Easy way to destroy stupid flies that come into the house...?

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As topic. Just spent 4859204 hours trying to swat a fly with a tea towel.

Any wonderful gadgets out there you would recommend?

Cheers
 
There actually is. eBay Amazon chinese special "tennis racket" which has an electric grid and takes an AA or 2.

Honestly you'd think what a waste of time (i assumed that i'd be throwing a few £ in the bin), but you only have to gently touch the fly with them and its stunned for a few mins. Pick it up and throw it away :)
 
Just stop them coming in at all. All you need is

1 x Clear plastic sealable bag
2 x 1p
2 x 2p
1 x 5p
Tap water.

Put the coins in the bag, fill with water and then seal. Then place the bag on the floor just outside the open door. Flies will stop coming in through that door.
 
Jez said:
There actually is. eBay Amazon chinese special "tennis racket" which has an electric grid and takes an AA or 2.

Honestly you'd think what a waste of time (i assumed that i'd be throwing a few £ in the bin), but you only have to gently touch the fly with them and its stunned for a few mins. Pick it up and throw it away :)
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Was thinking more of something they stick to rather than me flapping around but thanks. :p
 
sja360 said:
Ultraviolet light like the takeaways have?
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Ew. :(

pepp77 said:
Just stop them coming in at all. All you need is

1 x Clear plastic sealable bag
2 x 1p
2 x 2p
1 x 5p
Tap water.

Put the coins in the bag, fill with water and then seal. Then place the bag on the floor just outside the open door. Flies will stop coming in through that door.
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Am i missing a punchline here? :o
 
Firestar_3x said:
You need a spider, but no idea how to get rid of that after it traps the fly.
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If annoying nursery rhymes have taught us anything, you can get rid of the spider with a bird, then a cat to get the bird, a dog to get the cat etc. until you reach the level of a horse and then it all goes wrong.

 
A tea towel or rolled up newspaper is useless for swotting flies -- I heard years ago that flies can detect the change in air pressure as you try to swot them and they just take off - I use those tennis racquet ones that look like a small piece of mesh on a handle - - They work because the air goes through the mesh so the fly doesn't feel the change in air pressure.

best thing I have used for flies was a flit gun and DDT - hit them with a puff of that and they just fell out of the sky - as usual anything that worked is now banned.
 
Had a bird die down the chimney last year. First time I noticed was when there were 20 flies in the living room. Sprayed a bit cat flea spray in the room. Result - 100+ dead flies over a couple of days.

Probably a bit extreme for what you want.
 
Jez said:
There actually is. eBay Amazon chinese special "tennis racket" which has an electric grid and takes an AA or 2.

Honestly you'd think what a waste of time (i assumed that i'd be throwing a few £ in the bin), but you only have to gently touch the fly with them and its stunned for a few mins. Pick it up and throw it away :)
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Very satisfying to use, without sounding too sadistic.
 
We have pull down screens on the windows, except for some reason the kitchen, which mostly keeps them out. I'm not sure why the kitchen doesn't as it seems to be a fly magnet and drives people mad.
 
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