One of the tools that always seems to disappear in my garage (and at work) when I need it is the air hose blow gun. I saw an inline one in an industrial supply catalog and wanted to give it a try, but never got around to ordering it. The other day I found a similar one in Harbor Freight for $4, so I thought I'd give it a try.
After playing around with it for a couple of days, I have mostly good things to say about it. It is handy for quick clean ups, but it is not the same as your heavy duty blow gun. It doesn't really get in the way when using your air tools, but you do notice the extra length it adds to the coupler on the end of the hose.
I think it's a keeper for right now, but I'll add followup comments as I continue to play around with it.
A very neat idea Doug. Because compressors make so much noise, the only air tools that I use are a blower, paint sprayers and tyre inflater. I do have a die grinder but have never found a use for it.
I bought a couple of those from Tractor Supply Co. Seemed like a good idea at the time...
1. They don't blow with as much volume as my regular blow nozzle.
2. I normally use two different blow nozzles, a short "regular" one, about the same size as this end of hose type. The other one, and the one I use the most, is about two feet long. I prefer to have the air blowing farther away from me, esp. when stirring up dust.
3. After a few days the brass push button fell out. There was nothing to hold it in except the friction fit through an o-ring. After the button fell out a few times I took the blowers back off my air hoses.
I hope you have better luck. Maybe the ones from HF are better quality than what I got form TSC (I can't believe I used "quality" and Harbor Freight in the same sentence!)
For anyone considering purchasing these from anywhere I suggest you pull on the brass push button to see if it will pull out. I report, you decide
JP
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