will this work to drown out noise for my infant's nursery? is it loud enough to cancel out upstairs neighbors? thank you!
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Yes! Just place it away from your little one so the sound can fill his or her nursery. I have 2 of these for 2 of my 3 kiddos - all 4 and under. My littlest's one's room is below his autistic big brother's and it's been an amazing relief to have the sound machine! The littlest will sleep through all of the craziness that happens in my eldest's room during "naptime"!
374600
I don't know if the product I got was defected but it didn't work for me. I could hear everything going on in my house and in every room. I could hear my washing machine under my bedroom, the television downstairs and noises in the kitchen. I wouldn't pay that price for the sound machine. I returned mine and downloaded white noises for about $10. That way I can adjust the volume the way I want to.
374601
I can't promise the same results, I don't have children. But with the nice weather I have the windows open while I sleep during the day. I can hear the neighbor's kids playing out front, and I just turn on the machine, all good. It works for me on low, but it's nice to have the option of the high fan too. I hope this helps, I truly do believe the Marpac is worth every penny.
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Dear MK, yes, these machines are GREAT for nurseries. I have to small children and we all have these in our rooms. We're also recommended by Isis Parenting, "The Sleep Lady," Dream Team Baby, and several other baby sleep experts. Also, you have a return policy with Amazon, an exchange/upgrade promise plus a one year warranty with Marpac. Please let me know if you need any other help. Kindest Regards, Michelle Landesman, Marpac Customer Care Team Manager (800.999.6962 or customerservice@marpac.com)
374603
Clearly a matter of noise level you are experiencing - the machine has as loud a true white noise that I could find and does a good job of masking train noise and TV from an adjoining room. It isn't just "louder" than surrounding noise, but provides masking and a level of white noise that reduces the impact of external sounds.
374604
I use this in addition to a small, cheap as possible, black fan. I usually buy one at Target, etc. and stay away from the ones that say "quiet operation." Ha. By itself, it's loud, but noise levels are obviously different per house/apartment/city, etc. With both things, I usually don't hear a thing!
374605
Yes, we have played very loud games with friends in the next room, and my children sleep right through it!
31551
If you can see a gap under your door (hardwood floors or very short carpet), I would expect this to help. I bought it just for sound reduction on hardwood floors, and am happy with it. It wouldn't help with people directly outside your door, but it could reduce reflected sounds that normally go under the gap between floor and door.
592637
Yes, it'll work very well to dampen the sound, but it won't actually "soundproof" it. You'll need to get that black "soundproofing" stuff to hang between the insulation and drywall.
662803
I suppose it depends on how sensitive your hearing is, and how well you can tolerate quiet background noise. I found it quiet enough for it's location, ie, attic vent.
1758045
It does not block out noise from sound machines. We have one in my sons room and hear a constant white noise coming from this monitor. We can still hear him fine though.
666559
I use it as a makeshift door for my room above the garage. I can hardly hear any noise at all coming from downstairs. If you tacked them on the wall adjacent to a noisy neighbor it would for sure cut down on the sound.
2267388
It's worth a try. I covered my living room wall with this to dampen neighbor's noise. It dampens the noise from outside by maybe 20-30 percent.
580237
It can get pretty loud. We turn it up higher during the day when our 6 year old and dogs are running around the house and lower when we are all asleep at night. Either way, you can hear the sound machine on the baby monitor and I would definitely say it is louder than a high powered fan.
169077
I haven't tried that but if you turn it up loud enough, it probably would. We have a neighbor with a barking dog and it drowns out the barking.
314885
Yes. It reduces noise significant ly. But I am not sure how the neighbour's below are being affected. They didn't complained. It can depend on the building also.
928216
I can hear my daughter's noise machine in her room through the speaker, so I do not believe that it will filter out white noise
1352336
Not loud. You have to be within a few feet to hear it. If you install it on a different floor or in a location you don't frequent you probably will not hear it. Look elsewhere.
1400720
It may mask some of the noise if run on the high setting, but I don't think it will drown out the sounds.
2079018
I'm am not 100% on that. I use it with baby upstairs and me downstairs. HTH
1289308
Its not very loud. I have ours in a wood shelter. You have to be close to hear it.
1257175
I don't think it is loud enough to drown out footsteps and voices. I had an older Honeywell fan and it was much louder than this one.
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I don't know about compared to others because it's the only one I've owned, but you can hear it in the other room. I won't use mine while others are still sleeping, but if they are awake, I don't think it's loud enough to be a distraction.