Vacula VAC72-020-1050 Blow Gun (4" Full Flow)

My first Vacula finally gave up, but only after 20+ years of hard abuse! I bought my first one many, many years ago long before I retired when I worked as an master auto tech. In my work bay I had one air hose for my air tools and one dedicated to the Vacula so it was always on a hook on the work bench within an arms reach and I used it A LOT. It's been used and abused all during my working years and then came home after I retired to my home shop. It's been drop and slammed so many times there is no way I could say but a thousand of times for sure and it always worked as well as it did the day I first bought it. When it finally died a couple months ago there was only one air gun I was going to replace it with, another Vacual! Yes they are costly, but for the years they'll last they are a bargain! Being able to easily regulate the air flow even down to a gentle breeze to full bore max pressure blast! AND take a beating, makes it #1 in my book. Don't hesitate because there are cheaper knock offs, trust me in the long run you will NOT save money and you will not get the same quality, the knock offs won't last anywhere near the years as a Vacula will! This one, my second one, my grandkids will inherit it. Thanks Vacula, even Snap-On couldn't hold a candle to you!

I purchased one of these from a parts seller about 12 years ago. It served me well even though it was made of plastic (except for the air nozzle portion) . Eventually the plastic casing cracked and I ordered a new one. Its a great tool along with the other Vacula air nozzles. its great for blowing out the interiors of cars for a great detail, cleaning out airbuses for air filters and also housings where cabin air filters go in cars.

It is more than other blow guns but is the best.

I've got a variety of blow guns from the useless inline thumb-press OSHA guns, to the semi-useless Harbor Freight, to the OK Husky from Home Depot and a CoilHose Pneumatic. Vacula is the top. I have two of the older Vacula guns that are still performing reliably after 15+ years of use. The new Vacula guns I just got are all plastic, lacking the brass insert where the quick connect fitting screws in so we'll see about longevity. They have a nice big opening to hang easily on a hook. The trigger / air control is just right. It starts after just a little trigger travel and you have almost the whole range (which is quite long) to control the flow.

Just what the name says it’s a blow gun for blowing dust and dirt and crap off of an engine or a whatever you’re working on work good. It’s better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.

the shop I work at has had many of the new styles of blowguns sold by Matco and Mac- and those totally suck as far as durability. They can’t handle a ground impact more than 30 times- and in a body shop where we thrive with speed- it’s a constant thing to hear a blowgun smack the ground. However- Vacula’s body style of air gun is impeccable and seriously long lasting. A coworker of mine has had his style for well over 5 years w no issues

You get what you pay for. A tree fell on my old 25 year old Vacula gun, that I bought from Snap-On Tools, and bent the metal nozzle and cracked the housing. I looked up the gun here on Amazon and when I saw the price I kind of backed off. I later bit the bullet and spent the money and got a new Vacul air gun. I didn’t read thoroughly and bought a star tip gun. I drilled out the star tip and it’s as good as my old gun. Thinking, this is such a great air gun, I bought a second one, (this one I’m reviewing, without the star tip), for the race trailer and tossed the one from HF. You do get what you pay for.

These are not the old Vacula blow guns. Since vacula was bought by CEJN, CEJN has cheapened the product such that it is no better than your home center pistol grip blowgun. How you ask? CEJN removed the female threaded brass insert such that now the threads you screw your hose fitting into are plastic. The slightest overtightening will crack the plastic body rendering it useless. You can try to plastic JB Weld it but epoxy doesn't bond well to whatever type of plastic the gun is made of. the best part is they are trying to make you think the change from brass to plastic threads is an improvement by stating on the product datasheet: "connection in plastic to reduce the tightening torque" Vacula is now junk and should be avoided even though the flow control finesse you get from their triggers is wonderful.