Bellows Hand Duster BHD001 by Anteater

I've been wanting one of these for a few years to use with diatomaceous earth, but until now had made due with a coffee can that had holes poked in the lid. This is waaaaay better. Yes the coffee can is cheaper, but good luck trying to direct the sprinkle or get it near the wall where the ants are actually coming in. This duster didn't come with any instructions, but it only took a few minutes to figure out.Application: I was able to shoot the powder into some cracks in the edges of my room with no problem. It's incredibly easy to aim where I wanted the D.E. I found out quickly that it will shoot out a LOT of powder at once, when holding it vertically (spout coming out of the bottom). When flipping it vertically the other way, it came out in a very very fine stream. I ended up going with holding it horizontally so that I could get a medium stream of dust. The device is easy to compress when dispensing the dust, I didn't have to press hard.Filling: The hole is a little small, so I made a funnel out of a piece of paper, and poured the powder into that. I still got dust all over my hands, but at least I filled the duster quickly.Design: I like that this duster has a little cap on the end, so I can store it with the powder inside, and it won't accidentally get dispensed. The duster has a little rubber cork to keep it closed, that pops out easily. The cork fits well enough that it didn't pop out while I was applying the dust, however.This duster is exactly what I needed and works better than I expected. I like that I can vary the amount of powder dispensed so easily. Filling crevices with dust is so quick and easy with this tool.

I needed it to put Delta Dust into my brick house weep holes to kill nesting wasps. Unlike the Delta Dust bottle that tends to add globs of the dust in the holes, this duster provides a nice, fine puff of powder. The only thing is that the tip was a bit too large to completely go into some of the weep holes, so I was only able to dust the entrance portion of those holes..

The product works as intended. The only problem I noticed with the product is that the bottom plug of the duster I received has a defect (apparently when cast) that allows some dust to blow out between the plug and the rim of the bellow. Other than that, it has worked for dusting with diatomaceous earth for brown (sugar) ants, carpenter ants. As well, we use it for dusting chickens (at night before going on the roost), dusting nesting boxes, and in crevices of the chicken coops, to help prevent (or treat for) poultry lice and mites and other pests with exoskeletons.

I'm fussy and particular and often am disappointed by products, but this one has delighted me. Okay, first it's made beautifully and feels nice in the hand. More importantly, it works exactly as described. I use it to puff clouds of cayenne pepper into the walls and ceilings of my lakeside summer cottage -- which is what has worked best, for me, getting rid of chipmunks and squirrels. Long story short, the cayenne discourages them without poisoning and killing them. I was doing this manually using straws but then found this product and ordered it. It came right away -- with no manual or anything but that's okay, I just used the internet description and in the end appreciate the fact I didn't have another piece of paper to throw away. You fill it halfway with your powder just like they say, shake it a little between "puffs" and it puffs a beautiful cloud of, in my case, 160,000 HU cayenne into small holes I drilled into walls and false ceilings of my vintage cottage. I am buying another unit so I have one for the future -- because you know how it is with products you love.

This is a great Duster. Once you use it a few times to get use to how it works, you will be dusting those cracks around the house in no time. Depending on how deep or hard you compress the bellow depends on how much is pushed out of the tip. I will tell you that I used this around the base boards in all the rooms and after a few days dead pest start appearing. Now you may ask what do you put in the bellow. Good question, I'm using food grade Diatomaceous Earth. This stuff is great, it's harmless to humans & babies, yet deadly to bed bugs, roaches pretty much any bug that has an exoskeleton. It really is the natural way to kill them. Do yourself a favor purchase the bellow for application of DE. yes it's dusty at first but the end result is no pesty bugs. And I LIKE THAT...

I tried the leading bellows duster with CimeXa powder when a friend visited with her dog and left me with fleas. That little yellow and white plastic thingy worked poorly and didn’t hold up well.This product is much stronger—I don’t feel like it’s going to crack at any moment. More importantly, while the yellow and white plastic bellows frequently spewed powder in uncontrolled belches, this one allows me to actually deliver a “light dusting” as one is supposed to do with CimeXa (another phenomenal product, btw).Fighting a bug invasion is hard enough. Having to fight a dusting device as well is just crazy. I can strongly recommend this bellows duster as a way of saving a little bit of sanity!