Halloa Mini Vacuum Cleaner

Packaging
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This review is for the Mini Vacuum Cleaner that i purchased from Maplin for £2.99.
The vacuum is packaged in moulded clear plastic and stapled to a card that shows you 3 illustrations on what you can use the mini vac for. One is of a camera, one of a telephone and the last a computer keyboard.
On the back of the card you will find the instructions in 10 different languages.
These are very basic and it is just as easy to assemble without them.

Assembly
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Before assembling you will require 4 AA batteries these are placed in the bottom by removing the flap.Pull is moulded into the flap to tell you how to remove it, but you do not pull you actually slide the flap off. The batteries are placed in 2 - and 2 + this is clearly marked.Replacing the flap is a bit fiddely as you have to push and slide at the same time and it took me a few attempts before i succeeded.
The accessories you get are a bent tube that is inserted into the hole at the top of the vacuum. On this you can put a crevice tool for narrow gaps and a brush tool.
To collect the dust is a vacuum bag that is attached to the outlet pipe on the mini vac. This has a velcro fastening that you pull apart to empty.

How to use
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To turn on the vac is a switch, with power on and off at each end. Push the switch towards on and it will switch on push it towards off and it will switch off.
When you turn it on it is quite loud and you think this is going to be good.
First i try the brush attachment nothing is picked up, the brush seems to be moving the very small particles around. so replace this with the crevice tool, this is a little better but you have to stick it right on top of the dust so it will pick any up.
Now just as i try to vac between the keys on my keyboard the bent tube falls out, i replace it but it continues to fall out as i move around the keys, so i have to tape it in place to stop it falling out.
Another thing is the crevice tool is to wide to fit right down to the bottom of the keys where all the dust is.
Results
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So lets check to see what the mini vac has collected in the dust bag.
Nothing there is absolutely nothing in the bag. But how can this be i did see something get sucked up the pipe.So i take the vac apart to see where all this dust has gone. some is caught in the pipe between the dust bag and pipe and the rest is in a chamber inside the vac.
At least i suppose it did pick some dust and bits up but did not put them into the dust bag.