Review on Powerful Metro Vacuum MDV-1BA DataVac Pro 4.5-AMP: Ultimate Computer Vac/Blower by Justin Herman

I was trying to decide between the Metro Vac ED-500 cloth and this all-purpose cloth/vacuum. I really wanted something that could do both, so I decided to give the DataVac Pro a try. I saw some good reviews and some not so good ones so I was a little worried. I have to say I love this product! The vacuum part is what you would expect and works just as well as a regular stand with hose. The vacuum cleaner comes with a hose, regular sized brush, crevice tool, spot cleaner and a micro cleaning kit which consists of a micro brush, crevice tool and flexible (multiple) straw nozzle. Everything seems to be of good quality and made in the USA, the canister is metal and 5 extra bags are attached to the vacuum cleaner + already installed. There are no settings in front of the box, just plug in and go. This product appears to be aimed at people who do computer or electronics repairs. As a computer expert, here's what I think: First, the dust you find inside a computer can't easily be picked up by a vacuum cleaner (except dust balls). the dust is so fine that it appears to be electrostatically charged on the surface. However, I like to suck as much as possible before blowing out the rest. The blower works by attaching a hose to the opposite end of the vacuum cleaner. I'd say the blower is probably more powerful than an air canister, but maybe not as powerful as the ED-500, although I don't know for sure because I've never tried the ED-500. What I can say is that the blower is *MORE* than powerful enough to get the job done. I've seen some amazing videos of the ED-500 literally "blowing clouds of dust" off computers. This fan does the same. I blew up the computer, which I thought was pretty clean, and the same "dust clouds" fell out (not indoors). One thing I want to point out is that I see a lot of videos of people blowing up battery packs. CPU fan, etc. In these videos, you can always hear the fan spinning when air is blown on it. Yes, it sounds really cool, but for a fan it's very bad. What happens is that the air is strong enough to disperse the bearings in the fan and this causes the fan to fail prematurely or even fail instantly (i.e. your fan will start making strange noises as soon as you finish its cleaning to have). To clean a CPU fan, PSU fan, or anything with a fan, you can insert a plastic tie, straw, or other straight piece of plastic into the blades to keep them from spinning while you clean the fan. Just remember to remove the zip tie when you're done and don't use metal objects, especially in the power supply. Even when the computer is unplugged, dangerous voltages are still present in the power supplies.