If you aren’t already acquainted with the electric bug killer, you are really going to like it and if you have had one before, I’m sure you’ll welcome it back like an old pal! The hand held insect killer does just what it says it does: it zaps bugs. But it does it really, very effectively.
Any insect that comes into contact with the electric bug zapper is electrocuted. Smaller bugs like gnats and mosquitoes are disintegrated with a very pleasing flash and a crack. Larger bug, like house flies and wasps die, but don’t explode like the smaller ones.
Just how many times have these flying insects taken the edge off an otherwise enjoyable evening in the garden? Or how many times have you not been able to get a good night’s sleep, because you know there’s at least one mosquito in the bedroom. It has happened to me dozens and dozens of times, I know! It is very satisfying to get your own back with the hand held bug zapper.
I don’t relish killing things unnecessarily – I’m married to a Buddhist- but mosquitoes? I’m sorry, they can die. And the hand held insect killer does it without any more ado. No waiting and hoping they’ll fly into the ultraviolet light and then into the mesh. No, one sweep of the hand held insect killer and the mosie’s gone and you can hear whether you got her or not. (I say her, because the sucking mosquitoes always are females – honest, I wasn’t being sexist).
Basically, there are two sorts of electronic insect killer. There is the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both operate on the same principle, but I prefer the rechargeable type, although I suppose you could use rechargeable batteries too. However, I think that they would be more expensive that the bug zapper in the first place. Anyway, I have been using a handheld bug zapper of the rechargeable kind for five years and I am ecstatic about them.
Nowadays, I spend a lot of time in Thailand with my wife, so you can bet your bottom dollar that I give my hand held insect killer a good work-out practically every evening. We usually eat in the garden in the evening and all socializing is done outside by tradition, especially in the country, where we live. So it comes in real handy. I also use my electronic bug zapper to ‘sweep’ the bedroom for bugs before we retire at night. Just like an FBI agent.
The electronic bug zapper just seems to improve every time I buy one, which makes it hard to give you definite specifications. The electric bug zappers I had four or five years ago, often failed after six to nine months of purchase, although their ability to store a charge reduced a lot after four or five months.
However, the latest hand held bug zapper will easily last 9-12 months and still be very pokey after nine months. My newest one even has a strong light called a headlamp built into it. I’m not certain what it’s supposed to be for, but if you think that vengeance is sweet, you can lure mosquitoes with it and then zap them with your electronic insect zapper.
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