Zep #ONFT-1 Overnite Flea Trap

by ZEP INC

Product Features

• Zep #ONFT-1 Overnite Flea Trap
• ZEP INC

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.4 x 10.1 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000A0J1BY
• Item model number: ONFT-1
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,797 in Pet Supplies (See Top 100 in Pet Supplies)
  • #72 in Home & Garden > Patio, Lawn & Garden > Pest Control > Traps > Insect Traps

Product Description

Overnite Flea Trap, Traps Fleas While You Sleep, Night Light Comes On When Lights Go Out, Plugs Into Wall Outlet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's almost all I use, August 29, 2007

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Charles G. "An Engineer and Business Person" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zep #ONFT-1 Overnite Flea Trap (Misc.)

If you have a vacuum with a HEPA filter, vacuum every day and use this for overnight. Use Frontline from the vet, it's better than Advantage from the pet store. They are all I've ever used and found them to be completely effective for a small infestation. It takes awhile: you have to be diligent. And just before you go to bed, fling the sheets off the bed and grab the ones hiding there about where your ankles hit the sheets.

I've had one of these things for 15 years. Used it once that long ago and the problem completely disappeared and I never had another problem until now. I frantically looked at hardware stores for the refills, but couldn't find them, and was amazed to find them here. I bought two sets of refills just in case. These things are great: highly recommended, but you also have to vacuum daily for about two months.

UPDATE: Here is my complete guide to getting rid of fleas no matter how bad you have them. You have to do lots and lots of things to get rid of them, but you CAN get rid of them.

1. Get frontline from the vet. You aren't going to solve the problem without that, but it isn't going to be even remotely enough to solve the problem.

2. Get a flea comb from the pet store for about $3. The plastic ones work the best for a cat. Comb the fleas twice a day and then pull the flea off the comb quickly before they jump off and put them in a dish of soapy water, where they will drown. Your pet is a natural flea collector: thi will get rid of a lot of them, but not their eggs.

3. Get a spray called Zodiac FleaTrol at the pet store and spray it into your carpet and take you and your pet out of the room until it dries. It stops the fleas from hatching for about 9 months but does not kill them. It works, and works well, but 9 months later you have to spray again.

If you don't like the chemical option, 20 mule team Borax available at target or wal mart will actually kill the larvae in a carpet and is pretty gentle for people - it's a laundry booster. It will not kill adult fleas, so you basically have to just live with them for a month until they die. Sprinkle on carpet and brush in with a broom. Do not sprinkle on your pet.

4. Vacuum a lot. Every day if you don't use borax (if you use borax, you need to let it sit for a week). The brushes kill about 80% of the fleas. You don't actually have to throw the bag out every day, just leave the vacuum outside so that fleas that don't die will walk out outside.

5. Use these flea traps. They are not 100% effective if the infestation is bad, but they'll catch a lot of fleas effortlessly.

6. Before you go to bed, fling the sheets off the bed and grab the fleas where your ankles would be before the fleas jump off.

It's going to be about 8 weeks before you are rid of them, but you will be rid of them.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Catch fleas, flies, moths, fruit flies, July 12, 2007

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Sara Ann (The Missouri Ozarks) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Zep #ONFT-1 Overnite Flea Trap (Misc.)

I have used this trap for several years. I would give it 5 stars if it were totally effective for fleas, but it's like a band-aid for fleas. If you have fleas in the house, you need to be much more aggressive toward getting rid of them.........foggers are about the only things that really work.

But I have continued to use these traps as needed in the summer for flies and gnats (like fruit flies). The light attacts all sorts of flying critters, and once they land on the sticky surface, that's it! The sticky pad will actually last forever.......IF you don't mind looking at all those dead bugs!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A super nonevasive product, July 29, 2009

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Sandra D. Smith "Grannie Sandie" (Jacksonville, Fl.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zep #ONFT-1 Overnite Flea Trap (Misc.)

I love this product and use them in my house all the time. They trap fleas and also other unwanted bugs.