Electric Bug Killer
The hand held insect zapper is the best way of clearing the area around you of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The indoor bug zapper vaporizes any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a nice, loud, electrical 'crack'!
However, this is not to say that the indoor bug killer cannot be used outside, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the hand held insect zapper dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models do vary a lot, but there are really only two kinds of electric insect killer: the battery operated bug killer and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both are equally effective at killing insects and work on the same principle.
The indoor bug killer looks like a 'kids' tennis racket, but with three layers of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The central grid of wires becomes live at the push of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.
When an insect is trapped between the wires of the hand held insect zapper, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantaneously with a loud crack. The hand held bug zapper will kill other insects too, but they tend to burn rather than explode.
I have had the rechargeable kind for more than five years and am extremely satisfied with the hand held insect zapper. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged hand held insect killer is powerful enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any appreciable discharge.
The rechargeable battery unit will put up with intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for several weeks gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor insect zapper I've had has a main on/off switch, an LED that comes on when it is live (the brightness of this light also indicates the battery's strength) and a light that comes on when the zapper is on recharge.
The instructions on the wrapper suggest that it should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the electric bug killer shows a large increase in performance after only a couple of hours recharging.
The latest model I've seen also comes with a strong light called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're feeling bored or just vindictive. You know, a bit like an Anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my electric insect zapper for that too, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the electric insect zapper is a big asset to any outdoor event. The electric insect killer is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too. - 2368
However, this is not to say that the indoor bug killer cannot be used outside, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the hand held insect zapper dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models do vary a lot, but there are really only two kinds of electric insect killer: the battery operated bug killer and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both are equally effective at killing insects and work on the same principle.
The indoor bug killer looks like a 'kids' tennis racket, but with three layers of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The central grid of wires becomes live at the push of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.
When an insect is trapped between the wires of the hand held insect zapper, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantaneously with a loud crack. The hand held bug zapper will kill other insects too, but they tend to burn rather than explode.
I have had the rechargeable kind for more than five years and am extremely satisfied with the hand held insect zapper. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged hand held insect killer is powerful enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any appreciable discharge.
The rechargeable battery unit will put up with intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for several weeks gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor insect zapper I've had has a main on/off switch, an LED that comes on when it is live (the brightness of this light also indicates the battery's strength) and a light that comes on when the zapper is on recharge.
The instructions on the wrapper suggest that it should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the electric bug killer shows a large increase in performance after only a couple of hours recharging.
The latest model I've seen also comes with a strong light called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're feeling bored or just vindictive. You know, a bit like an Anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my electric insect zapper for that too, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the electric insect zapper is a big asset to any outdoor event. The electric insect killer is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too. - 2368
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