HoMedics SS-2000 Sound Spa Relaxation Sound Machine with 6 Nature Sounds, Silver
Turn any room in your house into a relaxation spa with the sound machine. Bring clarity of mind throuth the 6 nature sounds, ocean, summer night, rain, rain forest, waterfall and heartbeat--which is great for a baby's room. Great for travel using batteries or take along the home adaptor.
- 6 Nature sounds, ocean, summer night, rain, rain forest, waterfall and heart beat.
- 15, 30 and 60 second auto off timer
- Battery or adaptor operated (adaptor included)
- Natural sleep aid
- Great for the baby's room
HoMedics SS-2000 Sound Spa Relaxation Sound Machine with 6 Nature Sounds, Silver Reviews
A fine little machine. Does what it says it should do and does it well. There are a variety of quality sounds all relaxing. The heartbeat sound is a bit creepy, but for some that may be ok. The sounds of the ocean are our favorite, though you do hear seagulls in the background. The sound quality is excellent and fills a room nicely. The addition of the timer or unlimited play is helpful. A good little machine.
Pros:
- Quality sound, both in volume and content
- Timer feature or unlimited play
- Small form factor
- Inexpensive
Cons:
- Sounds are repetitive (though not distractingly so)
- The heartbeat is a bit creepy, perhaps for some
Very calming, and very good for somehow masking distracting noises, to let you sleep. I mostly use the waterfall (sounds like white noise) or rain settings. I leave it turned on all night, using mains instead of batteries. I also sleep with earplugs in, to block out noisy neighbours. The combination of the earplugs and the Sound Spa works much better than the earplugs alone. I can turn the Sound Spa up loud enough that I can easily hear it through the earplugs. It works so well that I have to not use it when I need to get up at 5:00 the next morning, or else I will sleep through my watch alarm, and my vibrating pillow alarm ! I bought the vibrating alarm to help me wake up, after I started wearing earplugs to sleep. Yes, its an arms race between the sleep aids and the wake-up aids !
If you listen, you can still hear the noisy neighbours etc, through the Sound Spa, but it seems to trick your brain into not paying attention to the noisy neighbours. Rather than drowning them out by brute strength, if you see what I mean. Sometimes when I wake up, I think, thats funny, I can't hear the Sound Spa ! Then as my brain wakes up a little more, the Sound Spa fades back in to my perception. So some part of my brain that worries about noises seems to have been shut down for the night. Fantastic ! Or maybe thats normal when you sleep.
I had been going to buy one of the cheaper competitors, but judging by their poor reviews, I'm glad I spent a bit more and bought this one instead. Anyway, it was only a tiny bit more expensive, or maybe the same price, I can't remember.
