Hot Shot No-Pest Strip, Kills Flying And Crawling Insects, Penetrating Vapor, 1 Pack, 2.29 Ounces

Works as very well, passive, it takes a couple days to clear out the insects, just as advertised. BUT NOT for kitchens or areas with kids bedrooms or family rooms. Also not for pet areas (like smaller caged critters or your pet feeding areas). Does not seem to effect little sugar ants. If you have a fruit fly problem in those mentioned areas, just take disposable plastic water bottle, cut off a small piece of the pest strip, push into empty bottle, then push in some overripe bananas or fruit and punch a couple holes in cap. Put in tiny warm h20, shake and place in fly infested area, they will crawl in, but cannot figure out to exit. Also, for fleas in carpet areas, ,, cut the pest strip in half. Hang the half as directed. Take other half and cut into squares, roughly size of a 25¢ quarter. Distribute around known flea zone, it will kill egg laying fleas and use one of those light traps with stickum. Not for pet feeding zones.

A seasonal thing, we battled those pesky fruit flies for over a month with no relief. We even found that they were hanging out on the family room ceiling. so every evening, my husband pulled out the vacuum and used the hose attachment to suck in the flies overhead. Then our daughter came in one night and told us about her friend who had also battled fruit flies. Her friend recommended Hot Shot No-Pest Strip to us. I placed an order that same night for two strips. I forgot to mention that we had hung another brand of pest strip but it didn’t work. As soon as the Hot Shot No-Pest Strip arrived, my husband took them out their packages, hanging one in the kitchen over the sink and one in the family room. I truly believe that the strips started working that night. The next day it seemed like it was a lot less flies around us. And within 4 days except for one persistent fly, they were pretty much gone. That little fly was eventually caught on the bathroom mirror. No more flies. I know what we’ll be ordering next year. Hot Shot No-pest Strip, comes as a package of one. I highly recommend it.

These strips are extremely effective for flat mites and spider mites on houseplants. I had been struggling to fully get rid of them, and these were the only thing that actually worked. I noticed a big improvement within a short period of time, and the infestation cleared up completely. That said, they do need to be used in a separate space. I used them in my garage with the plants isolated, since you’re not supposed to be around them and they shouldn’t be used in areas with pets or a lot of foot traffic. As long as you follow the directions and use them properly, they work exactly as intended. This is not a casual, leave-out product, but if you’re dealing with persistent mites and have a safe space to use them, they are absolutely worth it. I’d buy them again without hesitation.

Works well. We get gnats here pretty bad and this keeps them out for the most part.

These really do work! Hang these up before bed. All flies are dead by morning!

I had a huge hive of aggressive honey bees under my shed, and having them professionally removed would have been very costly. A friend recommended I try these pest strips instead — and I’m so glad I did! I waited until dusk when the bees were less active and placed a strip right where I’d seen them going in and out. It took a little patience, but by around the tenth day, the bees were completely gone. I can’t even explain the relief I felt after being so stressed out (and already stung once!). It’s been a couple of months now, and they haven’t returned. I’ve since placed these strips in my other outdoor areas — like my water well room and storage shed — and haven’t seen a single flying insect since. Just be sure to follow the manufacturer’s directions carefully and avoid using them in areas where people or pets spend a lot of time. Overall, these pest strips worked incredibly well for me. Highly recommend!

Excellent product & very efficient

I purchased these because the have the same active ingredient as Nuvan pro strips, which I used about a dozen years ago with a long list of other items to battle carpet beetle larvae. Due to the stress it caused me the first time, I still to this day keep plastic bins with locking lids and gasket seals for almost everything we own. I was recently living in a little old drafty rent house with lots of cracks that let in everything. Bad idea! Luckily I caught the beetles early this time and not many, only larvae, and in only one area of the house. For all the hard to wash items like books and suitcases, I made some fumigation pods to put in a storage unit using heavy duty plastic sheeting and sealed up the edges with packing tape and enclosed one of these strips in each pod. I also didn’t make the pods that large either. I only kept the storage for 3 months, so needed to remove everything. I spent some time going through each item very carefully before bringing anything home. I found 1 dead adult in 1 pod. For anything that looked suspicious or made me nervous, I packed them back up in completely sealed boxes (every edge completely taped) or sealed clear bags to bring home. Lots of rolls of tape have been used. Oh, and it’s a new home that’s way better sealed up, and haven’t found a single carpet beetle in any form. Another 5 weeks later, I just opened one of the boxes from storage, again very carefully inspecting, and discovered something crawling off in the corner of the box. It was a larvae! Alive! Lived through about 10 weeks exposed to one of these strips and another 5 weeks sealed in a box of books. Either these aren’t as effective as Nuvan, or carpet beetles are resistant now, which I did read in my research. I squished it—the ONLY sure way of killing them. If you have the larvae, just fyi, they play dead. Try putting one in a ziplock after you use any pesticide on it, seal it up well, then look the next day and it will be alive. Cimexa dust helps, but the larvae will evade it so you basically have to drown them in the dust and it’s messy. You can get your house tented and gas fumigation (like what’s done for termites). But there is no easy way. These strips probably work if you are dealing with a different pest that is not indestructible. If I ever get carpet beetles again, I will still probably put these in closets just in case it helps at all and will put most stuff sealed up in storage with these or something like it, very sealed up, for a longer period, and then just clean clean clean every corner of the house. You can get rid of them if you are meticulous about how you store and seal things, declutter to make vacuuming easier, buy a really good strong vacuum. Eventually you will get them all. Time and persistence.