A common criticism of white noise machines is that you can’t use them to cut out snoring because the snoring is right next to you in bed. It offers 30 sound variations, which is as many as the Sound+Sleep, our upgrade pick, and it’s Bluetooth-enabled so you can stream your own music. If you need even more sound from the LectroFan EVO, there is also an audio out that lets you connect it to a different speaker or system. My fairly small USB battery (6000 mAh, which I got extra) gives me more than two full nights of white noise with either sound machine at a loud volume.

You can also use your smart speaker to stream nature sounds from Spotify playlists, as Brent has done. It feels like it has a decent range of lower and higher frequencies that, to me, sounds like another fan option. Präzise Lautstärkeregelung, ein optionaler Timer und ein 3,5-mm-Anschluss für Kopfhörer oder einen tragbaren Lautsprecher, passend zu Ihrer Umgebung und Ihrem Schlafmodus.As a result, most of the lower-pitched white noises on the EVO sound more like fan sounds than broadband noise. However, the response is delayed and the buttons are crowded, making it a challenge to find what you need in the dark. In contrast, white noise, whose sound graph is a straight, horizontal line, won’t block the high-intensity low frequencies of a garbage truck until you ramp up the volume. That’s when my love affair with white noise machines began — I didn’t hear anything when that roommate came into the apartment, it was glorious. For instance, ASTI, maker of the Sound+Sleep and the LectroFan, was born when its founder noticed while on a trip to the beach that the sound of the ocean reminded him of the freeway noises outside his home (but more relaxing).

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). For those soothed by fans, the LectroFan drones and whirs in 10 different ways, including as a box fan, an attic fan, and an industrial fan. Whether you tend to hear every bump in the night or snooze next to a snoring partner, a sound machine can help you get better rest. Its three “rocking” buttons are clearly separated from each other and there is no mistaking one button for the other.Pink noise—which is a bit deeper than white noise but not as low as brown noise—is an efficient blocker of other people’s conversations or the whoosh of cars on a freeway.