Travel Tranquil Moments Alarm Clock Sound Therapy Machine

• Dual-time alarm clock with calendar
• Eight sound therapy programs
• Records and plays back a 15-second message
• Uses AC adapter (included) or 4 AA batteries (not included).
• Sounds play continuously or with 30, 60 or 90-minute auto shut-off

When it works, this noise machine/clock is pretty nice. It keeps time and has a few nice sounds to choose from. It's a little pricey at $100, but if it would continue to work, I'd be fine with it.

The problem is that we've had three of these, and every one has died after a few weeks of use!

We bought the first one at a Brookstone in Vegas. It worked for that trip, but only lasted a few days into our next trip. The display went completely out, and it wouldn't respond at all fresh batteries didn't do anything, plugging it in didn't do anything. I returned it and got a second from the Philadelphia airport this one lasted a few weeks and died again! We returned that one at the King of Prussia Mall (Pennsylvania), and the same exact thing happened with the replacement they gave us after a few weeks!

I'm baffled that we've gone through 3 of these things, all gotten from completely different locations, and all have died after a few short weeks of use. This really is the worst quality item I've ever had. I would think that every one of these ever purchased would be returned, based on my experience with the three that I've had. I suppose it's possible that we just received 3 bad ones, and the majority are fine, but it seems extremely unlikely. There's no other constant with it we've used different batteries, and have used them in different locations. We've kept them in their box, and haven't been rough on them at all. It's an alarm clock with noise it's not like it's that complex of a piece of equipment. I truly am baffled at this piece of junk.

My advice is don't even consider buying one of these. I'm sure there's plenty of other choices out there at this price point that will do the same thing but will last longer than a month.

***EDIT 7/19/11

I've been able to bring this back to life a few times, thanks to a comment on this post from "E. Mead". He points out that there is a small reset button inside the battery compartment that can be pushed in to get it past the issue with the display blacking-out. I've been able to bring my what I thought was a dead unit back to life several times using this button. It continues to "die" about every 3rd time it's plugged in but at least now I can get it back. I bumped it up from 1 star to 2, but it's a close one... Still very unimpressed with this, but I am pleased that I can get some more life out of it. Thanks Mr. Mead for the info on the reset button!

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I bought this product at the local Brookstone. The first one broke after one week. The second one broke after two weeks. The manager at Brookstone tried to blame it on me rather than accept that they sell junk.

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I've had some trouble sleeping and my brother, who is an expert in these things, recommended the Sound Oasis. However, we got a gift card to Brookstone so we decided to give the Brookstone one a try. It's small and good for travel, worked fine out of the box, and is easy to use. I push one button and the sound comes on. I haven't played around with the alarm yet. My only negative points are that the face is a little too bright on the nightstand, but it is very readable. Second, the number of usable sounds is very limited. Pretty much I like the rain, thunderstorm and the white noise. The others are a little too New Age-ish for me, but some people may like them. I would prefer a greater range of sounds. You can also record a 15-second one of your own, which we haven't done. The sound quality is fine. I haven't noticed any distracting repeats in the sounds. It is more expensive than some sound machines out there, but since this is the only one I've ever bought, I can't say if it is better than the others.

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The settings are a bit confusing--could be made easier to set the alarm, turn it on/off, etc. The sound was decent, but not great. But after a year, it just died on me...i changed all the batteries (including the small internal one) and it's just dead. At this price, it should last a lot longer!

I purchased this travel clock to use for, I know this sounds strange, traveling. The first country I travelled to was England. 30 seconds after plugging it in, the adaptor shorted out the clock. The adaptor, it turns out, was only for the use in the United States 110v electrical.

Why would anyone spend $75 for a travel alarm clock that cannot be used anywhere in Europe or the Middle East? Why would a clock that expensive not have an adaptor that works for both 220v AND 110v?

I was extremely disappointed that on my six-week long trip through Europe and Israel, I never got to use this clock.