White noise machine (New Model)

This is a great little nightlight/sound machine! Picked it out in a hurry at the hospital after my daughter was born because I realized we forgot to get one (second kid problems!), so I didn’t have time to do much of any research. The Amazon truck beat us to our house the day we came home, and I was able to set it up in time for bedtime (not that anyone sleeps with a newborn... am I right?) We’re over two months in and we have gotten a lot of use out of this machine. It is GREAT. It stays on pretty much 24/7 - partly because I forget to turn it off, partly so I know I can walk into the bedroom and my baby will calm down. When she’s fussy, she almost immediately settles down when she hears the white noise. It also helps her sleep though the night - us too, because it masks some of the sounds she makes as she sleeps. Pros: - Ridiculously easy to operate. I love that I can set the light color, brightness, sound, and volume once and not mess with it again/reset it. I can turn it off, unplug and change rooms, etc and it has always come back to the last ‘played’ settings. - Versatility! Endless options for how to set it up. With the light and sound, you can choose to use one or both at the same time. Timer or continuous. Tons of sound options, too! - Perfect for babies/nursery. The buttons don’t make any unnecessary clicks or sounds and there aren’t bright LED lights for the buttons like we’ve experienced with other machines and monitors. Cons: - With how we currently have it set up, it’s on my night stand as baby is sleeping next to our bed. I wanted the sound directed toward baby, so the night light ends up facing me. It’s the design, so I get it. I want it light enough that I can see what I’m doing during those 3am breastfeeding sessions without having to turn on extra lights and wake my husband or the baby. If I moved it across the room I’m sure it would fix the problem, but just wanted to note you may have to block it with something if you have a similar setup to me. - I can’t remember all the functions without referring back to the manual. You can hold down the buttons to make them do particular things but I just can’t recall what/how/why. Since I don’t really change anything on it, it isn’t a big deal for now. When my 3-year-old gets her hands on it and changes the settings I like, I’ll be in trouble. We’ll face that when the time comes! Overall, I love this machine and the price is great. Looking forward to using this for a long, long time! I have a feeling I will miss the white noise when it gets moved to the nursery when the baby starts sleeping in her crib, so I may have to get another one to keep in my room!

I've tried several different white noise machines and this one is my favorite. I originally bought the solid colored version and liked it, but then I decided to try the "Night Light" version and liked it even more. The two versions are almost identical, have the exact same sounds, but the night light version replaces the two "forward" and "reverse" buttons with the light control buttons. So if you want to change white noise sounds, you keep pressing the white noise button to find the white noise sound you want. On the colored version, you press the white noise button once and then cycle through the white noise sounds with the "forward" and "reverse" buttons. Here's why the night light version is superior to the solid color version: 1. It has an adjustable (color and brightness) night light. 2. It always remembers which fan, white noise, and music selection you picked even if you lose power or switch between sound categories. The solid colored version only remembers the last sound you picked. It loses it's memory as soon as you change sound categories. 3. When the night light is off, the night light version looks like a solid white colored version. 4. For some reason the night light version is cheaper. The main reason why I like these Reacher R2 white noise machines is because of the quality of brown noise they create. It has a nice deep tone to it. All the other white noise machines I tried had higher pitched white noise that I found unpleasant to listen to. I also like the train sound on the Reacher R2. I listen to it while I work. It makes me feel like I'm on a train ride. The only downside of the Reacher R2 for me is that it doesn't come back on by itself after a power outage. So you can't connect it to a smart plug and schedule it to come on at 11pm every night. Some (but not all) of the other white noise machines would come back on automatically after a power outage. Other than that, I really like the Reacher R2. Oh, and the Reacher R2 uses less than 1/2 watt with the night light off. Add 1/2 watt to 1 watt for the nightlight. This is much less than the 18 watts used by our "mechanical fan" white noise machines or the 60 watts used by our fan. ADDITIONALLY: I noticed some people complained that their Reacher R2 unit quit working. We bought several of these and did have one that wouldn't make any noise anymore. I did a factory reset of the unit by holding the "timer" button for 5 seconds and it resolved the issue for us. I also noticed some reviews mentioning their power plug melting. All those reviews appear to be for the older model that had a USB power input on the back of the unit. All of ours only have a round power input port on it, so hopefully that issue has been fixed going forward.

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Seriously this is the best noise machine. Has the right amount of sound settings and white noise levels. All the volume settings. All the dimness and brightness spectrum. Good colour choices. You can press the buttons one handed and the device doesn't slide. Only thing is it's hard to see the buttons in dim light but you memorize them quite fast. Will be buying another one for my 3 year old. I'm currently using this one for my 4 mo the old in our room. I find it helps me sleep too. You won't regret buying this.

It helps from all noises around apartment flat. It dulls down noises around. At full volume it completely drowns outside noises and have a good sleep.

After using other devices for white noise, I was very impressed with the sound quality of this product. The night light is quite helpful when you want some soft lighting too.

I have tried to contact the seller 3 times about my faulty product with no reply.