Replacement for canned air

[Exfso (Peter)]

I bought one of these last year and they are brilliant. Use it when making my light boxes, cleaning out computers, also even good for cleaning optics, as all it blows is air, no propellants etc. It lasts 15 mins on a full charge, there are literally dozens of uses I have found for this piece of kit.

https://www.pccasegear.com/products/...w&gclsrc=aw.ds

Check out the video on the site gives one an idea of what it can be used for. I have no affiliation with this site, it just happens to be where I purchased it.

[04Stefan07 (Stefan)]

We bought one for work and it's fantastic!

Bit on the pricey side but in the long one it's well worth it.

[KISSMAD (Bruce)]

How long does it take to charge the unit?

Pity PCCG didn't sell the other colours that are available.

[Exfso (Peter)]

Bruce, it charges pretty quick, from memory about 10 mins. I have not actually timed it. I love it, use it at least a dozen times a day, only in short bursts, reckon I only need to charge it every 3-4 days, so it really does hold its charge well. I recently took the panels off my Desktop and decided to blow the crud out of the fans and mother board, seriously looked like clouds of crud coming out once I started, did an excellent job. When you look at the cost of canned air and all the disadvantages of using that stuff, it pays for itself real quick in my opinion.

[KISSMAD (Bruce)]

I've recently started buying canned air. I nearly used a whole can on a relatives computer!

It's not something that I would use often but I would use it.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

I've been eyeing this thing for several months. I don't used canned air enough to buy it. But, I think once I have one I would be using it all the time.

[BeanerSA (Paul)]

Looks awesome! (Don't forget to hold your fans still when blowing out your PC!)

[skysailor (Peter)]

I bought one for all my photographic gear (plus scopes etc) and it's worth it's weight in gold... very handy addition to my cleaning regime.
cheers

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

Just picked one up. Fingers crossed its gonna be awesome.

[Exfso (Peter)]

You wont be sorry Adrian, I reckon you will find heaps of things that it will be useful for, I certainly did.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

That device looks awesome!, havent seen that. Its worth mentioning, after 30yrs doing service on electronic stuff, blowing (specially on PCs) often just blows dust harder into places it shouldnt be. Vacuuming should always be the 1st action, blasting is a bit lazy and a last resort, impressive as it may seem.

[lazjen (Chris)]

I'm really surprised about using vacuums on electronic stuff - I've heard that's the worst thing to do because of the static electricity it generates.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Generally, its dust on connectors (such as RAM sockets in PCs) that cause intermittent electrical faults. Blowing dust further into these connectors makes things much worse quickly. Really, these should be cleaned with iso proprophyl or similar. Blowing loose dry dust out of filters and off PCBs is easy and makes them look good, but the hidden dust in connectors is the killer. There is some talk of static with vacuum, but as long as the vacuumer doesnt touch anything, and given Australia is generally a relatively humid place, I have never had a static problem vacuuming.

Some techs would say blowing PCBs or PCs in general is a disaster waiting to happen and to avoid at all costs, unless its for connector free PCBs and mechanicals only. Blowing fine connector assemblies is far riskier than possible static concerns with vacuuming.

[AG Hybrid (Adrian)]

On a recent job to clean a couple PCs I use a multi pronged strategy to clean them. I call it the "Trident" system . 1. Air blower 2. Very soft paint brush and 3. vacuum cleaner. By them selves only mildly effective. But, together... stubborn dust in even the most delicate circuitry doesn't stand a chance!

But seriously, canned air gets expensive pretty quick.