Giottos GTAA1900 Rocket Air Blower - Black

This is an excellent product in my opinion. I originally bought a small grey 'puffer' style blower (with a brush on the end) from a local photographic shop, with the aim of removing a couple of small hairs that had managed to find their way into the mirror mechanism of my digital SLR. Rather than clearing away the hairs, the 'puffer' actually deposited yet more hairs from its brush. The small 'puffer' was absolutely useless. On looking through the Internet, I came across the Giottos Rocket Air Blower which I thought I would try. The product delivers a good, strong puff of air, which is still gentle enough to remove hair/dust from the inside mechanism of my camera. It worked first time and all of the hair (and brush hairs that the inferior puffer had deposited) were gone. The Giottos product was definitely worth the money.In terms of its build quality, the product is built using strong, thick (but obviously flexible) black rubber. The air nozzle at the top is red rigid ABS plastic with a small hole through which the air is delivered. It can deliver both a gentle or strong puff of air, dependent on how hard you squeeze the body of the blower. In terms of application, according to the packaging, it can be used for computer and communication equipment, traditional and electrical musical instruments and photo, video and precision optical equipment. The packaging says 'Not recommended for CCD sensor cleaning'.Overall, a good, solid product and money well spent in my opinion.

Before I bought the rocket blower I had a gradual build up of dust inside my camera body and was on the verge of getting it professionally cleaned. The first time I used this it cleared the dust from the camera body within two to three blows - although I have read the glowing reviews I just wasn't prepared for how efficient this thing is. Don't bother with less powerful blowers and never let a blower with a brush attached near the inside of your camera unless you want to see more dust and crap in there than you had before. The rocket blower is the best, because it is very powerful and won't introduce more dust.It is quite a big beast and will take up a large amount of space in your camera bag, so wether or not you consider this portable will depend on you and the nature of your shoot. Just be warned that this blower, even with the nozzle removed, will take up a similar amount of space as a Nikon kit lens. Unlike a lens it can be squished, but you get the picture. When storing at home, the rocket blower was designed to stand upright on its fins but mine lives in either a bag or (clean, non dusty) drawer.I'll use the rocket blower after any shoot where I've changed lenses, on both lens and camera body. I reckon this will put off the inevitable professional deep clean and all the attendant cost and trouble for quite a bit longer. Plus no-one wants to spend ages sat cloning out dust spots so if you want to save time in post production this is for you.

I've tried a few air blowers for my camera in the past, and after finally getting the Giottos I wish I hadn't. This is just top quality and works perfectly. It's very well constructed, with no areas of weakness, the seals around the air shoot and back air intake are very well put together. The back air intake is such a clever idea, as it eliminates the chance of a back flow when the rocket is refilling with air, and as the main shoot is small for precise application, the back intake is larger, so it refills with air in a split second.The rubber is excellent quality and thick, it emits a powerful blast of air, good enough to dislodge most bits of dust on your camera lens or sensor, unless stuck fast. It's also great for my MacBook, which seems to collect dust even when the lid is closed. I'd guess that this would be a great impromptu cooling aid in a hot office too! All in all, it took a while to get to this, but I'm so glad I finally did.

This is a quality air blower from Giottos in there iconic rocket shape. Make sure you buy direct from amazon or you may get a fake like some 1 star reviews may have. This is a nice thing to have in your cleaning ket, it does let a fair amount of air out and it got rid of the dust from inside my camera no problem. The only thing I’m not that happy with is the size because it’s 8 inches long it takes a bit of room up in my backpack and some people may find it difficult in a smaller backpack 🎒This is a great addition to anybody’s setup and well worth the price.

Good strong air stream and long nozzle. Used it to clean sensor, mirror and AF sensor on my DLSR and there was a great improvement to its focusing - no need for any wet cleaning.

Even though the pictures on Amazon show the size of it, I was still surprised when I had it in my hand, just how enormous it is. However the size just enables it to be more effective - it gives a good strong blast of air that dislodges dust brilliantly. All but the most stubborn specks of dirt were cleared and those remaining were easily cleaned with a swab and some cleaning fluid.I did have a problem at one point with the air actually blowing stronger out the back of the rocket than through the nozzle but I pulled out the rubber section at back which houses the rear hole and found a small rubber flap that should cover the hole on the inside to effectively act as a one way valve. This flap had become mis-aligned and once adjusted and the rubber section worked back into the rocket with a small screwdriver it was working perfectly again. For people saying that the pressure is not great on their blower it may be worth checking this.Forget any of those silly blowers with a brush attached, they just don't work. This is the real deal and worth the extra few pounds.