okay
I was really expecting this to mask more noise than it does based on the thousands of fabulous reviews.  I live in a dorm right now, and it's pretty difficult to get eight hours a night between doors slamming/girls giggling and screaming/music/my roommate deciding she has to dump everything from her shelves and reorganize the furniture, now, at 2:30am.<br /><br />To be honest, this didn't mask any noise at all, even the small ones inside my room.  I can still hear my roommate typing 10 feet away from me, hear her coughing, hear noises outside my room, etc.  It didn't really help in the noise-masking department whatsoever.<br /><br />That being said, it does provide a constant noise that I can focus on instead of being constantly distracted and irritated by all the other ones.  I have to concentrate though -- like I said, it doesn't cover other noises.
Rating: 3 stars