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re: Do u sleep with a sound machine noise?

Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:16 pm to
Posted by Demonbengal
Ruston
Member since May 2015
3450 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:16 pm to
I like to fall asleep to podcasts. Nothing that makes me think too much. Just history stuff or even stuff about cryptids. Knocks me out every time.
Posted by purpleguy2
Death Valley's Shadow
Member since Oct 2007
313 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:20 pm to
iPhones have noise machine sounds built in. Newborn baby has a hatch sound machine and now anytime we turn it on I have about 10 minutes before I fall asleep.
Posted by TheWalrus
Land of the Hogs
Member since Dec 2012
44355 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:21 pm to
Box fan
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
70207 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:22 pm to
I use a real box fan and also bring it on vacation.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
43337 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:24 pm to
Yes. I have a fan on my nightstand that I can't sleep w/o.

I also leave the exhaust fan on in the bathroom overnight.
Posted by SteelerBravesDawg
Member since Sep 2020
43337 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:33 pm to
I have a battery powered fan that I take when we go camping.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
86453 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:49 pm to
Sheesh a lot more people use those than I would’ve thought. Maybe I should try one soon
Posted by blue_morrison
Member since Jan 2013
5758 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:51 pm to
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This post was edited on 9/22/24 at 8:32 pm
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15480 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:55 pm to
I can't use just any sound machine it has to be the Miami Sound Machine
This post was edited on 9/25/23 at 9:57 pm
Posted by BRich
Old Metairie
Member since Aug 2017
2521 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:56 pm to
Yep. Runs in the family. My grandmother was a night nurse and slept days, used an old Marpac like this:


My mom used one on us when we were babies and toddlers.

When I got older, parents would stay up late watching TV in the den next to my bedroom. Either a sleep machine or oscillating fan helped to mask that noise and I got used to it. It's too quiet, or too loud otherwise... since college I have my own Marpac, and a battery-powered machine for camping trips.

Bring them on vacations everywhere. Thought I was in trouble in Switzerland this summer - I plugged the Marpac into the wall with an adapter; the different electric current fried the motor and tripped all the circuits in the hotel room. Thankfully, the room had an oscillating fan that I used during our visit.

But I ordered a new one online and it was waiting for me when I got back home.
This post was edited on 9/25/23 at 9:59 pm
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
7233 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:57 pm to
A few weeks ago, during this drought, I found a good rain track on youtube. Never tried one, worked great. Some don't have the rolling thunder quite right.
Posted by OWLFAN86
Erotic Novelist
Member since Jun 2004
188573 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:59 pm to
I like the b25 propellers... lower tone
Posted by Sev09
Nantucket
Member since Feb 2011
15673 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 9:59 pm to
quote:

Every night it "thunders" in my bedroom. Helps me fall asleep, along with a dehumidifier that kicks off and on.


So jealous that you get to sleep in a Rainforest Cafe.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
84096 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:02 pm to
White noise podcast every night on Alexa. I set a talking podcast which transitions into that, usually after I’ve already fallen asleep . I like one with thunderstorms and Tibetan bells. I love that I wake up in the morning and go 5 minutes before I realize it’s on.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
21152 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:07 pm to
Yes love it
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8077 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:12 pm to
Yeah, SpongeBob streaming on Paramount+ does a pretty good job.
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
58852 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:19 pm to
If I sleep in the master bedroom, no. The fans are enough noise. If I sleep downstairs I leave the TV on or put one of a black screen storm video on YouTube. I don't work until 3 hours after my husband so I tend to stay up late and go back go bed after he leaves.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired - 31 years
Member since Feb 2019
5706 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:24 pm to
I've tried them all, Brown noise on Alexia is best. Well, a real, old school box fan or window shaker AC unit is best.
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
Member since Aug 2021
14752 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:25 pm to
My sound machine was a snoring bulldog till he passed.
Posted by MotorBoater
Hammond
Member since Sep 2010
1694 posts
Posted on 9/25/23 at 10:28 pm to
We have an actual box fan at home for mostly sound but also to move air around. But when I travel for work to hotels I use a sound app on my phone. Dead silence kills my sleeping. Especially a hotel A/C kicking on and off all night. Loud to quiet wakes me up.
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