Is it Sleepmate or Sleep Mate or Soundscreen or Sound Screen? Name confusion is the only problem we found with this machine. This is the white noise machine that started it all, and with its ingenious engineering, it is still the leader.  Now 50 years old, the Marpac SleepMate is still the benchmark in the white noise world.

There have been many upgrades, with the last one coming about a year ago which added the “A” to the model number and a slight change in dimensions and a “whiter” color.  Marpac places either a Sleep Mate label or a Soundscreen label on the unit depending on the resellers order.  These units are also used in doctor’s offices to keep you from hearing what disease the person  who is in with your doctor has as you wait in the waiting room.  For this reason the Soundscreen label was introduced.  After all, who wants a machine in their waiting room that says Sleep Mate? Read more…