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Plain old unheralded fans have been the ‘go to’ white noise machines for years.  Having just about any kind of fan running in your bedroom can help cancel out incoming noise. People have been known … Read more

Having a breeze blow across your body can cool you down and make it easier to sleep during those hot, still, muggy summer nights–when there is no breeze, and opening your window just lets in … Read more

If you have lived long enough, and in cold enough climates, you probably have memories of old tin box space heaters. The ones that were too hot to touch, rattled and banged and sometimes squealed, … Read more

Film is defined as a thin coating or covering. I will stick to that definition for the purposes of this article, and not clutter it up with blankets, curtains, or brick walls. Sound is caused … Read more

Most offices have an average sound level in the 45 – 60 decibel sound range. Not bad at all. Until the person in the next cubicle begins feeding 150 pages into the shredder and cusses … Read more

Wherever air flows or light shows, noise will come through. Some of the biggest culprits are the spaces between the bottoms of doors and the floor below them. All the soundproofing of walls, ceilings, floors, … Read more

Does the noise coming into your bedroom disturb your sleep? Does your partner’s snoring sound like Vesuvius erupting? Are you so sleep-deprived that you wake up planning a nap? Noise-canceling ear muffs might be your … Read more

Although most dehumidifiers are not horribly loud, some of them will produce noise up to 75 decibels right at the machine. This fades quite a bit with distance–usually by 10 to 20 decibels when you … Read more

The average blender has a noise level of 88 decibels–about the same as a lawn mower. Given that you are 2 feet away from it when you push the go button, it can be quite … Read more

Paper shredders can be noisy–sometimes producing well in excess of 80 decibels of noise. Here are 10 much quieter paper shredders. Every one of them produces under 70 decibels of noise, which is what you … Read more