![]() Short loopsĪnother issue to consider is the loops. It just doesn’t have a very rich, filling, and bassy sound at all which is, you know, what you would expect from thunder. But I think the thunder, particularly, really shows up the quality of the speaker. I mean, if you’re listening to it on the brook or the summer night, I find it’s not too bad – you can kind of tolerate those sounds. The second point is that the speaker quality isn’t that fantastic. If you’re just looking for a few nature sounds and one white noise then perhaps it’s one to consider, but not if you’d like to have lots of variety of sounds. So if you’re looking specifically for fan sounds or deeper colors of white noise like pink or brown, which are quite popular these days, then I don’t think this is going to be the machine for you. It’s just got one white noise and five nature sounds. ![]() For me, one of the most glaringly obvious is the fact that it doesn’t have a fan sound. Okay, now let’s talk about some of the downsides. It’s just easier to instantly locate the one that you want to listen to. And it’s good that all the sounds are individually labeled. I think if you’ve got finger sensitivity issues and you need large buttons and you want to be able to easily find the buttons in the nighttime, for example, then this is definitely one to consider. One of the best points about the Homedics Sound Spa I think is the fact that it’s just so simple to use. So it’s one of the main pros of this one I think. Because not many white noise machines can be used with AA batteries, that’s a really good feature that I know some people will be specifically looking for. As I see it, the main pro is the fact that it can be used either with the power adapter or four AA batteries. Okay, now let’s talk about the pros and cons of the Homedics Sound Spa. It also has a memory function, so if you turn it off and on again it will start up with the latest settings.Ĥ:37 in the video 1. They’re not very big, but they are quite bright so if you’re someone that doesn’t like to have lots of LEDs in the room then perhaps this isn’t going to be one that suits you. The LEDs, these blue LEDs, are quite bright. We’ve got 15 minutes, 30 minutes, and 60 minutes. When there’s no LED indicator, it means that it’ll be continuous all night. You can see here that we’ve got a timer button. Let’s turn the volume down so you don’t have to listen to that while I’m talking! Now let’s talk about the auto-off timers because that’s something I do like about this device. And I think all the buttons are a bit clicky on this device really. The incremental volume controls are good I think there are around 12 settings, but the buttons are a bit clicky. So really, if you’re going to listen to it, you kind of need it on the medium volume settings I think. I think the thunder kind of struggles on the lowest volume (settings) and also on the highest volume (settings). (At this point in the video, I play the thunder sound and turn the volume up and down)Īnd that’s the volume. I’m going to keep it on thunder, turn it on, and go through the volume up and down so you can have a listen. So now let’s have a listen to the volume controls. I think that, really, thunder is best suited to a better speaker. As for the thunder, again I think that perhaps the speaker can’t really cope with the thunder so well. There’s no click or break at the end of the loops, it’s continuous, but if you just listen to the same thunderclaps or ocean waves then you will eventually spot them. ![]() The ocean’s okay – it has those rolling waves, but you do get used to the sound of the waves with the looping. ![]() I think those are probably the best ones on this device really. The brook is good as well, and the summer night. The rain is good, I like listening to the rain, it’s quite relaxing. It would have been good to have pink or brown noise, but at the same time I’m not sure the speaker would have been able to cope with it really. ![]() Now, as for the sounds that it does have, I think that the white noise is kind of okay it’s quite high frequency as you’d imagine with normal white noise. Now, my opinion is that it’s a bit of a shame there aren’t more sounds, but at the end of the day, for such a cheap device, you’re not going to get a huge range of sounds generally on a white noise machine. (At this point in the video, I play through all six sounds for a few seconds each) So what I’m going to do is play through all six sounds and not talk while I do it so you can just have a listen. ![]()
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