The Lectrofan Micro 2 easily fits in the palm of your hand and weighs a mere 3.4 ounces (97 g).
Wow, this little gadget weighs almost nothing…
Yet it is s a fully-featured travel white noise machine:
It has 11 different sound options, including 4 white noises, 5 fan sounds, and 2 ocean surf sounds.
And unlike many other sound machines, the Micro 2 digitally creates these sounds and doesn’t just loop short recorded samples.
I was surprised how good this machine sounds for its size. All built-in sounds are of good quality, and except for one fan sound, I like all of them…
I had to review the Lectrofan Micro 2 and put it through some good testing:
Can a device with a diameter and height of 2 inches (5 cm) actually produce enough volume and a wide enough frequency range to block noise?
Can it mask barking dogs, traffic noise, and loud TVs coming from neighboring rooms?
Its larger brother, the Lectrofan Classic has often been travelling with me to deal with loud noises and strange sounds that would otherwise keep me awake.
At 13 ounces (367 g), the Classic is still very portable, and together with an external battery, I can use it anywhere.
But the Lectrofan Micro 2 weighs only one quarter of that, and it has a built-in battery that lasts up to 40 hours. It can even double as a Bluetooth speaker (20 hours).
So how well does the Micro 2 perform as a white noise machine?
It’s four white noises are arranged by increasing pitch. And the higher the pitch, the louder the noise gets on the Micro 2.
I found white noises #2 and #3 worked well for masking moderate noise coming from the street and adjacent apartments. Noise #1 doesn’t get nearly loud enough and #4 carries too much hiss for my liking.
