Schneider Industries Micro Vacuum Attachment 7 Piece Kit

This kit is exactly what I was looking for. I bought two while they were on sale, one for the computer and in the house, one for the car.I'm a little surprised by the negative reviews, but what else is new. While it's not that difficult to figure out, the kit does arrive with no instructions. (Everything fits together only one way, however.)Here are a few points to help avoid confusion.First, the hose part is about 36" long, so just shy of 1 meter. The external diameter of the hose is only 0.6" / 15 mm, so there's little risk of vacuuming up stray socks. This may not be the right tool for extracting taco chip fragments from the depths of the sofa, either.The hose has one end with a black plastic piece already inserted. This is where the attachments plug in.The other end of the hose is unfinished. This end connects to the narrow end of the flow control, which is the large black knurled piece shown on the left in the photo. (Just push the hose over the ridged "barbs" on the flow control piece.)The flow control piece fits a standard 1.25" (35 mm) round US vacuum hose. The flow control piece is the 'female', so the 'male' vacuum hose fits into it.For vacuums with smaller hoses, there's an adapter (also round), the other large black piece, shown on the right in the photo. The adapter has a 1.25" end that fits into the flow control piece, and a stepped end that's a little over 30 mm outside diameter. at one end, and a little under 33 mm O.D. at the other. The inside diameter of the adapter is just over 27 mm. (Not sure what sizes millimeter-denominated vacuums come in.)There are two extension tubes, one straight, one angled. Both are about 5" / 12.5 cm long. There is also a crevice tool and two brushes. The crevice tool is 3.375" / 8.5 cm long, and under 0.45" / 12 mm by 0.2" / 5 mm at the tip.The smaller round brush is about 0.5" / 12.5 mm at the tip. The larger oval brush is just over 1.0" / 27 mm on its long axis.The extension tubes, the brushes, and the crevice tool all plug into the prefinished end of the hose. You can use one or both extension tubes in either order, or you skip them and just plug the other tools into the end of the hose.As noted in some reviews, the flow control piece does not shut down all the way. This seems to be a good thing to me, to avoid burning out the motor on your vacuum cleaner. I'd suggest also opening your vacuum's flow control as well -- most vacuum hoses have a ring or knob you can turn to let more air through.If you're not getting enough suction, I'd suggest putting some tape over one or more of the openings in the flow control.Pay attention to the pitch of your vacuum's motor -- if it goes way up, things are starting to overheat, and it's best to let more air through.All in all, this kit is nothing fancy, but it gets the job done. It's a million times better than those little battery-powered computer vacs you see that have next to zero suction and inadequate means for disposing of anything that does get collected.Based on the negative reviews, some vacuums are a bit like the products of a certain fruit-themed electronics company which prides itself on non-standard connectors. A square connector? Seriously? As a salesman once told me, "you may find a better product, but you will never spend more money".

I have used this once so far on getting dust out of small areas, book cases, top of big screen TV, behind it, around and on top of DVD and cable boxes, under TV cabinet, and it works very well. If I had it a week earlier, I would have cleaned out my computer innards easily as I had to do just that with a regular vacuum cleaner and the oversized attachments. Not always a good thing as it is too big. This attachment set would have worked great for that task. There are several pieces in the set, and all snap or slide together to get something like an 36" or more reach (guess work, as I didn't actually measure it) with the enclosed hose, so it will reach just about anywhere. It has 2 different brush attachments for different situations, one wide (about an inch) the other round, (about 3/8). A great purchase. I will also be able to use it on my models to get that dust web stuff off that seems to show up every where.I read some reviews about the suction not working because the vents won't close? I used mine with the vents open and 1/2 closed without any problems at all. I did a small test, held the end over s sheet of paper, with the vents all open, 1/2 closed and with my hands blocking the vents all together. I held the hose end about 1/2 or 3/4" above the paper and it pulled it up each time. I vacuumed some debris I had spilled a while back and it picked it up with full open vents without any problems. So I don't get the poor reviews because of this.Also, I have a Kirby vacuum, and it fits the attachments without any problem. I also have a Eureka RapidClean Step Handheld Vacuum, 41A I also bought at the same time, and the Eureka is what I have used these attachments and based my reviews on. So I have to wonder what the bad reviewers used as power to get such poor results?!?! If my Eureka is that strong, I can't imagine what my Kirby would do.

This attachment kit works to clean out my sewing machine. I wish the suction was a little better, but overall great product.