I love this thing
I love this thing.<br /><br />I have terrible insomnia. Sometimes I can't sleep without complete silence. I live in the city and there's so much outside noise. And my housemates have a completely different sleeping schedule than me. I tolerated it for a few years before I was so sleepy all the time that I couldn't take it anymore. That's when I found this. I first saw it in a counseling center at my school. I didn't know what it was because I thought most white noise machines were tracks being played. But this is better. I slept with a fan on my nightstand in the summer and I found out that this drowns out the noise. So I use this in the other months when it's too cold to use a fan. It has helped me sleep soundly. It blocks out enough noise that if someone were to call me from outside, I wouldn't hear a thing. I can't hear cars passing by or people talking on the street. I can't hear things through the walls. I have this thing on the floor right near my head. I think the placement matters.<br /><br />The only bad thing about this thing is that the motor is making noises now. It used to smell the first few times I used it too. It was this plastic smell as the machine heated from overnight use. It disappeared after a week and the machine doesn't get nearly as hot anymore. I'm a bit disappointed that the motor is kind of dying but I think it has to do with dust. For my next one, I'm going to be careful with the dusty on the floor. I tried to open my current one up but I haven't been able to unsnapped certain parts to get the hood to pop off. I've had mine for almost two years now. I see that some people have had theirs for much longer. I guess the quality has diminished or there was a bad batch. But it's so essential to my sound sleep that I just don't care about paying $40ish every two years.<br /><br />If you're debating whether or not to buy it, go for it. But be aware that it literally sounds like a fan without the wind. If you can't stand that type of white noise, then don't get it. I find it soothing.
Rating: 4 stars