This is a review of the Marpac dohm white noise sound machine. It's a sleep
aid and I also call it a relationship saver. It helps cancel out noise from
snoring or traffic to help you get a better night's rest. Our neighbors
actually introduced this to us. They have newborn baby and use it in
their nursery. We've had ours for about six months and use it to cover up what
my "other half" refers to as the dreaded "puh." It doesn't matter whether I'm sleeping
on my back or side. When I first fall asleep or occasionally throughout the
night, I inhale through my nose and exhale through my mouth creating a "puh" sound.
Sexy, right? <> If I'm really overtired sometimes I snore. That's like <>.
Unfortunately, over time these sleep noises were beginning to tax my
relationship. My partner had to sleep in the other room to get a good night's
rest even though she knows I can't help it. She noticed my "puhing" was less of an
issue if we were running the air conditioner fan or a humidifier;
hence, we got the white noise machine. I've tried other snoring
remedies like the nose strips and this ridiculous Nonpariel anti-snore chinstrap.
The nose strips didn't work because while it opened my nasal passages,
it didn't stop the mouth breathing "puh." The chinstrap merely relocated the snoring
noise to my throat. Like a growl.
My partner found that sound even more
annoying, which I'm happy about only because the headband or chin strap
made my head sweat and uncomfortably compressed my jaw.
They should really call it a headache-inducing skull crusher.
So far the Marpac Dohm white noise machine has been the best solution for us.
It not only blocks out my "puh," but also the transmission noise of our neighbor's
car every morning at 5:30 AM. By the way, "Hey buddy! You gotta get that car fixed.
Now I'll demonstrate the dome for you. The machine generates the soothing sound of rushing
air like a fan, but without actually moving air. It's not a loop of a digital
recording played through a speaker. If you want an inexpensive option like that
you can use a sleep app on your phone. For example, I use Sleep Cycle, but not
for the white noise. It's an app that I really like. The Dohm excels
versus an app by generating the sound mechanically and hence dispersing the
sound evenly throughout the room. There is a two-speed electric motor that
likely has a magnet in it and I'm guessing it also has bearings which over
time can wear out and create unwanted rattling. I sometimes hear a rattle for
brief periods, but it's not disturbing.
This white noise machine has a high and low
setting, selected using the switch here, and the tone can be adjusted by
turning the acoustic housing on top and here in the middle.
Allow me to demonstrate. This is on low.
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This is high.
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Here's a sound clip from last night to give you a sense of how the Dohm masks sound.
The Dohm is on the low setting. You'll hear how my breathing blends into
the sound generated by the Dohm. This sound snippet was recorded by the
Sleep Cycle app on my phone. I use the app to monitor the quality of my sleep and it
provides me samples of snoring that occur during the night. The phone is a
foot away from my head and the dome is on the other side of the room.
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Assembled in the U.S.A., this machine has a two pronged plug,
operates at 120 volts, 60 Hertz, which is typical for the U.S.A. With regard to energy
consumption, it uses 18 watts of power to generate the sound. So for example, a
little more than a 15 watt lightbulb, but less than a small fan, which is 33 Watts.
It only weighs a few pounds so you can travel with it which is kind of cool.
And we really like this machine. It reduces sounds from "puhing" or snoring,
traffic, shuffling covers, creaky floors, and teeth grinding...
all which disturb our sleep.
It creates a nice sound cocoon, (which is what I call it) to fall asleep in.
Having said that, it's also nice to turn it off in morning.
In my opinion, and only in my opinion, I suspect that white noise could
be used as a slow form of torture for extended periods, but it works great for sleeping.
The only thing I can think of that would improve this would be if Marpac
added a timer so you could use it to fall asleep and stay on until you
fall into deep sleep, then shut it off.
I don't know if that would impact sleep, but I'm sure the sleep back experts would
have an opinion on that.
This machine has worked for us. I hope it will work for you.
I call it t he relationship saver.
If you decide to buy one, let me know
whether it works for you or doesn't work for you in the comments section below.
That way we can keep other people informed. If this video is helpful, please
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thank you so much for watching!