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: BAD-BAD-BAD! Bought two - BOTH have failed within 2 months!
Summary: 1 Stars
One of these machines was in the guestroom of a friend in Atlanta in October. (We're on leave from the UK for 6 months.) It worked great, so I immediately ordered two, one for our bedroom and one for our guestroom.
The one in our bedroom failed (began to wake us with loud static noise) after 5 weeks of use. So, I unwrapped the second (new) one, figuring that unit 1 was a fluke. After only FOUR NIGHTS, the second unit began waking us with the same sort of loud static noise, so it was a bigger dud than the first!
Now my return window for Amazon.com has expired (on Nov. 29th), so, I'm left with the unlikely possibility of having the manufacturer make its one-year warranty good. So much for yet another "Made in China" product.
BUYER BEWARE!
RevDr. John Wade Long, Jr.
Hendersonville, NC
Customer Review: LIFESAVER
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this sound machine in hopes to help my new born baby transition to the outside world when she was born. I did not use it the first two nights....and those were some challenges. The third night, I remembered about the machine and turned it on. My baby was all tense and upset and as soon as she heard the heartbeat sound, she instantly relaxed. I could not believe the impact it had on her. My child is 8 months old and she still uses it to sleep and it really helps her to sleep when she is not at home.
I did a lot of research in looking at sound machines and this is one that consumer reports recommended. I feel that the sound is very good. We use the heartbeat, but the other sounds are also great. I plan to use this sound machine for a long time to help my child relax...and I have used it myself.
Customer Review: Urban Bedtime Zen
Summary: 4 Stars
As a city dweller, I am often kept awake by random drunk fellows and cars running into the church across the street (no joke, it's happened at least twice in 6 months). The rain program brings me back to a summer night at camp with the gentle pitter-patting on the wooden roof. I am less pleased by the technical aspects of the machine. For some reason, it occasionally will not turn on and I sometimes have to cram the cord into the adapter with more force than should be necessary. Also, it has a tendency to shut off if you move it. Usually I get it going and try not to touch it, like its some self-destructing fabrege egg. Despite those trouble, I give it high marks because the other sound machines on the market are quite the investment and the sound makes me sleep like a comatose baby--which is tragic, but metaphorical.Customer Review: Bought it, tried it, returned it!
Summary: 1 Stars
I was so excited to finally get a sound machine, after a coworker of mine had been talking up her own and saying how great it was for restful sleep.
This machine has six functions, and after testing out each one, I found that they all seem to be a 30 second sound clip that merely repeats itself over and over and over throughout the night. Something about hearing the same exact seagull squawk in the ocean sound every 30 seconds drove me nuts! I had to turn it off because I just could not get relaxed.
You're better off buying $20 of relaxation songs off iTunes and playing them through your iPod than buying this machine. At least then, you can pick what sound you want to listen to, and it'll be much better composed and more random - allowing for better relaxation - than the machine's sounds.
Customer Review: Great for the price
Summary: 3 Stars
We have 3 of these - one for each of our kids. It has a great loud white noise sound (waterfall) and travels beautifully. The two major drawbacks, though, and the reasons I'll be replacing them for something different: 1) after a year or so of use, it functions poorly - cutting in and out at times, 2) in a power outage, the sound machine goes out but then when the power comes back on, it goes back on to its default - chirping birds! So we're desperately running around trying to flip it back to waterfall so our kids don't wake up. I've finally found a machine now that reverts to battery when the power goes out (often in our neck of the woods) - Sound Oasis sound therapy - it's more expensive, but worth it, I think. But overall, the Homedics is a great machine for the price if your power doesn't go out often :)