Reddit reviews Combat Max Roach Killing Gel for Indoor and Outdoor Use, 1 Syringe, 2.1 Ounces

I just went through this OP. Stay strong.

• The insecticides will take time to work. You shouldn't expect them to all die immediately; my problem was much better after two weeks but didn't resolve completely for about a month or 6 weeks after the first spray.
  
  
• The exterminators should come back out and respray if the bugs persist; I wanted faster results too, but the exterminators basically said re-spraying after only a week would have no impact. I had them respray after two weeks. The reason you are seeing (more) bugs now is they are fleeing the insecticide, trying to find safe haven.
  
  
• To really keep them gone, your landlord will want to respray monthly for at least 6 months. Remind them that this is for the good of their building, not because you're a whiny bitch. If they were in your unit, you can bet your ass they have access to every unit in the building. (This is probably why you saw him again the same day - your landlord said "oh shit" and hopefully went to war).
  
  
• I had a pretty major problem with German cockroaches in my kitchen. I'd have loved to only deal with 2-3 roaches a day; I was killing 40-50 myself at first. I waylaid every baseboard, crack, behind-appliance-areas, etc. with bait traps that were advertised to kill the eggs. Also roach motels. They definitely took out their fair share of the fuckers fleeing the insecticides.
  
  
• There is an effective product to keep them gone - but you can't use this until after the insecticide has denatured and you've cleaned it up. Combat Source Kill Gel
  
  
• DO NOT squish the live roaches you see. If you do this to a pregnant female, you can spread their eggs all over your house.
  
  
• Clean everything you can, and you're really better off eating out for the time being (probably your preference anyway because of the fumes). Do not clean the areas where the exterminator sprayed for bugs. Cleaning is your best weapon against them. Don't leave anything out that they may want.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000QRAXSG/ref=mp_s_a_1?pi=75x20&qid=1344913194&sr=8-1

I can't recommend a specific one but Combat should get you started.

It looks like roach bait.

https://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Roach-Killing-Grams/dp/B000QRAXSG

This will rid you of them in a matter of days. All it takes is one infected to kill the nest.

Get two bottles of this. Pour it in cracks and high traffic areas and within a week you won't see another roach ever again, this shit does not fuck around.

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From the Landlord and Tenant Board:

"A landlord must keep the rental property clean. This includes any lobby area, halls, elevator, laundry room, pool, and parking lot or garage. A landlord must also make an effort to control pests such as cockroaches and mice."

Be more insistent with them that it's a problem that they need to fix for you. Don't let them talk you out of it.

Lucky for you, I've recently had to do a lot of research on the subject for myself. The most revered ways are the boric acid method and combat roach killing gel. Also try to find small holes and cracks in the walls and counters and cover them with duct tape.

Do you mind letting us know what neighbourhood you're in for general awareness?

I recently moved, after living with those things for awhile, and I've seen a few crawling around my new place. I purchased this and I'm planning on getting an exterminator in next week. Is there anything else I should do?

I once bought a syringe of the Combat cockroach paste https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QRAXSG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 back in 2012. Later in the year, I left for a about a week and put a bunch of lines of that paste around. Came back to no cockroaches.

I also threw around some bait traps (the little houses with food/poison in them) in dark places and hard to reach places (like under/behind the stove, under the sink, under my bed even, etc.).

From doing some light reading, it is best to keep your place dry as cockroaches and water bugs can go a long time without food, but not very long without water (they still beat us, humans, though).

http://www.amazon.com/Combat-Source-Roach-Killing-Grams/dp/B000QRAXSG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1381869327&sr=8-2&keywords=combat+roach

Put it on a square sheet of paper and scatter it around your house. You'll only see little baby ones a week after. The only downside is that the gel dries fast, so you'll have to reapply frequently.

Go to whatever store sells insect stuff near you and pick up something like this

I honesty don't know what number would be considered an infestation.

This is the gel bait I used btw.

I suggest placing the gel not just in the closet, but a bit around the perimeter inside the garage (like near the corners). Place some particularly near the pipes (as shown in the pic in the link), and anywhere there are cracks in the wall. I'd also consider putting some in your own home (like under the sink, corners of the kitchen, under the fridge, stove, and in the bathroom). Then just wait for two weeks. Then use the traps to check if they're still there.

A few regiments of these, these, and this got my old apartment roach-free. Maybe someone else can recommend better products but these worked great for me.

If it's cockroaches, which I'm assuming that it is, get this stuff.
It works REALLY good. Theres this stuff called Diatomaceous Earth that I sprinkled around the legs of my bed frame and under the mattress to make sure they didn't get too friendly while I was asleep. Both of them are safe for pets and kids to be around too.
Why do I know all this? I had a reeeeeeeeeeeally bad infestation when I moved to ATX.

buy this

i've had the worst roaches infestation in discovery gardens. now i barely see them. this thing kills them from the source. it's not gonna be very cheap with the delivery. but still cheaper than any solution here.

that's unfortunate. I know technically it's supposed to be the landlord's job but I've seen decent results with this stuff

Trust me - Combat Roach Gel. Just be sure you put it out in little dots and not long strips (once roaches figure out that a food source is killing them, they stop eating it, so making many little food sources with many dots is better than just a few food sources with long strips). Only thing that EVER worked for me was that gel.

Edited for clarification since I got downvoted for some reason? Was on my phone the first time, sorry if I wasn't clear enough or if the formatting was wonky. I dealt with roaches for a long time during sophomore year of my undergrad and I swear up and down by this gel.

Clean the kitchen. Then use this:

Problem solved.