Best pest control sprayers according to redditors
We found 61 Reddit comments discussing the best pest control sprayers. We ranked the 21 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 61 Reddit comments discussing the best pest control sprayers. We ranked the 21 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Das Ding mit Wasser füllen und alle im Büro erblassen vor Neid.
there you go
https://www.amazon.com/Pestbye-Powerful-Activated-Sprinkler-Repeller/dp/B004YCUT4W/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1498101239&sr=8-5&keywords=motion+sprinkler
Eco Defense Bed Bug Killer, Natural Organic Formula Fastest, 16 oz.
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It helps a lot to treat your shoes and pants with permethrin. One application should last you all summer. Only apply it to clothes, not skin.
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https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME
DEET works great but it also is nasty and I'm sure by the end of your trip you will hate having to basically constantly bathe in it.
What you really need to look into is permetherin clothing treatments.
Follow the instructions carefully, and make sure when its wet to not get it near cats ever. After it fully dries its amazing.
We treat our hiking clothes (socks especially if you're in the lower 48 for ticks), hammocks, backpacks, rain fly of the tent etc. Bugs won't even land on anything treated with it, and it lasts multiple washings or for things like backpacks, hammocks and tents it will last an entire season.
Last year my partner and I went on a hike with some other people, while they were constantly fighting bugs nothing would even land on us.
Sadly you still need to spray DEET or some other bugspray on your exposed skin, hands/neck etc.
If you're really worried you can treat your clothes with permethrin if you're really worried about ticks. This is a neurotoxin for ticks and kills them on contact. It harmless to people (but is a neurotoxin to cats when wet).
I've been using this on my hiking clothes for about 3 years now and I haven't found a tick on me since I've started using it.
To keep the ticks off yourself, just buy some Permitherin. Spray it on well before you go out, like a few days or a week, so it can dry fully. Once dry it's odorless, and will keep all the ticks off your body no problem.
I've walked through deep deep woods in the +100 degree texas heat, which is a breeding ground for ticks. I walk out tick free(have yet to find one on my body at all this season).
Get something like this and spray it on your back pack if you use one, and spray it on and maybe wear the same shoes always on public transportation. You can put some into a little spray bottle and travel with that if you like.
Tickshield and Bed Bugs
Small spray bottle
https://www.amazon.com/Sky-Organics-Repellent-Essential-DEET-Free/dp/B071LJP9KS/
Thank you Viper1995, my energy has waned while yours is skyrocketing. I've fought signage and blight for 'a while', and it's a bitch. Let me dump my brain:
I agree. Get mountaineering out of your head.
You won't need the day pack or any of the emergency stuff you have packed.
As for bugs, yes, the trail is full of bugs. I can't say for sure whether or not the face net would do any good. The AT is known for Lymes disease and deer ticks. You may want to look into permethrin. It is guaranteed to keep the deer ticks away.
https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME
Spinosad works great to control Thrips.
Awareness is most effective. People are often so much in their heads that they don't notice what's crawling on them. But if you brush or wash a crawling tick off before it bites, that's safest. Once it bites, it releases a chemical that can inhibit your perception of it.
After awareness, self-inspection is important. Lyme disease is not transmitted until the tick has been attached for 24 - 36 hours, so thorough daily inspection should prevent infection.
Several years ago I had a bed bug problem. Not nearly as bad as some others I've seen, but a regular problem. I got rid of it myself with about six months of work.
Because bed bugs are attracted to your breath while you sleep, most of your work will be in and around your bed.
First you have to wash your sheets every week. Strip the bed and put the sheets in a plastic garbage bag to prevent spreading the bugs or eggs around your house or apartment, then throw the bags away once you get the sheets in the wash.
While the bed is stripped, inspect the box spring and bed frame for bugs and eggs. I used strips of scotch tape to gently lift any bugs I found without crushing them and spilling their blood all over my walls.
Twice a week, move the bed out from wherever it sits and clean the area under it. If it's carpeted, use a handheld steam cleaner to slowly blast steam all over the carpet to kill any eggs that may be buried there, then vacuum the entire area. Then spray the carpet with a bed bug spray.
Examine the ceiling, walls, and baseboards around the bed. Bed bugs love to hide in any little crack in your paint, or dent in your wall, or crevice between your baseboard and the dry wall. Again, use the scotch tape to lift any visible bugs off and throw them away. Run a vacuum cleaner hose attachment over the baseboards and the point at which two walls meet, or the wall and ceiling meet. Spray the bed bug spray on these areas.
Carefully examine any electrical outlets near your bed. This is where I found quite a few bugs hiding. Unscrew the outlet cover and look on the back side of it for any bugs there, and look in the outlet wall cavity for bugs. Don't stick metal back there or try to spray liquid. Instead, I used a powder twice a week.
Buy a bed bug mattress cover and one for your box spring if you have one.
While you're doing all this it's important to not change where you sleep, even though you may be getting devoured at night by bed bugs. They're attracted to your breath so if you try sleeping in another area of your home they may just follow you there and infest other furniture.
These are the steps that worked for me. Again, I did them once or twice a week for a solid six months. I never called an exterminator. My landlord tried to use some "bug bombs" from Home Depot but I found they did not work.
Pro Tip: Go to Farm and Fleet and buy Permethrin. Add 2 oz in a garden sprayer and fill the rest of the way with water. Set to a fairly high dial setting and spray your grass, trees, bushes, mulch, etc. Within 2 hours you will have no mosquitos, and it lasts for a week or two. (You'll also get rid of ticks as a bonus.) This is safe for dogs, but toxic for cats. (Sorry Reddit.) Don't let kids play in the yard until it's dry.
There are a number of motion-activated or remote-activated sprinkers you could get, I believe they were made with your specific problem in mind. Here are some examples from a Google search:
https://www.amazon.ca/Contech-Scarecrow-Motion-Activated-Sprinkler/dp/B000071NUS
https://www.amazon.com/Pestbye-Powerful-Activated-Sprinkler-Repeller/dp/B004YCUT4W
https://www.amazon.com/PetSafe-PDT00-13914-SSSCAT-Spray-Deterrent/dp/B000RIA95G
Set something like this up near your birdfeeder and after a few soakings the cat will probably leave your yard alone.
Permethrin is very effective. If you're just using it for your clothes, a can will last you for a very long time as it works for six weeks. Just be careful not to spray it around cats, as it is harmful to them (it's fine when it dries).
https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME
I always recommend a lightweight long sleeve t shirt for bug and sun defense if you're working outside.
Also, I'm a big fan of less harsh chemicals. Ones with citronella, and herbs and mints seem to work well for me and smell somewhat decent.
Another idea, depending on what you do and where you do it, is a citronella candle. The bucket style candle can cover a 10/15 square foot area. It may not help much at a construction site, but if you're in the same place like the roof top bartender, it could be beneficial.
Leaf miner caterpillar https://www.gardenguides.com/79352-kill-leaf-miners-citrus-trees.html. Monterey 46078 LG6135 Garden Insect, 32 Ounce, Brown/A https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002BP12LI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FfzADbB4MRPDH they have smaller bottles
For thirps use spinosad as a spray, two times three days apart. It will kill them. Spray every leaf underside and top. Use a good sprayer, it will save your hand. Preventative measure sprays are neem and Azamax. I know we all want to learn about the best nutes and how to maximize our yield, but we need to learn about the pests that want to kill out plants. Thrips, mites, and root aphids. Root aphids are interesting as the fliers might look like simple fungus gnats.
This is for you, but make sure your grandparents aren't coming over: http://www.amazon.com/Pestbye-PB0033A-Spray-Animal-Repeller/dp/B004YCUT4W
Got you covered.
Are you sure your pets are the only ones suffering, or is part of the issue the other humans in the house? Advantage can protect animals much of the time, but if fleas get in, sometimes it's on humans, sometimes other yard and garden visitors, and on it's own will provide only moderate protection for the animal, not the humans, and doesn't do a very good job of dealing with the potential for fleas to find temporary food on humans and lay some new eggs.
I wouldn't want to use either of those and feeding your cat/dog insecticides if you weren't already targeting every possible not-inside-your-cat aspects of flea control first. Are you vacuuming every inch of the floor weekly or more frequently (and if you don't have a bagless vacuum, have you put a chopped up flea collar in it to make sure fleas/eggs vacuumed up stay dead)? Are you washing your bedding weekly in hot water? Have you treated the yard and parts of the house off-limits to pets with diatomaceous earth? Advantage might actually have worked for the animals, but then the fleas find a new target (maybe you or someone in your family) and and as long as they can find a little something to feed on, keep on laying eggs. If it seems constant, sometimes animals don't bring them in, but people do, from parks or other outdoor areas or someone else's house or yard where fleas were present, so make sure you don't have another source of "re-infestation."
Lufenuron in Program is pretty toxic and won't help adult fleas, so you still have to use Advantage, it will just prevent some of the female's eggs from hatching if she bites the animal first. (Won't help much at all if the animal is not suffering from fleas but the house is). It's an active ingredient in Sentinel which has been on the market for a long time.
Spinosad is a valuable insecticide in the garden, and you could choose to spray it (http://www.amazon.com/Monterey-LG6135-Contains-Spinosad-32-Ounce/dp/B002BP12LI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404433582&sr=8-1&keywords=%22monterey+garden+insect+spray%22) in your yard now and see if it has an effect (right up the doors). It would need to be repeated once in a 30-day period. It is considered relatively safe for this kind of application (but recommendations for limited application of to avoid insect resistance is a big deal in the garden world), and you could do it tomorrow (OSH and Home Depot sell it, Lowes does not). Side effects for Comfortis is most often vomiting, and if there is anything most pet owners need less of, it's pet vomit, plus that means they are clearly suffering if temporarily, and you might be forgiven for the dreaded vacuum running more easily.
Just trying to provide some alternatives, I know I am tasty as heck to fleas and cannot stand them, and despite indoor-only cats, I have dealt with many infestations. Sometimes by the time you see them, you're already lunch.
Don't have a big ant problem so I haven't tried this, but is there a problem with simply spraying some bug spray under your door (or wherever you think the ants are entering)? A simple roach spray is so toxic to the ants they should not be able to step on the sprayed region for a few weeks. Spraying under the door once a week should be more than enough.
Here in the South I've found that DEET on your skin with Permethrin on your clothing keeps virtually all insects away, including ticks!
https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME
Shit... I had a whole comment typed out and I accidentally closed out of the page and it got erased. :( Lets try again.
Step 1: HEAT THAT SHIT UP!
First thing you do is get all the clothes, pillowcases, bed sheets, etc. out of the way and put them in big black trash bags. You're going to have to put all that through the wash and dry cycle. When drying, put the dryer on high heat for at least 30 minutes in order to bake those little guys to death. Also clean out all furniture in affected areas and get all your personal stuff off of them.
Step 2: BUY THAT SHIT UP!
Buy an insecticide that works against bedbugs. I like Bedlam. Buy boric acid or diatomaceous earth and a bulb duster or application method for it. You can get a mattress cover, but that's usually just a little extra security. Buy some nitrile gloves too and a face mask if possible. Not that important, but safety is important.
Step 3: KILL THAT SHIT... up?
Well, now your bedroom is stripped of all clothes and stuff right? Your cabinets are empty as well! Fantastic! Spray your mattress, boxspring, bed frame, and crevices in your furniture down. Also spray behind picture frames too. Bedbugs like to live in out of the way crevices and inside wooden joints in the boxspring or bed frame. Treat ceiling lines as well. I generally don't use bedlam for that, but oh well. Just be careful and don't get it on your skin when it mists down.
Step 4: I'm bad at this... KILL SOME MORE!
Use your bulb duster or preferred method of application to dust the inside of the boxspring and make a thin line of powder along all baseboards in affected areas. At this point you're good to go and you should leave the room and let everything sit for a few hours. You can use the mattress to sleep in at night. In fact, I encourage it. Not all the bedbugs will die right away. You will need to re-do everything in two weeks time. Do this three times total and you should be good to go.
P.S. if you need any more info, feel free to ask.
I moved into a rental and opened the cabinets to find them everywhere. Their droppings were on the hinges, the walls, I bombed the house to find them the next day, healthy and mocking me.
I was lucky enough to get an exterminator to come out, but had a similar problem when another renter moved. A friend of mine recommended this and it worked wonders. We would see them dying off and cheer. I hate roaches so I know where you're coming from.
It's been nearly a year since I've seen a live one. I hope this helps.
Use permethrin on your clothes and gear instead. No need to reapply daily, or carry the extra weight. I did a hike last summer to a group of lakes with swarms of mosquitos. We had 3 couples, one used picardin; one deet, and we used permethrin. We were by far the least devoured by the end of the weekend, deet was the worthless.
You can buy permethrin in bulk, but its full of other chemicals that reportedly smell bad and give people rashes. I just buy the big bottles of sawyer on Amazon and coat my gear twice a summer.
https://www.amazon.com/Products-Premium-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME?th=1&psc=1
I have this stuff: http://www.amazon.com/Monterey-Garden-Insect-Spinosad-Concentrate/dp/B002BP12LI
Should I go ahead and spray the plants down with that in the meantime?
It is great on jap beetles and tomato hornworms. I don’t like pesticide in my food so it works great.
This the the gadget i use to keep from getting too much applied.
https://www.amazon.com/Flantor-Pesticide-Diatomaceous-Insecticide-Applicator/dp/B07DLQT99H
I have had your problem and it sucks!!!
You want to use something with Spinosad like Monterey garden insect spray. I would also use a pyrthrin and neem oil you can get in
I've recently visited Isle Royale NP in May and it is well worth the trip! If you're worried about bugs, you could wear lightweight and breathable long sleeved shirts, pants, and head net. You could also try soaking your clothes in Permethrin. This will also kill ticks upon exposure.
If you're heading up that way I'd recommend staying for a week and backpacking rather than camping for an overnighter.
For example my backyard is about 1400 square feet. The mix ratio is 1 oz weed killer per gallon of water and 1 gallon is good for 200 square feet so it would take 7 passes with my 1 gallon tank sprayer. I also put a few drops of dawn dish soap in the mix to act as a surfactant and allow it to really grab the leaves. So I made 7 passes over my whole back yard to ensure even application. This was a huge pain in the ass but it worked. After that I bought weed b gons garden hose attachment garden hose sprayer to make my life easier next time but I haven’t tried it yet. The little weed b gone canister apparently screws right into it.
I was paying a bug company for a while and checked the paperwork they gave me. They were using the exact same chemical in this product on Amazon.
I bought some and put a scoop in a one gallon pressure sprayer and do the yard and house perimeter and never have any critters around at all. Good stuff and cheap. Works out to a couple dollars a month.
>\>That link is for carry-on where the 3 oz limit is going to prevent taking much of a liquid solution of permethrin.
Directly below "Carry on" it has it's guidance for "Checked" as well. Right below that line that says "Carry On".
\> "Aerosol" is NOT the way permethrin for clothes treatment is sold.
Sure it is. Maybe it's not the way you've been buying it, but it's definitely sold as an aerosol. In fact, did you know that permethrin is actually a very common chemical used for more than just outdoor recreation ? When you buy Sawyer, Bens or Reppel you're probably paying a lot of extra money for their specialty-marketing. If you use a lot of it you can save a good amount of money by simply buying concentrated permethrin and dilute it to the appropriate concentration youself.
$30 on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Pestbye-Powerful-Activated-Sprinkler-Repeller/dp/B004YCUT4W
There are also ways to make your own, if you’re handy.
Be clean, don't leave food out, take trash out immediately and cover sink drains at night.
Then you only have to seal your apartment so that no outside intruders enter.
Find any gaps at the baseboards and close them with caulk. Ace has some rope caulk which is easy to remove when you move out.
Buy this
https://www.amazon.com/Bayer-502798A-Advanced-Ready-Control/dp/B01CI338V4/ref=sr_1_15?keywords=bayer+roach&qid=1565905581&s=gateway
and spray under the sink, at the door and obvious places where roaches might enter your apartment.
Buy this and spot place this poison where you have seen them.
https://www.amazon.com/Bayer-Maxforce-Magnum-Roach-Killer/dp/B004GESOI6/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=bayer+roach&qid=1565905581&s=gateway&sr=8-3
This will help.
I actually got this one off amazon, am quite happy with it : https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B002NZ9KW4/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85Z%C3%95%C3%91&qid=1468613233&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=tukan+druckspr%C3%BCher&dpPl=1&dpID=416sfvAiEcL&ref=plSrch
Thoughts if I flipped the touch and after inspection sprayed this? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UVZXL2I/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A345UQKI91GF54
Thanks again for your help.
I bought some of this stuff on a whim, and I was blown away! It smells SO good, but it got rid of my wasp issues overnight.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZDEYTE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
the ph pen i use is a bluelab although ive used an oakton both are good. You'll want calibration solution for it as well.
other gadgets? I like to use a paint stirrer on a portable drill to mix ferts. a couple of quality spray bottles and a pump sprayer is nice to have on hand.
Treat for common pests systemically don't wait for that oh shit moment. I treat all my young healthy plants (before they go into bud) with a combination of OMRI (Organic Materials Review Institute) approved products: Azamax (neem extract for mites),Serenade (powdery mildew and mold) and Monterey Garden Spray (leaf miners and budworms). I use each of these at least once each, often if you wait to treat until you notice problems, it's too late to get optimum results.
Looks too big to be a bedbug... but it's hard to judge scale in that pic. Best bet (cheapest thing to do) would be to tear the bedframe apart yourself or just check in the screw holes that hold it together and around the mattress and box-spring trim as they like to huddle together in tight places and don't usually travel far for a feed.
edit: checked out your other pics on imgur, it kind of looks about the right size/shape for a bedbug. Sometimes you just find one and its a freak thing, but you may still want to check in the cracks of the bed - extermination is not usually cheap either but is easier/faster taken care of when you call early on.
Company I worked for used Bedlam along with a few other things to get rid of bedbugs Tempo 1% dust,Bifenthrin (I think) - they also sold Climb up interceptors to check for possible activity. If the search shows nothing, getting some of these may be an option if your paranoid. Bed Bug covers couldn't hurt either. Make sure to get them for both your box spring and mattress if you do.
I use this
Ok for use on fruits and vegetables. I stop spraying it a good 4 weeks before harvest, just to be safe.
RaylanGivens29 is right. I would for sure use a permethrin treatment on your clothes to help with the bugs. It is especially helpful for dealing with ticks.
https://www.amazon.com/Sawyer-Products-Permethrin-Clothing-Repellent/dp/B01M4KFZME
What problems are you having? Spider mites and russet mites are the problems I usually deal with. Prevention is the key, the earlier you prevent and treat them in the early stages, the better! You should first make sure your grow space is as clean and organized as possible! Make sure your plants are not too bushy either, so propper pruning and some defoliation here and there will be useful. Plus it just allows better airflow for the plants, mites seem to love hiding and living in those spots crowded bush spots.
I aim to at least treat my plants once a week, often times twice a week especially in the summer. I use something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SBC1DQL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9IWzDb4MW3KME
Or
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N64CO0P/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oLWzDbT5DY5HS
Fill that bad boy in with whatever chemical or natural pest treatment you like. I use the natural neem oil or azamax that everyone seems to like using. You can switch it up with other treatments too, just look up what mite problems your having and try out products that are used to treat it. Make sure to not just hit the top but also the bottom of the plants and canopy. This normally does the trick for me. It's fun using the machine too lol.
If you can try to get permethrin and treat your clothes with it...
I did a trip back in july and this stuff did wonders...we would be surrounded by mosquitoes but they wouldn't land on our clothing due to the permethrin....
Wurth is probably the best out there.
Good luck finding them anywhere outside their website. There's a few knock-offs on Amazon that can't compare to Wurth.
I've used this with very good results, I've always done it at night or very early morning when they are asleep. wear protective clothing just in case but the only ones I've had come after me was the lone guard left outside, the ones inside are always killed.
also this exists
I got some dandelion too.
Would it be better to get a Chapin 2000 graden sprayer or an Ortho Multi-Use Hose-End Sprayer?
I use this stuff on my hiking clothes and it has made a huge difference.
I use this to sharpen my mower blade since I have a Dremel I bought cheap from slickdeals. : https://www.amazon.com/Dremel-A679-02-Attachment-Sharpening-Gardening/dp/B003BIFMK6/ref=asc_df_B003BIFMK6/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=242081228138&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15613152371212821961&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9060286&hvtargid=pla-439773682260&psc=1
Takes a couple of run up and down the blade to get the rust off and sharpens it clean. I also sharpen my other garden blades with this kit. It's really useful and quick and it's idiot proof with a guard at an angle, so it's pretty hard to mess up and sharpen too much. If you like to do detail works, the Dremel is a great tool for other stuff too.
The Simple Grow Solution is concentrated. The instruction tells you to put a couple of oz into a hose sprayer can and attach it to the hose and you are good to go. I bought this can: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0071D0EZK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So far, I have done the Aerating Soil Loosener on Monday, watered it, then Milo on Wednesdays(today), watered it, I'll use the Humic Fulvic Acid tomorrow. I'll post results in a week. Hopefully it works!
Thrips will make your leaves look like they have silver spots. They live under the leaf then come up on top to nibble and shit all over your plant. If you gently turn a leaf over that has issues and look at the underside, you'll notice a small little orange worm moving around. If you have Thrips, aka see the little orange fuckers under the leaf, buy this spray and spray the fuck out of your plant. I'm talking drench that bitch, top to bottom. That should clean it up in a day and is organic and non toxic. I've even sprayed buds with this with no issues. I'd have to see some full leaf shots though, super zoomed in shots are a bit pixelated, hard to tell. If it's fungus gnats, you'll want to stick some gnat stix , stick those around the base in the soil and it should keep them at Bay until you harvest
Spinosad was an effective solution in my experience.
https://smile.amazon.com/Monterey-Garden-Insect-Spinosad-Concentrate/dp/B002BP12LI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499917467&sr=8-1&keywords=monterey+garden+spray
you dont put it on top of your mattress.
I used one of these and lightly spray the edges of my bed frame and the floor under the bed. These are the only spots I let it sit and dont clean it up after.
I do put a small amount into the seams of my mattress (both sides) but after 30 or so minutes I use a handheld vacuum and clean most of it up.
I do the same thing along the edges of all the rooms in my place. Put it down, let it sit for 30 minutes, then vacuum it up. This prevents it from flying all over the room or getting in your lungs while you sleep but there is still enough left over that it still acts as a fantastic pest control solution.
On top of all that, you should use the food grade DE which only has .5-1% Crystalline Silica , which is the silica that is toxic to humans if inhaled.
As long as you use it properly you wont have any issues.