55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great option for the travelling light sleeper, October 1, 2008
This review is from: Sound Oasis Travel Sound Therapy System (Health and Beauty)
Can't recommend this product highly enough. Recently, we took this unit on a 19 day backpacking trip to Europe. As a light sleeper, it's always been difficult to stay in hostels and budget hotels due to the noise. With this machine, we got 19 nights of quality sleep. Running the unit on four 2000 mAHr AA batteries, we were able to get 6 nights of use on full volume, averaging 8 hours a night.
Construction is durable, with well made plastic components. Not indestructible, but tougher than your typical big-box electronics item. Should you want to plug the unit in, several wall adapters are included for various parts of the world.
The included sounds are pretty good, although some are gimmicky. Most are on a reasonably long loop. Would be nice if the volume went a bit higher, but is more than sufficient as long as you don't expect to place the unit across the room from your bed.
The time and alarm functions are pretty standard, though there are some nice features for travellers who frequently move between the same time zone. You can set an "away time" and an "away alarm". On batteries, the unit's backlight displays when accessing functions. When plugged in, it is on all the time. The backlight is brighter than it probably should be. That said, we are using this as our primary alarm clock at home.
As of September 2008, there doesn't appear to be a comparable product on the market. The price we paid ($90) seemed steep, but after using the unit while travelling, it was a bargain.
I highly recommend this product.
UPDATE: August 2009 - After changing the batteries, the unit went a little haywire. I emailed Sound Oasis and they were kind enough to help me solve the problem. Should you have similar troubles, there is a reset button inside the battery compartment. Less obvious is that the battery compartment cover must be closed for the unit to function.
We've used the unit on full volume every night for almost a year - still works and sounds brand new.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Disappointing, March 11, 2009
This review is from: Sound Oasis Travel Sound Therapy System (Health and Beauty)
- Each sound loops for only 3-6 seconds, which emphasizes the repetition and makes it hard to lose yourself in the ambiance.
- Over half of the sounds have obvious salient sub-patterns that intrude and prevent the primary sound from being soothing.
- The speaker is very small (1 inch?), which produces no low frequency at all, making even the white nose seem squeaky.
- The dial's blue backlighting is totally unreadable at night.
- I liked fewer than half of the sounds. Squawking birds, thunderstorms, a cacophony of frogs -- these keep me awake nicely.
My conclusion: save your money and buy the cheapest sound generator on the market. This product isn't any better; it just costs more.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
works great, February 8, 2008
The sounds are very realistic and good volume control. It packs well
and really solved my travel issues. I have severe tinnitus and the white noise sound helps me sleep. A great product.
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