Amazon Offers the Indoor-Outdoor Bug Zapper for Nearly 50% Off Just in Time for Mosquito Season
Warmer winters and wetter springs are conspiring to make your summers truly miserable, because those are the ideal conditions for breeding massive flocks of mosquitos and other flying pests. You can only swat so many of those greedy little bloodsuckers with your hands before they drive you from your deck or patio into your home, so you're going to need to roll out some heavier weaponry like the Gootop Bug Zapper, which is on a great limited-time sale at Amazon right now.
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The Gootop is also the rare electric bug zapper that you can also bring indoors for when you need to battle fruit flies, gnats, and other indoor pests — even fleas. It's lightweight and non-toxic and easily cleaned, and the 15-watt bulb can be replaced to keep the zapper killing as many pests as possible. Amazon's 43% off sale brings the Gootop Bug Zapper's price down from $70 to just $40, and there's also an on-page 5% coupon that drops it even lower.
You Fly, You Die
Flying insects absolutely love blue-violet light, and the warmth emitted by a lightbulb. They actually like it even more than they like your scent and body heat. (No offense!) That's how bug zappers work — the light and heat lure them in, and then they meet up with 4,200 volts of lethal electricity that kills them instantly.
Killing mosquitos and other flying pests like this is far safer to humans and pets than chemical sprays and pesticides, and much more effective than citronella candles and torches designed to repel skeeters, not kill them. You're far better served luring them into the deadly blue light of the Gootop Bug Zapper, which is effective over outdoor spaces as large as half an acre.
The Gootop Bug Zapper has a built-in hanging ring and 4.26-foot power cord to give you plenty of options for outdoor placement. Just don't place it near other outdoor lights, as that will diminish its luring power.
Inside Job
Anyone who's ever dealt with an indoor proliferation of fruit flies or pantry moths knows how hard they are to get rid of. They're only minimally attracted to chemical or scent-based traps, and they reproduce at far greater rates than the numbers who get eliminated by those products.
The Gootop Bug Zapper isn't like the heavy zappers of old, which you wouldn't even consider using indoors. It stands only 12 inches tall and weighs just a hair over 2 pounds, so it's completely portable. It's designed for indoor use as well as outdoor, and is just as effective on indoor pests like those fruit flies as it is on the mosquitos and other outdoor menaces.
Amazon's limited-time sale makes the Gootop Bug Zapper the best $40 solution to keeping your outdoor gatherings free from mosquitos and other annoying pests, and the inside of your home bug-free as well. Don't forget to click the 5% on-page coupon to make this deal even better.
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