Tool Box Buzz: Earlier this winter the Ryobi Devour Cordless Sweeper showed up at my doorstep. Usually with a tool that requires some assembly I’ll snap a couple pictures during that process just to make it clearer for future purchasers of the tool. This tool though, I wasn’t waiting. A tool that promises to make cleaning easier by devouring anything in its path, there’s no way I was waiting around to take some pictures.
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This is a tool I was not expecting to see, or even imagined ever seeing for some reason. My reaction was kind of similar to the reviewer: why did it take so long for this tool to be real? Even just regular vacuums are a nuisance to use, with the cord getting caught on corners and needing to be moved as you move from room to room. Why is there not a cordless version of a domestic vacuum cleaner? That would be so useful. I was surprised at how small this sweeper is since shop vacuums usually have that giant rolling collection barrel and a little suction nozzle tube. I can see how this tool would be very useful in more open spaces, or on large commercial scene shop floors, since this little guys is pretty efficient at covering large surfaces. I do not think this would be a good tool for our scene shop though, because the rolling tables are always in a different configuration, and a broom is a much better tool for a set up like that – with little nooks and spaces that a large sweeper head may not fit through or under – even though it might not be a fast to do the job.
Usually, I would advocate for any tool that improves my quality of life, especially in regards to cleaning. After all, most people would not voluntarily sweep the shop floor, even if they themselves made the mess. And this little tool seems to make cleaning just about any floor surface exponentially easier! It just rolls, and magic happens on the floor thanks to its dual spinning brushes that can pick up both small and large debris in its path. However, for me, this tool falls into the same category as the Roomba robotic cleaners: Cool, maybe kind of useful, but definitely not worth the money. The minute or two you save pushing this along the floor instead of using a push broom might make the job somewhat easier, but you have got to work a lot of minutes before you have saved one hundred forty dollars worth of time! Maybe if I had a ton of extra cash to drop, and nothing urgent to spend it on, and I already had infrastructure for Ryobi tools in my shop, I would consider purchasing it.
I kind of love how excited the author is about a fancy sweeper-vacuum. This thing looks pretty awesome, not going to lie, but I don’t know if it’s something that would be so useful in our scene shop here at school. I mean, we spend a fair amount of time sweeping each night but we have enough people to make the task manageable. I think the return on investment for us wouldn’t be in our favor since brooms are easy and cheap and this thing is not too expensive, but definitely not as cheap as a broom. I think it’s best uses are outlined by the author, small shop use, garage use, and general outdoor cleanup. In short, this thing really is like a mini street sweeper and will do well in that practical application. I can see this device being useful in the Chosky or probably more likely the Rauh, but not in our shop.
This tool is awesome basically a means to mow my shop for dust and debris and that is really cool. Seeing how well that it managed to clean up the drive way with the rocks which it managed with great efficiency. This would be extremely useful in the shop especially with the random things that fall on the floor This would be able to eat through anything. The only thing that would lead me to worry a little is that it doesn’t seem to have a large bag attachment that would come in handy for cleaning shops of the size that we have here at Carnegie Mellon. But all in all this really seems like a fairly cool and useful for anyone who has a shop and creates a fair bit of dust and debris, bedside it might be more expensive than the simple solution of push brooms but it does seem faster.
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