The indoor insect killer is the best way of ridding the space around you of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The electric insect zapper evaporates any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantaneously on contact with a pleasingly loud, electrical 'zap'!
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 indoor bug killer dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of indoor insect zapper: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both are equally effective at zapping insects and employ the same principle.
The indoor bug killer looks like a 'kids' tennis racquet, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the push of a button, while the other two grids, 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 evaporates it instantaneously with a loud crack. The electric bug killer will zap other insects too, but they just burn rather than just disappear.
I have been using the rechargeable kind for more than five years and am extremely happy with the indoor insect zapper. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged electric insect killer is powerful enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, when unused, for weeks without any noticeable 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 gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor bug zapper I've used has a main on/off switch, an LED that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also indicates the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when it is plugged in for recharge.
The instructions suggest that the bug zapper should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. However, I usually put mine on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held bug killer shows a marked increase in performance after only a few hours recharging.
The latest model 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 meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're bored. You know, like an anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my electric insect killer for that reason as well, but the headlamp uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the electric bug zapper is a huge asset to any outdoor event. The indoor insect zapper is useful for 'clearing' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for killing evening mosquitoes and it will eradicate wasps at a lunch table as well. - 14100
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 indoor bug killer dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of indoor insect zapper: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug killer. Both are equally effective at zapping insects and employ the same principle.
The indoor bug killer looks like a 'kids' tennis racquet, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the push of a button, while the other two grids, 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 evaporates it instantaneously with a loud crack. The electric bug killer will zap other insects too, but they just burn rather than just disappear.
I have been using the rechargeable kind for more than five years and am extremely happy with the indoor insect zapper. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged electric insect killer is powerful enough to last for a few hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, when unused, for weeks without any noticeable 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 gradually reduces after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor bug zapper I've used has a main on/off switch, an LED that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also indicates the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when it is plugged in for recharge.
The instructions suggest that the bug zapper should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. However, I usually put mine on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the hand held bug killer shows a marked increase in performance after only a few hours recharging.
The latest model 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 meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're bored. You know, like an anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my electric insect killer for that reason as well, but the headlamp uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the electric bug zapper is a huge asset to any outdoor event. The indoor insect zapper is useful for 'clearing' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for killing evening mosquitoes and it will eradicate wasps at a lunch table as well. - 14100
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