LiceGuard Robi Comb Electronic Lice Comb

by LiceGuard

Product Features

• Liceguard robi comb electronic lice comb detects and kills lice.
• It is spares children the discomfort of repeated shampooing.
• It is a simple & safe answer to getting rid of head lice.
• As you use your LiceGuard Robi Comb you kill lice.

Product Description

Detects & kills lice. No chemicals. Easy, safe & reusable. The best device to kill lice. AA battery not included. RoHS. CE Listed. Made in PRC.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.5 x 1.4 x 6.4 inches ; 3.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000P6TF8W
• UPC: 663580000015
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,160 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #2 in Health & Personal Care > Health Care > First Aid > Lice Treatments > Lice Combs

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

148 of 151 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone thneeds a Robi-Comb! Saved my sanity, June 23, 2008

By 

Isuzan "Isuzan" (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LiceGuard Robi Comb Electronic Lice Comb (Health and Beauty)

This is my first review - but I had to write this. This is the kind of product I recommend to almost everyone I meet who comes into contact with younger children, especially school nurse and my family doctor - both who said they'd never heard of it! Sadly, I wish I haven't had gazillions of experience with lice, but as a resident "expert" I'll try to explain my predicament and how the Robi-comb saved my sanity and stopped the bug in it's tracks!

First time my two younger girls brought home lice I dealt with it the usual way; nit-picking and lice-shampooing multiple times. Toxic poisons on my kids' heads...just what I wanted. Well, the buggers were hard to get rid of - and I followed the directions; vacuumed like a maniac and washed and dryed until I was exhausted. The girls had them for approx. 6 weeks.

Approximately 1 year later, my daughter came home with them AGAIN. At a friend's suggestion, I bought the robi-comb. Boy, did that thing get a workout! I'm unsure of the timeline, but I managed to rid the girls of the bugs much sooner.

Fast forward to just this spring. Up to this point I had not ever had the bugs myself - just had to deal with them on my girls. Have I mentioned I'm bug-a-phobic? When the school nurse called and told me to pick up my youngest because of lice , I sat down and sobbed. I REALLY hate pulling bugs out of her hair, and the eggs, etc. But, with steely resolve, I went to the task. Luckily (I thought) it was just her and noone else. But, as a hyper-bug-mom, I ran the robi-comb through my hair a few times a day "just to make sure" none had crawled on me.

Surprise, surprise...on DAY FIVE after my baby came home with them, I found one on me. It was so small you would've never caught it without a Robi-comb. You would've thought someone had died the way I reacted! I'm not proud of it, but being totally honest. My best friend painstakingly went through my hair - I had hundreds of eggs and a few bugs.

It has been said by the description on Amazon and by other posters - but I'll reiterate; the Robi-comb works by ZAPPING the heck out of the buggers until they're dead, dead, DEAD. Some of the ones it'd zap are so small - it's unbelievable it catches them that small! I'd brush them out onto a white countertop and with a MAGNIFYING GLASS stare at it (to make sure it was a bug and not lint). This does NOT give you a "get-out-of-nit-picking-free" card; you've got to be diligent with that as well. I had a routine of getting my daughter one hour early. I'd first go through her hair with the Robi-comb (sectioning and doing one part at a time). Then I'd wash her hair -then go through her hair with a traditional metal comb (oh, btw, throw those useless plastic combs out!); after washing I'd put in a conditioner and comb all the knots out. The water/shampoo/conditioner doesn't kill 'em, but it does slow them down ALOT. I'd section her hair and go through it looking for nits. Afterwards I'd braid her hair so it'd be easy to get through later in the day. At least once in the afternoon I'd un-do one braid and section it off - and go through with the Robi-comb. I'd braid that back up and do the other side. At night I'd go through it again with the Robi-comb and search for eggs.

I'll have to say this again - there is NO EASY WAY to get rid of the creatures, but the Robi-comb is the most amazing tool to help you in this quest.

As for my own infestation, I felt things were crawling on me constantly (this whole thing did not seem to even bother my 6 year old!). So, the Robi-comb gives you peace of mind. I was driving to an appointment and it was a two hour drive - the entire time I was using this on my hair. Perhaps it should come with a voice that says, "Ok - you can stop now" LOL but all-in-all you can be as vigilant as you want to be.

I got rid of my lice infestation in SIX DAYS. I kept checking after that but they were no more. I'll keep doing spot checks though...the Robi-comb is that good. I am SURE that if I did not have this product I would not have caught it as early as I did and it would have been alot worse.

65 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good when it works!, July 21, 2008

By 

Annebanana "Lots o' reading going on" (Heart of Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LiceGuard Robi Comb Electronic Lice Comb (Health and Beauty)

I have a love-hate relationship with the Robi Comb. I think it helped me conquer a lice infestation. It's particularly good at pulling out and alerting me to tiny nymphs that I would have missed on a visual inspection. And when it zaps the lice, it's good to know if I don't get the bugs off the child's head, they're dead and can't bite or reproduce. HOWEVER, I suspected that my kids were reinfested so ran the RobiComb through their hair. Not a blip in the buzzing, so I thought we were home free. Not so! Something was WRONG with Mr. RobiComb, because I checked again later with an ordinary metal lice comb and found lots o'little licey. I got a new rOBIComb and use it, but in conjunction with traditional, non-electric metal combs.

59 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every household needs a Robi Comb!, September 10, 2009

By 

K. Garrett (Island of Oahu, Hawaii) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LiceGuard Robi Comb Electronic Lice Comb (Health and Beauty)

Lice.. ick! I know, I know. They are annoying, hard to get rid of parasites. If you have ever dealt with them, you know the battle is hard won. But with a Robi Comb in your arsenal, those little buggers don't stand a chance.

Some lice facts I have unfortunately found out- Lice like long hair over short hair, girl hair over boy hair, younger over older and clean over dirty and while nothing is impossible, it is highly improbable that you can catch lice from your family pet. Men can blame the family pet for many things but this is not one of them. Lice can live up to two weeks without feeding on a host. And lastly, the symptoms of mild poisoning from the pesticides in a lot of lice treatments include headaches and nausea and can last about two weeks.

Here's the drill.. your child goes to school, summer resident camp, school overnighter or even a simple slumber party. Next thing you know, they are scratching their head, then everyone else in your house is scratching their heads. No, they are not trying to figure out what to get you for your birthday. You have just been drafted into your own personal war with one of the planet's useless creatures. Lice serve no purpose except to annoy and irritate. After you get over having the heebie jeebies, you need to act quickly and precisely to irradicate your enemy. You need to check and treat every head in your household. If you have a Robi Comb on hand, you are a head of the game. A Robi Comb operates on one AA battery and kills lice with an electric charge, so use it on dry hair only. If you use it on wet hair, you and your family members will be in for a shock... literally. Oh, and try to avoid touching the ears. While it's not going to kill a human, it will make them jump a bit. It's not a painful shock but the person on the receiving end will notice. Just ask my 13 year old.

For head treatment-
In a brightly lit area and/or using a small flashlight, inspect the hair for lice. Lice eggs on a hair shaft look like salt or sugar grains and adult lice look like tiny grains of rice with lots of legs. Don't confuse lice eggs with dandruff. Dandruff is flakey and can move easily. Lice eggs are stuck on the hair shaft with some super sticky lice secretion. They are not coming off that easily. You will have to run each hair with an egg on it through your fingers and use your nails to get them off. This is why you want to take as many preventative measures as possible. Otherwise, stack up your favorite movies and snacks because you are in for a marathon head checking session with just one head of long hair.

To use a Robi Comb, brush or comb out any knots or tangles with a regular brush or comb and then soak them (brushes and combs, not your family members) in hot soapy water for at least 10 minutes. Or you can do what I do- throw them out and buy new ones (brushes and combs, not family members). Section off the hair, turn on the Robi Comb and begin running it through the hair at a 45 degree angle. The Robi Comb emits a high pitched sound that ceases when it comes in contact with lice. When the sound stops, remove the comb, inspect for the enemy carcass and use the little brush included to clean the Robi Comb out. Continue until you have covered the entire head. Clean the Robi Comb well between family members and change the battery as needed. You are not going to get all of them the first time around. Lice treatment boxes say to retreat in 7-10 days. Any eggs not removed and that survive the pesticide will hatch after that time frame. Yeah, I'm not waiting that long. So for the next 2-3 weeks, use the Robi Comb on all family members every 3-4 days. After that, I suggest a weekly run through as a preventative measure.

For clothing, hats, bedding, furniture- yes, you have to treat all of it. Like I said, lice can live up to 2 weeks without feeding on a host. The more items you can wash and isolate, the better. Wash in the hottest water you can safely use. If you can't use hot water, wash and store in a zipper bag for at least two weeks. For furniture, if you want to, use a lice spray specifically for furniture. Spray the furniture, leave it for a few hours then vacuum it. Don't forget to empty out the vacuum or change the bag if your vacuum has one. One suggestion I read online was to treat everything in the house and then go on a vacation for two weeks (my favorite!). If your child is going to a sleep away camp, send a zippered mattress pad and their own pillow with them. When they get back, wash and isolate the pillow, sleeping bag/bedding, hats, etc. as a precautionary measure.

To wrap it up, a lice infestation is not the end of the world and nothing of which to be ashamed. It happens and in some areas of the country, it happens quite frequently. I know from experience that in Hawaii, lice (ukus) is very prevelant. And if you have lived in Hawaii for any length of time, you know that showering twice a day is a normal practice for many people so there is one debunker for the dirty hair/poor hygiene myth. Remember to tell your kids not to share brushes, combs, hair accessories, hats, etc. If it goes on their head, they don't share it.

So, what are you waiting for? Oh, the price. Even with shipping, the price at the top of this page is about $5 less than what I paid for my Robi Comb at Walgreens. But, I needed one quickly and couldn't wait for shipping. So, if you can wait, click the button and buy it.

Why are you still reading here? The button is up there.