I need a white noise machine. Suggestions?

[midnight armadillo]

I need one (maybe two) white noise generators to help my toddler sleep since it's just about time to put away the humidifier.

I have no idea where to buy one. Any suggestions??

[kmla]

1. There's a joke here involving Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity....

... But I ain't sayin' it....

Nope. Not me.

Seriously, though, the kmla house uses a standard, ordinary, box fan as a white noise generator.

Works like a charm on the jr. kmla's...

[Midlodemocrat]

2. I use this one.

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/product/sku__SI677PLT


I love it. I love the sound of the surf. It helps me to relax and sleep.

[DemoTex]

3. Don Delillo?

[democracyindanger]

13. "Help baby sleep" not "bore baby to death."

[DrGonzoLives]

4. FOX news

it's mostly meaningless anyway.

[XNASA]

5. We've got a Conair Sound Therapy clock.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E8X7U8/104-6399379-3068727?v=glance&n=3760901

It's similar to the one in the link.

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. An FM radio

tuned off-frequency.

FM "static" is white noise.

Turning up the bass seems to help.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

7. I experimented with making colored noise cds

Cheaper than a machine, runs for eighty minutes, and can be used anywhere you have a cd player.

I never got around to marketing them, but I think I still have a few copies somewhere...

Technical info: There are three 'colors' of noise: White, Pink, and Brown. White is true random noise (it's not really pleasant to listen to as it sounds like a sharp hiss). Brown is the lower frequency noise, and it sounds like a waterfall. Pink is the best, as it's right in the middle of the spectrum, and it sounds like rainfall.

[midnight armadillo]

15. noise types

You're right, pink noise is more pleasant than white noise.

Pink noise has equal acoustic energy across the spectrum, white noise is equal power across the spectrum. I had to look up brown noise, that's noise that decreases in power as frequency rises.

Maybe I'll just find a cheap noisy fan and go from there...

[rustydog]

8. Scott McClellan is looking for work...

[Ivan Sputnik]

9. I have a white noise CD

with the sound of ocean waves that helps me sleep. (I've seen others with the sounds of vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, etc.) I suppose you could use a CD in a player that's set to repeat the CD if you need it on all night. Cheaper than a machine if you don't need a variety of sounds.

[TheBaldyMan]

10. Just tune a radio to in between stations FM or AM doesn't matter.

btw is it really necessary ? why not get the little mite used to sleeping with no background noise.

[midnight armadillo]

14. Because of his new little brother

The fan noise helps to drown out the nighttime crying of the month-old little brother :)

[fight4my3sons]

11. I use a fan in my kids' rooms.

I turn it around in the winter.

[Sannum]

12. I use a fan

Just a small one. Ever since was a wee one I have had to have the sound of a fan, or I could not go to sleep. I don't like white noise machines. I don't want to hear water or birds when I am trying to sleep:).

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. Get an albino toddler. -nt