Once hated, now prized.
When I first heard one of these I HATED it. I was in an office out somewhere and it was already quiet in the room. All I could hear was this loud constant whoosh and it rivaled the noise in my head. I could not stand it.<br /><br />But my husband started running a box fan in the bedroom at night and I was getting cold. Not to mention dust I'm allergic to would fly if it'd been a few days after vacuuming. I thought of this unit. I was already used to the fan noise at night. This thing had to improve the shiver/dust situation.<br /><br />Oh, did it. It's become essential for my husband to get good sleep at night, and I've noticed when it's off that I go to sleep better and faster once I turn it on, especially now that I'm not freezing from all that blowing box fan air.<br /><br />Months later I realized I was constantly agitated from high noise levels in a poorly sound-proofed home, but didn't know how to fix it. In the meantime, I'd bought a unit for my dad because trains were waking him up at night. However, it annoyed him like it had first annoyed me, so he didn't continue to use it. Then I thought of this unit and wondered if it might actually help mask the daytime noises, so Dad let me bring it home.<br /><br />I regret not getting one sooner.<br /><br />In a noisy environment, this thing gives me peace of mind. In my home office I can finally think when my husband is watching the yapper (TV) in the other room. And the kids and dogs amping up the noise, along with my constant companion, Tinnitus, fade away in this sweet, soothing whoosh.<br /><br />My tinnitus makes me sensitive to high pitched noises, so I'm grateful I can adjust the pitch to what feels best to my ears. Perhaps that's why the first unit I heard drove me nuts--wrong pitch for me. I close most of the top and side holes for a lower pitch. Open them for a higher, louder pitch, and I start climbing the walls, but others might like it much better than what feels good to my being.<br /><br />This was by far a valuable purchase for us and I recommend it to anyone needing some mental solitude in a loud environment.
Rating: 5 stars