Title: still works, but touchy
Product review: We've had our HoMedics sound machine for 3 1/2 years or so. It still works. BUT, since it was a couple of weeks or months old it has been picky. When you turn it on, you have to crank the volume knob up and down until it stops cutting out (after a while you get a feel for what you are listening for - it just sounds normal after enough ups/downs). Then it works for the night or works on the timer to shut off. The kids like the waterfall sound.If you don't crank the volume knob up and down, it randomly cuts out. We've tried having it on different surfaces and banging it, both of which offer some sort of placebo effect but never really solve the problem.So, if you buy one, be ready to have to work with it over the long term to keep it going. It isn't particularly hard to crank a knob a few times when you turn it on. I hate it, but somehow it doesn't die and the kids like it so we haven't bought a new one.
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