I guess it is a matter of taste, here, but I get what your say about the newer models and they are quite a bit more expensive for sure, ($50.00 I am sure you can find them cheaper) but I have had my scorpion for three years collecting up to 500 ants at a sitting for five horned lizards and I usually find I am making a trip once to twice a week, so that is quite a bit of usage that it has gotten, and yes its not designed for this kind of use, I love the crevice tool because I can suck them up as they come out of their hole, I added the pvc handle because "my" ants here are bodacious and will get right after you, so the added benefit of a few more inches away from the hole has made a great difference over-all for me. But I thought I would throw that out there for anyone that has a few horned lizards the price is right and works well, and while I can't make any comments about your experience with you original, mine has just been 5 stars. It still running well.But I decided its time for a new one. I do agree though the 7.2 battery has rundown to slow a few times when I would have liked it to last longer, but I have never failed to get what I needed unless the ants were not co-operative, I try and spread myself through 3 or 4 ant piles so no specific one is overly impacted, this seems to have worked well....
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