Comment on Do air purifiers really reduce dust much?

• FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Depending on what's on your shelves, you might find my solution of use. Whenever things are a bit too dusty in my house I put on a filter mask and fire up an electric leaf blower. Blasts all the dust off of the various hard-to-reach surfaces and into the air. Then I either use a high-volume blower fan to circulate the air out of the house through a window (if the weather's nice) or if it's winter I just let it settle and vacuum it out of the carpet (some ends up back on the shelves, sure, but most surface area in the house is floor so it's still a net win).

  Some other stuff gets knocked off the shelves in the process, but I just consider that a sign of weakness. Those things didn't deserve their prominent position on those shelves to begin with.

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  • Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You are insane and I like that!

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• ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are there dumb robot vacuums? I don’t want to buy a little spy robot that maps my apartment layout to sell to advertisers or whatever.

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    valetudo

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  • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are, but the mapping functionality drastically increases how well the vacuum works.

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  • XTL@sopuli.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yes, for some values of dumb. New ones? I don’t know. But many older ones have no connectivity.

    librervac.org/Supported_Devices might be a good start (and maybe even end).

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  • Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I had one like that, it’s so dumb it had to go at random and often loses the way back home. I assume they still exist. The technology has definitely improved and you can jail break most of them. Last I brought was a little spy bot, honestly, but with some attention you can either overwrite the software (and keep the physical improvements) or block it from accessing the internet. [details figures out by my partner]

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• TheReanuKeeves@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s the stuff I have on shelves, hanging, on tables, etc that’s annoying to dust. The floor is easy to deal with comparatively.

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  • Eq0@literature.cafe ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Keeping the floor dusted removes overall dust everywhere

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  • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think the point being made is, dust doesn’t stay in one place. Dust on hardwood floor or carpet gets kicked up when you walk on it, leading it to eventually land on tables/shelves etc.

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