In-House Mosquito Repellants
#1
In-House Mosquito Repellants
The OH is sick of waking up with itchy, scratchy bites and is adamant that she is being targeted by mozzies during the night.
In my younger days when we used to go on holiday, we used to buy mozzie repellants/adaptors which plugged into the wall into which you inserted a 'tablet' on a daily basis and these seemed to do the trick in keeping the mozzies at bay.
Can you get similar things out here or are there better solutions?? I've seen something like an aerosol can which squirts a fine spray every now and then but I'm not sure how good they are.
Note, I'm talking about *inside* the house and the solution needs to be *pet safe*
Thanks
In my younger days when we used to go on holiday, we used to buy mozzie repellants/adaptors which plugged into the wall into which you inserted a 'tablet' on a daily basis and these seemed to do the trick in keeping the mozzies at bay.
Can you get similar things out here or are there better solutions?? I've seen something like an aerosol can which squirts a fine spray every now and then but I'm not sure how good they are.
Note, I'm talking about *inside* the house and the solution needs to be *pet safe*
Thanks
Last edited by tictac; Feb 25th 2008 at 10:51 pm. Reason: added the pet safe bit
#2
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
Yes you can get those tablet things - we use them. Don't know if there is anything better.
#3
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
you can get the plug ins tablet or liquid form mortein do them cost about $7.00 if you buy the plug and tablet which has about 30days worth of tablet
#4
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
The little gets love me, but hate the wife. I get a really bad reaction.
We have one of the Morten Liquid Jobbies in the bedroom..it seams to have stopped them. You get about 35 nights out of one bottle - if you remember to switch it off in the morning.
We have one of the Morten Liquid Jobbies in the bedroom..it seams to have stopped them. You get about 35 nights out of one bottle - if you remember to switch it off in the morning.
#5
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
We have this thing and it works brilliantly on flys. I also haven't been bitten by anything inside the house. You can tell when it runs out as all the flys start to come back. We have kids and a dog and they are not adversely effected.
#6
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
The first time I heard it 'go off' I thought it was one of them letting rip
#7
Auntie Fa
Joined: Nov 2006
Location: Seattle
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Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
We were both in hospital with Dengue Fever a couple of years ago so are totally neurotic about mosquitos; unfortunately we live in a Dengue Hotspot.
We have cats so anything we use has to be pet-friendly - we have some lamps that I bought at the local DIY. I can't remember how they're supposed to work - some kind of UV light that attracts flying things, plus some sticky disks to catch them on that you change every now and then.
Oh here's a link: http://www.advante.com.sg/bh/about.htm
Another one: http://forums.livingwithstyle.com/sh...p?t=1869929362
Not sure if the science bit is total rubbish but we do catch a lot of bugs. We have 3 around the house, including the bedroom.
We have cats so anything we use has to be pet-friendly - we have some lamps that I bought at the local DIY. I can't remember how they're supposed to work - some kind of UV light that attracts flying things, plus some sticky disks to catch them on that you change every now and then.
Oh here's a link: http://www.advante.com.sg/bh/about.htm
Another one: http://forums.livingwithstyle.com/sh...p?t=1869929362
Not sure if the science bit is total rubbish but we do catch a lot of bugs. We have 3 around the house, including the bedroom.
#9
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Joined: Apr 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 629
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
The OH is sick of waking up with itchy, scratchy bites and is adamant that she is being targeted by mozzies during the night.
In my younger days when we used to go on holiday, we used to buy mozzie repellants/adaptors which plugged into the wall into which you inserted a 'tablet' on a daily basis and these seemed to do the trick in keeping the mozzies at bay.
Can you get similar things out here or are there better solutions?? I've seen something like an aerosol can which squirts a fine spray every now and then but I'm not sure how good they are.
Note, I'm talking about *inside* the house and the solution needs to be *pet safe*
Thanks
In my younger days when we used to go on holiday, we used to buy mozzie repellants/adaptors which plugged into the wall into which you inserted a 'tablet' on a daily basis and these seemed to do the trick in keeping the mozzies at bay.
Can you get similar things out here or are there better solutions?? I've seen something like an aerosol can which squirts a fine spray every now and then but I'm not sure how good they are.
Note, I'm talking about *inside* the house and the solution needs to be *pet safe*
Thanks
Available at Bunnings.
HTH
#10
Re: In-House Mosquito Repellants
does any body know how much they cost per unit and how many you would need to cover a 4 bed e bath home?