The indoor bug killer is the best way of ridding your immediate vicinity of insects, especially the flying ones such as mosquitoes. The electric insect killer vaporizes any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a pleasingly loud, electrical 'zap'!
However, this does not mean to say that the electric insect killer cannot be used outdoors, so long as it is not raining. It should be handled just like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the indoor insect zapper dry and please do not use it when you are standing in the pool!
Models do vary a lot, but there are really only two types of hand held insect zapper: the battery operated bug killer and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at killing bugs and employ the same principle.
The indoor insect killer looks like a 'kids' tennis racquet, but with three layers of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the touch of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.
When an insect is trapped between the wires of the electric insect zapper, it creates a short, which evaporates it instantaneously with a loud crack. The indoor insect zapper will kill other insects too, but they tend to fry rather than explode.
I have been using the rechargeable sort for more than five years and am extremely satisfied with the electric bug killer. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged electric insect killer is strong enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, when unused, for weeks without any appreciable discharge.
The battery recharge unit will take intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for a few weeks gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The latest indoor bug killer I've used has a main on/off switch, a light that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and a light that comes on when the zapper is plugged in on recharge.
The instructions suggest that the bug zapper should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. However, I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held bug zapper shows a large increase in performance with only a few hours recharging.
The latest model I've seen also comes with a strong light called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when walking in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to lure 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 killer for that too, but the headlamp uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held bug zapper is a big asset to any outdoor event. The hand held bug killer is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unbeatable for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too. - 30195
However, this does not mean to say that the electric insect killer cannot be used outdoors, so long as it is not raining. It should be handled just like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the indoor insect zapper dry and please do not use it when you are standing in the pool!
Models do vary a lot, but there are really only two types of hand held insect zapper: the battery operated bug killer and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at killing bugs and employ the same principle.
The indoor insect killer looks like a 'kids' tennis racquet, but with three layers of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the touch of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.
When an insect is trapped between the wires of the electric insect zapper, it creates a short, which evaporates it instantaneously with a loud crack. The indoor insect zapper will kill other insects too, but they tend to fry rather than explode.
I have been using the rechargeable sort for more than five years and am extremely satisfied with the electric bug killer. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged electric insect killer is strong enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, when unused, for weeks without any appreciable discharge.
The battery recharge unit will take intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for a few weeks gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The latest indoor bug killer I've used has a main on/off switch, a light that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and a light that comes on when the zapper is plugged in on recharge.
The instructions suggest that the bug zapper should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. However, I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held bug zapper shows a large increase in performance with only a few hours recharging.
The latest model I've seen also comes with a strong light called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when walking in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to lure 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 killer for that too, but the headlamp uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held bug zapper is a big asset to any outdoor event. The hand held bug killer is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unbeatable for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too. - 30195
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