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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2007Ping EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
Hi Evelyn, I was reading about the Marpac machines on another group and came across your name. I was wondering if you ever bought one and how you like it if you did? I have the 'nature sounds' built into my clock radio, but they're quite annoying. They have White Noise, Surf (But with Seagulls), a bunch of Owls and Crickets (Who, Who the hell thought this was relaxing) and a babbling brook, but with some cackling bird in the background. I like the surf sounds or a rain storm, but without the backup singers. The gadget boy in me likes the Marpac 1288, but it's rather expensive if I hate it. The 980 might be fine, as I find the fan helps me sleep in the summer, but it's too cold for a fan now. > Hi Evelyn, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > fine, as I find the fan helps me sleep in the summer, but it's too cold for > a fan now. I never heard of "Marpac" - the brand of mine is "SPA Basics". I got it (quite cheap) through a mail order catalog, and there are no human voices involved in any of the choices. I can get rain, thunder, a flowing stream, ocean waves, woods (with crickets - I find them soothing), birds (a bit too like an early morning wake-up call for me), heartbeat and white noise. I had a terrific travel alarm that included a choice of soothing sounds (I especially liked the frogs, which my current machine doesn't have). Unfortunately, the travel alarm died a while back, I got it from a catalog which no longer offers it, and there's no brand name or manufacturer's ID on the clock, so I can't follow through to locate another source. >> Hi Evelyn, >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >brand name or manufacturer's ID on the clock, so I can't >follow through to locate another source. That sounds like something I should investigate, Evelyn. I would love to fall asleep to such soothing sounds. Does this device wake you up to whatever you were listening to when you fell asleep? My main complaint with every clock/radio type device I've found is that, if I don't switch over to the radio before I fall asleep, the alarm will simply start up the CD/sounds again in the morning. Needless to say, ocean waves will NOT wake me up! I'm one of these folks that needs more noise to get me up and moving. So after sleeping through the alarm a time or two, I gave up falling asleep to any peaceful sounds. I would love to find a device that let me fall asleep to one thing and, without flipping a switch before I fell asleep, wake up to another. BTW, how's AZ? -- Eric, Kim and the Chigger Ranch Crew > That sounds like something I should investigate, Evelyn. I would love > to fall asleep to such soothing sounds. Does this device wake you up [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > BTW, how's AZ? > -- Eric, Kim and the Chigger Ranch Crew It looks like the clock I just posted in response to Evelyn will do what you want. It has 20 "soother" sounds, and the ramp-up snooze alarm can be set to "a buzzer or church bells." It's pricey for a small alarm at $59.95 (everything at Sharper Images seems to cost extra), but it does have the features you described. http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productdetails/sku__SI601TNM MaryL > That sounds like something I should investigate, Evelyn. I would love > to fall asleep to such soothing sounds. Does this device wake you up > to whatever you were listening to when you fell asleep? I don't remember what the travel alarm did (it's been so long since it worked). The sound machine is just that - you can set it for 15, 30 or 45 minutes, or let it run all night - no alarm setting, I have to use my clock radio for that. It's not very big - maybe six inches in circumference, less than three inches high - shaped like a sea-shell, and runs on either batteries or (with an adapter) regular household current. I can't remember which catalog company I got it from (I get so many catalogs) but I do remember I bought it from their on-line site, and it was only about $20 US. > BTW, how's AZ? Different from California, but I think I'm adapting. Everything is so FAR from everything else, though - Californians have the reputation of driving everywhere, but in AZ that seems to be a NECCESSITY! I believe it was the 'Marsonna' by Marpac that you were looking at. >> Hi Evelyn, >> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > manufacturer's ID on the clock, so I can't follow through to locate > another source. > I believe it was the 'Marsonna' by Marpac that you were looking at. Nope, not guilty. (Actually, I may have LOOKED at it in some catalog, but I thought it much too expensive, compared to the gadget I have.) > I never heard of "Marpac" - the brand of mine is "SPA Basics". I got it > (quite cheap) through a mail order catalog, and there are no human voices [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > manufacturer's ID on the clock, so I can't follow through to locate > another source. Evelyn, The Sharper Image carries a "sound soother" travel alarm. It costs more than most travel alarms ($59.95), but it does have a choice of 20 sounds plus a ramp-up snooze alarm. You can look at one here: http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__SI601TNM MaryL >>I never heard of "Marpac" - the brand of mine is "SPA Basics". I got it >>(quite cheap) through a mail order catalog, and there are no human voices [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > plus a ramp-up snooze alarm. You can look at one here: > http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__SI601TNM Thanks, that may be the one Bill was talking about - I thought it was too expensive, since the one I had only cost about $12. (Now I'm fully retired - not entirely from choice - my globe-trotting days have pretty well come to a halt, anyway, so if I need a travel alarm, I'll use the cheapy I bought at Target when the sound-soother one died.)
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