Sunday, 24 March 2013

Reviews of various moth killling products

We have been at war with the dreaded moths in our flat for a number of months now, there have been casualties on both sides, I have killed close to one hundred moths and they ate two of my beloved sweaters. I don't believe you can fully eradicate them either not without pest control. However that being said there are a number of products I have been using over the past few months, with varying degrees of effectiveness. We we start with the best product I have used to kill close to seventy of the cloth munching little monsters.
The Flea and Fly Bomb (can it kill moths?)

This is by the far the most lethal product in any moth killers arsenal, I have actually managed to clear my room of moths using this product. There is no other product I can say that for. At first I was skeptical, but it says on the canister that it decimates flying creatures, I think that is a fair representation. We only brought three cans, I reckon had we have brought six we would not have any moths left at all now. They were fleeing from the rooms where we set the canisters off. I personally toppled my bed (I knew that under the bed was their favourite breeding spot). I have had a few rogue moths sneak back under the door into my room I killed them promptly so despite the rest of the house still having moths in, my room presently has none! You have to use more than one canister for bigger rooms though (we didn't otherwise there would be no moths left at all now). The biggest thing is the eggs if you get the eggs then you stop them breeding. I actually hoovered my entire room thoroughly before using this product, targeting places where I suspected they were breeding. They like warm spots, next to radiators and dark spots- under the bed so make sure you hoover there. You will need some cheap face masks as well, because this product is hazardous to humans. Put the canister in the centre of the room, close all windows, twist it, till it starts spraying, then get the heck out of there shutting the door behind you. You have to stay out of the room for about four hours (upon returning follow the instructions on the bottle). My room was moth free for two days, I found one baby at that point which I promptly killed, since then there have been no moths breeding in my room at all. This product works! 4.4/5



The Zeroin Demi-Diamond clothes moth killer
It is the safest, easiest to use and in my opinion most effective moth killer on the market (unless you want to pay rent-o-kill hundreds of pounds to super heat your home to high temperatures to destroy the little blighters and their eggs). Essentially it is a prism shaped object. Inside is a sticky piece of card sprayed in a sexy lady moth pheromones. The male moths fly onto it attracted by the pheromones and then get stuck to it, if you are wondering whether they can escape, I caught the edge of my foot on it and ended up with the pad stuck to my sock, I had to use physical force to get it off. With no men left the women cannot breed, so you end up with severely reduced numbers of moths. However there are a lot of cheap knock offs and you struggle to buy a good batch in large quantities. 3.7/5
Zeroin clothes moth Killer Spray
So this Zeroin clothes moth killer is another from the Zeroin range. It is not nearly as effective as the Demi-diamond clothes moth killer. I have sprayed a number of surfaces with it and found that it makes very little difference, in comparison to the aforementioned product. It did make me cough though, a lot actually, so make sure if you buy it, keep your windows open and don't breathe it in. I used so much of it my room became hazardous to my health, I am not sure how the moths survived. I was having coughing fits in the night as a result of using this product. It is not recommended as a spray you can put in the air as it is bad for us and not just the moths. It is for spraying on various surfaces. So it is best not to chase moths around the room with it. However it is only marginally effective. 2.9/5


Zensect Moth Proofer
When I first brought this product I was impressed by the number of moth balls you actually get. There are twenty in a pack. They smell of lavender which is never a bad thing, but I am not particularly confident in this product I have to say. I have put the twenty balls around my bedroom near clothes, under the bed, the moths seem to like it under there and in the cupboards, however I moved a moth to within close proximity to the product hoping it would drop over dead and instead it chose to fly off. It deters the moths but is it a moth killer? Definitely not. 2.1/5

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