Black Flag ZR-8000 Extendable Handheld Bug Zapper, Green

Thank goodness I don't need to use this zapper often but I'm so glad I have it! It's a lifesaver to me when a nuisance fly, spider, or similar unwanted insect appears. It works great!

These swatters are awesome, you can both hear and see mosquitoes get fried. The blue spark and loud crack are very satisfying after you’ve had a dang mosquito keeping you up in the middle of the night buzzing by your ears, landing on your face and biting again and again as you smack yourself in the face with your hands trying to kill it when half asleep.Now with this I just keep it on the headboard, swat in the general direction of where I heard it and have killed them in the dark lying in bed. Once you get one on the swatter you can hold the button down and literally get the mosquito to start smoking, it’s great! They use two AA batteries which are cheap and easy to find. You can’t grill yourself with the swatter so it’s safe for little kids to use. I really like mine I’m so I bought two more as we’ve had a ton of mosquitos this summer.

Elderly and have vaulted ceilings. The usual fly swatter was not working out. Of course, after purchase, no fly in the house. So I went outside hunting! Zapped wasps and big black ants at hummingbird feeder! Finally a fly in the house! A goner. No more swatting flies and they hit the floor and get back up, this works!

the shock is powerful but not super powerful, so some more bulky insects might be able to shrug off a shock, if not while still being a little worse for wear afterwards. it is also important to note the zappers themselves are fairly bulky, so dont expect to be able to swing them very quickly, so some more agile buggers may be able to swoop out of the way, and you will have to catch them against a wall or corner. specifically for that second reason alone, im going to have to knock my rating down to four stars.now with that out of the way, yeah, these are pretty great. they will pretty much obliterate with a satisfying crackle and flash of electricity any of the normal sorts of insects you would be buying these to deal with, and while they manage to get around the border of the swatter, they arent going to be getting through it. we bought these to deal with those annoying tiny fruit flies, and with just about every other swatter we tried they would manage to just fly right through unscathed. while we still have some issue with some of the quicker ones being able to dodge out of the way because of the aforementioned difficulty in swinging the swatter quickly, any of them that get caught in the path or try to dodge through dont stand a chance no matter how small, as they are virtually guaranteed to get caught in the triple layer complex lattice formation of the metal.overall, would definitely recommend.

This thing runs on AA batteries as I recall, yet somehow it is powerful enough to take down wasps, though I would not recommend trying to do so. I am not responsible if you get stung! All I can tell you is that *I* took down a belligerent wasp with it, and it audibly popped when I hit it. It will zap such pests as pantry moths, which is mainly what I got it for. They will literally pop and you can see the sparks. And yet, somehow, it does this on AA batteries. Amazing! They have been fried with SCIENCE! ;)Now, I feel like I have to say that most bugs do not mean you or your property any harm, so please don't harm living creatures for no reason. Pantry moths, however, most certainly do mean your property and food supplies harm.

Yeah it is something simple, but they work GREAT! Gave a set to a neighbor as a gift and does the job when the little blood sucking mosquitos start buzzing your head!For larger pests, they may get stuck and start smoking (muuuuu hahahaha!) until they finally die, but it does the job! In addition, this process can entertain adults with adult beverages for HOURS (I have proven it). Just watch out and don't try to remove bugs that get stuck in there or you will get a jolt and possibly a new perm as this is 7500volt DC.Used properly by adults, this can keep them entertained at your next party for HOURS and keep your backyard bug free!Just get them and don't bother with other cheapies that are "wanna be" bug zappers!If you found this useful (or entertaining), please mash that "helpful" button below.

We have a lot of nasty bugs here in Houston, Texas! I ordered this product on Oct 1, 2022, and both “rackets” worked well—still do. I ordered another pair on April 1, 2023, and as if to honor April Fool’s Day, BOTH arrived DOA! (No power going to electric screens, no hissing sound of them working.) Unfortunately, I didn’t test them out right away, and they were past their return date by the time I realized they had both arrived dead. Only 3-stars because of getting a dud pair!Of the set that works I’ll say this: it’s a good product! A major design flaw, however, is that they use 2 AA batteries. I use eneloop 2000mAh AA rechargeable batteries, and these “rackets” eat through fully charged batteries VERY quickly! These SHOULD have been designed to use 2 C batteries (for longer life) instead of AAs! That said, I’ve successfully zapped house moths, fruit flies, mosquitos, flies…I’ve even managed to zap a couple cockroaches by pinning them between the carpet and the electrified “racket!” (The tricky part is *catching* them in the first place! They are fast!)Good product (though a battery-eater), but be sure to test them out right away!