O2 Industrial Hurricane Compressed Air Duster

I repair copy machines for a living. It has really been nice to not breath in all the chemicals from canned air. I carry both in my bag but have not used the canned air since I started carrying the O2 system. I have even suggested that we replace our canned air with this unit. My machines are cleaner and I can use it at any angle. Try doing that with canned air. It is now April and I can't say enough good things about this system. I can use it upside down, sideways or even right side up. This makes it handy when trying to get into tights spots that canned air can't always reach. I find that I only charge it about once a month and it goes all month. I cannot tell that there is much loss in pressure over time.

If you're curious about how powerful this is, take a child and place a deck of cards in front of them. 🃏 Have them blow the deck of cards away from them as hard as they can. This air compressor has the same power as that child. So if you're looking to get work done, don't expect much from this air compressor unless you're an elderly person looking to accomplish the most easiest of tasks that is more suited to a 6 year old. Don't expect this to be any kind of can of air replacement as this is less powerful than the human breath and virtually as loud as a vacuum cleaner. Great for keeping dogs away tho! Loud and artificially scary (the sound will make the dog think it's scarier than it really is). Great concept though, I'd love to keep this in my backpack but I can probably improve upon this technology 10 times better in my sleep, and in yours too ツ. Fun to keep around, I'll use this as the main villain in my Lego adventures when they need a break and want an easy mission. Now if only I had some Legos.....

So, I got tired of buying canned air for my computer gigs, I also never liked that canned air shoots liquid at the computer parts if held upside down and it will weigh sensitive parts like fan blades down if not wiped off. So I ran across this product. Most people seemed to think canned air had more pressure even the special "blue model" that's sold so I went straight to the top and bought the "industrial strength" model which does seem to have a pretty equal pressure to canned air. That's one of it's PROs, another is the compactness of the product. In my view, that's where the pros stop. So now the CONs: canned air is lighter weight, this model just by guessing is between 2 and 3lbs. It's very loud so just be sure you don't mind people looking if you're doing an on-site. Next, the design itself: Horrible, lazy, cheap -why? Because this unit is plastic-welded together from a front and back plastic shell. The plastic seems robust enough to survive knocks and impacts, but it's design does nothing for the buyer that wants to continue getting back from their investment year after year. The "hurricane" is basically a battery and a blower motor held together in this shell. When the day comes that the battery is not so long-lived most users will end-up chucking this thing because there is no easy way to replace the battery. I paid 80+ dollars for this thing, you better believe I want to FAR out use it's function in canned air sales. In addition to not being easily replaceable, the manufacturer loses value for their unit by not enabling their end users to switch out batteries and keep going with their maintenance. I also think that the special $35 holster accessory and tips should be free for this unit, especially if a I.T. professional is purchasing their most expensive model. Due to the weight and strange size of this, it's just a no-brainer to give these items away with a purchase due to the fact that one wrong move could leave your newest tool investment in plastic pieces all over the floor. Even though, many people came back and said that this unit would never gain more pressure to have a smaller straw attached I thought I'd give things a try anyway. Here are my findings. The shorter the distance to the blower the more "push" you get from it. When I decided to fabricate my own small straw the final product did indeed have less "push" behind it equal to using the last bits of pressure in a typical can of air. You CAN reduce the mouth size of the attachment tube to resemble a rectangular shape, but to get more velocity from this unit, would require blocking air holes and altering the design a bit on the inside which would in turn would stress the components more and ultimately void any kind of warranty this might have. I've found that the attachment's opening size is really only missed when you need air in a very specific place a far distance from you (which doesn't happen as much as you think). In all other cases, the air itself is going the direction you need it and will make it into all the small spaces. Hopefully some of my insights will make it back to the manufacturer and they will update the design of their product. And for those looking to buy for the portability of this item would be able to make a better informed decision. For anyone, not needing the portability, I would recommend a small oil-less electric air compressor with a moisture trap. They are infinitely more flexible in uses have dialable pressure settings and give consistent, quiet, velocity.

I owned one of these for a couple years and I knocked it off the workbench one too many times and it broke. This is a great air blower and comes with a variety of tools. A little pricey but I think worth it.

***update*** Since posting this years ago there have been many other similar products that I have bought. All of which had equal power, variable speed settings, lighter, less noisey, usb rechargeable, can be configured as blower or vacuum,and about 30% less expensive. Not saying this is a bad product and I still stand by my review however there are better less expensive options now. There is one major problem with how this product is presented and advertised. It claims it puts out air at 200mph. When I bought it I had no real idea what that meant but it sounded impressive. If you figure a mildly windy day winds can be between 15 to 20 mph then 200 is 10 times that, right? But most air tools or compressed air cans rate their output in PSI which is confusing because a small nozzel blasting out air from a 90PSI compressor is a lot of power, but how does that compare to 200 mph? apparently the two are quite different. Compared to most commercially available cans of compressed air, this unit is fairly weak. The Hurricane 2 does have a much bigger nozzle though. You can increase the pressure by using the attachments that make the nozzle smaller, however, the manual says to avoid doing this for long periods because it can cause motor damage. The hurricane 2 is handy for a lot of maintenance chores IF you use it regularly and keep your gear relatively clean. If you are using it on heavy caked on dust like a 5 year old computer that has never had any maintenance done to it or a shop vac filter... you are better off with canned air or a compressor with a nozzle attachment. The battery works well charges pretty fast and lasts a while. Its nice to have around but not as good as I had hoped. If the price was closer to $60 I would say its a no brainer. at $100 I could have been just as happy without it. If you have enough small chores to do that doesn't require a lot of power then you might be able to justify the cost of this item. otherwise, stick with compressed air cans.