# What to buy for white noise?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-white-noise/457995>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-white-noise/457995 "2008-07-28T23:06:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Spezza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Spezza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spezza)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-white-noise/457995/21 "2008-07-30T16:33:58Z")

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I sleep with a fan every night. Perfect for white noise and also just to keep you a few degrees cooler.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-white-noise/457995/22 "2008-07-31T00:14:13Z")

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[QUOTE=kevja]  
Not to hijack, but can those of you who use white noise to sleep; can you sleep if you didn’t have it?  
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I can if I have to.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-white-noise/457995/23 "2008-07-31T16:58:30Z")

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I slept with no fans on last night - I slept okay, but I really, really like a fan on. I think it’s a preference thing (strong preference) - I don’t _have_ to have it, but I sure do like it.

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