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The Little Blower That Could
By DFuller299 on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2011
After hearing about this blower in passing on a computer forum, I finally thought I'd pick one up and give it a try after using canned compressed air since well, forever. What shipped in was a product reminiscent of a vacuum, except for the fact that it doesn't suck up dust - it only blows it around. But when I say blows it around, I am certain it's far more powerful than any household full size vacuum I've ever tried! The end goal for me purchasing this was to simply keep my computer dust-free. Since I rebuilt a system with many intake fans, it's only a few days / couple of weeks until dust is visible on the front grille housing and as everyone knows, a dusty computer looks bad and is bad for components, so I wanted to see what this little thing could do. Let's just say that it blows enough air to charge the capacitors in my LED fans (normally ~1,500 RPM speed) and has them glow at almost 50% brightness just from the air movement alone. It's literally a few flicks of the wrist and the system is cleaned. What of course is behind and stubborn can be wiped away with a cloth and cleaning solution, but for all those vents, heatsink covers, and other hard to reach areas where access is hard or impossible by hand, this blower works great. Tested it on a Kill-A-Watt and it pulls about 550 watts alone - almost as much as a space heater on low settings. It's NOT quiet but that's because it's simply that powerful. I imagine anyone owning a woodshop would find this very useful. It's just too bad that I've not had more uses for it so far. Quality is a solid steel canister with thick cables. It's heavy, solid, and well built and I expect it to easily last the 5 years+ that the motor is warranted for. For previously never being interested in needing to spend cash on a blower like this, Metro has certainly made me happy to own their product. A+. I can't think of anything needing to be blown household-wise where this blower would have no effect. Other reviews are correct - if you have loose papers around this thing, expect them to find the nearest wall pronto as this blower will easily move them. It's not cheap, but you certainly (IMO) get what you pay for. Not used the little accessory tools aside from the one cone-shaped funnel for a little air focus and either with a tool or without, the DataVac works great.
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great product, terrible shipment
By Vince on Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2014
With product comes the services it goes through, as it's a choice of the seller to use a specific shipping type. Uses: I use it for my PC, keyboard, monitor, and well, anything else you need to blow dust off or crumbs in and out of corners. The Good: This product is great, I read through reviews, and it works as everyone claims, and it does get a bit warm, which isn't a problem, just don't leave it on the whole time while using it. I use it to air the dust out of my computer. Be sure to stick something in your fans to stop them from being over spun from the air. It is a tad bit loud, but what do you expect? The nozzles work. The part you attach the nozzle to, has a little spring loaded part that pops up, which pops up through the nozzle piece (which has a hole in it for that part to pop up through) to hold the nozzle on while using it. Not sure why some people complained that the nozzle pieces fly off, considering it's got a part that holds the nozzle to place.. and the nozzle pieces have a hole in them for that part to pop up in through to secure it on. The cord is an alright length, but if you're wanting to dust out your PC in the garage, it'd be better to grab a extension cord so you're free to move around and the cord wont catch anything. Once again, the product is great, and it's portable so I can take it up to college with me! The bad: Not to be nitpicky here but, the shipping wasn't that great. It came later than expected, as well as bad handling of the package. The box came in with the top of it, as well as the bottom, smashed in creating a large crease around the whole square base pushed up into the package. I thought this thing would have had a broken part after seeing the package. Also, the package had the product information on it on 3 sides of a box (i think it's some sticker they have put on it) but that was the package box, it looked like they grabbed it off the retail shelf and slapped a shipping sticker on it, which looks very tacky. I'd rather have what I purchase private, in a standard cardboard box without the decal of the product on it. Overall: Great product, would have rated a 5 star if it wasn't for the shipping and decal of what I was purchasing on the shipping box. Be aware of the shipping on this, maybe I just got an unlucky one out of the bunch.
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