Types of bedbug repellers and feedback on their use

Using a repeller to get rid of bedbugs is a pretty tempting idea for many. The popularity of these devices today is really high: they are massively advertised by manufacturers and dealers, and the buyers themselves are happy to prefer them to preparations based on insecticides (no one wants to poison themselves with chemicals). So it turns out that "whatever one may say", and the electronic bedbug repeller is harmless, inexpensive, works for a long time and, most importantly, amazingly easy to use.

At the same time, special experiments and studies, as well as customer reviews, indicate that most of the bedbug repellers are outright trash, absolutely useless in the fight against parasites. But in order to choose an electronic repeller that will really help get rid of bed bugs in the house, you need to try very hard and go not quite in the standard way.

So, let's figure out how you can really scare away bedbugs and at the same time is safe for your health.

Review

“We bought a Typhoon repeller for my daughter in a hostel. She is very sensitive and from any chemistry she has a headache for a long time. So, this repeller does not work.Rather, it works, but it does not give a result. The light bulb is on, some kind of ultrasound supposedly goes on, and the bugs both bite and bite. Nastya had to go home for three days, and at that time the commandant called the SES and the bedbugs were poisoned with some kind of gas.

Svetlana, Ivanovo

 

Types of bedbug repellers: we classify the abundance of funds

The most common types of insect repellers on the market are as follows:

• Ultrasonic - these devices are designed to scare away bedbugs due to high-frequency sounds, which, as the manufacturers assume, should create very uncomfortable living conditions for parasites in the house. Electronic repellers of this type were the first to appear on the market, and therefore today their low efficiency is already well known, and manufacturers are forced to switch to a new invention due to falling sales and distrust of customers ...
• Magnetic resonance repellers, they are also electromagnetic, the action of which is explained by the emission of electromagnetic waves, the frequency of which falls into resonance with the frequency of electromagnetic oscillations of the bug's nervous system and has a destructive effect on its body. Agree, this description itself already smacks of anti-scientific nonsense in the style of sellers of dietary supplements, and the effectiveness of the electromagnetic bedbug repellers themselves in practice turns out to be the same as that of ultrasonic agents. That is practically zero.
• Aromatic repellers, also called fumigators, are products in which a special solution or aromatic plate smolders from heating the spiral, exuding an unpleasant smell for bedbugs (and other domestic insects). Of all household repellers, only in this group are really effective remedies.

However

There are both electromagnetic and ultrasonic repellers that are really effective against bedbugs. These include, for example, some models of repellers against rats and moles. However, these drugs are so strong that they irritate the human nervous system. As tests show, powerful repellers lead to headaches in the tenants of the premises, stress, insomnia and other disorders.

Simply put, these tools scare away all living things that fall within the range of their signal. It is strictly forbidden to use such devices in living quarters and, moreover, in bedrooms, from which bedbugs must be scared away in the first place.

 

Electronic repellers: are they effective?

As the results of specially conducted experiments show, neither ultrasonic nor electromagnetic repellers from bedbugs have any effect on the behavior of these insects.

And further: The executioner did not run out of steam in a week and cheerfully killed the bugs like that, even being in a dried state

The reason for this is simple - ultrasonic repellers are only effective against insects that use hearing and sound signals for communication. For example, against mosquitoes.

Bedbugs, on the other hand, "communicate" and are guided in search of food almost exclusively by smells, therefore they are absolutely indifferent to ultrasounds.

Review

“Leaving my review about the Riddex repeller. The tool helps against mosquitoes - while the repeller is turned on, insects do not bite. From the moth did not help, the butterflies continue to fly. Friends tried to get rid of bedbugs and cockroaches with it, it also did not work, although cockroaches, according to their assurances, became a little less. I think you can buy this product to protect the nursery from mosquitoes.

Sergey, Zelenograd

Bedbugs react to high-frequency electromagnetic radiation in the same way as a person - that is, we do not notice them at all (although in fairness it must be said that there are people who are sensitive, for example, to long-term radiation from cell phones).

Fact

Market research in China shows that electronic bed bug repellers account for nearly 22% of bed bug sales. It is noteworthy that four out of five respondents are not satisfied with the effectiveness of the device, and 73% of respondents are forced to buy other products within 2 weeks after purchasing the repeller.

But aromatic repellers - fumigators, sections, products on oils - may well give the desired result, but usually very short-lived.

The fact is that the bugs really do not like the smells of certain plants, for example, wormwood, tansy, lavender, bed bugs, and in the presence of such aromas in the room, they always try to stay away from them.

But only until they are hungry, in which case their hunger overcomes their dislike of the smell, and they will even climb onto a bed fumigated with lavender. Nevertheless, it is fumigators and sections that can be effectively used for short-term repelling of bedbugs if it is not possible to immediately destroy the parasites with effective drugs.

 

Fumigators and sections from parasites as a remedy for bedbugs

It is impossible to destroy all bed bugs in an apartment with fumigators: insects even if they die from these funds, but slowly and far from all. But fumigators are quite suitable for scaring away parasites for a short time.

So, for example, they can be used:

• if necessary, spend the night for a short time in rooms of questionable cleanliness;
• and also at home for the case when it is not possible to immediately destroy the bugs - there is no time or the necessary insecticidal agents.

And one more thing: it is generally accepted that if you leave the apartment for a long time, then all the bugs will die of hunger. Let's see if bedbugs can still eat something and how long they can live without human blood

Fumigators should be plugged into an outlet as close to the bed as possible. Deterrent sections should be hung directly on the bottom rails of the bed frame.For such short-term repelling of bedbugs, you can use the Mosquitall, Raptor and Raid fumigators, as well as Mosquitall and Raptor moth sections.

Review

“After buying a new apartment, it turned out that tenants were already living in it - moth butterflies and bedbugs. It's a good thing we discovered them before we moved in. From butterflies, we bought special sections of Mosquitall with the smell of lavender, they helped. It even seemed to us that the bugs became less after the placement of these sections. But we were only able to get them out when we called the SES. The guys processed everything very quickly, there was no good furniture in the apartment.

Irina, Krasnodon

On a note

Before using repellents, you should check that there are no bedbugs in the bed itself, the mattress and the bed - in this case, regardless of the use of fumigators and repellent sections, the bugs will still get to the body.

 

Natural bed bug repellents

There is also a whole set of folk remedies that can quite successfully scare away bedbugs.

• Wormwood - either fresh or dry, it is laid out under beds and mattresses. And to prevent the ingress of bedbugs from neighbors - in the corners of the room, ventilation ducts and near the door. You can also prepare a decoction of wormwood and add it to the water for washing floors, spray baseboards with it to expel parasites from there.
• Tansy - is used similarly to wormwood.
• Kerosene, denatured alcohol, vinegar - means that can scare away not only bedbugs, but also the person himself with their smell. They are considered harmful, dangerous and obsolete.
• Live geranium as a houseplant, and, if possible, a bedbug bush. These plants repel bedbugs more reliably than expensive fumigators.

But even with these means, it should be remembered that it will not work to destroy bedbugs with their help, and even with proper use, they will give only a short-term result. They are more reliable as a means of prevention - constantly using them in the house, you can significantly reduce the chances of parasites entering from neighbors or from the street.

 

What is the best substitute for repellents?

In any case, the bugs in the apartment should not be scared away, but destroyed: if they already wound up in the room, they will bite constantly. Therefore, scaring them away is only a temporary measure that allows you to hold out until:

• the use of special insecticidal agents (Get, Executioner, Klopoveron, Dichlorvos-Neo, Tetrix, Cucaracha and others are considered quite effective);
• freezing bedbugs or burning them with steam or industrial hair dryers;
• calling exterminators who will carry out the destruction faster and more reliably than the residents themselves, and after disinfestation they will also give a guarantee that bedbugs will not appear in the house in the near future.

Thus, when choosing means to fight bedbugs, it is better not to look at repellers and not to read their encouraging advertisements. So the likelihood of acquiring a truly reliable remedy for bedbugs will be much higher.

If you also have experience using a repeller in the fight against bedbugs, then be sure to leave your feedback in the comment box below. Perhaps he will help other people make the right choice.

 

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