Giottos AA1910 Medium Rocket Air Blaster (6.6)

இ Fuzzy Wuzzy's Summary: ѾѾѾѾѾ Highly recommended with warm fuzzies! Several years ago, I purchased two of these medium-sized Rocket Airs and two of the large-sized Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster Large (Black) . There is also the more compact Giottos AA1920 Rocket Air Blaster Small (Black) , but I find the larger and more forceful volume of air that is blown by the Medium-sized and Large-sized Rocket Airs to be more useful, requiring fewer blasts of air to get the job done. These are the best air blowers on the market! My Rocket Airs are still going strong after several years of near-daily usage, so I recommend this highly for both effectiveness and durability. Don't just settle for the tiny blowers that come in the camera cleaning kits; those tiny blowers are far more compact and easy to carry, but they cannot do much to dislodge stubborn electrostatically-charged dust. After I decide upon what I am packing, traveling with, or what camera bag or backpack I am carrying, I then decide whether to take my medium or large Rocket Air for the outing. And one of my large Rocket Airs always stays at home for a variety of non-camera uses too. I usually travel with the medium-sized Rocket Air because it is more compact. For cleaning camera sensors on my three Canon dSLRs, I use the large-sized Rocket Air because I want a good blast of air without inserting the Blaster's nozzle into the camera body. I do not want to get the Rocket Air's nozzle too close to my camera's sensor for fear of bumping the plastic nozzle tip onto the sensor. These are indispensable not just for cleaning off camera lenses and sensors, but I also use them to blow out dust and debris that may collect on computer keyboards and laptops, every time I open up a desktop computer case to change the computer's internal configuration, and various other uses where I need to blow dust off of electronic components. For cleaning keyboards and laptops at home, where I have access to a vacuum cleaner with crevice tool available, the vacuum crevice tool is more effective than this air blower. But while I am at the office or on the road, I use the Rocket Air on keyboards and laptops. Another awesome use for my Rocket Air is for blowing dust off of computer and electronic components. In particular, it is important to periodically blow dust off of the heat sinks of electronics such as CPU heat sinks and heat sinks inside stereo amplifiers/receivers. Heat sinks that have heavy amounts of accumulated dust can lead to ineffective heat dissipation, resulting in the overheating of your CPU and electronics, possibly leading to premature component failure. Even if I have not upgraded my desktop computers within a year, I like to open up the cases of all of my desktop computers once a year and blow out the dust that accumulates on the CPU heat sink, the motherboard, all internal computer fans, and I point the Rocket Air's nozzle into the slots of my computer's power supply to blow dust out of it too. As with cleaning digital camera sensors, you should not get the Rocket Air's nozzle too close to the motherboard to avoid risking the nozzle getting bumped into sensitive components. If you have a desktop computer and you have not opened up the computer case in years, you may be surprised at just how much dust, pet fur, and debris has accumulated on its motherboard, CPU, components, power supply, fan blades, etc. It only takes a few minutes to open up the computer case, take the Rocket Air, and blow all that dust out of the motherboard, power supply, and fans. You may also want to have a vacuum cleaner nearby to suck up the cloud of dust that comes floating out. You should also periodically clean the vent openings on your laptop. These vent openings consist of fan intake vents and vents where warm air from inside your laptop is blown out. These vent openings may be positioned around the sides of the laptop and also underneath the laptop. Dust and lint can be pulled into the interior of a laptop, causing ineffective heat dissipation and overheating. And compared to the interior of a desktop computer, a laptop's interior is far more crowded. When I have access to a vacuum cleaner's crevice tool, I find that holding the vacuum crevice tool up against a laptop's intake vents and fan output vent is the best way to suck out the dust from inside a laptop. But when I am at the office or traveling, I point this Rocket Air's nozzle up against each of the laptop's vent openings and give each vent opening several good blasts of air. By cleaning the interior of your desktop computers and laptops, your computer runs more efficiently to cool itself and you may even notice that your computer's fans run quieter because they do not have to try as hard to cool the computer when the interior is not all covered with dust and lint. For years now, I no longer buy any of the cannister "air duster" products anymore. And despite being referred to as "canned air", these "air" cannisters all consist of fluorocarbons that are compressed into liquid form, and fluorocarbons are toxic, noxious, and flammable. And if you do not hold and use the "air duster" cans correctly, they can spray liquid fluorocarbons onto your camera's sensor or electronic components. A common fluorocarbon used in "canned air" is difluoroethane. Prolonged exposure to difluoroethane has been linked in humans to the development of coronary heart-disease and angina; the chemical can also cause lower abdominal cramps. Many fluorocarbons are very potent greenhouse gases that can affect the environment, and if some fluorocarbons are inhaled/ingested, like pesticides, they can accumulate and be stored in your body to have toxic effects on your liver and endocrine and immune systems. So these canned air products, which are really canned fluorocarbons, are all nasty stuff... both for you and the environment. Along with being more healthy for you by not breathing fluorocarbons into your lungs when you use canned air products, your hand muscles also get a little exercise by squeezing this Rocket Air :) Although canned air duster products will produce a more forceful blast than this Rocket Air and you may need numerous squeezes of this Rocket Air to dislodge and blow out dust wedged inside tight places, I think that the health and environmental consequences of using canned fluorocarbons is a bad tradeoff just for the sake of getting a stronger blast of air. The large Rocket Air also comes in a red color if you prefer that color. As an added bonus, I love the Rocket Air design, looking like a Buck Rogers spacecraft, with its four rocket fins cleverly keeping the blower free-standing upright on a table. Visitors to your house might initially think that this Rocket Air device is some kind of proctologist tool or kinky sex toy, but that adds to its charm! If you have a dog, keep your Rocket Air away from them, as some dogs find this to be a pretty nice chew toy! :-)

This is not a perfect solution, but its a good first step in dealing with the seemingly inevitable settling of dust on your camera's sensor. The Rocket Blower helps you develop a strong stream of air that you can direct onto your camera's sensor to help blow off large dust particles without having to move to the second step of using a wet clean method. It doesn't always work--dust particles are often "held" on your camera's sensor in part because of electrostatic charge--but it can be surprisingly effective, and it is almost always worth a try before you move to the next level. Particularly when you consider the price, it is an easy five star recommendation. (Note that the Rocket Blower comes in different sizes. I use the "medium" size here for my cameras.) Note: If it doesn't "work," a good next step will be to use the D-SLR Sensor Cleaning Brush for Full Frame Sensors (24mm) - D-SLR-10 in conjunction with the Rocket Blower. To do this, you use the Rocket Blower to blow through the bristles of the brush to build up an electrostatic charge. You then very gentle draw the brush bristles over the sensor to help pick up dust particles through electrostaic attraction (the same phenonema that is holding dust on the sensor!). Careful: you don't "brush" the sensor with this tool, but rather draw the bristles over the sensor in an attempt to draw off the particles. Still not working? You'll probably have to move to "wet" cleaning methods. A good first start is Sensor Swab Type 2 (Box of 12) . As reported by many, the technique may require practice to learn, and it's expensive to buy the swabs, as well. But if you have a DSLR or mirrorless format camera, you'll likely have to learn these techniques.

I've been using this air blaster for my gadgets and equipment. It doesn't make that weird whistling noise and it doesn't suck air from the nozzle like other cheap air blowers do. I highly recommend this accessory for photography equipment and all other things you want to be dust and lint free. It can stand on its own thanks to its tripod like rubber feet. The quality of the air blaster is really good it will surely last a long while.

Oh, how I absolutely LOVE this tool! 🤩 It is gentle, yet powerful enough, and lets you choose how strong the air jet you need: by pressing only with a half strength, the air jet it gentle, yet when pressing with some more effort, the jet gets stronger. I use it for blowing air-born, or eraser dust from my watercolour paper prior painting on it, and it performs absolutely wonderfully! 👏 But it helps to dust anything really: a smart phone, a keypad, a mirror, etc! Just a gorgeous product overall! ❤️🥳⭐ I have a small women's hand, and the M size is just perfect for me! 👌

Nice device to blow dust of lenses

Beware all the clones on sale on Amazon - the OG Giottos rocket is the one. The clones all have relatively stiff plastic bulbs, the secret sauce of the Giottos is that it has a good squishy rubber bulb, which makes it easy to get a load of pressure. Combine that with a good-quality antistatic brush and you're all set to get stubborn bits off lenses and sensors. This is expensive, but absolutely the best option if you need a blower. It's the most functional, and they last for years. I am only buying this one to have multiple that I can leave in camera bags so I am not without one in a pinch. The old unit that I bought fifteen years or so ago is still going strong, so now I have a spare that I can leave in my bigger camera backpack - one less thing to need to remember to pack!

Works well, and is sturdy.