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Great for use at BBQ's, while camping, fishing, hiking, outdoor sporting events, parties or even just relaxing
With on-off switch and LED indicator
Length: Approx. 19.7 inch / 50 cm
NOTE:
For more safety, do not press the switch or touch the outface of net when swatter is in charge
Please do not place fingers in the net
Please shake swatter for cleaning off insect carcasses which remain in net, be sure don't wash it with water, so as to avoid short circuit
Children must not use this is not a toy. Parents be advised.
Runs off of 2x AA Batteries
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
102 of 108 people found the following review helpful
I have the smaller version of this device (2AA batt.). Works great. Buy 2 or you will have to be fighting with your spouse to use the one you buy.
Frys mosquitoes and causes them to explode. Great theraputic value.
Will give you a painfull zap too if you contact the metal mesh while it is switched on.
Keep out of the reach of children and stupid adults.
Frys mosquitoes and causes them to explode. Great theraputic value.
Will give you a painfull zap too if you contact the metal mesh while it is switched on.
Keep out of the reach of children and stupid adults.
50 of 51 people found the following review helpful
The zapper works wonderfully in general. It's not the greatest thing to use on gnats though, as another reviewer noted. The wire mesh is too coarse to guarantee a bridge across the contacts for such a small bug. For anything bigger (mosquitos, flies, bees, etc...) it works like a charm. You do not need to be a tennis pro to be able to hit the bugs consistently. It only takes a basic level of physical coordination.
For particularly big bugs (such as the carpenter bees that infest my back yard) it only stuns them. So if you're swinging after some paleolithic trophy specimin, be prepared to grind it with your shoe after it falls stunned to the ground.
One warning though: Once you press the racquet's button and hold it for even a second or two, the internal capacitor is charged up to 1500 volts. At that point, even if you're not holding the button down, anything that bridges the contacts between the two mesh grids will get popped. This is great for bugs, but not so much for fingers. The zap won't do any lasting damage to you, but it hurts a bit and numbs up your finger for a minute or two. The lesson here is to always assume the zapper is charged, even if you're not actively holding down the button.
For particularly big bugs (such as the carpenter bees that infest my back yard) it only stuns them. So if you're swinging after some paleolithic trophy specimin, be prepared to grind it with your shoe after it falls stunned to the ground.
One warning though: Once you press the racquet's button and hold it for even a second or two, the internal capacitor is charged up to 1500 volts. At that point, even if you're not holding the button down, anything that bridges the contacts between the two mesh grids will get popped. This is great for bugs, but not so much for fingers. The zap won't do any lasting damage to you, but it hurts a bit and numbs up your finger for a minute or two. The lesson here is to always assume the zapper is charged, even if you're not actively holding down the button.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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Pros: *You get to hear a loud satisfying "pop" with each kill.
*Don't have to switch out batteries as aften because of longer lasting Ds are used.
*Extra size of it allows for larger capaciters to give it higher voltage.
Cons: *Hitting flies in mid air is a bit hard due to the weight of the thing,
*and its not much use to ground insects because you can't swat it against the ground without breaking it.
*Red warning light only stays on when button is depressed, even though it should stay on because juice will still remain in the capaciters for a while which can cause nasty suprises.
*Don't have to switch out batteries as aften because of longer lasting Ds are used.
*Extra size of it allows for larger capaciters to give it higher voltage.
Cons: *Hitting flies in mid air is a bit hard due to the weight of the thing,
*and its not much use to ground insects because you can't swat it against the ground without breaking it.
*Red warning light only stays on when button is depressed, even though it should stay on because juice will still remain in the capaciters for a while which can cause nasty suprises.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Awesome
this certainly does what it is meant for, just wish the button wasn't on the right side so children can activate it so easy, my nephew picked it up and almost electrocuted himself,... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Wayne C. Alderman
Works like a charm!!
Bought this for my Dad as a gag gift at Christmas. I almost didn't really think it would work. It works AMAZINGLY!! Read more
Published 2 months ago by T. Dodd
Bad Buy
Bought this to keep around the house when needed. First night I took it outside near a light to test it out. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jake
Did not work
The device did not work, there was no voltage produced to kill insects. I was forced to buy another brand which did work correctly.
Published 4 months ago by Adam Koenigsberg
cheaply made
It broke after one swing at a fly. I knicked the edge of a table and it flew into pieces...
The fly got away.
The fly got away.
Published 6 months ago by Joseph Hu
The Fly Was VAPORIZED!
YIKES! We whacked a fly with this thing and it disappeared. We think it was vaporized. After looking at each other in shock, my son said, "What else can we kill? Read more
Published 6 months ago by W. Harvey
Insect Zapper
Gets the job done fast and clean and no mess whatsoever! Beats a fly swatter by far! I bought two of them and I think that its a Great Product!
Published 7 months ago by J. Larson
You'll do better with a rolled up newspaper.
You cannot SWAT flies with this thing.
My wife ordered them after reading other reviews.
The swatters are more like badmitton rackets and are heavy. Read more
My wife ordered them after reading other reviews.
The swatters are more like badmitton rackets and are heavy. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Debra A. Warwick
Poor Excuse for a Bug Zapper
No buzz, no pop, no immediate impact on flying insects unless they happen land on the face of the grid. Then they can feel the voltage but seem only stunned. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Vaikko Allen
Works better than expected against "fruit flies"
I wasn't sure what to expect with this product. We've developed a inundation of "fruit flies" in our house over the last 3 months and I purchased several variants of fly swatters. Read more
Published 7 months ago by AJ Reviews
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