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Shark Blastboss: A 190mph Leaf Blower You Can Use Indoors
The 'indoor-outdoor air blasting system' is designed to tackle patios and keyboard crumbs.
By Steve Hogarty, Tech Critic, Monday 27 April 2026 10:35 BST
Shark is best known for making products that suck – but the vacuuming giant's latest product blows. Delightfully named the Shark Blastboss, the handheld blower uses 190mph gusts to blast away mess. It is cordless, compact, costs £129.99, and is available in strawberry pink.
You would be forgiven for being sceptical, given the date, but the Shark Blastboss is real. Essentially a miniature leaf blower with a broom attachment, it is designed for blasting dirt and detritus from your patio, your car and, if you are feeling brave, your living room. Shark loftily calls it an 'indoor-outdoor air blasting system', designed to bridge the gap between bulky, deafening garden blowers and those cans of compressed air used to clean crumbs out of laptop keyboards.
Power and Precision
The compact, battery-powered unit features a variable-speed trigger that can dial the airflow all the way up to a staggering 190mph. That is the top speed of a Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT, so it should be enough to handle the odd cobweb.
To stop you immediately blasting important paperwork out of the window, the Blastboss comes with a suite of interchangeable attachments designed for precision. The most interesting of the bunch is the Blastbroom, which pairs a traditional sweeping brush with directed airflow to lift and launch debris in a single pass – ideal for clearing sawdust off a garage floor or blasting wet leaves off the patio before a barbecue.
You also get an extension wand for reaching under the sofa and a precision nozzle that concentrates the airflow into a tight stream. This turns the Blastboss into a high-powered duster, perfect for blasting biscuit crumbs out of your keyboard, clearing the vents in your car dashboard, or evicting spiders from hard-to-reach window tracks.
Shark's Expanding Range
We are big fans of Shark's cordless vacuums here at IndyBest, so a portable Shark air blaster is an intriguing pivot. This is not the brand's first foray into air treatment products, either. Shark recently launched the equally silly-sounding Shark Chillpill, a handheld fan that my colleague Alex has been using to stay cool.
While I would not recommend using the Shark Blastboss to dust the fine china, the appeal of a lightweight, grab-and-go blower for blitzing the car boot or mucking out the driveway is undeniable.
Availability
The Shark Blastboss is available to buy now from the Shark website. It costs £129.99 and comes in five pastel colourways – charcoal, dove, strawberry, sky, and sage – meaning it will not look like a piece of heavy industrial machinery if you leave it sitting in the hallway. Stay tuned for our review.
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