The “Powerpan” has a small vacuum with suction holes along the lip. Sweep in the big pieces with your broom like normal, then pull the trigger to suck in the little line of dust that always remains.
Entirely superfluous—and with the extra step of emptying the suction bin, probably just as much work as turning the dustpan perpendicularly to the dust line a couple of times—but a decent attempt to solve an age old problem and relatively cheap at $12.50.
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The correct sniglet for the left behind dust is “frust”.
This is why I just use a dustbuster instead of a dustpan.
grandma just used to use a sheet of newspaper, and wet about 1/2″ of the edge. never had to worry about the dirt line.
Perfect example of taking something simple, making it needlessly complex and calling it an innovation.
Funny, I was just thinking over dinner how useful it would be to have a *fork* with this kind of functionality.
Oops! There’s another bit of spaghetti on my shirt!
What an utterly pointless object? Unless it’s an art piece, really, why? It’s like having a fob for your car keys with an integrated buggy-whip.
FRUST, it’s called. Picks up Frust.
And of course the lip looks slightly thicker than normal, which means there’s more dust and small bits left after sweeping.