Unpopular opinion: ditch the canned air for a data vac

For years I used to blast dust out of PCs with those $5 cans of compressed air. Then I did a deep clean on a server rack at a law office downtown and spent $40 on air in one afternoon. Got a Metro DataVac a year ago and it has paid for itself already. Has anyone else made the switch and noticed less moisture problems on boards?

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sagea881mo ago

Nah, those blowers just shoot dust deeper into the power supply.

richard_wells591mo ago

Great, so we're just adding microscopic confetti to the PSU. That's definitely better than cleaning it.