. The "white noise" is also kind of indistinct and the "fetal heartbeat" sound is just plain crude - not so much a heartbeat but like someone else noted, it's like banging drums.<br /><br />So...it's a serviceable device but I would not pay too much for this. There are so many better ones out there.
Rating: 3 stars