ok . . I love the footprint of this . fairly small and unobtrusive . have a nice look to it . have a very large library of `` relax '' sound . those be the pro 's ... here come the con . while this clock\/radio have a large library of `` relax '' sound they be all on 3 to 5 second loop . in other word , the cricket or frog or foghorn or whatever repeat themselves over and over and over . this be anything but relaxing . . in my opinion it be the opposite of relaxing . . it be pretty irritating . I have have sound machine radio in the past that at least have 30 second loop which be still too short but not nearly as bad as this machine . the display ... OMG it be bright . . it be like a freak blue streetlight in a completely dark room . it come with a 3 position brightness control but there be very little difference between the setting . while I love the concept of this clock\/radio it fall way short of be practical . I will be return mine in the next couple day and continue my search for a well design replacement .