Smoke bombs for bedbugs in the apartment and in the house, how to treat with smoke?

From this article you will learn:

• How can you use smoke bombs?
• Can this treatment method be used in residential premises?
• How to use a smoke bomb correctly?
• Smoke bombs for bedbugs. Reviews
• Video: treating a greenhouse with a sulfur smoke bomb

As you know, bedbugs are very difficult to remove once they have settled in your apartment. The problem is very unpleasant, but you still need to fight it, and you certainly shouldn’t drag it out. In the fight against bedbugs, you can use a variety of methods. Folk remedies, chemicals and even smoke bombs.

The photo shows what a smoke bomb looks like in the package

Composition and mechanism of action

A smoke bomb for bedbugs works on the principle of seeping insecticidal vapors into all hard-to-reach places.

Poisonous smoke penetrates the chitinous shell of the bug, causing its paralysis and inevitable death. But unlike sprays, owners will not be able to control the flow of smoke during treatment.

A smoke bomb affects bedbugs due to the following components:

1. Permethrin. It is an insecticide and acaricide. It affects the nervous system of parasites, paralyzing and destroying them.
2. Decomposition products of sulfurous aldehyde. A toxic compound that eliminates not only parasites, but also fungi and mold.
3. Hexachlorane. A toxic component that first causes agitation, loss of coordination, and then partial or complete paralysis.

Products with such active substances act on bedbugs, cockroaches, and ants.

What types of smoke are used for baiting?

Smoke bombs have several subtypes:

1. Pyrethroid is most effective against domestic insects. The main substance is pyrethroid, it is used in household aerosols.
2. Hexachlorane - The base substance is hexachlorane, primarily used to kill bed bugs on agricultural lands.
3. Sulfur - sulfur acts as an active substance, or rather its dioxide. Sulfur bombs are often used to eliminate mold in greenhouses, basements and basements.

Pyrethroid tablets are the best option for getting rid of bed bugs indoors. But you need to know that in many countries Hexachloran is prohibited for indoor use, since its active substance negatively affects not only adults, but can also cause serious consequences for the development of the fetus if a pregnant woman is in the apartment.

On a note!

Sulfur bomb is worse at killing bedbugs and is not as effective as pyrethroid and hexachlorane.

How to choose the right smoke bomb for bedbugs

Smoke bombs differ in composition and degree of safety for humans or pets. Among the best brands of such products are: Quiet Evening, Raptor, City, Mukhoyar.

You can buy the insecticide in this form in a special store or order it online. It is better to do this on the official websites of the manufacturer so as not to doubt the quality of the drug.

When purchasing in a store, be sure to pay attention to the packaging. The label must contain the manufacturer's distinctive sign, his contacts, and legal address.

In addition, all components and instructions for use must be specified. In the absence of the listed elements, it is better to refuse the product.

Sulfur checker

Sulfur bomb against bedbugs Fas is used mainly in non-residential premises (empty cellars, basements, empty greenhouses, greenhouses).

This product causes poisoning in pets, so its use requires special caution. After treatment, you need to ventilate the room thoroughly and for a long time.

Gas bomb

The Raptor aquafumigator vaguely resembles a gas bomb for bedbugs. It contains the active ingredient - cyphenothrin and a special vapor-forming agent. The components are placed inside a small metal container.

It is placed in a plastic container, partially filled with water.

Upon contact with liquid, a thermal reaction is catalyzed with the formation of vapor of the active substance, penetrating into all hard-to-reach places. Such a gas bomb permanently destroys all mature individuals, as well as their larvae.

Can it be used in an apartment?

Using a smoke bomb in an apartment

Cypermethrin has low toxicity for humans and mammals. According to the GOST classification 12.1.007-76, it belongs to class 4 of low-hazard compounds. If you follow the rules for using checkers, cypermethrin, if it accidentally gets on human skin, will not give a sensitizing or irritating effect.

If we are talking about permethrin as such, due to its high toxicity, it is not intended for residential premises, but for industrial or agricultural facilities.

IMPORTANT: after reading the instructions for using the checker, it is advisable to double-check the information received on the Internet, since a mistake can be too costly for your health.

Advantages and disadvantages of use

Smoke bombs against bedbugs have the following advantages:

1. High efficiency. Smoke penetrates absolutely into all corners of the room, destroying, among other things, those insects that are hidden under baseboards, wallpaper or upholstery. It is equally destructive for both adult parasites and larvae.
2. Availability. On the Internet it is very easy to find an online store with smoke bombs against bedbugs. In offline retail outlets, checkers are not as widely available as sprays and crayons, due to their increased health hazard. You can purchase them in specialized stores of insecticides and gardening supplies. The cost of checkers starts from 100 rubles.
3. Economical. One bomb is enough to clear a room of up to 300 m2 from bedbugs (if we are not talking about an aquafumigator).
4. Versatility. At the same time as bedbugs, the smoke will destroy cockroaches, lice and molds that provoke the development of respiratory tract diseases in humans and animals.

The negative aspects of this disinfestation method are as follows:

1. Smoke can travel through ventilation pipes to neighbors several floors up and down.
2. If a fire alarm is installed in the room, it may go off.
3. Intoxication due to permethrin inhalation, although unlikely, is still possible. This can happen if personal protective equipment was not used when treating the room, if the room was not ventilated for a sufficient time after treatment, or if it was not wet cleaned. Not only people, but also pets can suffer from intoxication.

Japanese and Chinese manufacturers are actively working on creating checkers optimized for use in apartment buildings.

Instructions for use

Before starting the destruction of bedbugs with smoke bombs, the owners carefully think through everything and prepare in detail for such manipulation. When killing bedbugs with smoke, the room will be filled with a thick fog of insecticide.

Over time, it will settle on surfaces and objects in the room in the form of a thick white coating. They think in advance about how to protect property.

Preparing the premises

While you are using a smoke bomb for bedbugs in your apartment, you need to consider the following points:

1. You will need to leave the premises not only on the day of treatment, but it is also better not to return home for another 5 days. Especially if the family has small children and pets.
2. When returning to the apartment after the first treatment, it is better to have a special protective suit, goggles, a respirator and rubber gloves. Some people use a face bandage made of gauze soaked in soda solution during treatment.
3. All valuable items or expensive household appliances are removed from the apartment so that they do not have to be cleaned of insecticide residue. This is especially true for children's accessories (books, toys, clothes). At the same time, every item taken out of the living space is carefully inspected to identify bedbugs.
4. It is not advisable to leave food in the room being processed, even in sealed packaging.
5. Before the treatment procedure itself, mattresses are removed from the beds and placed vertically. Furniture is moved away from the walls, and doors in cabinets are opened and drawers are pulled out. They remove paintings, clocks and other interior items from the walls. Place them with the back side up. All this will contribute to better penetration of the insecticide.
6. Ventilation holes are sealed with tape, windows and vents are tightly closed. This will prevent smoke from penetrating outside the specified room. It is advisable to open interior doors.

The premises should be used by people who do not suffer from allergic reactions, asthma or acute respiratory diseases.

Asthmatics and allergy sufferers should find other performers to take their place, and if they have a cold, they should wait for complete recovery.

Premises treatment

Bedbug checkers are used for treatment as follows:

1. place a smoke bomb inside a metal container. To protect surrounding objects from accidental contact with combustion products.
2. Light the fuse. After making sure that it is fully lit, they leave the room, tightly closing the front door.
3. Do not enter the room for at least 2 hours (that is how long the checker continues to operate), but preferably 3-4 hours in order to increase efficiency.
4. They put on protective equipment and return to the treated apartment. Open windows and doors wide for ventilation. This should be done at least for 60 minutes. It may take more than 5 hours for the air to clear completely.
5. After complete ventilation, begin wet cleaning. Make it with soap and soda solution. After cleaning, take a shower and rinse your mouth and throat with a soda solution.
6. Repeated treatment is carried out after 14 days according to the previous scheme.

At least 2 people should treat a living space with an insecticidal spray. The partner is always on the street for backup.

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Is the checker safe for people?

• They have different compositions. Be sure to read the instructions. For use at home, it is better to use smoke bombs that contain pyrethroids. These are synthetic analogues of natural insecticides.
• Hexachlorane insecticide is very toxic, so smoke bombs based on it are prohibited, and it is dangerous to use it at home, in an apartment or house.
• Pyrethroids are relatively safe, but a person should not inhale the smoke. These substances sometimes cause allergies.

Is the method harmful to humans?

Checkers against bedbugs are highly toxic, therefore, if safety rules are not followed, they can provoke severe intoxication of the body.

Sometimes a person’s well-being deteriorates immediately (2-3 seconds) after the appearance of such insecticidal smoke. If used incorrectly, you can harm your household or neighbors.

Smoke bombs can be an effective method in the fight against blood-sucking parasites. But for this, professionals or people who can carefully read the instructions and strictly follow them must work with them.

Otherwise, not only will they not solve the problem with parasites, but they will also cause harm to themselves.

Popular models

Despite the large selection of modern pest control products, not all of them are as effective as we would like. As studies show, positive results are achieved by products that contain a sufficient amount of the active component (10% or more). Among the popular and truly effective checkers, it is worth highlighting the following:

• Checker Raptor against bedbugs. It is a gaseous agent that effectively copes with various pests. The main action is aimed at defeating parasite eggs. Therefore, to solve the problem with bedbugs, you will need to carry out several procedures.

• Quiet evening. A domestically produced drug containing 10% permethrin. The product is widely used to remove flying and crawling insects such as cockroaches, bedbugs, ants, flies and more. Often, only two times of weeding are enough to completely remove pests.
• G-17. A checker that is highly toxic because it contains hexachlorane. Due to these features, it is recommended to use it exclusively in spacious or open rooms where there is sufficient ventilation. Often used to control insects in gardens, fields and vegetable gardens.
• Fas. A rather aggressive and toxic product, which is mainly used in non-residential premises. The active components negatively affect the health of people and pets who are in the area of ​​effect of the checker. Therefore, you need to work with it very carefully. After use, prolonged and thorough ventilation of the room will be required.
• City. Permethrin, which is contained in the checker, determines the high effectiveness of the drug in removing pests. Often used in hotels, hangars, warehouses and other premises where, if necessary, it is possible to limit visits to people. Vulcan is used as an alternative remedy.
• Samuro. A drug from a Japanese manufacturer that combines high efficiency and safety. Thanks to this, it is possible to use it in any room of a private or apartment building. Despite the safety of the product, experts recommend working with protection. This will reduce the risk of poisoning by harmful substances to a minimum.

The cost of the product directly depends on the manufacturing company, as well as the composition. Japanese checkers are much more expensive than domestic products. As for a very popular and widespread company, this is the optimal combination of a fairly low price and high effectiveness of the drug.

Ways of penetration of cockroaches

Even if the house is in perfect order, cockroaches may periodically appear in it. This is not a surprise for residents of apartment buildings; everyone knows that there are practically no obstacles to migration for these ubiquitous insects.

In order to somehow prevent cockroaches from invading your apartment, you first need to understand how they get there.

Traditional sources of cockroaches and ways of their penetration:

• grocery stores and cafes located on the ground floors of apartment buildings;
• garbage chutes;
• ventilation ducts;
• interblock gaps.

Cockroaches can also come from apartments where baiting was carried out, or from the basement. The surviving insects migrate to a safer place and happily settle there. That is why it is recommended to periodically organize mass persecution of cockroaches. But this is extremely difficult to achieve.

Favorable conditions for cockroaches to live in residential premises:

• access to food and drink;
• a full trash can left overnight;
• wet sink;
• leaking faucet;
• comfortable temperature (cockroaches hate the cold);
• many nooks and crannies.

Advantages and disadvantages

Smoke bombs are an interesting alternative to conventional pest control products. And like any chemical product, along with its advantages, it also has a number of disadvantages.

Pros of smoke bombs:

• efficiency - smoke releases many toxic substances that kill insects;
• ease of use - no need to run around the house, spraying nooks and crannies or laying out poisons that are dangerous for dogs and cats;
• low cost - the effect is no worse than after professional treatment;
• the poison lasts for three days;
• smoke can seep into the thinnest cracks and nooks of the room;
• the poison penetrates the respiratory organs of insects and also seeps through their chitinous cover;
• no repeated treatments are required - cockroaches die immediately;
• applicable in almost any room, including very large ones;
• Compared to the services of professional exterminators, treatment is much cheaper (even if the most expensive exterminators are used).

Minuses:

• the smoke emitted by the bombs is very caustic and, settling on surfaces, leaves a residue, which then has to be washed off;
• the smell is difficult to remove after treatment, its presence is felt for several days;
• if you violate safety measures, you can provoke poisoning in people;
• it is impossible to control the treatment process; smoke spreads everywhere, regardless of the wishes of the homeowners.