Hi, I'm Ethan Green from No Sleepless Nights.com and in this video I'm going
to be doing a review of the SNOOZ white noise machine. This is one of very few
white noise machines that uses an actual real fan rather than recordings. So it
produces a very authentic and calming sound, which is good for masking external
noise that might be keeping you awake at night or interrupting your studies. So
let's pop over to the table. I'm going to turn it on, play the sound to you, show
you how you can adjust the tone, and also the volume. And then I'll also get the
app going and show you the features that you can access through the app. So
without further ado, let's go and have a listen to it. Okay, before I actually turn
the SNOOZ on, let we just explain what you get when you buy it. So it comes in
this nice cardboard box here, which is a good alternative if you're not a fan of
plastic packaging. Then you'll also get some instructions which is good. It shows
you how to use the actual device, and gives you some advice about room
placement. And talks you through setting up the app which is useful because some
people might buy it and not even realize that it has an app until you read the
instructions. Then you also get a free sleep mask, which you know, to be honest
it's a nice touch from the manufacturer, but it's not the best sleep
mask I've ever used because it has this velcro, non-slidable, non-adjustable strap.
And also a bit of light comes in through the nose. But anyway, that's not the main
thing that we're here to talk about today. So here is the actual device. And
you'll notice that it's got a cable coming out of the back. And it's worth
pointing out that it does need to be plugged in at all times to work. There's
no battery option for this one. The cable is six foot long, so it will easily
reach a socket from a table or a shelf. So, to turn it on just press the main
button. Now, I'm going to stop talking in a second and I'm going to play through
the different volume settings. There's incremental controls from one to ten. And
also I will slide the slider on the cap there so you can see how you change the
tone.
And that's it! There really isn't actually that much to do with the SNOOZ.
You literally just choose the volume that you like and change the tone using
the sliding cap. Now the interesting thing about this one. Oh, you'll just see
that the light has gone off there. And those lights on the buttons are actually the
night light. There's no fancy glowing night light that comes out the bottom.
It's just strong glowing buttons. They've gone off because when you get the
machine, it's automatically set to turn off after seven seconds. And to change
the lighting in the night light you need to use the phone app, which I'll use in a
second. But just to show you the night light feature, here's some images
that I took earlier. I think this is one of my main criticisms of the SNOOZ. The
light is just a little bit too dim. I mean, it's not really a nightlight, it's
just glowing buttons. So it's worth bearing in mind that even though it
comes with a night light as a feature, it's not really a true nightlight to be
honest. Okay, so now let's have a look at the app and see what features that
allows you to access. So first of all you can use it to turn the device on and off.
And that's great if you're lying in bed and you've got the device not on your
nightstand but quite far away. Incidentally, it works with both Android and iPhone
devices. It's very easy to set up. You can also use it to change the volume, but
what you can't do is use it to change the tone. You would still need to
manually change that with the device and your hands. Now, you can use it to access
the nightlight features. You can put it on dark mode, which means that there's no
light at all. But if you don't have it on dark mode, you can have the lights on a
dim brightness, medium or maximum brightness. And that's the nightlight
feature again. Let's put that on dark mode for now.. You can have timers as
well, which I really like. I think that's a very useful feature for any white
noise machine. At the moment, I've got it set from Monday to Friday. But you could
also have Saturday and Sunday if you wanted to. I've got it set to start at
10:30 p.m. and then stop at 6:35 a.m. the next morning. Now, you see here
there's a fade function. So you can have it to fade in. You can have five minutes, one,
thirty seconds or auto. You can also have it to fade out. I think that's a really
nice feature - if you don't want a sudden starting or stopping of the device. You
can add another timer if you want to. So you could have one for example on Monday
to Friday, and a different one at the weekend.But I'm not going to set that for now. Then the
final setting is the calibration. Now this is a really useful one if you're a
parent of a small child. And they explain what this does here, and also list the
research studies that led to the decision to include a calibration. And
what this means is that it will automatically find the right volume
that's going to be safe in the room for a small child. And that just means that
you won't have to worry about accidentally playing the white noise too
loudly. I think that's a really useful feature, and it's actually the only
device I've seen that has that. So there you go - that's the app. There's nothing
else that it does. And one of my criticisms, which I'll explain more about
in a second, is the fact that you need the app to access the nightlight and the
calibration and the timers. I think it would be nice if there was at least a
button or two on the device so that you could access those manually if you
didn't want to use the app. But the app itself I can't complain about: it's
very useful, very easy and it does work well. Okay let's do an overview of the
pros and cons then of the SNOOZ. The things that I really like about this one
are: first of all, the authentic sound that it produces. I think there's no real
comparison between the authentic air sound that comes out of a machine that
uses a fan and one that uses recordings. So that's a great feature. Secondly, I
really like the fact that you can change the tone. Just by changing the side cap
you can find a sound that you like. If you use a real fan - that's great - it's
obviously a cheaper option just to have a real fan. However, you can't normally
change the tone. But with this one, you can. Then I like the fact that you can
change the volume. I think it's good that you can have it quite quiet if you don't
want the noise to be too loud. But you can also have it really quite loud. So if
you need to mask external noise then you can put it by a window and hopefully it
will drown out the noise that's coming into your bedroom. I really like the fact that
it has timers. That's quite unusual for a white noise machine that uses a real fan.
Then there's a fact that it has the app, which although it's kind of a criticism,
I do like the fact that you can use it with an app. So you can control it
without getting out of bed if you don't want to. Then I like the design itself. I
think it looks quite stylish. It's quite lightweight. It looks quite large -
I realized earlier when I was watching the video that if I had it too much like
that, it almost looked like the size of my head. But it's actually quite small and
quite compact, which means that you can put in a suitcase. And it's really pretty
light as well which surprised me when I first
picked it up. In terms of cons then, I think for me the number one thing is that it
is quite expensive for a white noise machine. You can buy much cheaper or you
could even just get a normal fan and put it in your bedroom if you don't mind
having some air blowing around in the winter time. Secondly, I'm not
particularly fond of the fact that you have to use the app to access some of
the features. I think it's a relatively simple device at the end of the day, so I
think it would be good if it had a few more buttons that allowed you to set at
least the timers, without needing your phone app. I know some people won't mind
and that they'll use their app to control a device with no problem. But not
everybody does, so that's something to be aware of. Thirdly is the fact that the
nightlight isn't really a nightlight in my opinion. I mean, yeah, okay, so it's a
light and it's a light that works in the night. So you could call it a
nightlight. But for me, really it's just buttons with bright lights that glow
and you can control, and turn on or off. It's not really a nightlight. And I'm not
a massive fan of the white glow that comes out or the line that's cast
against the wall if it's next to a wall. So for me, if you're looking for a white
noise machine with a great nightlight, this isn't going to be the one for you.
And then a final complaint, which is only a mild one really, is the fact that you
need to plug it in at all times for it to work. There's no internal battery and
you can't use batteries either. But that's not uncommon for white noise
machines - particularly ones that have an internal fan. So there you have it - the SNOOZ
white noise machine. Thanks again for watching. I hope you enjoyed this
video. If you do and you're interested in buying it, then you can find a link to
buy it in the description below this video. Please also subscribe to my Youtube
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