The indoor bug zapper is the best way of ridding your immediate vicinity of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The hand held bug killer evaporates any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a pleasingly loud, electrical 'zap'!
However, this is not to say that the indoor insect zapper cannot be used outdoors, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the indoor bug zapper dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of indoor bug killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at killing insects and employ the same principle.
The indoor insect zapper looks like a 'junior' tennis racket, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the touch of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.
When a bug is caught between the wires of the indoor bug killer, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantaneously with a loud crack. The hand held insect killer will kill other insects too, but they just fry rather than explode.
I have been using the rechargeable kind for more than five years and am extremely happy with the hand held bug zapper. In fact, the electric bug killer has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged indoor bug killer is strong enough to last for several hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any noticeable discharge.
The rechargeable battery pack will put up with serious use for the best part of a year, although its capability to hold a charge for several weeks gradually diminishes after six or seven months.
The latest indoor insect killer I've used has a main on/off switch, a light that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when the zapper is on recharge.
The instructions on the wrapper say that it should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the electric bug killer shows a large increase in performance after only a couple of hours recharging.
The latest version I've seen also comes with a powerful beam called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're bored. You know, like an anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my hand held insect zapper for that too, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held insect zapper is a big asset to any outdoor event. The hand held bug zapper is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too.
However, this is not to say that the indoor insect zapper cannot be used outdoors, as long as it is not raining. It should be treated like any other high voltage electrical equipment. Keep the indoor bug zapper dry and definitely do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models vary greatly, but there are basically only two types of indoor bug killer: the battery operated bug zapper and the rechargeable electric bug zapper. Both are equally effective at killing insects and employ the same principle.
The indoor insect zapper looks like a 'junior' tennis racket, but with three sets of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The innermost grid of wires becomes live at the touch of a button while the other two networks, one on either side, are earths.
When a bug is caught between the wires of the indoor bug killer, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantaneously with a loud crack. The hand held insect killer will kill other insects too, but they just fry rather than explode.
I have been using the rechargeable kind for more than five years and am extremely happy with the hand held bug zapper. In fact, the electric bug killer has come a long way over the last few years. A fully charged indoor bug killer is strong enough to last for several hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any noticeable discharge.
The rechargeable battery pack will put up with serious use for the best part of a year, although its capability to hold a charge for several weeks gradually diminishes after six or seven months.
The latest indoor insect killer I've used has a main on/off switch, a light that shines when it is live (the brightness of this light also gives an indication of the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when the zapper is on recharge.
The instructions on the wrapper say that it should be (re)charged for about sixteen hours. I usually put it on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the electric bug killer shows a large increase in performance after only a couple of hours recharging.
The latest version I've seen also comes with a powerful beam called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very useful when out in the garden, but I'm not sure whether it's meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're bored. You know, like an anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my hand held insect zapper for that too, but the beam uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the hand held insect zapper is a big asset to any outdoor event. The hand held bug zapper is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps too.
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