| Electric bug zappers Anyone have any experience with them? How well they work? Since my "AC" is all natural (leaving doors/windows opened during night time) I normally get some bugs with the fresh air.
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Utilizing a high frequency blue light that’s been proven to be the most effective at luring flying insects during the day or night, it forms a practical, efficient, hygienic, and automatic electronic insect extermination system. Simply plug the bug zapper into an electrical outlet, and all nearby flying and crawling insects will be helplessly attracted to it. Once they approach the electrically charged metal grid, they’ll be instantly and painlessly electrocuted.
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 nunyaWho is John Galt?Premium,MVM
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| The only value they have is entertainment. They don't really do anything to control the bug population.
The indoor versions are something I've never seen before. Most of the ones I've seen are outdoor.
You'd be better off fixing your screens.
Almost forgot: The really stink too. Especially when a big juicy bug flies in and cooks for a while. |
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| I have screens, but they impede the airflow a lot. |
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nunyaWho is John Galt?Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-23
O Fallon, MO
kudos:8 | I open the windows every chance I get; air conditioning bothers my eyes and sinuses.
I don't have any issues with screens, other than getting dirty. I do have a central "whole house" attic fan.
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This is the real deal for Mosquitos, the Mosquito Deleto
»www.mosquito-zapper.com/mosquito_deleto.htm
Why? "Because Test Results show, the Mosquito Magnet, costing over $1000, caught 5000 mosquitoes, while the Coleman mosquito deleto costing under $200 caught 3000 mosquitoes."
A bunch of us bought these at Costco for $179 thinking they would keep the mosquitos away from our camp.. WE quickly found the more mosquito varmints they killed the more we had.. These things brought insects in from a 10 mile circumference. 
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TheMGPremium
join:2007-09-04
Canada
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said by aurgathor:I have screens, but they impede the airflow a lot.
Then you need a fan to help the airflow.
But not one of those horrible piece of junk window/box fans they sell in stores these days. A real, proper, whole-house fan or a nice vintage box fan. |
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 Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
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said by nunya:The only value they have is entertainment. They don't really do anything to control the bug population.
The indoor versions are something I've never seen before. Most of the ones I've seen are outdoor.
You see a lot of the indoor ones in restaurants and such. They place them near the doors, especially the kitchen door, to attract the bugs when they come in through the open door, before they can get into the food, etc. |
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Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
kudos:4 | reply to aurgathor
Leave the screens in and get a few inexpensive window fans. Put a couple blowing in on one side of the house, preferably on a shaded side where the air is cooler, and leave windows open (with screens) elsewhere in the house. This will create a nice air flow without the bug hassle. The dedicated window fans fit nicely into the window opening, and can be pretty quiet. »www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_···ndow+fan |
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I've had good results with a zapper along with mosquito dunks in the drainage shaft. Also keeping the vegetation down helps. Screens work and still pass a lot of air.
Nunya: It looks like your AC is bringing the humidity way down, hence the sinus issues. Raising the temp on the t-stat is probably the cheapest workaround.
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Eucalytus leaves and lemon do the same thing....keep mosquitos out naturally and smells good.  At least to me. |
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 KenPremium,MVM
join:2003-06-16
Markle, IN | reply to aurgathor
Bug zappers are great at attracting and killing moths or any other flying insects that are attracted to light. Unfortunately they don't do much to the actual annoying bugs like the mosquito or fly. You can however get attractant for those different species and put those in most bug zappers, and they will now do a decent job of attracting and killing those things.
The indoor variety aren't nearly as effective as their outdoor cousins though. I would say if you filled a house with mosquito's a decent indoor bug zapper with mosquito attractant will maybe kill up to 75% of the mosquito's in the house over a several hour period. You also have continual maintenance with cleaning dead bugs and replacing attractant. In the end you are better off putting in screens and using fans to push air. Maybe look into buying a whole house fan, in combination with screens. |
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 alkizmo
join:2007-06-25
Pierrefonds, QC
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Speaking of bug zapping and repelling, does this stuff really work?
»www.amazon.com/ThermaCELL-R-4-Mo···9&sr=1-1
Well, that's the refill for the device.
Citronella torches seem mostly useless on my patio. |
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