HEY-I HAVE BEEN USING A VACUUM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAVE A FEW FRIENDS HOOKED ON IT AS WELL. GO TO WALL MART AND GET A $15.00 HAND HELD RECHARCHAGABLE VACUUM (DIRT DEVIL), AND IT WORKS GREAT JUST NEED TO CLEAN THE FILTER OFF BETWEEN EACH TIME YOU COLLECT A 100 OR SO AS THE FINE DIRT CLOGS THE FILTER AND THEN THE VACUUM DOESN'T SUCK THAT WELL UNLESS THE FILTER IS CLEANED. SO I COLLECT ABOUT A HUNDRED ANTS, THEN OPEN IT UP AND POUR AND SHAKE THEM INTO A TUPPERWARE CONTAINER, BLOW OFF THE FILTER AND THEN REINSTALL IT, AND I USUSALLY CAN COLLECT 500 ANTS IN 10 MINTUES IF IT IS A GOOD ANT PILE. HERE IN TEXAS WE HAVEW A LOT OF ANTS AND BIG PILES AS WELL.
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