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I always thought canned air was fine for cleaning out PCs until last month | Computer Technicians - Vivisector

I always thought canned air was fine for cleaning out PCs until last month

Had a dusty gaming rig come in from a client in Boise, and I used my usual three cans of air to blast it out. The dust just went everywhere and settled back in. Then I borrowed a coworker's Metro Datavac electric duster, which cost about 80 bucks. That thing pulled everything out in one go, no mess. It took me 10 minutes instead of 30, and the inside looked brand new. I'm never going back to the cans. Has anyone else switched to an electric blower, and which one do you like?

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4 Comments

wren_mitchell4mo ago

Haha @grant.anthony you're so right about the blowing into NES cartridges, that muscle memory is real hard to shake. I did the same thing with cans for way too long just because it felt right even though half the dust ended up on my face. Once you feel how fast an electric blower clears everything out the old cans just seem silly.

marybutler6mo ago

Oh man, I feel that so hard. I wasted so much money on those cans before I finally got a proper blower. The dust just swirling around and coming right back was the worst part. I grabbed a cheap one from Amazon a couple years ago and it's still going strong. What took you so long to make the switch?

anthony7636mo ago

Right? I kept telling myself the cans were fine, but I was basically just moving dust from one spot to another. The blower actually gets it out of the keyboard cracks and off the desk for good. I think I was just stuck in the old way of doing things for way too long lol.

grant.anthony6mo ago

Remember when people used to blow into old Nintendo cartridges? I swear that's why I stuck with cans for so long, just felt like the right way to clean tech lmao.