Bye, Bugs

Bugs. God, they’re annoying.

Outside, on the deck, you’re trying to enjoy a cocktail and a sunset, maybe read a book, and who comes buzzing in but a swarm of hungry mosquitos? It’ll ruin your night. Or your day. Because there are those seasons when the bugs just seem uncontrollable at any hour.

And yet, when this happens, there is a simple solution: you take your book and your drink and you go inside to watch the sunset through the window.

Now, bugs inside? That’s a whole different problem. Are you going to experience the same volume of gnats and mosquitos in your home as you would in the great outdoors? Probably not. (And, actually, if you do, don’t buy this thing. Call an expert.)

The problem is, you expect some bugs when you go outside, so if you’re out there for an hour and you have to swat away a few flies, you wouldn’t consider that a super buggy day. Inside, though, the expectations are shifted. A single gnat when you’re trying to eat dinner, going from one family member to the next, making the table look like a spastic, uncoordinated attempt at doing the wave? That’s infuriating.

Of course, you want to figure out the issue. Did an orange roll somewhere out of sight and become a breeding ground for fruit flies? Did you leave the door open a little too long while bringing stuff in from grilling out, allowing entry to a few mosquitos excited to start a family? Did that new houseplant you bought come with an unwanted stowaway?

Still, even if you find and eliminate the issue, the bugs might persist. After all, they wouldn’t be the nuisance they are if they didn’t possess the ability to multiply with ease.

Hence, you need this thing. It looks cool, like a cross between a smart speaker and a jet engine, but, more importantly, it kills bugs. (Small ones, at least; it’s not effective on house flies.)

How? It’s simple: the UV light attracts the bugs. When they get close, the fan sucks them in, planting them on a sticky pad from which they can’t escape. In other words, no zapping and no bug graveyard all over your counter or table.

Neat, right?

So get one if bugs can be a problem in your house. Or, actually, just get one regardless. Because it’s always possible that bugs could become a problem, and if they do, you’ll want one of these.