Manual

How to use Sweep S1.

Everything printed on the card in the box, plus the films. Sweep S1 · Model F1 · v1.0

01

Unboxing

Six things come out of the box. Nothing is assembled, nothing needs tools, and the only part that isn't obvious is the filter — it's already fitted inside the dust cup.

Film · 40sEverything out of the box, in order, on a plain surface
The tool — both ends visible, labelled
Dust cup and filter, separated
The four nozzles, laid out
  • Sweep S1. Blow at one end, vacuum at the other.
  • Dust cup with filter fitted. Twists on and off — don't force it, it only goes one way.
  • Four nozzles. Flat, round, brush, and the long reach tube.
  • Charging cable. Wall adapter not included, and any decent phone charger works.
  • Storage pouch. Everything fits in it, including the nozzles.
  • This manual, on card. The QR on it opens this page.

Before anything else: put it on charge. It ships part-charged for transport, and the first full charge is the one that matters.

02

Charging

The port is under the cap at the base of the handle. Use a wall adapter rather than a laptop port — a laptop trickles, and people read that as a fault.

Film · 25sCap, port, cable in — and what the light does
The charge light, close — the three states side by side
  1. Open the cap at the base and plug the cable in.
  2. Light pulsing means charging. Light steady means full. Light off means nothing is going in — change the cable before you assume the worst.
  3. Unplug and close the cap. The cap keeps dust out of the port, which matters more than it sounds for a tool that lives in a car.

Don't charge it while it's damp from a filter rinse, and don't leave it on charge in a hot car. Neither will kill it today; both shorten the battery.

03

Vacuum

The vacuum end is the one with the dust cup on it. Use it when the debris needs to be caught rather than moved — crumbs, grit, hair, anything that would just relocate if you blew at it.

Film · 45sFitting the cup, running it into a seat gap, emptying it after
Seat gap, nozzle in, crumbs visible before
The cup coming off, debris inside
  1. Twist the dust cup on until it stops. If it doesn't seat, check the filter is pushed fully home.
  2. Fit a nozzle. Flat for gaps, brush for fabric and upholstery.
  3. Press and hold to run. Let go and it stops; it doesn't latch on.
  4. Work slowly and close. Suction falls off fast with distance, so contact beats speed.
  5. Empty the cup while you can still see through it. Twist off, tip out, twist back.

Suction dropped? It's the filter, nine times out of ten — under Care & fixes.

04

Blower

Turn the tool around. The blow end moves air out fast, which is what you want for dust that should simply leave — keyboards, vents, fans, camera bodies, anything with gaps a nozzle can't get into.

Film · 45sThe same keyboard twice — once with suction, once with air
  1. Take the dust cup off. Air needs a clear path.
  2. Fit the round nozzle for a tight stream, or the reach tube for anything deep.
  3. Press and hold, and work across the surface rather than into it, so dust travels off the edge instead of further in.
  4. Blow downward and outward wherever you can. In a car, that means door open, air going out of it.

Never aim it at your eyes, at anyone else, or at a camera sensor with the body open. Moving air near glass is fine — air into an open camera body is not.

05

Use cases

Same tool, four recipes. Each one is which end, which nozzle, and the single thing people get wrong.

Keyboard, tilted, mid-pass
Camera body on a cloth, nozzle held near, no contact
Car interior, door open, low angle — seat gap and console
  • Car — vacuum, flat then brush. Door open so the dust has somewhere to go. Seat gaps first, then the console tray, then the mats. Vents last, switched to blow — otherwise you pull the dust out and drop it back on the seats you just did.
  • Desk and keyboard — blow, round nozzle. Tilt the keyboard up and work across the rows, not down into them. Cable tray and monitor base after, since whatever you move lands there.
  • Cameras and gear — blow, round nozzle, from a distance. Body, lens barrel, card slots, the outside of the mount. Never with the body open, never at the sensor.
  • Around the house — either end, reach tube. Skirting, drawer runners, window tracks, the gap behind the hob. Vacuum where the grit should be caught, blow where it can fall to the floor and be swept.
06

Attachments

Four nozzles. They push on until they click and pull straight off — nothing screws in, and none of them are handed.

Flat nozzle, on white
Round nozzle, on white
Brush head, on white
  • Flat Gaps and seams. Seat gaps, console trays, drawer runners, between keys.
  • Round A tight stream of air. Vents, ports, fans, camera bodies from the outside.
  • Brush Fabric and anything that holds on — upholstery, pet hair, speaker grilles.
  • Reach tube Depth. Behind the hob, down the side of a seat, into a cable tray.

If one goes missing down a car seat, they're sold individually. You replace the nozzle, not the tool.

07

Filter & cleaning

This is the chapter that decides whether the tool still works in a year. The filter is washable, and it is not quick-drying.

Film · 40sCup off, filter out, rinsed, and set down to dry
  1. Twist the cup off and empty it.
  2. Pull the filter out and tap the loose dust off into a bin.
  3. Rinse it under a cold tap until the water runs clear. No soap, no scrubbing.
  4. Leave it somewhere airy for 24 hours. Not on a radiator, not in the sun, not in the tool.
  5. Refit it dry, push until it seats, twist the cup back on.

A damp filter feels exactly like a dying motor. It chokes the airflow, the tool sounds strained, and suction goes. Nine out of ten "it's broken" messages end here. Give it the full day.

Wipe the body with a dry cloth. Nothing about this tool goes in water except the filter.

08

If something's wrong

Try these first. If none of them is it, tell us — with the order number and a five-second video, because we can usually hear what's wrong.

  • Suction has dropped. The filter. Rinse it, dry it completely, refit. If it's clean and dry and suction is still low, check the cup is seated and the nozzle isn't blocked.
  • It won't charge. Different cable, wall adapter rather than laptop port. If the light doesn't wake at all after that, stop — that's a replacement, not a fix.
  • It's getting hot. Warm at the exhaust after ten minutes at full is normal. Too hot to hold is not. Stop and tell us.
  • An attachment won't stay on. Grit in the collar. Wipe it and push until it clicks.
  • It runs for less time than it used to. Normal after a couple of years, not after a couple of months. If it's months, it's a warranty case.
09

Specifications

Provisional until the production unit is signed off — these come from the supplier sheet and get confirmed before they're printed.

  • Model F1
  • Motor Brushless DC
  • Battery To be confirmed
  • Runtime To be confirmed
  • Charge time To be confirmed
  • Filter Washable, 24 hours to dry
  • In the box Four nozzles, dust cup, cable, pouch
  • Warranty Two years

Registered owners don't need the receipt later. Two minutes, once — register here.

That's the whole manual. Register your Sweep and the warranty looks after itself — or tell us what it's doing.