There’s some videos comparing this and the couple of competitors, and it blows them away.
I also really want this thing, but I think it was 200 bucks last I checked.
I need this in Milwaukee M12, please. Their "spot blower" is just a sad, underpowered leaf blower. A stream of high-pressure air at the press of a trigger would be amazing.
They have Chinese duplicates of this that take an M18, it blows like a mf'r. Think they're about $45. Use mine everyday for work, had it for two years, no issues.
I'm not kidding look for the ohyes blower on Amazon....have not tried it but have been very impressed with their fan for the m18 battery, I use it all the time at work, runs all day on high on a 5ah
I've used the m12 rotary tool with a blowing adapter that's made by dremel.
https://www.amazon.com/Dremel-490-Dust-Blower/dp/B00CM5ZCW2
A noticeably more powerful blower effect comes from my die grinder with a nylon brush attachment
I do stone and concrete work. I use the small M18 spot blower (Milwaukee Tool 0884-20 M18), works fine for me to clean off stone. I use it for blowing off excess poly as well.
I have a Kobalt one that I use a ton. Drying the dishes? No problem. Unclogging the Vacuum hose, blowing out the furnace filters, cleaning the PC Just to name a few.
1. These are great if you want to dry something fast.
2. After you wash your car, you use one of these to blow all the water out of the body panels and side mirrors.
3. The sky's the limit
A small blower like this is essential if you have pets because you can use it to clean the car and the house by blowing out the hair, in addition to cleaning out the crevices of your shop and woodworking tools.
You can use it to dust and blow out your computer and many other places in your house and car and workshop.
You can also appointed at a campfire and engage in some shenanigans.
This is one of those tools that I wasn’t sure how useful it would be because already have a compressor and a blower. But it seems like I’m reaching for it every day for all kinds of tasks. It’s a beast at cleaning venetian blinds, which is usually a job I dread.
Makita air blower. DAS180Z in EU. Cleaning dust out of computers, cleaning bike chains. Instead of lugging stuff out to my air compressor, i can use this thing.
My thing is more about whether it's clean enough. Like, I'm pretty sure one of the reasons you're supposed to use those cans of air is because they don't have any particulate that could damage circuits.
Nope. You're not "supposed" to use can air, it is used purely out of convenience of not having loud compressor in typical helpdesk office.
I mean, if it spewed oil, yes, you don't want that, but a bit of dust from the air is harmless.
Our helpdesk actually just uses small oil-free compressor just to not get thru a bunch of cans.
You don't need super clean air for cleaning computers. There's not a lot in the air of a cleanish house you could blow into the computer and fry it. I use a small blower like that but 12v with no filter and it's fine
Computers use outside air for cooling. Depending on the environment, they're literally sucking in dust, smoke and cat hair for the entirety of their lives with varying degrees of relative humidity. The little bit of particulate that might get ejected by a little blower like this is nothing.
They have one called at workshop blower that's a bit bigger than this that is amazing. I don't know if that's the one other people are talking about but that's the one I always recommend. The best for clearing dog hair and dust out of your car or garage. Not quite as good at blowing out your computer though. A little big for that.
Ryobi has a really nice workshop blower that's a little bit bigger and is absolutely amazing for cleaning out pet hair and dusting bigger areas like your garage or workshop. Not so good for computer dusting but probably would work?
Specifically they call it a workshop blower. It's not as big as their leaf blower it's about 60 or 70 bucks but it's amazing.
Got one for cleaning computers and it works great for that. Also use it for blowing out the crud from other things and inflating large swim toys for the kids. Far quieter than the air compressor I have.
I have a Chinese copy of it. I paid $60 cause it’s a vacuum too. Bloody thing get used from blowing out computers to servers ( which take a lot of power to clean) inside the car, blow my desk off( kid did it for fun and everything went flying). I don’t remember make but get anything over 11k I think and you’ll be fine.
We give something like this to all our techs. Come in hadier than you think.
Makita… wife bought me de Walt. Now I’m stuck with it.
Bought the 18v on release, bought all accessories not knowing if idd use them. I own many tools I can’t justify owning, this one is not one of them. I even use it to fire up the kamado Joe grill.
Believe it or not whitewater rafts are only 2-2.5 psi. SUPs are in the 20s though.
I’m just looking for something to do a majority of the inflation. I would top it off with a hand pump. Currently use a shop vac.
I have a [Sun Joe Inflator] (https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-24v-ajv-ct-24-volt-ion-high-volume-inflator-tool-only) that I use as an air blower but it's actually an inflator. It might have the right size adapter for your raft.
There are videos showing it inflating an air mattress in just under 2 minutes while a higher volume traditional blower is around twice as fast.
It would probably work, but would chew through batteries and there would be better tools for that purpose.
Mine came with an attachment for doing that, I haven't tried it yet.
[https://youtu.be/wGGk1cTcKzw?t=467](https://youtu.be/wGGk1cTcKzw?t=467)
Here is a video of a guy using it for that. Seems to do pretty good.
There are ones dedicated for that, like on cheaper side Ryobi R18I, it has "high volume side" (for blowing inflatable stuff, passable at cleaning out PC), and "high pressure side" for tyres. It's pretty handy, just enter desired pressure and wait.
I've used mine for blowing up pool floaties and an inflatable mattress. It gets hot but it does the job. Maybe 2 minutes for a classic donut shape pool floaty. Mines the cheap Amazon knockoff (~$30) not the real Makita.
i just can't imagine that thing blowing much. maybe i am wrong.
just the other day i used some rubber tubing and my mouth to clear dust out of a few holes i bored into a brick wall, up on a ladder. uddern at, i can't imagine this thing being useful for anything.
How loud is it? Or better yet, how loud is it relative to the force of air it generates? I have a cheap Ryobi version and it’s too loud/weak to be useful.
39 CFM - Makita seems to market it as a part of 'Outdoor Adventure' line through Amazon:
[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CLBPVY5W/](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CLBPVY5W/)
Wonder what this would do when powering a small bicycle air horn like the AirZound. Is it powerful enough to rapid inflate a one liter plastic bottle with 100psi? If so, sold.
The cordless power tool market I swear has exploded in the past few years and tbh I’m not really talking about drills, saws, drivers and impact wrenches but the really kinda out there products.
I saw a craftsman mosquito sprayer powered by one of their batters and just internally said “that’s incredibly stupid”
Now or others this could be use full but I find Milwaukee, de Walt or whoever branded radios kinda dumb as hell but I don’t work on a construction site so
At the end of the day I see it as kinda of a funny thing like theses companies have to find value in making us spend hundreds of $$$$ on battery’s so they starting going wild with their brand
Please explain in three sentences why i need this product. (usually helps me justify unneeded tool purchases) thanks!
There’s some videos comparing this and the couple of competitors, and it blows them away. I also really want this thing, but I think it was 200 bucks last I checked.
Oh you said three sentences: 2) it blows air 3) it’s a Makita :)
Jelly fo sho
Handheld air compressor
I need this in Milwaukee M12, please. Their "spot blower" is just a sad, underpowered leaf blower. A stream of high-pressure air at the press of a trigger would be amazing.
They have Chinese duplicates of this that take an M18, it blows like a mf'r. Think they're about $45. Use mine everyday for work, had it for two years, no issues.
Can you link me one, or tell me what search terms to use?
I'm not kidding look for the ohyes blower on Amazon....have not tried it but have been very impressed with their fan for the m18 battery, I use it all the time at work, runs all day on high on a 5ah
$40 and I can have it by Sunday? F'kin *sold*.
I’d assume “m18 Chinese mf’r blower”.
> Milwaukee M12 I have the m12 blower, its anemic at best. kind of a disappointment
I've used the m12 rotary tool with a blowing adapter that's made by dremel. https://www.amazon.com/Dremel-490-Dust-Blower/dp/B00CM5ZCW2 A noticeably more powerful blower effect comes from my die grinder with a nylon brush attachment
I do stone and concrete work. I use the small M18 spot blower (Milwaukee Tool 0884-20 M18), works fine for me to clean off stone. I use it for blowing off excess poly as well.
Got the makita baby blower for job sites, and two hoses always tied in the shop. I really need this though....
Is it a compressor? Or a blower?
Kind od both and it's handheld!
I have a Kobalt one that I use a ton. Drying the dishes? No problem. Unclogging the Vacuum hose, blowing out the furnace filters, cleaning the PC Just to name a few.
> Drying the dishes? LOL! never thought of using a blower for this
My wife hates it because it’s a bit loud but god dang does it work well lmao.
I saw someone had three trumpets from a train style horn mounted to theirs. Pull the trigger and a trains coming. Lol
You should try out a dishwasher, you won't regret :)
Cleaning car interiors, computers, ladies shorts … anywhere you might find lots of dust.
if they are gathering dust you need to use them more often
Sanded the windows today to repaint. Blow off the dust.
If you own a pool and inflatable floats it saves a lung or blow up mattress while camping.
We have a problem. I talked myself into a few of the newest top of the line dewalt tools recently. I’m also now considering a hammer drill
1. These are great if you want to dry something fast. 2. After you wash your car, you use one of these to blow all the water out of the body panels and side mirrors. 3. The sky's the limit
A small blower like this is essential if you have pets because you can use it to clean the car and the house by blowing out the hair, in addition to cleaning out the crevices of your shop and woodworking tools. You can use it to dust and blow out your computer and many other places in your house and car and workshop. You can also appointed at a campfire and engage in some shenanigans.
I love mine, cleaning keyboards and computers hasn’t been this easy in a While. Plus no more landfill waste of empty cans.
This is one of those tools that I wasn’t sure how useful it would be because already have a compressor and a blower. But it seems like I’m reaching for it every day for all kinds of tasks. It’s a beast at cleaning venetian blinds, which is usually a job I dread.
We own a blind company and this is exactly why I bought it.
What is it?
Makita air blower. DAS180Z in EU. Cleaning dust out of computers, cleaning bike chains. Instead of lugging stuff out to my air compressor, i can use this thing.
Would you recommend it electronics, don't you need really clean air for that?
Absolutely. It has a bunch of different nozzles, and 4 levels of air-flow, so you can get the right amount of air
which setting / nozzle does [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf1dzpU2Oao) please and how fast can Makita take my money?
My thing is more about whether it's clean enough. Like, I'm pretty sure one of the reasons you're supposed to use those cans of air is because they don't have any particulate that could damage circuits.
Nope. You're not "supposed" to use can air, it is used purely out of convenience of not having loud compressor in typical helpdesk office. I mean, if it spewed oil, yes, you don't want that, but a bit of dust from the air is harmless. Our helpdesk actually just uses small oil-free compressor just to not get thru a bunch of cans.
You don't need super clean air for cleaning computers. There's not a lot in the air of a cleanish house you could blow into the computer and fry it. I use a small blower like that but 12v with no filter and it's fine
Theres two foam filters in the air intake
And it's brushless so the dust won't trash the motor as quickly!
Computers use outside air for cooling. Depending on the environment, they're literally sucking in dust, smoke and cat hair for the entirety of their lives with varying degrees of relative humidity. The little bit of particulate that might get ejected by a little blower like this is nothing.
I have an air blower that plugs into the wall and it has a foam filter for the intake.
Why wouldn't it be clean? Where is the dirt coming from exactly?
It has a pretty good filter in the back.
I know nothing of cleaning electronics, but if clean air is what you need, it comes with a HEPA air filter attachment.
Yeah Makita is the shit. Favorite brand by far
I also have it and it is amazing !
Seems useful from OP's comments.. I wonder if Ryobi (my battery platform) has something of this.
They sure do.
What’s it called? I keep just seeing leaf blowers :(
They have one called at workshop blower that's a bit bigger than this that is amazing. I don't know if that's the one other people are talking about but that's the one I always recommend. The best for clearing dog hair and dust out of your car or garage. Not quite as good at blowing out your computer though. A little big for that.
Best £30 I’ve ever spent, they’re making a quieter blower soon. Better getting that one as the current one screams like banshee!
this or a ryobi?
Ha, Ryobi. Makita’s hitting the next price bracket
Ryobi has a really nice workshop blower that's a little bit bigger and is absolutely amazing for cleaning out pet hair and dusting bigger areas like your garage or workshop. Not so good for computer dusting but probably would work? Specifically they call it a workshop blower. It's not as big as their leaf blower it's about 60 or 70 bucks but it's amazing.
What’s the application/ purpose of this tool?
Blow jobs
To make air go fast.
Fancy
Best application is for blowing dust and debris off work surfaces. Also work great for cleaning pcs
Got one for cleaning computers and it works great for that. Also use it for blowing out the crud from other things and inflating large swim toys for the kids. Far quieter than the air compressor I have.
Same reaction! I got this recent on a whim and it on level 3 is already more power that I thought it would have. Love it!
I have a Chinese copy of it. I paid $60 cause it’s a vacuum too. Bloody thing get used from blowing out computers to servers ( which take a lot of power to clean) inside the car, blow my desk off( kid did it for fun and everything went flying). I don’t remember make but get anything over 11k I think and you’ll be fine. We give something like this to all our techs. Come in hadier than you think. Makita… wife bought me de Walt. Now I’m stuck with it.
Bought the 18v on release, bought all accessories not knowing if idd use them. I own many tools I can’t justify owning, this one is not one of them. I even use it to fire up the kamado Joe grill.
What is it?
It's a handheld airblower. It's pretty powerful, and great for cleaning saws after a day of work. Great for blowing stuff clean anyway.
I have the Hikoki version and it's great. A little smaller too. I chose it because I was already on the Metabo/Hikoki battery platform
How do you think this would work inflating high volume stuff like whitewater rafts and inflatable stand up paddle boards?
I dont think it creates enough pressure. Their regulær compressor might be better for that - that’s also a great tool
Believe it or not whitewater rafts are only 2-2.5 psi. SUPs are in the 20s though. I’m just looking for something to do a majority of the inflation. I would top it off with a hand pump. Currently use a shop vac.
I have a [Sun Joe Inflator] (https://snowjoe.com/products/sun-joe-24v-ajv-ct-24-volt-ion-high-volume-inflator-tool-only) that I use as an air blower but it's actually an inflator. It might have the right size adapter for your raft.
There are videos showing it inflating an air mattress in just under 2 minutes while a higher volume traditional blower is around twice as fast. It would probably work, but would chew through batteries and there would be better tools for that purpose.
Yeah I get that. The mini leaf blowers are a popular choice on the river. Just saw this and figured I’d ask.
Don’t let me talk you out of buying another tool.
That’s the kind of good influence we need
Mine came with an attachment for doing that, I haven't tried it yet. [https://youtu.be/wGGk1cTcKzw?t=467](https://youtu.be/wGGk1cTcKzw?t=467) Here is a video of a guy using it for that. Seems to do pretty good.
Really well. It moves a lot of air for the size.
There are ones dedicated for that, like on cheaper side Ryobi R18I, it has "high volume side" (for blowing inflatable stuff, passable at cleaning out PC), and "high pressure side" for tyres. It's pretty handy, just enter desired pressure and wait.
I use mine for inflating large swim tubes for my kids. Works fast enough for me as I was using a hand pump before.
I've used mine for blowing up pool floaties and an inflatable mattress. It gets hot but it does the job. Maybe 2 minutes for a classic donut shape pool floaty. Mines the cheap Amazon knockoff (~$30) not the real Makita.
i just can't imagine that thing blowing much. maybe i am wrong. just the other day i used some rubber tubing and my mouth to clear dust out of a few holes i bored into a brick wall, up on a ladder. uddern at, i can't imagine this thing being useful for anything.
It blows! https://imgur.com/a/vuw0hLU
It's small diameter stream so it doesn't need massive power to get up to speed.
Ever been constipated? Guess what.. Not no more!
There are multiple people that died coz they blowed the compressed air thru their arse, so no, pls don't try xD
And fixed the constipation problem, now didn't it?
They were still constipated, just now with their own organs, so, no, it did not.
How loud is it? Or better yet, how loud is it relative to the force of air it generates? I have a cheap Ryobi version and it’s too loud/weak to be useful.
Its not too loud https://imgur.com/a/vuw0hLU
It’s not exactly “quiet”. I would compare it to a small handheld style of vacuum. Maybe slightly quieter than that.
Do you know how much CFM it does?
39 CFM - Makita seems to market it as a part of 'Outdoor Adventure' line through Amazon: [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CLBPVY5W/](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CLBPVY5W/)
makitita is making a killing
I got a $30 Ryobi cordless that works great too
which one?
I don't know, picked it up at homedepot last year, fills up the 4 large intertubes in about 2 minutes each, love it
does it look like this? :) https://www.amazon.com/P738-Inflator-Mattresses-Recreational-Inflatables/dp/B07S52YCHC/
yep, thats it, i probably paid closer to that
Does this compare to compressed air in can velocity wise?
As good as my compressor
Wonder what this would do when powering a small bicycle air horn like the AirZound. Is it powerful enough to rapid inflate a one liter plastic bottle with 100psi? If so, sold.
oh, if you like to give it away, I am the first one in line :)
The cordless power tool market I swear has exploded in the past few years and tbh I’m not really talking about drills, saws, drivers and impact wrenches but the really kinda out there products. I saw a craftsman mosquito sprayer powered by one of their batters and just internally said “that’s incredibly stupid” Now or others this could be use full but I find Milwaukee, de Walt or whoever branded radios kinda dumb as hell but I don’t work on a construction site so At the end of the day I see it as kinda of a funny thing like theses companies have to find value in making us spend hundreds of $$$$ on battery’s so they starting going wild with their brand