HoMedics SS-2000 Sound Spa Relaxation Sound Machine with 6 Nature Sounds, Silver
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Customer Reviews of HoMedics SS-2000 Sound Spa Relaxation Sound Machine with 6 Nature Sounds, Silver
Customer Review: Great machine for the first couple months
Summary: 2 Stars
My wife and I first started using this to drown out the general noise in our apartment. It worked great!! So well that when is started "shorting out", we didn't even notice we were fiddling with it every night. After about eight months, it just stopped working completely and nothing we did could turn the machine on. We ended up buying a replacement and even a second one for our daughter's room. Even after we bought our house, we still used both machines every night. Unfortunately, they both have started shorting out and are getting harder and harder to get working. For as much as I like the product, I'm faced with either replacing both units or replacing them with something else. I can't justify spending money on something that is only going to last a year at best.
I would recommend this product if you were looking for something that will do the job, but only needed it for a couple months. Beyond that, you may or may not be able to get it to work longer.
Customer Review: Good... When it works...
Summary: 3 Stars
We've used this product for about 9 months. Overall, it's pretty good. The sound quality isn't fantastic - but hey, it's a noisemaker not an orchestra. We've definately gotten our use out of it, and it's worked great... unitl about a month ago.
There's a short circuit in the volume knob that causes the sound to crackle and sometimes cut out completely. You have to play with the control - push it, twist it, shimmy it - to get the sound back on.
This sound machine has been pampered. It's sat on a shelf and been turned on every evening, turned off every morning. It's never been dropped or otherwise abused. So, needless to say, we were disappointed to see it cut out after only 8 months. From the other reviews, we're not the only ones with the problem.
The reason we gave it 3 stars is because we have used and benefited from this product for a fairly long time - so I can't complain too much for a $20 product.
Enjoy!
Customer Review: Disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought one of these as a Christmas present for a relative. When I heard it for a few minutes, I thought I'd like to have one, too. So I ordered another one for my own use.
The one I received was defective -- it would only play one sound. (Amazon's return and replacement procedure worked smoothly and rapidly.)
The replacement worked as advertised. However, the product is unsatisfactory.
- The speaker is small, apparently cheaply made, and sounds "tinny".
- After sampling all choices of sounds, the only selection that was of any interest to me was the "gentle rain". However after listening for an hour or so, I began to discern where the sound "looped". Once the recurring pattern of sounds became apparent, it couldn't be ignored. Instead of being relaxing, it had become annoying. Consequently the product is now useless to me.
My recommendation is to avoid this product.
Customer Review: A boon for insomniacs!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have difficulty falling asleep. This sound machine forces me to concentrate on the shushing and monotonous noise of the waterfall instead of my thoughts and, inevitably, I fall asleep! Lately, my sound machine has proven to be a life saver, literally. I sleep with my windows open. Alas, a mockingbird has adopted one of our trees and he/it sleeps only until 1:30 AM, after which he begins his interminably varied nocturnal chants! The bird, I am told, marks his territory by imitating the chant of other birds. Even though his memory is quite remarkable, when I hear him in the wee hours of the morning, I have thoughts only for a BB gun. My daughter suggested I purchase a HoMedics sound machine instead of disposing of the bird. Done! I set my sound machine volume just high enough to drown out the birdie's unwelcome ditties and sleep soundly till morning. :-) P.S. It also prevents my grand children from waking up too early when they visit!Customer Review: It works, but not for long!
Summary: 2 Stars
We've been using these machines for about a year and we are now ready for our third, and hopefully last, machine. We've been using it for our 17 month old and he loves it. As soon as I turn it on, he starts sucking his fingers and gets himself ready to sleep. Yes, you can hear where the sound repeats, it is actually a pretty short snippet that repeats over and over but that doesn't bother my 17 month old. The biggest problem is that the machine constantly shorts out or something. It will be on one minute and off the next. We live across from a school so it frustrates me when it stops working during his nap right around the time that school gets out. We've already been through 2 of these and I'm on Amazon looking for a new, different white noise machine now. I'm hoping that he'll adjust to a new machine since he's so used to this one but I refuse to buy another since they just keep breaking.