How ACSDEALSNDEALS blows the dust out of a laptop's vents with BLOWZER

A no-nonsense review channel

ACSDEALSNDEALS makes the kind of review a lot of buyers look for right before they click: one product, a plain wall, a handheld camera and an honest run-through of what it does. No studio lights, no script, just the thing in his hands and what he thinks of it.

This time it's the BLOWZER X6, which he says up front he bought so he could review it. He also admits where he started. "I've always been very skeptical about these blowers," he says, because he wasn't sure any of them were really that strong.

Out of the box

The review opens with the packaging, which he liked more than he expected, and the zippered case that keeps the blower and its attachments in one place. Then he holds the X6 up to the camera and points out the details: the power button on the back, the battery LEDs on the bottom, the trigger on the front that turns the air on and off.

He goes through the nozzles one by one: the standard nozzle that comes fitted, a flat one, a longer narrow one, a long skinny one, and one he guesses is for inflating a pool float. His first impression is about how it feels: "overall very premium feeling product."

Three speeds, then a laptop

He presses the mode button to step through the three settings, letting the X6 run in the air on each so you can hear the difference, from a manageable low up to the top setting, which he rates as very powerful.

Then he fetches a white laptop, turns it over and aims the X6 at the vents on the side and the underside. The dust is hard to catch on camera, and he says so, but he can see it leave. "Whole bunch of dust just came out of that laptop."

Before he signs off, he turns the X6 toward the lens to show the metal-finned motor through the intake and the ring that lights up while it runs. His verdict is the one his title promised: "this one lives up to the hype."

Why it matters for your laptop

Laptops pull air in through small vents, and dust builds up on the fins behind them. A clogged vent means a hotter machine and a fan that runs louder and longer. A short blast through the vents every so often keeps that air path open.

ACSDEALSNDEALS also names the job he thinks the X6 does best: dusting electronics and blowing out air-cooling systems. If you do the same, shut the laptop down first, blow the dust out and away from the vents, and start on a lower mode before stepping up. Five interchangeable nozzles let you narrow the air for a tight grille or spread it for a keyboard, and the X6 charges over USB-C like the laptop next to it.

Disclosure: the video's description links to the X6 with an affiliate link that earns the channel a commission.

Related

• How Rolling Wrench put BLOWZER to work around the shop, from the curb to the Workmate
• How RV with Tito clears the drilling dust from an RV battery build with BLOWZER
• How Wallace Farm and Sawmill blows sawdust off their Wood-Mizer controls with BLOWZER