Connectland USB Mini Vacuum Review

 

Installation, Testing and Comparison

Ok, well there is no installation, when you plug it in Windows XP gives you an error telling you that it doesn’t recognize the attached USB device, duh! I don’t think we need to worry about that, there are no drivers for a USB Mini Vacuum that I know of…

For testing I had to think about his for a minute, obviously I needed to vacuum something up to see how it works, but what. Then it came to me as I lit me next cigarette, use the tobacco!

So I made a nice mess on my Xtrac Ripper XXL mousepad didn’t I, well the USB Mini Vacuum made short work out of it.

The USB Mini Vacuum worked very well, surprisingly actually, I thought this was one of those gimmicky things you find online, but this really works well. In normal mode the motor makes a slight humming sound, but when you kick in the turbo it gets loud enough to be annoying. I used the normal mode for about half of the vacuum job and switched to turbo, there was a slight difference but not much. The LED on the bottom is a nice touch as well, it really helps you see everything that you need to clean up, but you can’t turn the LED off while using the vacuum, no big deal there. The flexibly rubber vacuum head is very nice for getting into tight places as well, and the is somewhat useful as well but it doesn’t lock in place, so you have to hold you finger on the switch while using it or it retracts itself.

Well, after I got done vacuuming my mess I needed to empty it out, simply twist and go. Make sure you open it over your garbage can as your mess will fall out. I mentioned earlier about the filter, you can see in the picture that some pieces are stuck to it, the brush comes in handy here as well to clean them right off.

The Brando/Connectland USB Mini Vacuum is a very useful little device, it’s great for little jobs like cleaning your keyboard or around your work area. People who travel might want to throw one of these in with there laptop as well to clean up any messes, but I do think that it will really shorten the life of the battery on a laptop.