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White noise machine recommendations?

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user8329729872942 · 21/07/2026 14:39

A family has moved in next door and there's now a lot of (mostly high-pitched) noise from children playing outside for much of the day. Normally if there's outside noise (chainsawing, garden machinery etc.) I put on a YouTube video of a rackety train, which blocks it out really well and I actually find it quite calming. It doesn't seem to work nearly as well for children's voices, though.

Has anyone found a white noise machine that's particularly good at masking this kind of outdoor noise? Or is there another type of sound that's more effective for that?

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Tabitha500 · 22/07/2026 07:54

I have a Marpac Dohm white noise machine! I’m on my second one now as the first one gave up after about 25 years! I bought this current one from Amazon! I absolutely love it and it goes absolutely everywhere with me as I just cannot sleep in silence! Silence is deafening to me now!

I’m not sure about completely masking out children’s high pitched playing noise but it would definitely help!

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