Jun 5, 2005
Electric Mosquito Racket
Oh my God! This thing has been around for years in Indonesia (and most Asian countries I assume), and they just caught up with it now?! These electric mosquito rackets are really a lifesaver, by the way, speaking from the perspective of someone who has experienced living in a tropical country where the number of mosquitos seems uncountable and keeps growing every day, no matter what time of the year it is. The species that lives and breeds in Indonesia is equipped with bionic eyes and supermosquito speed, unlike their cousins in Canada which are bigger but much dumber and slower. The mosquitos in Indonesia are especially cunning and well trained to maneuver human attacks, normally in the form of hand grab swoosh, hand clappings which makes a loud noise but no kill, or using any kind of large but usually thin and round or square object like a book, sapu lidi, or body pillow. All these usual kinds of attack are no good, unless you’re Flash. I can hear the mosquitos laughing while avoiding these attacks with great ease.
I love these electric rackets! Not a lot of effort is needed to use this racket. Just swing the racket while pressing the button. I always zap them 99% of the time. It gave me a certain satisfaction each time because these mosquitos are unbelieveably annoying. These rackets are relatively inexpensive and easy to get in Indonesia. I haven’t tried them with flies yet. I might get one of these electric rackets here in Sydney if I can find them in Chinatown because apparently it’s illegal to just bring them in to Australia without special permission from the government. The flies here in the summer are crazy, you wouldn’t believe it.
Update: OK, here’s something new that BoingBoing informed us, research showed that when the bugs exploded after being zapped, the bacterias and what not inside their guts are spread into the air and causing potentially more harm than the bugs themselves. It’s probably not such a good idea to use these rackets or other bug-electrocution devices that cause the bugs to explode after all.
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Yeppers, completely agree with your comment. Here in Seoul, they are a real lifesaver–and the mosquitos are just starting to come out for the wet season. Can’t really blame boingboing for not knowing everything though…
Indeed it has been around in Indo for YEARS, hahah (I wanted to tell him so but found out that we couldn’t directly comment there =S ). I remember my dad could kill more than 60 mosquitos a night using that racket.
I especially love it when the electrocuted mosquitos literally explode on the racket, with little fire sparks and loud cracking noise.
Burn, you tiny flying devils, BURN!
am i the only one who don’t have this ‘weapon’?
Jijay lah, masa laler segede bagong mau diraket!
#4, gw juga gak punya. soalnya, sadis begitu
Paling kalo terpaksa, dulu gw pake software yg ngeluarin bunyi buat ngusir nyamuk
hey ronny how are ya? hope u still remember me…sorry for not being in contact for a while. anyway that was a really funny and well-written description of mosquito attack in indonesia :D I ROFL when i read it…and i know what u mean about great satisfaction…i LOVE to hear the bugs explode when the racket hits them, and the burning smell in the air is just precious…lol…okay better stop now, hope u’re doing smoothly with ur studies!
p.s: laler di sydney goblok2 yah, nempelnya di org bkn makanan, pinteran laler indo kemana2…:P
I have one at home. That stuff is a real lethal weapon. Have you ever tried in face or nose? just curious :-)