It might sound crazy to shell out $70 for a machine that’s only purpose is to emulate a softly whooshing vacuum cleaner. But once you get one of these you’ll never want to sleep without it again!

I used to run a HEPA air filter in my bedroom all night (hey, I figure I might as well breathe clean air for 1/3 of my life, right?) Eventually you get so used to the sound of a running fan that you need it every time you sleep. Besides, my apartment bedroom faced the parking lot, so there was always a lot of noise from people driving in and out and slamming car doors, etc. I’m a very light sleeper, so the HEPA filter helped me get to sleep by masking those sounds.

Whenever I’d travel I’d always turn the room fan on “high” before hitting the sack. In hotels where I couldn’t manually turn on the fan, I’d toss and turn all night, distracted by the sound of silence (as contradictory as that sounds).

When I moved in with my wife, her bedroom was too small for my HEPA air filter. So I found the Marsona TSC-330 on Amazon and decided it was worth a try (and a lot less expensive than buying HEPA filters). All I can say is, WOW, I wish I’d bought one of these years ago! The bedroom in our house faces the street, so again I have to deal with traffic noises and cars going by at all hours. The Marsona masks those sounds and enables us to get to sleep and stay asleep.

My wife and I now take this little gizmo with us everywhere we go when we know we’ll be staying overnight. We even bought the optional battery pack, in case we go camping or are staying somewhere without an outlet.

My wife calls it the “sleep machine”, and when my mother told me that my dad was having trouble sleeping, I told her about the Marsona. She bought one, and now they use it every night too!

PROS

No moving parts to break (sounds are created digitally).

Imitates various sounds like “rain”, “waterfall”, and “surf”. Really though, all you’re doing is changing the pitch (high or low), volume (loud or soft) and whether or not the sound comes and goes (which mimics ocean surf).

Really helps you get to sleep (and stay asleep)!

Also helps babies and dogs sleep.

CONS

Might take some people a few weeks until their brain gets accustomed to the sound. But it’s well worth the wait!

The controls are on the bottom, which is not convenient but also not too big of a deal because you generally just set it the way you want it and leave it that way every night.

On/Off switch is located in the back, rather than on the top where it would be more easily accessible.

The battery pack is a separate unit, and somewhat bulky. They should modify the device to run off of a 9-volt battery or something. We almost never have a need for the battery pack, though, so it’s a minor point.

Calling this a “travel” device is a bit of a stretch, IMHO. It’s about the size of a thick paperback novel (think John Grisham). It also has one of those bulky AC adapters with the power brick on the end. It fits fine in a standard suitcase, but if you’re REALLY traveling light (like with only a small overnight bag) then it does take up a bit more room than you’ll probably like.
Rating: 5 / 5

Well I don’t think you give a feather about my family situation and all that garbage people bore you with…so, the bottom line:

Pros: It does not produce annoying recorded repetition of sound (known as a loop). It makes a very pleasing, constant “whoooshhhhhhhh” sound. You cannot hear any repetitive cuts, like you do with 95% or the cheaper noise makers. It sounds like waterfall or heavy distant rain. You can adjust the tone and the volume.

It is small enough to pack in suitcase, even a small overnight suitcse. It is pretty light. It feels sturdy. Not like a toy, but like a solid piece of serious workmanship.

For all the people who say these kind of noise makers “just aren’t loud enough” for your sleeping baby. Either get rid of your baby or buy the friging ocean! You can’t have EVERYTHING!

And for all you penny pinchers, the reason it cost alot is because the people who make it ARE SERIOUS and decided to make something of quality that WORKS LIKE YOU’D WANT IT TO WORK. They did not cut corners and hope to fool you with unrealistic advertising b.s. Go buy some rinky dink 25 dollar gizmo and complain about it later if you want. Or buy this one and be happy!

I’ve gone through alot of noise makers. The only one better is the Marpac 980, because it uses real wind like a fan, but it’s too big and heavy for travel.

Stick with me kid, you’ll go far.
Rating: 5 / 5