I Made Something That Sucks and So Can You! Dusty-Brush DIY
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Let’s get into the meat of her, I saw this ugly vacuum attachment called Dusty-Brush on imgur months ago and went to their Kickfarter. Instead of waiting, I made myself one.
Lots of people were posting "Take ALL my money" and hype over this.
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[url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/885698542/dusty-brush-the-new-way-to-clean-0/description[/url]
[url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dusty-brush-the-new-way-to-clean--2#/[/url] and of course when things get sketchy let's also do a INDIEGOGO as well.
Of course it is a kick-starter project and product delivery schedule is fucked plus it’s $40 freedom bucks to pre-order, uh yeah kiss my ass.
Actual brush attachments are quite ubiquitous, and do the job of kicking that dirt up so the main vacuum channel can do its work – what about this tubebrush(?) well let’s see
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You’ll see them go after stiff nozzes, but not nylon brush attachments like any sane person would use. Makes you think…
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[url]https://www.dusty-brush.com/eglish-home[/url]
For a while I had been just curious how well this actually works in real life - I mean wouldn’t you have thought someone would have made this commercially by now?
I know I am setting myself up here, but I really couldn’t find someone else DIY’ing this themselves and trying it out, which is what prompted me to try.
So 10 minutes later and without having to go to Home Despot
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Mcd’s coffee stirs, painters tape, and one staple. Attachment was already available.
Just start rolling one on uncut tape, then join it with another like making chopsticks with one pass of the tape. Make a few chopsticks and then combine them all doing the same thing. Piece a staple where you need it, so it wont have the disaster you just made get suck down the normal attachment.
[b]How did it work, dickass?[/b]
- it does exactly what you see in their product video, with it demoing on sucking up small tiny grains between small items. Let’s be clear the concept works, it does exactly what it Dusty-Brush shows with loose particles but not everything they claim...
[url]https://i.imgur.com/zhnlsat.png[/url] - cleaning the inside of my lamp, got most of the large dust but not the small impossible to see tacked surface dust, but camera was not good enough to show that.
Other problem is it shits the bed with dust bunnies, and again doesn’t properly kick-up dust that has tacked onto the surface. If you brought in beach sand into your car, this would be a dream job for it tho. I don't see it can be the 'be all' vacuum attachment, it really fails.
There wasn’t enough succ for even pet hair and again the dust bunnies would just not go through and just collect into bigger ones. Also predictably the vacuums I used seemed to whine more as if someone stuck their hand on the end of the nozzle.
[b]Worth $40 USD?[/b]
- ahah no, normal vacuum brushes actually do a better job. Flexible brushes I presume would be even better.
[b]If you had the time, would you make a working 1:1 prototype to theirs or better?[/b]
- I don’t mind trying, Next try would be buying correct diameter flexible nylon tubes, and seal the tube group with the vacuum attachment. [b]The critical flaw is there is no real surface other than the tubes themselves kicking up the dirt/dust/grime off the surface as you make a pass[/b]. It seems like a fail to me to be honest, unless it's loose sand in hard to reach places. $40 to do a niche job?
Final insult: they expect you to clean every tube manually by shoving a skewer/pipe cleaner down each tube. Fine dust coats everything, and gets to a point where you need to scrape it off rather than use force of vacuum to remove it. So the method to clean the Dusty-Brush itself seems ironic
Just to prove the point, dust getting stuck on their own prototype - [url]https://i.imgur.com/Uh9usvN.png[/url] - All dust isn't the same, you need more than just vacuum.
Not worth it.
Sorry but how are we supposed to take this cheap imitation seriously?
You didn't even add a wifi module.
[QUOTE=Craptasket;52267088]Let’s get into the meat of her, I saw ugly vacuum attachment on imgur months ago and went to their Kickfarter
[url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/885698542/dusty-brush-the-new-way-to-clean-0/description[/url]
Be sure to check out the awkward product video.[/QUOTE]
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:ohno:
[QUOTE=Thlis;52267250]Sorry but how are we supposed to take this cheap imitation seriously?
You didn't even add a wifi module.[/QUOTE]
Internet of Things module slap-on with no proper security backend is phase 3 my friend, patience.
[QUOTE=Craptasket;52267259]Internet of Things module slap-on with no proper security backend is phase 3 my friend, patience.[/QUOTE]
Will it provide DRM on the type of dust to be cleaned? Or is it going to lock you to one (1) vacuum per attachment?
[QUOTE=Call Me Kiwi;52267410]Will it provide DRM on the type of dust to be cleaned? Or is it going to lock you to one (1) vacuum per attachment?[/QUOTE]
Was thinking on using stuff from Adafruit, and just serve obnoxious ads through a touch screen that require voice commands to stop them. If that breaks a trap door inside the vacuum tube will shut and disable the entire thing from being used.
[QUOTE=Craptasket;52267259]Internet of Things module slap-on with no proper security backend is phase 3 my friend, patience.[/QUOTE]
The s in iot stands for security
I feel like someone should restart the DIY thread
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;52267465]The s in iot stands for security[/QUOTE]
you mean the Secure Home Internet of Things?
otherwise known as SHIoT
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