Ostad Electric Bug Zapper Racket - Battery Powered (1 Pack)

I have lowered the mosquito population in my neighborhood with this thing. I am sure I looked like a ribbon dancer to the neighbors, but the snap sound when it gets one is so satisfying! Sometimes I just sit outside and wait for them. I also killed a carpenter bee! My luck ended when I tried to use it on a yellow garden spider… 4 shocks and the spider ran away, and I had no idea where he went! Then the next day he was back as if nothing happened.

This thing is amazing! I've had what appear to be overgrown fruit flies in my house for weeks! Nothing I did would get rid of them. They never landed, so fly swatters wouldn't work, fly strips, fruit fly traps, nothing. I tried it all. It was disgusting and driving me insane. I finally broke down and got this, and wish I would've done it sooner! Within 5 min all the flies were gone! And the zap was so satisfying!

In a word, I am THRILLED with this device! I ended up buying several of these. You see, mosquitos are nemesis. They go after me like I'm an all-you-can-eat buffet, with flashing neon signs pointing they way! Here in Texas, in summertime I kill typically 30 or so mosquitos a day on my back porch. It's satisfying to get the visual and audible spark and POW!, respectively, each time I nail one. (As an aside, I don't really care about flies; they don't pose any issues for me.) One of my friends gave me a similar device from Harbor Freight. It was bigger, but flimsy. Not even worth using. This one is well-built. That said, it does suffer from one bothersome design flaw: The issue is that the battery compartment door frequently slides down / off when I'm swatting the bloodsuckers. So I have to stop and fix it. Or I should say, I did, until I came up with a fix. At first, I used masking tape, then tried double-sided velcro wrapped around. Those worked, but each had drawbacks. Finally, I realized that if I just only partially screw in the screw just beneath the battery slider door, it will stop the door from sliding off (I ended up using a similar but slightly longer screw). It will still slide when you don't want it to, but only a fraction of an inch (instead of coming clean off). The only catch there is that the handle isn't tight if you do that. It turns out that they designed in a small loop at the end of the handle, presume for hanging on a nail or such. So I put a secondary small screw with nut there, and so the combination of screws plus nut does the trick! Problem solved! (See the photo for that fix.) Another small issue I discovered when I was looking into modifying it for better--in particular, rechargeable-- batteries (I'm an electrical engineer; more in a moment on batteries) is that they put a couple of "bleed" resistors in place to drain off the charge from wire mesh after you let go of the zap button. I didn't want charge to be wasted that way, so I took them out. Probably not a concern for the average user. But for me, "The Mosquito Slayer", I wanted to maximize every milli-Joule with each battery charge. But back to batteries... It did take me awhile to find suitable rechargeable batteries to give maximum in-between charging and sufficient zap each time, and ones that the device would accept, since it was designed with a narrow voltage input range. (This really does count as a fairly substantial secondary design flaw, in my opinion.) The first rechargeable ones I tried didn't work at all. Why? Because they were a just a couple of tenths of a volt less than disposable batteries. The LED wouldn't even come on. I ordered some beefy ones that were 1.7V each, which is significant since AA batteries are typically rated at 1.25V. What happened? They didn't work either (again, LED didn't even come on). Ultimately, I went with Tenevolots Lithium rechargeable. They land in a voltage sweet spot (1.5V each), and are higher voltage--but not too high!--than typical alkaline or carbon AAs. I always go for earth-smart solutions, so avoid using throw-away ones whenever I can. Now I can zap away--literally hundreds of mosquitos--before I have to recharge.

It was the perfect fly swatted for my office. I work in an office building with no AC, so I crack my windows for air flow. Flys easily come in and are a nuisance. The fly swatter was a huge success. Not only did it come with batteries for ready use, it got the job done and was fun to use. My coworkers also thought it was fun and ended up swatting flies for me as well. You can say it really worked out in my favor :)

Worked great until the batteries died. Replaced the batteries and nothing. Will not work at all .Can't return it return date has passed.

Somehow some big black flies got in the house and started multiplying. This swatter works so good, although sometimes it doesn’t kill the fly right away- it stuns it but you have to get it a second time while it’s laying on the floor or whatever to kill it. It delivers a loud crackling zap when contact with a fly occurs. I got rid of all the flies in 2 days and they haven’t came back, but if they do, I’m ready for them!

As soon as I opened the package I was started at the small size, but shrugged it off and started using it. It wasnt until now, 3 weeks later I realize I got ripped off. Yes I installed the batteries and began to use it but I'm still going to try to get my money back. This tiny unit only measures 17.5" x 6.25" and is 1" thick at the handle. ( Now go back and read the description.) It takes two AA batteries instead of the C size I was used to using. Yes, it works. Yes it is lightweight and easy to use, but NOT as described.

If you're close to the racket while zapping bugs, you'll get a shock too. I'm wimpy and boy did it hurt!! Also, gives out quite a spark. Potential 🔥 hazard? I would think so. But as far as killing flies, mosquitoes,...works great!!

Brilliant. So satisfying. Zaps flies, mosquitoes, Daddy long legs, wasps! You hear a crackle sound when they touch the bat and can see a little flash from the metal too. First few times we did it, we were quite shocked!! Not dangerous though, hubby did the silly thing of touching the metal whilst pushing the zapping red button and felt nothing! (He's daft, what can I say?). Anyway, if you want an effective, easy way to terminate flying bugs then this is well worth purchasing!!

I had several cheap versions of this item Battery compartments were rubbish and didn’t connect when needed However this product is brilliant with a firm click each time The fact that there is a lifetime quarantee is a bonus Well worth the money and highly recommended

On unpacking I could not get it to work, changed the supplied batteries now working. Would have had given 5 stars ⭐️ if they had worked

Combining two fantastic pastimes - tennis and fly slaughter with electricity! Creates a flash worthy of a thermonuclear device on contact with flying insects coupled with a “CRACK” that will make you jump out of your skin every time! Works a treat!

This product is very very poor quality, after less than a month of use, during which time it has hardly been used, it is completely unusable and doesnt function.