Electronic Bug Zapper
Posted by Owen Jones in Uncategorized, tags: accessories, advice, electronics, gadgets, garden, happiness, holidays, insects, other, products, review, self help, skin care, travel, UncategorizedThe hand held bug zapper is the best way of clearing the area around you of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The indoor bug killer vaporizes any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a nice, loud, electrical ‘zap’!
However, this is not to say that the hand held bug killer cannot be operated outdoors, so long as it is not raining. It should be handled just like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the electric bug zapper dry and please do not use it when you are standing in water!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of indoor bug killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both are equally effective at killing insects and work on the same principle.
The hand held insect killer looks like a ‘kids’ tennis racquet, but with three layers of ’strings’, which are in fact wires. The innermost network of wires becomes live at the push of a button, while the other two networks, one on either side, are harmless earths.
When an insect is trapped between the wires of the hand held bug killer, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantaneously with a loud crack. The hand held bug zapper will zap other insects too, but they tend to burn rather than just disappear.
I have been using the rechargeable type for five years and am extremely satisfied with the indoor insect killer. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged electric bug killer is strong enough to last for several hundred swipes and will hold it’s charge, when unused, for weeks without any significant discharge.
The battery recharge unit will take intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for several weeks slowly reduces after six or seven months.
The latest indoor bug zapper I’ve used has a main on/off switch, an LED that comes on when it is live (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery’s strength) and an LED that comes on when it is plugged in for recharge.
The instructions on the wrapper suggest that it should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. I usually put mine on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held insect zapper shows a marked increase in performance after only a couple of hours recharging.
The latest version I’ve seen also comes with a powerful beam called a ‘headlamp’. I have found this very useful when walking in the garden, but I’m not sure whether it’s supposed 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 hand held insect zapper for that reason too, but the light uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held bug zapper is a big asset at any outdoor event. The indoor insect killer is useful for ‘clearing’ your bedroom before retiring; it’s unbeatable for killing evening mosquitoes and it will eradicate wasps at a lunch table as well.
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