This is one of the best purchases I've ever made. Seriously. Things I love about it:
1. Full sound! It is amazing how something so small can be so loud.
2. A variety of sounds and pitches to choose from. I hate high-pitched white noise, but this little machine has a nice variety of lower pitches, which are pleasing to my ears. We usually keep it on the same sound, but it's nice to be able to select from various options, depending on the background noise of the room you're in.
3. Being so small, it's easily portable. We bought this when my daughter was a newborn, and it is so nice to be able to throw it into a diaper bag without sacrificing space.
4. NO LOOPING! I've had other white noise machines (e.g., the Marpac Hushh) or apps in which I would start to hear the loops after a while, and it would drive me nuts. Even using this thing for hours a day every single day during my 3-month maternity leave, I was never able to detect any sort of loop. It is fantastic!
5. It holds a long charge. I haven't done a complete test to see how long it really lasts, but I do know it will last at least 12 hours on a full charge.
Things I don't love:
1. If I had to come up with something, I guess it would be that it's easy to hit the wrong button since they are so small. However, this is such a minor issue.
Update 7/8/18: after using this noise machine daily for 10+ months, the power button ended up somehow being depressed too far into the machine, rendering it useless. I read a couple of other reviews that mentioned something similar happen, so it seems this is a design flaw. However, prior to the power button problem, the sound was still going strong and charges still seemed to last a long while. I’m buying a replacement since I still love the sounds it creates, and I love how easy it is to take with us on the go (fantastic for baby’s naps!). In the interim, we are using the Marpac Hushh machine for white noise at night, but the electronic undertones & loops are driving me crazy! I’m bringing this rating down to 4 stars. It’s really annoying to be buying a replacement less than one year later!
This is a great product. I already had a Sound and Sleep Mini (which I also love) by the same company but wanted something more portable. This fit the bill. It absolutely lasts all night and then some without being plugged in. The sounds are good and plenty loud. I didn't come close to turning the volume all the way up. The sounds are: 5 different fan noises, 1 ocean, and 4 white noises as follows: (2 brown noise, 1 pink noise, 1 white noise). This thing is really tiny, perfect for hardly taking up any room in your luggage. The bluetooth works fine, though I don't imagine I will use that feature very often. But it's a great feature to have available. The product can be left plugged in all the time, or you can charge it up and unplug it for many, many hours of use. (This would be perfect for an overnight tent camping.) And one final thing--the customer service department at this company is great and very helpful with any questions, concerns, etc.
This is second one ive bought last one lasted a year this one not even 2 months the return window was 2 days ago it stopped last night not a good item...be weary...UPDATE...Owner contacted me and has sent me a replacement for the item that quit working...Thanks alot Joel...
Update 2 (9/20/17): we contacted the company directly and they sent us a brand new fan right away! They apologized for the inconvenience and were very customer-oriented. We LOVE these fans!
Update: we received this fan less than 2 months ago and the sound button is broken. We can't turn up the volume no matter how hard we push. I'm contacting the company as it supposedly has a 1 year warranty; hopefully they'll be customer-oriented.
We have 2 large lectro fans for both our kids' rooms and I got this to take with us in the diaper bag. It's so great! Love that there are different sounds to choose from, and it's so handy to turn into a speaker, all our friends want one too! It's plenty loud or quiet and subtle when you need it to be! So glad they came out with this micro version!
I have slept with a fan in the background for the last 20+ years. I got very particular about my fan preferences too. For the longest time I used the Honeywell small floor model. The last time I bought one I got home to find the box read in bold letter, “Now 25% quieter!” I was furious! You couldn’t hear it al all. I wrote the company to see if they had and old models I could buy but had no luck. I wound up finding this fan from a pawn store that worked for a while but it was huge. I was taking a trip from my home near Wilmington NC to Louisville KY to visit family & friends. I had no way to get the enormous fan with me so I turned to Amazon for help. I found this little noise machine and decided to give it a shot. It took me a few tries to get the top to flip open (the trick is to hold the black base and spin the silver speaker half and it pops right up). Once I found my favorite fan I tried it out. I was shocked! It sounded exactly like my old fan. I thought it may sound like a recording but it doesn’t. Just a clear crisp low fan hum. When I got home from my trip, the fan went into storage and I now sleep with this mighty little sound machine every night. The best part is, if you need to travel for work or pleasure, this little beauty fits right in your bag or even your purse (it’s that small) and you’ll never have to sleep in a silent hotel room again. I guarantee it’ll wind up next to your bed at home when you get back. It also works on a charge so if the power goes out (I’m in hurricane territory so it happens a lot) you still get your fan sound while every one else has to go without. I’ll be a customer for life!
Feature Product
- Ten unique sounds for sleep and relaxation, including five fan sounds, four white noise variations, and a soothing ocean sound
- Compact swivel design lets you project the sound where you want it for optimal effectiveness
- Wireless Bluetooth audio with a built-in microphone for listening to music or making conference calls with your smartphone
- Built-in rechargeable battery provides up to 16 hours of ambient sounds or six hours of streaming audio between charges
- With rich, lush sound in a small size, it's a great way to take white noise and wireless audio with you wherever you go
- NOTE: Shipping regulations require that Lithium Ion batteries be shipped mostly discharged.The battery needs to be charged before use.
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I am editing my review of this product - you will see why I originally gave it one star below. HOWEVER, I emailed the manufacturer and they, without hesitation, sent me a new LectroFan and a label to mail back the one that stopped working. I had my new sound machine in two days. It is a really great product especially for travel and I recommend it and am hoping that my new one will continue to work!
Old review:
I would have given this wonderful little white noise machine five stars. It is lightweight, great for travel and has a variety of sounds at good volume. Just seemed like a great product and I recommended it to friends and family. HOWEVER, two months after I received it and used it three times, it is absolutely dead. Will not recharge and is useless. So disappointed.
I LOVE this little machine! I purchased this for a one-week trip for which I only had an 18L pack holding all my stuff - clothes, toiletries, laptop, etc. I always sleep with a white noise machine at home and did not know what the noise situation was going to be like where I was going. I am very easily woken by sound, so while a white noise machine may seem like a good item to cut when traveling light, that was not an option for me. Enter this wee little "fan" that not only has great white noise sound options, but also gets very loud (considering it's size) and also has bluetooth!
I used this every night and slept great. It is nice that the sound is very directional. I am very sensitive to repetitive sound and cannot use the looped white noise recordings. This is not like that, it really sounds like a fan-operated white noise machine (there are other non-fan sounds as well like vacuuming and even some nature sounds - the ocean wave one is really nice for day time white noise - and they similarly do not have the "looped" effect). There is a good selection of "white noises" so my guess is you'll probably find at least one or two that will work well for you.
I also used the bluetooth feature to play music during the day. The speaker is loud enough that I could easily hear my music from multiple rooms in an otherwise quiet house. The battery life is pretty good too - I charged it daily but I was using it a lot during the day for music and all night for white noise. This is a fantastic value for what you get, and I would highly recommend it as a travel white noise machine/bluetooth speaker combo. I look forward to getting to use it again on my next trip!
This is a great travel size and packs in a corner of my suitcase. The little guy puts out sufficient sound to drown out other ambient noise and is simple to operate and to recharge. Recharging takes quite a while, so if you are touring and don't have a lot of time to recharge it during the day, be sure to bring a longer cord (very commonly found micro-USB cable) and a charger to run it the next night. I wish that LectroSound offered other sounds besides industrial fans - like flowing water or rainfall - but they don't. I'll take a small packing size over sound choices any day!
This is a great little sound machine. I have ringing in my ears some nights it is impossible for me to sleep without white noise. I like that it is tiny and takes up very little space on my night stand. The sound is so much better than the one I bought at a store that looked like a conference call phone. It has the same charging cord as my Samsung phone so I charge the sound machine during the day and my phone at night. I can usually get 2-3 nights on a single charge.
Pros:
- Tiny
- Multiple options
- Better quality
- Charge lasts 2-3 nights after a full charge
Cons
- Comes with a short charging cord
- If you do not press and hold the volume buttons, it changes the tone of the white noise
As anyone who uses a sound machine will tell you, the quality of the sound is so important and a bad sound machine has a discernible pattern, or clicking or ringing sound or loop which your brain will focus on and will annoy you all night long. I always get nervous traveling with my nice machine (480) because it is rather large and I worry it will break; It also takes up ton of space in my luggage.
I have tried many and am always on the search for something better. I saw this LectroFan on Amazon, read the reviews and ordered it. It exceeds every expectation in every way:
* It is very compact
* The quality of the sound is amazing - and, there are many variations of sounds to choose from if you like deep tones or higher pitch
* volume is adjustable - from very loud to very soft
* Rechargeable battery - runs all night, easily, on a battery charge - I barely charged it for one hour and it ran all night
The only design flaw I can see if the very short USB plug; and, you need to plug it into a USB; there is no AC plug, but it's a minor flaw. The cord could be longer as it is barely 8" and doesn't stretch far.
This little dynamo now replaces my large expensive machine.
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