In years past, I used to do a lot of “Jettiness” posts: bikes with jet engines, couches with jet engines, roller skaters with jet engines, trikes with jet engines, and of course, who could forget the Portapotty with a jet engine in it?
Well, it’s been a long time since I last put up a Jettiness post, but I finally found something that I’d not seen before – a jet-powered vacuum cleaner!
Colin Furze is a British plumber turned YouTuber of “strange inventions.” I’ve seen his stuff before (I think I posted a couple), but who would think of taking Britain’s favorite home vacuum cleaner, removing its electrical motor and guts, and shoving a turbojet into it?
Sure, it’s more for show than effectiveness (I’ll stick with that other British vacuum cleaner – Dyson), but it’s clear he does have FUN in doing all this.
Watching his desktop laser cutter and 3-D printer was kind of amusing as well.
Sidenote: I do watch a British reality show called “Inside the Factory” (Gregg Wallace, Cherry Healey, and Ruth Goodman), where the point is to go through the entire process of producing some widget (a hard good or food). It’s a bit campy but better than most American network shows, IMHO. One of the factories was the Henry vacuum cleaner factory, and they followed the “Henry” vacuum through the creation process.
No, a jet engine is not an option. You can see it on the Smithsonian Channel. And yes, I have it DVR’d.