How quiet is "silent" (...on a scale of won't-wake-up-the-baby to regular acoustic sound.)
897843
It's not silent. But, it's pretty quiet, especially if you bow it lightly. You can also use headphones with it. It is definitely much quieter than a regular violin.
897844
When you plug in the head phones, you won't wake up the baby at all even if you are playing in the same room, and you can hear what you are playing with the ear phones. It is very quiet.
897845
How about might wake up the baby. this can definately be heard in the next room, but not next door.
2143645
For the most part it's quiet because other noises drown it out but when time for bed, if you're sensitive to sounds like me, you can hear a low hum. Most times I can tune it out, or maybe I'm just flat tired, so it's not a huge problem. But no, in answer to your question it's not truly quiet. My tank is about three feet parallel to where I lay my head and I can hear it.
997184
It isnt that loud. It depends on how light of sleepers your kids are. Wouldnt bother my daughter, but would wake my son.
1777715
Yes. It is quiet but not soundless. If you want total silence, you will be disappointed.
890247
I have one from 2011, as long as they haven't changed it, you hear static the whole time. The only way to not have it is cut sound off completely, but then you don't hear baby. It hasn't bothered us because we like white noise to sleep.
1237715
It is very quiet! Probably NOT what you want. I use one in each of the two windows in my bedroom and sleep through the low sound without a problem. Why not try a portable alarm with "sounds" (some even have timers), or an app on your phone. My son and his wife use pink noise for their kids. Check out 'sleep noise' on the internet. Very relaxing!
186433
no, very quiet, but it does come with optional lullabye music tracks. The battery compartment enables a gentle vibration in addition to the glider, and that might create a very low hum, but I am not sure since we haven't operated that option.
1993577
I'm sure it depends on how sound your kids sleep. Yes it does make noise but I would not say it is loud.
175485
Obviously some noise but don't consider it too noise. I'd consider it generally pretty quiet.
2161392
I struggle saying any gas driven engine is quiet. It would not prevent me from sleeping at night, my neighbor can hear it but I would not call it obnoxiously loud.
773093
This is by no means a silent machine, but I never found the sound to be abnormally loud. Mine was a moderate level of sound.
1942772
its not quiet. You definitely hear and notice when it kicks on or off...but I sleep comfortably ...it does not wake me up
754657
Sounds is very minor. It would possibly keep you awake should you sleep right next to it; but in another room it's really a non-issue for us.
461169
Yikes, sorry to hear that. I guess it's all relative. It's loud without being abrasive. I have decent hearing, so I liked that it gradually increases (over about 15-30 seconds) so I can usually turn it off before it gets too loud. I have used it in two different apartments and can always hear it, even while in the shower. But it typically doesn't seem to stir my sleeping fianc, who is a very heavy sleeper. Hope this helps.
1650995
mine is super quiet and my daughter is 26.5 lbs, I don't know if I just lucked out, but you can hardly hear it's on at all. She's been using it from birth for her naps and when she was newborn she'd like to sleep nights in it too. (gotten a lot of use)
1599556
It's not 100% silent but it's not irritatingly loud either. I have it in my family room over our big-screen t.v. so we hardly notice it. But if it's for a bedroom and your son is a very light sleeper, he may be able to hear it, but just barely. Hope this helps.
1688083
It was quiet within a normal home environment. If you have special requirements, you'd better get input from someone who uses it with no background noise.