I love my box fan because it not only does its job of circulating air and cooling me off, it also creates white noise that blocks out the constant sounds that only a semi-employed man-child like my roommate could create: sounds of cooking at 2am, video games around noon, the occasional whiny phone call with his mom on speaker phone to complain about hemorrhoids or with his "bros" to discuss the latest okcupid date. I love this fan and may even buy another one