Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster Large - Black by Giotto
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Digital camera reviews of Giottos AA1900 Rocket Air Blaster Large - Black
Digital camera Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
Love it! I don't like having to touch the lens glass much, so this works great for most situations. Also use it in the darkroom to clean my negatives. Awesome design, looks great, works perfectly well, everyone at my school wants one.Digital camera Review: Excellent Money Saver
Summary: 5 Stars
After spending several days attempting to locate an alternative to "canned air" I saw this product here on amazon. The primary reason for why I wanted this product was for my office at work to clean the electronics and computer peripherals. I am close to the front door and my work space tends to get dusty very quickly. After using this product for a few weeks at the office for my personal space I acquired an additional one for the IT supply closet as well. Even though this is not the purpose it was intended for this product works so well it has significantly exceeded my expectations.
There are three primary things that I like about this product.
1 It gets the job done with a minimal amount of fuss. I have very weak hands and I cannot squeeze things very hard but the rubber of this product is soft enough that I can use it. Even with my reduced hand strength it still generates enough power to kick a staple out of my keyboard.
2 The rocket shape might look a little unusual for what it does but it is great to be able to set it aside and not have to worry about it rolling away. It also helped with storage.
3 The quality of this product is great. I have had this product for about a year now and the product still works and feels just about the same as when I bought it.
On a side not I haven't bought any canned air since I bought my first rocket.
Digital camera Review: Excellent little blower
Summary: 5 Stars
I keep a small one of these in my camera bag and the larger AA1900 one at home. Both will do the trick, but the larger one gets those stubborn dust specs off more easily. I have no complaints about the product. It works exactly as described and successfully removes dust specs every time. I would recommend it anyone looking for a product that can safely blow dust off of image sensors or lenses.Digital camera Review: Fantastic Solution At A Low Price
Summary: 5 Stars
When I noticed dust on the sensor of my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, I did what most photographers would in such a situation: fainted. OK, not really, but I did freak out a bit. Any serious photographer knows that cleaning the sensor is as delicate an operation as performing a heart transplant.
Most experts will tell you that direct contact with the sensor is a last resort (and for times when that's required, there are special swabs and fluids made just for that task).
The first line of defense, however, is air. While some people would suggest using compressed air (from a can), most would argue against it because the gas inside can become liquefied, which would only damage your camera's sensor even more. The same goes for simply blowing into the camera body. Hence, the item that's become a staple of almost every photographer's arsenal, is the Giottos Rocket Air Blower.
Similar in theory to the bulb aspirator used to remove earwax or mucus from babies' orafices, a simple squeeze of the Rocket Blower gives off a concentrated stream of air to effectively blow off any dust particles that may have landed on your sensor. Because it's made so that the air enters at the bottom and leaves through the top (the red nozzle), there's no chance that the dust you blow away will be sucked back into the blower. Plus, the "fins" of the rocket keep the bottom valve from directly touching any surface, which means it's more likely to stay dust-free.
The first time I used my Rocket Blower, it was to remove a minute piece of hair that was visible to me only through my viewfinder. One or two squeezes with the Rocket Blower, and the hair was gone. It couldn't have been any easier.
I whole-heartedly suggest the Giottos Rocket Air Blower to anyone who cares about their gear.
Digital camera Review: Fantastic, almost perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
The AA1900 Large Rocket Blaster does its job very well, and you won't find a better air blower for the price (or twice the price). The diaphragm is well constructed, and the feet, though slightly soft, are plenty stable to hold the device upright. Two of the feet have a small hole, useful for affixing some kind of strap or string for carrying or hanging around your neck. The blaster is easy enough to squeeze quickly and produces a good blast of air from the nozzle. It does have a "rubbery" smell at first, but it airs out pretty quickly. The nozzle itself is removable, and can be stored inverted in the diaphragm to save a little space in your bag. Note, however, that the nozzle takes good, firm pulling to remove from the diaphragm, and is also a snug fit (so replacing it takes significant force as well). I don't fault the design here - just pointing out that it's not a quick task, and if you're like me, you won't use it often.
The only flaw I've found with the device is with possibly its most noteworthy feature. There is a one-way air valve in the base of the diaphragm, the idea being that as you loosen your grip on the diaphragm, air refills it through the base only, and doesn't suck back in the dust you just blew loose. However, in my experience, some air does still re-enter the diaphragm via the nozzle, so it is possible to get dust back into the diaphragm. That dust is going to come gusting back out of the nozzle the next time you squeeze it. However, when squeeze the diaphragm, air only exits out of the nozzle. That part works great. It's worth pointing out that the amount of air that re-enters via the nozzle is dramatically reduced by the existence of the air valve, so it's not totally without merit (and is certainly better than a blower without one at all). It seems to me that they could have employed a similar one-way valve on the nozzle end (in reverse, obviously) so that air could only exit that end, and not re-enter.