Giottos AA1900 Large Rocket Blaster

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 2.4 x 7.5 inches ; 4.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00017LSPI
• Item model number: GTAA1900
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (119 customer reviews)
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• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 17, 2003

Product Description

Product Description

The rocket-shaped air-blowers are made of silical gel. They are very powerful and easy to use. Made from non-toxic, environmentally friendly material, these Super rocket-air blowers are resistant to both high and low temperatures while tear-proof. It has an air valve to prevent it from breathing in dust and blows out a powerful stream of air to blow dust away to make cleaning lenses, cameras or filters a breeze. Unique rocket-shaped design can stand upright and its nozzle can be removed. Rocket-Air blows off dust particles, even those clinging to items from static electricity Dimensions - 7.5 x 2.4 inch Weight - 3.2 ounces

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HUGE, but a huge help, May 30, 2007

By	DY (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

I bought this product after finding multiple spots on my photos.

The best way to test if you have dust on your camera's sensor is to set your f-value very high such as f-22 and take picture of the sky or a bright piece of paper. Dust usually only appears in your photos at smaller apertures. You should be able to see most blotches clearly if you do the test right.

Anyway, this thing did the job perfectly. I know how sensitive camera sensors are, and am a little hesitant about using the "wet" method. And besides, this is much cheaper. All you do is go into a dust free room (bathroom worked for me), take off your lens, set your camera to mirror lock-up mode, stick the little red tube into the lens bay, and give it a few blows. Wait about 5 seconds after each blow to allow the dust to fall out. Just make sure you do this is a room free of moisture. Then you just pop the lens back on and take another test shot.

It also works great for taking dust off your lenses, off of your camera, out of your computer keyboard, or really anything.

The only cons I can think of are that it is too big to fit in my camera bag, and that it is loud. But it is still well worth the money, and five stars.

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Actually Works (For Most Dust), April 29, 2006

By	Brian Koch "Aspiring Photographer" (MI United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I had originally bought another brand of blower to clean my digital camera, but after using it once I ended up introducing more dirt and/or rubber bits than I care to remember. Long story short I don't use that for my camera anymore and it took me a long time to get all of that crud out of my camera. But then I decided to give another brand a try since so many people seemed to be able to use blower bulbs without any problems. When I got my new blower my sensor was already fairly clean, but after using it it was a little cleaner. You will still sometimes have those stuck on particles (I use sterile pec pads and eclipse solution to get rid of those with pretty good results, but do this at your own risk since it voids most camera manufacturers warranties.) I also keep my blower in the original packaging to keep it as clean as possible, I guess I am a little gun shy after my first experience.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a bargain..., September 14, 2006

By	C.E. Lopes "C.E." (Bradenton, FL United States) - See all my reviews

Every picture of mine that included larger portions of the sky would have these stubborn spores on it. Pretty infuriating, especially when you got the shot just like you wanted it. Yes, you can always remove those on Photoshop (or cheaper yet, The Gimp); but isn't it cool when you look at a picture and say: "that is it, nothing to do on it!" ??

And it wasn't just the sky. Any off-white but light plain colored background would suffer visibly from the acursed specks.

With this blower, greatly priced (pity that Adorama doesn't have free shipping though), I put my camera on the tripod, pointed it down, squirted three or four times - and gone are the specs!!!

Great buy for DSLR owners.