Types of bugbugs and feedback on their use

Using a scarer to get rid of bedbugs is a rather tempting idea for many. The popularity of these devices today is really high: manufacturers and dealers advertise them massively, and buyers themselves are happy to prefer them to insecticide-based preparations (no one wants to be poisoned by chemistry). So it turns out that "whatever one may say", and the electronic bug bug is harmless, inexpensive, works long and, most importantly, is incredibly easy to use.

At the same time, special experiments and research, as well as customer reviews indicate that most of the bugs repellers are outright rubbish, absolutely useless in the fight against parasites. But to choose an electronic repeller that really helps to get rid of bed bugs in the house, you need to really try and go not quite the standard way.

So, let's understand what you can really scare away bedbugs and still be safe for your health.

Feedback

“They bought a scarer Typhoon daughter in the hostel. She is very sensitive and has a long headache from any chemistry. So, this repeller does not work. Rather, it works, but the result does not. The light is on, some kind of ultrasound goes on, and the bugs bite as well as bite. Nastya had to go home for three days, but at that time the commandant called the SES and the bugs were poisoned with some kind of gas. ”

Svetlana, Ivanovo

 

Types of bugbugs: classify abundance of funds

The most common insect repeller types on the market are the following:

• Ultrasonic - these devices are designed to scare away the bugs due to high-frequency sounds, which, as expected by manufacturers, should create in the house very uncomfortable conditions for the existence of parasites. Electronic scarers of this type appeared first on the market, and therefore today their low efficiency is already well known, and manufacturers, due to falling sales and customers' distrust, are forced to switch to a new invention ...
• Magnetic resonance repellents, they are also electromagnetic, the effect of which is explained by the emission of electromagnetic waves, the frequency of which resonates with the frequency of electromagnetic oscillations of the nervous system of the bug, and has a destructive effect on its organism. You must admit that this very description gives the antiscientific nonsense in the style of the sellers of dietary supplements, and the effectiveness of the electromagnetic bug bugs themselves in practice is the same as that of ultrasonic means. That is almost zero.
• Aromatic repellents, also called fumigators, are agents in which a special solution or an aromatic plate smolders from the heating of a spiral, emitting an odor for bugs (and other household insects). Of all household scarers, only in this group are truly effective means.

but

There are both electromagnetic and ultrasonic repellers, really effective anti bugs. These include, for example, some models of repellers against rats and moles. However, these tools are so strong that they are irritating to the human nervous system.As the tests show, powerful scarers lead to headaches for the occupants of the premises, stress, insomnia and other disorders.

Simply put, these tools scare away all life that falls within the range of their signal. The use of such devices in residential premises and, especially, in bedrooms, of which bedbugs should be frightened off in the first place, is strictly prohibited.

 

Electronic scarers: are they effective?

According to the results of specially conducted experiments, neither ultrasonic nor electromagnetic repellents from bugs have any effect on the behavior of these insects.

The reason for this is simple - ultrasonic repellers are effective only against insects that use hearing and sound signals for communication. For example, against mosquitoes.

The bugs "communicate" and are guided in search of food almost exclusively by smells, so they are absolutely indifferent to ultrasounds.

Feedback

“I leave my feedback on the Riddex scarer. The tool helps against mosquitoes - while the repeller is turned on, insects do not bite. From the moth did not help, butterflies continue to fly.Friends tried to get rid of bugs and cockroaches for them, did not work either, although, according to their assurances, cockroaches became a little less. I think you can buy this tool to protect the nursery from mosquitoes. ”

Sergey, Zelenograd

The bugs react to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation in the same way as a person — that is, we don’t notice them at all (although in fairness it must be said that there are people who are sensitive, for example, to the long-term emission of cell phones).

Fact

Marketing research in China shows that electronic bug bugs account for almost 22% of the sales of funds from these parasites. It is noteworthy that four out of five respondents are not satisfied with the efficiency of the device, and 73% of respondents are forced to buy other funds within 2 weeks after the acquisition of the repeller.

But aromatic repellents - fumigators, sections, funds on oils - may well give the desired result, but usually very short.

The fact is that bugs really do not like the smells of some plants, for example, wormwood, tansy, lavender, and klopovnik, and if there are such aromas in the room, they always try to stay away from them.

But only until they get hungry - in this case, the hunger from them wins the dislike of the smell, and they will climb even on the bed filled with lavender. Nevertheless, it is the fumigators and sections that can be effectively used for short-term scaring away of bedbugs, if it is not possible to immediately destroy the parasites with effective drugs.

 

Fumigators and parasite sections as a bed bug

It is impossible to destroy all bed bugs in an apartment with fumigators: from these funds, insects even if they die, but slowly and far from all. But to scare off parasites for a short time fumigators are quite suitable.

For example, they can be used:

• if necessary, spend the night in dubious cleanliness of the premises;
• and also in my house for the case when it is not possible to immediately destroy the bugs - there is no time or the necessary insecticidal agents.

Fumigators should be plugged in as close as possible to the bed. The frightening sections should be hung directly on the bottom rails of the bed frame. For such a short-term scaring off of bedbugs, you can use Mosquitall, Raptor and Raid fumigators, as well as Mosquitall and Raptor moth sections.

Feedback

“After buying a new apartment, it turned out that tenants already live in it - moth moths and bugs. Good that we found them before entering. From the butterflies bought special sections of Mosquitall with the smell of lavender, they helped. It even seemed to us that there were fewer bedbugs after the placement of these sections. But we could only bring them out when we called the SES. The guys processed everything very quickly, there was no good furniture in the apartment. ”

Irina, Krasnodon

On a note

Before using deterring agents, you should check that there are no bugs in the bed, mattress and bed - in this case, regardless of the use of fumigators and repelling sections, bugs will still reach the body.

 

Natural repellents from bedbugs

Known and a whole set of folk remedies that can quite successfully scare away bedbugs.

• Wormwood - it is either fresh or dry laid out under beds and mattresses. And for the prevention of bedbugs from neighbors - in the corners of the room, ventilation ducts and near the door. You can also prepare a decoction of wormwood and add it to the water for cleaning floors, spray them with a plinth to expel parasites from there.
• Tansy - is applied in the same way as wormwood.
• Kerosene, denatured alcohol, vinegar - means that can scare away not only bugs, but also the man himself with his smell. Considered harmful, dangerous and morally obsolete.
• Live geranium as a houseplant, and, if possible, bush klopovnika. These plants discourage bugs safer expensive fumigators.

But with these tools it should be remembered that to destroy the bugs with their help will not work, and even with proper use, they will give only short-term results. They are more reliable as a means of prevention - constantly using them in the house can significantly reduce the chances of penetration of parasites from neighbors or from the street.

 

What is better to replace the scarers?

In any case, the bugs in the apartment should not be scared away, but destroyed: if they are wound up in the room, they will constantly bite. Therefore, scaring them away is only a temporary measure that allows you to hold out until:

• the use of special insecticides (Get, Hangman, Klopoveron, Dichlorvos-Neo, Tetrix, Cucaracha and others are considered to be quite effective);
• freezing of bedbugs or burning them with steam or industrial hair dryers;
• call disinsectors who will carry out the destruction faster and more reliable than the residents themselves, and after disinsection they will also guarantee that in the near future the bugs will not appear in the house.

Thus, when choosing tools for fighting bedbugs, it is better not to look at the scarecrows and not to be credited with their encouraging advertising. So the probability of acquiring a truly reliable means of bedbugs will be much higher.

If you also have experience of using a repeller in the fight against bedbugs, then be sure to leave your feedback in the comments field below. Perhaps he will help other people make the right choice.

 

Night video filming: an example of the inefficiency of the ultrasonic repeller

 

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