text: Initially we thought this was the best sound machine we have ever had. It helped our baby (and us) sleep, and silenced any outdoor weather (we live in a Windy area). Our machine started to skip after a week, stopping and starting briefly in the middle of the night. We figured we just had a bad device so we exchanged it for another one. After another week, the same thing happened. We loved this machine, but after two defective ones and reading the other reviews on here, we had to return and go a different direction.