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This toy sucks

stanto
stanto over 1 year ago

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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  • inavitech
    inavitech over 1 year ago

    Buy an new gadget and the first thing you want to do is boost its performance!image

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  • dougw
    dougw over 1 year ago in reply to bradfordmiller

    Hmmm.... its a Henry Hoover ... presumably that means it hoovers up henrys .... Relaxed

    If a Henry Hoover could hoover henrys, how many henrys can a Henry Hoover hoover?

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  • battlecoder
    battlecoder over 1 year ago in reply to bradfordmiller

    I want to know the inductance of the motor coils. They should be exactly one Henry  ;)

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo over 1 year ago in reply to colporteur

    Instead of the tacky spray, stanto 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.

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  • colporteur
    colporteur over 1 year ago in reply to md_steve

    We purchased duplicate set of filters for the equipment. Since the equipment was remote, travel and accommodations were necessary for maintenance trips. The rookies became responsible for cleaning the filters back at the shop. Since maintenance trips could be six months intervals cleaning the filters sometimes required the mechanical garage part cleaner to remove the build-up. Rookies learned that using to much filter tack was never a good thing:) 

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  • md_steve
    md_steve over 1 year ago in reply to colporteur

    Yes. We started using that goop around '85. We had been using a vacuum cleaner to clean the filters, but had to start cleaning the metal mesh filters with water first. Not a lot of fun, but our racks of custom boards and computers stayed clean. 

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  • bradfordmiller
    bradfordmiller over 1 year ago

    Yes, but how many Hoovers of suck? (Hoover is, of course, the unit of suck).

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  • colporteur
    colporteur over 1 year ago

    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.

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  • bidrohini
    bidrohini over 1 year ago

    Thanks for this review. Looks like a good product. 

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  • dougw
    dougw over 1 year ago

    Hi, I'm Henry Hoover and I'm a scum sucking, hair ball eating, dirt junkie. And proud of it....Relaxed

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