Electronic Bug Zapper
The hand held bug killer is the best way of ridding your immediate vicinity of insects, especially the flying ones like mosquitoes. The indoor bug zapper vaporizes any insect from a mosquito to a gnat instantly on contact with a pleasingly loud, electrical 'zap'!
However, this does not mean to say that the indoor bug zapper cannot be operated 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 please do not use it while you are standing in the pool!
Models do vary a lot, but there are really only two types of indoor bug killer: the battery operated bug killer and the rechargeable electric insect killer. Both models are equally effective at killing insects and employ the same methods.
The electric insect zapper resembles a 'junior' tennis racquet, but with three layers of 'strings', which are in fact wires. The central grid of wires becomes live at the push of a button, while the other two networks, one on either side, are only earths.
When a bug is trapped between the wires of the indoor insect killer, it creates a short, which vaporizes it instantly with a loud crack and a flash. The electric insect zapper will zap other bugs too, but they tend to burn instead of explode.
I have been using the rechargeable kind for five years and am extremely satisfied with the hand held insect killer. In fact, the electric bug zapper has come a long way in the last few years. A fully charged hand held insect killer is strong enough to last for several hundred swipes and will hold it's charge, if unused, for weeks without any appreciable discharge.
The rechargeable battery unit will put up with intensive use for the best part of a year, although its ability to hold a charge for several weeks slowly reduces after six or seven months.
The most recent indoor bug killer I've had has a main on/off switch, a light that comes on when it is activated (the brightness of this light also indicates the battery's strength) and an LED that comes on when it is plugged in for recharge.
The instructions say that it should be (re)charged for sixteen hours. I usually put mine on charge over night once or twice every week or two, although the electric insect killer shows a marked increase in performance with only a couple of hours charging.
The latest model I've had also comes with a strong beam called a 'headlamp'. I have found this very handy when walking in the garden, but I'm unsure whether it's meant to attract the flies in the dark so that you can zap them if you're feeling bored or just vindictive, rather like an Anglerfish.
I've used the headlamp on my indoor insect zapper for that too, but the light uses a lot of battery power. All in all, the indoor insect killer is a big asset to any outdoor event. The hand held insect killer is useful to 'clean out' your bedroom before retiring; it's unequalled for evening mosquitoes and it will clear a lunch table of wasps as well.
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