Dropped $60 on a fancy compressed air duster and it died in 2 weeks

I bought one of those electric compressed air dusters off Amazon a few weeks ago. Thought it would save me money compared to buying cans of air for cleaning PCs and electronics. First week it worked great, blew dust out of everything. Then on day 12 it just stopped spinning. Opened it up and the motor had melted some of the plastic inside. Total waste of 60 bucks. Now I'm back to using canned air but I'm going through them fast. Anyone else have better luck with a specific brand of electric duster that actually lasts?

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phoenixh7427d ago

That "motor melted the plastic" part hit home, I had the exact same thing happen with a no-name brand one. The truth is most of those electric dusters just don't have enough cooling for the motor when running for more than 30 seconds at a time. I'd say stick with canned air but buy in bulk from a supply store, like 6 packs of the 10oz cans for 20 bucks. Way cheaper per use than those electric dusters that die on you.

eric_murphy3627d ago

Used to be totally opposite on this, thought electric dusters were the future and canned air was a waste. But you're right, the motor heat thing is a real problem I just never thought about. Had one of those $40 electric dusters cook itself after like ten uses, plastic got soft and everything. Now I'm grabbing those bulk 6 packs from the office supply store, lasts forever and I don't have to worry about it catching fire. Your math makes way more sense than what I was doing before.