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This toy sucks

stanto

The amazon prime sale is ending today, and in the post I received this little chap:

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I thought that it was a gimmick. No way this little thing that runs on three AA batteries would do anything. I gave it a go anyway and attempted to clean the front of my computer.

How surprised I was.

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It performed really well! 

I am now thinking it would benefit from a bit of modification, a second grille over the air 'intake' inside the vacuum, so that the 'filter' which is a sponge, doesn't directly get filled with dust.

I am also curious if I can increase the power capability, maybe I should do a teardown and check it out. It'd be great if I could 'connect it to mains' such as USB for an added boost, but otherwise use battery power.

Also it's cute.

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  • You run the risk of impacting suction performance if you add filters.

    I recall using a filter spray that increased the pickup of the filters. These were metal filters. The spray made the surface tacky. It did require additional cleaning to remove the build up.

  • in reply to colporteur

    Instead of the tacky spray,  could just go for the standard vacuum upgrade of a deflector on the inlet inside the bin.  This creates a mild cyclonic effect that causes the heavier particles to collide with the walls, lose energy and fall down - thereby not getting onto/into the filter.  My shop vac has this feature and I recently bought a cyclone dust collector for my table saw - in hopes of making the filter last longer.

  • in reply to kmikemoo

      Yes, it will but why buy the stupid things?? You can make one out of two Home Depot (pick your poison)  staked on top of each other you need a funnel in  site the the top one and a hole in the bottom where the stuff exits. A small hose in the top on the side for an inlet, and hose then going to VAC.. fins. 

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