Lectrofan Micro Wireless - White Noise/Fan Sound Machine & Bluetooth Speaker (Micro2, White)

Bought Sept 2021, reviewed May 2022I did a lot of research before buying this as I wanted something I could travel with, (so USB charged) and also a specific sound of white noise that I had found on an app and played through my phone. I saw a useful You Tube review by an independent reviewer and he very helpfully played the sounds of each product, so I knew that this would replicate that exactly, whereas many of the others didn’t. It also has a good choice of white noise sounds, which are more what I require, as opposed to sounds of water/nature or melodies.It's incredibly compact and feels nicely weighty and well made. It is the perfect size to chuck in a travel bag and takes up next to no room on a bedside desk. Just about the only thing that could be improved is the buttons which are small and I find I can't usually operate without turning the light on. This could of course be because of my sausage fingers! That said, other than sliding the on/off switch at night and again in the morning, I tend to leave the volume and sound settings the same, so it's not really an issue.The sound it chucks out is amazing for its size and the directional speaker does make a difference - I always use it with this deployed. The first few weeks I had it I wasn't at home and didn't have access to a suitably close power supply, so I ran it off the battery and charged it during the day. I found it went 3 - 4 nights on a full charge. I like it quite loud, so maybe that uses more power than a quieter volume? Once I was back home I plugged in the USB cable and have it attached to that and the power source all the time and it sits by my bed. There's a small green light on the back, but it has never disturbed me and it could be covered with a tiny bit of tape if it was an issue. I recall reading reviews where people said the USB connection port was prone to failure, so I decided to leave the cable in to reduce wear and tear. I've not had any issues.In terms of effectiveness I find that it really helps me sleep and stay asleep. I live in 5th floor flat in a busy area, with a main road junction and the associated police/fire/ambulance noise that always accompanies their approach to it, day or night. There are rail lines and frequent aircraft noise from the landing and take-off patterns at LHR and LCY. I also have a selection of neighbours who don't always appreciate that night time is not the right time for loud noise and their gardens host the nocturnal gatherings of foxes. Anyone who knows what foxes sound like at night knows that it isn't soothing. There’s a primary school a couple of streets away and when the kids are out at breaktime the noise feels like they’re in the house with me. On top of that there is a public car park very close, so associated noise with that and the Police helicopters fly past at low altitude multiple times day and night, en route to from their base. All in all a challenging environment. Add to that that I really like my bedroom window open most of the year to provide fresh air and that I regularly have strange working hours which require sleeping at all times of day and night. So this thing has its work cut out.It doesn't blot out everything, obviously, but I find that I have a quite high tolerance for noise, so having it on quite loud does do a remarkably good job as it is a consistent sound, rather than all the random sounds of the outside. I woke up one morning recently and on turning it off heard a conversation going on below my open window, which was accompanied by a car engine running and the sounds of the car radio - none of which I had been able to hear with the white noise on. I know it would probably have woken my up pre-alarm had I not been using the Lectrofan. The door buzzer to my block is pretty loud in the flat and always used to wake me up. I unfortunately missed a delivery recently as this thing blotted out enough of the jarring ‘beep beep’ that I slept through a courier who arrived only three hours after I’d hit the sack. Coupled with blackout curtains, the Lectrofan makes me fall asleep much easier than I would without that buffer layer of white noise to smooth out the rough edges of the noise outside. It is very rare that I wake up in the middle of the night now for anything other than the call of nature!

I have used this at home for 3 weeks now and have to say it really works. I have always found it very hard to get off to sleep and then to not wake up with every noise during the night. I was very dubious about the idea of white noise and had tried it on my phone with limited success. I bought the travel one because it was cheaper and I didn't really believe it would work. But it does and I love how small and handy it is. Do I always get a great night? No. But every night has been decent which is unheard of in my 60 plus years of trying to sleep. I use the waves sound to help if I can't get off to sleep and it does also help keep me asleep. The white noise is good on nights when there is a lot of noise.

The media could not be loaded. This tiny little sound machine and Bluetooth speaker is exactly what I had hoped it would be.It's small enough to be popped into hand luggage without adding any appreciable weight and it's about the same size as a single pot of moisturiser.The white and brown noises are subtly different from each other. Some pulsate slowly, most are continuous sounds. The volume of each sound varies a little, but that is easily adjusted to suit your preferences, using the volume buttons.The Bluetooth works well. The device paired almost instantly with my Samsung phone and the sound from the speaker is clear. It can reach a surprisingly loud volume, considering its diminutive size.Previously I used to take a sound machine and a separate Bluetooth speaker on holiday and together they took up a fair bit of space (not to mention weight) in my bag. With this little chap I have both functions in one tiny device.So, I'm very happy with this little device so far. I've only owned it for less than a day, so if anything changes I'll come back and amend the review.EDIT. November 2023. I'm happy to report that after having used the device many times and taken it with me on various overnight trips, it's still working perfectly. I bought a little travel case for it, which keeps it safe and secure in my bag.

Such an incredible little device. It’s way small than I thought (which is good!) and has so much sound power on Bluetooth or white noise setting. I’ve slept like an absolute dream since using it. There’s research I was reading about a continual sound being important and not looping which this is and it truly seems to have helped. Hopefully will be useful for baby too when she’s here!

I really like this product. Before I was carting about a noise machine and a Bluetooth speaker and now I just need this. Now admittedly the speaker isn’t the same quality as the larger Bluetooth speaker, but it’s perfectly adequate for a hotel room. The sounds that are generated are good quality, the wave sounds are good but not perfect, sometimes they have a weird moment. But, for the convenience and size of the device I’m very happy.EDIT: having lived with this for a while, it has dropped a star. The noise it makes when you're connecting to bluetooth is so incredibly loud and shrill as to wake up anyone who is already snoozing. I have no idea why they went for this.

This little gadget is great, I've ordered my partner one too. Throughout the summer we've slept with tower fans and it has helped us sleep so well due to the white noise. Now it's getting colder and we don't use the fan, we're struggling to sleep, so I did a lot of research before settling on this one. Sound quality is very good and sounds exactly like the fan. We have slept so well since I bought it.

This was great for using with our son, the white noise options were nice and we could choose one that sounded more like waves. However, after 6 months the device stopped working (while it can charge there is not output from the speaker). Low score because it didn't last long.