Customer Reviews

Sonic Technology Bugbuster Spider and Insect Vacuum

5 star:		(19)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(21)

 

 

The other reviewer gave it a great review, but perhaps I got a bad one, because it doesn't suck. I find I have to pretty much scoop the bugs up with it, unless they are something light with big wings (like a moth), in which case it will suck them up. I have seen ones that work well, but I don't know if the brand and/or make are different with those one. However, while some maybe great, the one I got wasn't, too bad. I hope that Dyson company makes on soon and they use the power at their disposal to make a super powerful one that can suck up a nest of killer bees, or a fly across the room, but until then I live in fear of both. Sam

A great way to escort unwanted bugs out of the house. The suction is mild and the opening is small for some bugs, but for 99% of those I encounter, this is the perfect way to return them to the great outdoors.

The Bug Buster arrived without the cap for the insect tube, the battery connection is flimsy, and the motor runs for less than one second. Not a lot of quality control. To return it, I must pay postage, and insure it, after emailing for a special return number. So I bought another brand from another manufacturer.

I wish I could give it five,
it does keep the bugs alive,
but is doesn't suck really very strong
so you have to really just push the bugs alone,
into the front of the container,
yes I could write this review plainer,
but I want to have fun
and my BugBuster enthusiasm is undone,
because it only works so-so,
now I am going to go

If you have a lot of time and patience to wait for the bug to crawl into the tube then this product is for you. It has absolutely no suction. I couldn't even get a small moth to go into the tube. Basically, you could place a glass or jar over the insect, wait for it to crawl or fly in, slide a piece of cardboard over the top and carry the insect outside and release it - and this method is free! Don't waste your money on this product!!!

I use this all the time (I'm not sure this is the exact same model I have, but it's the closest I can find). It is an easy way to get insects evicted from indoors to out, and it is humane because it doesn't kill the insect. You just suck it up with the vacuum and toss it outdoors. I would give it 4-and-a-half instead of 5 stars because sometimes the suction isn't strong enough for larger fiestier insects, such as camel crickets. Maybe they should invent one that has 2 levels of suction strength! This works fine for most spiders, beetles, etc. Not only are you being kind to the insect, you are saving your walls & floors from being smushed on and saving yourself from having poison sprayed around your house. I'm buying another one for a gift.

I've caught many spiders with a BugBuster (and released them outside), but it was not powerful enough to suck in a yellowjacket crawling within a crevice of an aluminum window frame -- you need a shopvac for that! This device is totally worth the money though, and I use it everyday on spiders and other small bugs.

My daughter rushed out of her bedroom because of a spider. This was my first opportunity to use my new BugBuster - and it didn't work. With it completely surrounding the spider, flush against the ceiling, the spider just hung on - when I pulled back from the ceiling, the spider dropped to the floor onto the carpet. Again I surrounded it, but it did not get sucked up into tube. So I just mashed it with the tube - which I could have done with my shoe. I'm glad my first opportunity to use it wasn't against a wasp - it might not have turned out as well.

The Bug Buster works quite well with most bugs, and very well for the types of bugs I want it to work with, namely, spiders, bees, and wasps. I like this Bug Buster because it doesn't kill the bugs. I can let the spiders go outside to catch harmful insects and the Bees to make my neighbors honey, and the wasps to catch caterpillars to feed their young, yuck. I sometimes have to give the bug a nudge with the end of the wand but I inevitably catch them. It works great with coddling moths too--yeah I let them go as well. All in all it works quite well, I might want to see a more powerful motor, but then I caught a lacewing with it and I think if it was more powerful the lacewing would have been injured, they are after all a human friendly insect.

Marv

I bought a bug buster for myself and it arrived with a battery already installed. It works really well for moths and flys that get into the house. I found a spider trapped in the bathtub and the bug-buster sucked her up perfectly so that I could shake her outside unharmed.
I love not having to kill bugs when there is an easier way and the bug-buster is it! I got one for my arachnaphobe step-daughter and she says it rocks. My only complaint is that they are drop-shipped sometimes with a battery and sometimes not..so you have to be sure to have a 9-volt battery handy. Also, some bugs with "stickier" feet can resist the suction which is, necessarily, rather gentle so as not to tear the critters apart on capture. It's a great little invention! Kinda of a "HavaHart" trap for insects.