Black Flag ZR-8000 Extendable Handheld Bug Zapper, Green

They even work on fruit flies. I have to have one of these around all the time. They are the best.

Elderly and have vaulted ceilings. The usual fly swatter was not working out. Of course, after purchase, no fly in the house. So I went outside hunting! Zapped wasps and big black ants at hummingbird feeder! Finally a fly in the house! A goner. No more swatting flies and they hit the floor and get back up, this works!

This thing runs on AA batteries as I recall, yet somehow it is powerful enough to take down wasps, though I would not recommend trying to do so. I am not responsible if you get stung! All I can tell you is that *I* took down a belligerent wasp with it, and it audibly popped when I hit it. It will zap such pests as pantry moths, which is mainly what I got it for. They will literally pop and you can see the sparks. And yet, somehow, it does this on AA batteries. Amazing! They have been fried with SCIENCE! ;)Now, I feel like I have to say that most bugs do not mean you or your property any harm, so please don't harm living creatures for no reason. Pantry moths, however, most certainly do mean your property and food supplies harm.

However, even with a missing thumb screw, I rate this electric fly-swatter quite highly.For the first time in all the electric fly-switters I've owned over the years -- Alas and alack, most manufacturers of these devices seem to be wedded to the tennis racket paradigm, and have been for at least three 30 years! -- a slightly oblong swatting surface, allowing one to get those pesky bugs in the corners. Thanx, Black Flag, for this technological innovation! 💋The next technological advancement, a head that swivels, is something I've never even thought of! One might prefer a more elegant design that doesn't involve adjusting a thumb screw; but this is another first.Speaking of thumb screws, one might expect to have one included with the unit... Furthermore, when I explored the Chinglish instructions on the package, I found them severely lacking. Now, I'm quite adept at understanding Chinglish from my daze traveling with the Chinese Energetic Medicine Show, with it's Chinglish-speaking founder. These instructions were pretty straightforward, with one exception, they misnamed one key component, to wit, they called the thumb screw, a "black hinge." As you can see from the photo, the hinge is clearly GREEN, NOT BLACK! What's so puzzling, is, since China has such a huge proportion of their population educated as engineers, one might have expected more accuracy in their instructions. I took out a magnifying glass, and studied the illustration. It turns out, the only thing that's black anywhere near the hinge is a black, star-shaped thumb screw, causing deep regret that I hadn't culled them from a plastic pedestal fan I dumped last spring when it stopped.What to do to stabilize my new electric fly swatter? Knowing that the Chinese use off-the-shelf parts to save money, I searched Amazon for star-shaped thumb screws, found, and ordered them. They should arrive tomorrow. Then, I'll be able to use my excellent new electric fly swatter, without the head flopping and swinging back and forth! How excellent will that be?

I love the big square paddle on this bug zapper. The flexibility option to rotate the paddle straight or at a 90 degree angle is the best feature.I tend to get flies inside the front glass door if the door gets left open too long. The flies gather on the glass door pane and the 90 degree angle of the bug zapper paddle allows me to press the zapper against the glass in a wider space killing multiple flies at one time.

We have a lot of nasty bugs here in Houston, Texas! I ordered this product on Oct 1, 2022, and both “rackets” worked well—still do. I ordered another pair on April 1, 2023, and as if to honor April Fool’s Day, BOTH arrived DOA! (No power going to electric screens, no hissing sound of them working.) Unfortunately, I didn’t test them out right away, and they were past their return date by the time I realized they had both arrived dead. Only 3-stars because of getting a dud pair!Of the set that works I’ll say this: it’s a good product! A major design flaw, however, is that they use 2 AA batteries. I use eneloop 2000mAh AA rechargeable batteries, and these “rackets” eat through fully charged batteries VERY quickly! These SHOULD have been designed to use 2 C batteries (for longer life) instead of AAs! That said, I’ve successfully zapped house moths, fruit flies, mosquitos, flies…I’ve even managed to zap a couple cockroaches by pinning them between the carpet and the electrified “racket!” (The tricky part is *catching* them in the first place! They are fast!)Good product (though a battery-eater), but be sure to test them out right away!

Love this thing. This is my third one

Makes it so much easier to swat flying insects, but beware that it doesn't usually kill any. It only stuns them

Son las mejores que he tenido, ya compré de nuevo. 100% lo recomiendo

very zappy compared to other brands , works well

El producto aparentemente llega bien, sin embargo al querer introducir las baterías AA me encuentro con que la abertura queda muy pequeña y es necesario empujarla al punto que te lastimas los dedos para lograr meterla... y peor para sacarlas de ahí, es algo que sólo se logra con un desarmador o algo similar.En cuanto a la rotación, tiene una perilla para regular la presión sobre el eje, sin embargo se siente muy inestable y no queda otra opción que estar girando la perilla para cambiar el ángulo. Tengo una raqueta similar de mejor calidad y a un mejor precio que compré en el mercado.