- Location
- In lalaland, that is Ottawa.
I received my new gun last week and can now report on it.
First of all, it seems well made of yellow and black plastic. It none too easy to pump, I must brace the butt against my chest to do it.
My first trial was with common table salt. While it will do a good job on a soft bodied beasts such as inch worms, I found the range for less than the maker states. As mosquitoes are not available, I tried it on house flies and it works well but again, limited range. At the cottage, I tried it on spiders on the ceiling of the porch and it was found adequate. In the middle of the night when I was up for a pee, I found a good size spider in the sink. It took three shots before I destroyed him.
This morning, I mixed some coarser sea salt with the table salt and it was tried on fat spiders on the balcony of our condo. We have tough spiders!
Where I am really waiting to use it is on hornets and wasps which try and settle inside the exterior walls at the cottage. It shall also be used on the dock spiders next summer.
I would not want to face a tarantella with it!
Summary, a fun toy, but hardly worth the cost, about C$60 post paid.
Since writing the above, I've had to reassess my opinion. I have just patterned it at about 20 inches from a piece of aluminium foil and the pattern is about 3 inches in diameter - should be effective. Let's put it this way, I would not a blast in my eyes at this distance!
Another thought. When I lived in Bermuda many years ago, the local #### roach could fly into an open doorway, hit the far wall and run like a mouse. This gun would be adequate against them.
First of all, it seems well made of yellow and black plastic. It none too easy to pump, I must brace the butt against my chest to do it.
My first trial was with common table salt. While it will do a good job on a soft bodied beasts such as inch worms, I found the range for less than the maker states. As mosquitoes are not available, I tried it on house flies and it works well but again, limited range. At the cottage, I tried it on spiders on the ceiling of the porch and it was found adequate. In the middle of the night when I was up for a pee, I found a good size spider in the sink. It took three shots before I destroyed him.
This morning, I mixed some coarser sea salt with the table salt and it was tried on fat spiders on the balcony of our condo. We have tough spiders!
Where I am really waiting to use it is on hornets and wasps which try and settle inside the exterior walls at the cottage. It shall also be used on the dock spiders next summer.
I would not want to face a tarantella with it!
Summary, a fun toy, but hardly worth the cost, about C$60 post paid.
Since writing the above, I've had to reassess my opinion. I have just patterned it at about 20 inches from a piece of aluminium foil and the pattern is about 3 inches in diameter - should be effective. Let's put it this way, I would not a blast in my eyes at this distance!
Another thought. When I lived in Bermuda many years ago, the local #### roach could fly into an open doorway, hit the far wall and run like a mouse. This gun would be adequate against them.
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Now that is service! I carefully explained my experiences with mine and it's performance could in no way match the one shown in the video. 
for the test.
