Aquafumigator Raptor against bedbugs and cockroaches and reviews of the use of this insect elimination system

Objectively, it is worth recognizing that the Raptor aquafumigator is a rather interesting and original means for combating insects in domestic conditions. The originality lies, first of all, in the non-standard operating principle, which is partly similar to the operating principle of “hot fog” and insecticidal smoke bombs, popular among professional exterminators.

On a note
Treating a room with the so-called “hot fog” is considered one of the most effective professional methods for exterminating bedbugs and cockroaches, and therefore is sometimes used in the most difficult cases when other methods do not give the desired result.

The aquafumigator combines the advantages of both “hot fog” and smoke bombs, but is largely devoid of their disadvantages. The product operates autonomously and requires minimal effort from a person when treating the room: there is no need to treat every crevice in the furniture and hard-to-reach places where insects hide (as is required, for example, when using standard aerosol products). It is enough to place the aquafumigator in the water - and it will do the rest of the work of killing insects itself.

At the same time, the product, when used correctly, is safe for people and pets (as well as for the interior of the apartment, which cannot be said, for example, about some insecticidal smoke bombs). And what is important, you can buy a Raptor aquafumigator for about 5-8 times less than what you would have to pay if the premises were professionally treated by a pest control service.

Interestingly, the manufacturer states in the description that the system provides instant elimination of any insects in the room. Actually, the aquafumigator itself is called “a system for the instant elimination of all types of insects.” But isn't this too self-confident a statement?

Let's figure out what this device can actually do in practice and whether it can actually be used to effectively fight bedbugs and cockroaches in an apartment...

Operating principle of the Raptor aquafumigator

Perhaps the main feature of the Raptor aquafumigator is the specific method of delivering the active substance to the body of insects: it is released from the fumigator with water vapor, spreads with it throughout the entire room, penetrating even the smallest cavities and crevices in which bedbugs and cockroaches hide, and poisons them here .

A particular advantage of this principle of operation is associated with the use of water vapor as a carrier of the insecticide:

The steam initially has an elevated temperature, due to which it does not settle on surfaces as quickly as, for example, would happen when spraying a solution from a spray bottle or aerosol can. Consequently, the insecticide can remain in the air for quite a long time, filling the entire volume of the room;
Water vapor is absolutely fireproof - the use of the Raptor aquafumigator, in principle, cannot lead to a fire;
The steam coming out of the aquafumigator does not have an unpleasant odor (while, for example, when using insecticidal smoke bombs, a residual burning smell may remain in the apartment for weeks).

Steam is released when it interacts with water from the steam generator contained in the product. The person's task here is to simply lower a metal container into a container with an aqueous solution (this container and solution are included in the kit), and steam will begin to be released.

On a note
What is especially important here is that with steam the insecticide penetrates into such insect hiding places that a person, even with a strong desire, cannot reach. These could be deep cracks in the walls, narrow, hard-to-reach spaces behind household appliances and furniture, cavities behind baseboards, or holes in the household appliances themselves. Some of these places are practically inaccessible (for example, cracks in the walls), and some people may not even know about. But if bedbugs, cockroaches and even tiny pharaoh ants can get in there, so can the steam containing the insecticide. As a result, many insects die right in their shelters and do not even have time to get out into the open space in the room.

However, it is worth keeping in mind that the penetrating ability of steam is not absolute: to exterminate some insects, it still makes sense to further facilitate the insecticide’s access to hiding places. For example, it is advisable to open bedbug nests in the filling of a sofa or inside a computer system unit clogged with dust before activating the aquafumigator.

Nevertheless, the aquafumigator will still save a huge amount of effort when processing the room.

Now let's see what happens when the steam along with the insecticidal substance comes into contact with insects...

Composition, instructions, precautions

Smoke bomb

Two types of effective smoke bombs against bedbugs and other parasites:

Sulfur. Its main function is antibacterial. It must be remembered that a sulfur bomb against cockroaches and bedbugs in an apartment can only be used after consultation with a specialist.
Permethrin. The composition of the drug contains an insecticide. Suitable for getting rid of bedbugs in everyday conditions. After consultation with a specialist, a smoke bomb with this composition can be used at home.

Before treating a room with a smoke bomb, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work, during which the room will be filled with thick fog. It will settle and create a thick layer of toxic substances.

Preparation for processing and precautions

These cleaning processes take three hours. You need to think about where to spend this time with children and animals. It is also worth considering that the smell will remain for up to five days.

Attention! It is important to determine the number of smoke bombs needed for the volume of the room and buy them. You should think about ways to ensure safety. You will need the following: a respirator, thick gloves and safety glasses

You will need the following: a respirator, thick gloves and safety glasses.

Precautionary measures:

Remove expensive items from the premises.
Before starting treatment, remove additional objects so that smoke can pass freely. Remove the mattresses and place them in a vertical position.
Cover the ventilation holes with tape. It is good to close the window openings and open the doors completely.
Turn off sensors.
Read the instructions.

Important! Surfaces can be treated only by specialists who do not have allergic syndrome, asthma, or viral pathologies. In another case, the event must be rescheduled until complete recovery.

Treatment

The stages of treatment with the Raptor bedbug remedy are as follows:

Place a smoke bomb in the inside of the metal bucket. This measure will protect the interior of the apartment from possible penetration of combustion elements into it.
Light the fuse. Make sure that it lights up and leave the room, closing the front door well. The bedbugs will be destroyed in two hours.
After 3.5 hours, return to the room, having previously put on gloves and a mask for protection.
It is necessary to open the windows and ventilate the room. When the air (by smell) is clean, you can start cleaning using solutions with soap or soda.
When the process is completed, you need to take a shower and rinse your mouth with the solution.
Re-process according to the same scheme after 14 days.

The composition of the insecticidal mixture, as well as its effect on bedbugs and other insects

The aquafumigator contains several components:

Insecticide cyphenothrin (aka gokylate);
A steam generator is a substance that, upon contact with water, leads to the release of a large amount of steam and its release into the air of the room;
Binder.

The most responsible component here is cyphenothrin. It is he who poisons insects and ensures their rapid destruction. Its second name is gokylate, given to it by Japanese chemists who first synthesized it in the laboratory. For this reason, it is, in fact, called the “Japanese active ingredient” in the fumigator.

Like all pyrethroids, cyphenothrin has an acute nerve-paralytic effect on insects and other invertebrates, but is of low toxicity to humans and warm-blooded animals. Its molecules, penetrating either through the insect's spiracles or through the chitinous covers into the hemolymph, reach the nervous tissue and lead to a permanent disruption of the functioning of its cells. Because of this, constant nervous excitement occurs in the affected cells, the insect develops paralysis and dies.

This is interesting
Cyphenothrin has high lipophilicity, that is, the ability to dissolve in fats. Partly due to this, it quite quickly penetrates the hemolymph of bedbugs through their chitinous integument, which, in principle, should just protect the insect from exposure to substances from the environment. The fact is that the chitinous cuticle on the body of insects is covered and permeated through with wax molecules - they prevent the evaporation of moisture from the body and protect the body from dehydration. Cyphenothrin gradually diffuses from the outside of the cuticle to the inside, and from here enters the hemolymph.
This action, realized when the product comes into contact with the chitinous coverings of an insect, is called contact.

The indicated mechanism of action of cyphenothrin is the same for a wide variety of pests and parasites. Due to this, the Raptor aquafumigator effectively works not only against bedbugs, cockroaches, ants and fleas, but also against any other unwanted arthropods. So, he quickly kills, including:

Silverfish;
Beetles (grinders, longhorned beetles, weevils, skin beetles, mealworms, pretend beetles);
Dust mites;
Mosquitoes and flies (including fly larvae);
Kivsyakov, drupes, flycatchers;
Woodlice;
Moths of all types (both food and clothes).

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The aquafumigator was tested in laboratory conditions on 20 species of synanthropic insects, including black and red cockroaches, bed bugs, moths, and ants. The product showed high effectiveness against all “experimental” insects.

On a note
Due to the fact that cyphenothrin is rarely used in household insecticidal preparations, insect populations resistant to it are not found in homes. Therefore, the likelihood that the aquafumigator will not poison cockroaches or bedbugs is extremely low.
Moreover, knowing this feature, professional exterminators sometimes use preparations based on cyphenothrin precisely in difficult cases when it is necessary to poison insects that are resistant to some other active substances (for example, organophosphorus compounds or carbamates). Thus, against bedbugs that are resistant to “chemicals”, a cyphenothrin-containing aquafumigator can be used at home.

Like other pyrethroids, cyphenothrin has a pronounced residual effect after settling on various surfaces. Due to this, those bedbugs that found themselves in the most reliable shelters (for example, under the upholstery of sofas) and survived the operation of the aquafumigator will be poisoned for another 7-12 days when moving along surfaces on which the insecticide has settled.

It is important to understand that steam with cyphenothrin has a relatively weak effect on bedbug eggs (as well as on the oothecae of cockroaches, flea pupae and fly puparia). This is due to the fact that the shell of eggs is very resistant to the penetration of poisons, and the active substance does not reach the embryos, even if it gets on the surface of the egg itself.

As a result, bedbug eggs can still continue to hatch into larvae several days after using the aquafumigator. However, due to the long residual effect of the drug, they die en masse already in the first days of life. However, if the premises are heavily infested, when many new larvae appear every day, a few individuals may survive - in this case, it may be necessary to re-use the aquafumigator.

The essence of the fumigator

An aquafumigator for cockroaches appeared on domestic markets not so long ago. The basis for the operation of this product is the heating of the key active ingredient, which leads to the evaporation of the synthetic components of the product. Due to this, it is possible to overtake the insect, which is hiding in the most inaccessible places. In accordance with the type of heating element, the following types of fumigators can be distinguished:

Smoke. This is a special spiral that, when burned, produces smoke harmful to cockroaches.

Due to its distribution through the air, vapor with the active substance reaches all secluded places
Electrical. They are a miniature device into which a plate with the active substance is inserted. After connecting the outlet collector, the component heats up, and the evaporation of the insecticide leads to the destruction of pests.
Aquafumigators. Water is mixed with the active substance, after which the mixture evaporates. This is not only a highly effective option, but also the safest.

In this video you will learn about getting rid of insects using the Raptor product:

Application procedure

The procedure for using the Raptor aquafumigator is simple, and everything necessary for its use, including water (more precisely, a pinkish aqueous solution), is already included in the package.

To kill insects indoors you must:

Remove the plastic jar from the box, and from the jar - the bag with the aqueous solution and the metal container;
Pour the liquid from the bag into a jar;
Lower the container into the water (holes up);
As soon as steam begins to be released from the container, immediately leave the room.

To get the maximum effect when treating a room, it makes sense to pre-prepare it for the procedure:

Furniture and household appliances are moved away from the walls - in this case, the steam will more completely cover the surface of the back walls, along which insects most often move;
If the fight against bedbugs is carried out, then the sleeping places are also moved away from the walls, sofas are opened and dismantled if possible, mattresses are removed from the beds;
If you are fighting cockroaches, ants, silverfish, food moths, and leather beetles, then you need to open all the cabinets and bedside tables in the kitchen, and those that move away from the walls need to be moved;
When fighting clothes moths, you should open wardrobes, if possible, remove fur coats and fur coats from them, lay them out on the floor, sofas and beds;
Food products standing openly (vegetables, fruits, bread) must be packed in bags and taken out of the room;
Close the windows and doors in the room so that the steam does not escape in a draft. It is advisable to temporarily seal the ventilation grilles with tape;
If there is an aquarium in the room, then you need to turn off the compressor in it, and cover it with a cover glass on top.

Pets and people must leave the premises during the treatment period. Houseplants can be left in their places - cyphenothrin is safe for them.

As soon as steam begins to be released from the fumigator, the person leaves the room and closes the door to it. At this time, the air will be filled with the finest insecticidal aerosol, the particles of which will penetrate into all the cracks and shelters of insects.

After 3-4 minutes, the steam ceases to be released, the aerosol cloud gradually spreads throughout the entire room and settles on surfaces.

On a note
Approximately 15-20 minutes after the start of steam emission, the first bedbugs begin to die. Some disoriented parasites, on which the insecticide has already begun to act, can get out of their hiding places, climb walls, and move to places where they have never been seen before.
Later, after returning to the apartment, people sometimes even think that as a result of the action of the aquafumigator, the number of bedbugs somehow immediately became larger and they “perked up.” This is a deceptive impression: in instinctive attempts to find a safe place, bedbugs emerge en masse from their daytime hiding places, and residents see them in numbers that they did not even suspect.

One aquafumigator can effectively fill a room with an area of 25-30 square meters with steam. m. If the room is larger and you need to process it entirely, then you should purchase and simultaneously activate the appropriate number of kits.

According to the instructions, after activating the aquafumigator, the room should be left closed for 2-4 hours. The longer it sits unventilated, the less chance insects will have to survive. If possible, it is better not to open or ventilate the room for 10-12 hours (for example, go to another apartment to spend the night).

Upon return, you need to create a draft and thoroughly ventilate all rooms. After treatment, no residue remains on interior items, but those surfaces that people and pets come into contact with most often should be wiped with a damp cloth to minimize contact with the insecticide. As a rule, these are door handles, armrests of chairs, and table surfaces.

It is better not to wipe those surfaces with which neither people nor animals come into contact. There is no need to wash everything in the apartment. The longer the insecticide is left in place, the less likely it is that any insects in the room will survive.

For this reason, there is often no need for re-processing. Although, according to official instructions, 1-2 weeks after the first treatment, you need to carry out a similar baiting with an aquafumigator a second time in order to poison the larvae that hatched from the surviving eggs. However, in the case of fighting bedbugs, this is actually required only when “young shoots” of parasites are detected in the apartment. If after the first treatment the bedbugs are no longer visible and they do not bother anyone at night, then there is no need to re-use the aquafumigator.

On a note
The steam generator included in the aquafumigator kit is intended for one-time use. The vapor-forming agent in it is completely produced during a physical and chemical reaction, so there is no need to disassemble it and try to somehow regenerate it.

Reviews

Evgenia, 41 years old, Ekaterinburg:

I live in an old house on the ground floor and, of course, the issue of insect control comes up often. Many different remedies have been tried, both expensive and cheap. Not to mention folk recipes. I also had to contact an exterminator, but the effect of these measures was not long-lasting. We managed to live without cockroaches for a maximum of a year, after which everything had to be treated again.
The effect of the smoke bomb was pleasantly surprising; some cockroaches still tried to crawl after being exposed to the poison, but they were not quite able to do so. For a three-room apartment I had to buy 4 packages of the product, but even so the costs turned out to be much cheaper than calling a specialized service.

Alena, 29 years old, Smolensk:

About three years ago, cockroaches began to appear in the apartment. In order not to bother with gels and pencils, I decided to try the Raptor aquafumigator. At that time it was still a new tool. I bought the idea that insects would not be able to hide from the steam anywhere. The result was simply amazing. After a couple of weeks, I consolidated the effect with repeated treatment and enjoyed the absence of creeping creatures. My joy came to an end after half a year. She did not despair and repeated the procedure. The results lasted for another 6 months. Now I'm looking for other products that will work longer. It's a pity for wasted money.

Nadezhda, 48 years old, Kazan:

I'm just delighted with this product. At first it helped us get rid of cockroaches. I couldn’t believe at all that it could cope with them so quickly and for a long time. But at that time, many other insecticides had already been tested and there were not many untested options left. I was very pleased with the result, so when we discovered bedbugs in the bedroom, I didn’t even think about what to buy. These insects become active at night, so they installed the Raptor just to be sure. And again - victory. Now I want to test the effect of the aquafumigator on moths. I don’t think this living creature can resist either.

Sergey, 26 years old, Sarapul:

A drinking family lives next door to me. Not only can I constantly hear their drunken debates, but their insects are also moving towards me. Cockroaches are not that annoying yet, but I have discovered bedbugs. The store recommended an aquafumigator and praised me that I could get rid of all the creatures at once. Not so. The bugs for the most part feel great after it, only a few died. But it really had an effect on cockroaches. However, how long this effect will last is unknown.

Galina, 31 years old, Krasnodar:

I always thought that cockroaches only breed in places where it’s dirty, where there’s a lot of crumbs and other garbage. I am obsessed with cleanliness and was sure that they definitely had nothing to do with me. But they didn’t bypass me either. And somehow they appeared suddenly and in large numbers at once. My sister recommended the aquafumigator to me. She works at a bar and they treat her with this product regularly. I did everything according to the instructions, installed it in the morning and went to work. In the evening I just collected the dead ones and again enjoyed the cleanliness. I'm very pleased with the result.

How safe is it to use an aquafumigator at home?

Like any other product whose active substance gets into the air, an aquafumigator requires some caution in handling it and compliance with safety measures.

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To date, there are no known cases of poisoning with cyphenothrin in general or specifically with steam from the Raptor aquafumigator, which would require hospitalization and threaten human life. However, in case of gross violation of the safety measures specified in the instructions for use, the appearance of undesirable symptoms is quite possible - this could include a sore throat, cough, as well as headache, dizziness, nausea, general malaise, and skin rash. As with any other insecticide, the reaction can be associated either with poisoning, if the insecticide enters the respiratory tract in large quantities, or with an allergy, if the substance settles on the skin or mucous membranes of an allergy-prone person.

On a note
The aquafumigator itself and the method of its use are designed in such a way as to eliminate the risk of poisoning during its operation. The device can operate completely autonomously and does not require the presence of a person near it.

To avoid any unpleasant consequences when using an aquafumigator, the following rules must be followed:

Before starting use, remove all people and pets from the premises;
Immediately after activating the device and starting to release steam, leave the room;
You should return to the premises no earlier than 2 hours after activating the fumigator.

By following these simple rules, the risk of any undesirable consequences will be minimized.

On a note
Steam from an aquafumigator can activate certain types of fire alarm sensors (if they detect smoke in the room), so they need to be turned off in advance.

Steam containing insecticide does not pose a danger to wallpaper, furniture, soft elements of sofas and beds, and does not damage suspended ceilings. After using the aquafumigator, no visible traces remain on the surfaces.

Preparing the premises

The treated area must be prepared in advance. This is the most important stage of disinfection. What to do:

Turn off the fire alarm. Vapors can serve as a signal for a false alarm.
Remove dishes and hygiene items.
Wrap the hood with adhesive tape. You can also use a plastic bag.
Upholstered furniture should be laid out and cabinets should be left open.
To reduce the loss of the active substance, the windows should be closed.

As soon as the device is activated, the process can be considered complete. No additional actions are required.

Differences from similar products - smoke bombs and “hot fog”

As noted above, the principle of operation of an aquafumigator is reminiscent of that of smoke bombs, as well as of a “hot fog” generator: the insecticide enters the room in the form in which it most effectively reaches insect hiding places.

But both over smoke bombs and over a “hot fog” generator, an aquafumigator has several clear advantages.

The fumigator differs from smoke bombs in its complete fire safety and the fact that the steam released from it does not leave a persistent burning odor in the room being treated. In addition, permethrin smoke bombs form a white coating on the ceiling, floor and interior items, and hexachlorane smoke bombs, still sometimes used in agriculture, are simply dangerous to health (hexachlorane accumulates in the body and has a teratogenic effect, that is, it can cause developmental disorders embryo).

There is another nuance: many insecticidal smoke bombs (Samuro, Quiet Evening, City), sold in online stores or in physical retail outlets, have classical insecticides often used in everyday life as active ingredients. More often it is permethrin, less often cypermethrin. Synanthropic insects - bedbugs, cockroaches, ants, moths - often already have resistance to these insecticides. Specially conducted experiments show that bedbugs and red cockroaches often caught in apartments do not die even 5 hours after, for example, a permethrin bomb is lit right next to them.

The active component of the Raptor aquafumigator always poisons insects: there is currently no data on identifying populations of bedbugs or cockroaches resistant to it.

The main advantage of the Raptor aquafumigator over treating a room using the “hot fog” method is its low price. In stores today, an aquafumigator is sold for about 400 rubles. At the same time, one professional treatment of an apartment with “hot fog” will cost approximately 3,500 rubles. If the area is large, then more fumigators will be required, but professional disinfestation will also cost more.

How to get rid of insects in an apartment

Fumigator
Getting rid of dust mites, ants, bedbugs, spiders, garden pests, mosquitoes and cockroaches is not easy. It is better to do timely cleaning, take out garbage more often, make quality repairs and use mosquito nets.

To eliminate a problem that has already arisen, you can use popular aerosols with concentrates, gels, crayons, powders and fumigators. You can also take advantage of popular advice and professional help by ordering chemical treatment with cleaning agents from smoke bombs or expelling pests with ultrasonic devices.

Compatibility of the aquafumigator with other Raptor products

The principle of operation of the aquafumigator allows its use to be combined with the use of other products - both from the Raptor line and from other manufacturers.

For example, when fighting cockroaches, after using a fumigator in places where insects may enter the premises from neighbors, it is advisable to apply Raptor insecticidal gel and set traps with poisoned baits (Raptor “Double Strength” traps) for the purpose of prevention. If an insect hiding place is found, it can be spot-treated with any insecticidal aerosol (from the Raptor line, for example, a universal aerosol or an aerosol against crawling insects can be used).

When exterminating bedbugs, you can combine the use of an aquafumigator with pre-treatment of detected nests of parasites with a specialized Raptor aerosol against bedbugs.

average price

The cost of the Raptor aquafumigator significantly exceeds the price of aerosols, gels and traps and ranges from 430 to 600 rubles.

It should be noted that such pricing is fully justified by the effectiveness of the product. It works no worse than the substances offered for treatment by exterminators.

Only in this case, to carry out the procedure, there is no need to move all the furniture to provide access to the baseboards.

Plus, the smoke bomb works independently and does not require human intervention, therefore, does not have a harmful effect on the body.

How can you increase the efficiency of using an aquafumigator?

Despite the high penetrating ability of steam from an aquafumigator, in some cases furniture and insect hiding places should be prepared for room treatment.

For example, it often happens that an old sofa is infested with bedbugs - there are holes in its upholstery, and somewhere the staples that secure the upholstery to the frame have fallen out. As a result, bedbugs actively breed under the upholstery in the filling, and from such a nest they gradually spread throughout the apartment.

If the density of the upholstery and filling is high enough, steam will not penetrate to a great depth into the sofa. Therefore, in such cases, it is advisable to remove the upholstery from the sofa (although in practice, few people usually want to do this), take out the filling, and leave this entire “gutted” structure in the middle of the room while processing.

On a note
Even if the upholstery is intact, it is advisable to at least open the sofa itself, and if possible, disassemble it, since parasites often get into the joints of soft parts that fit tightly to each other and thereby isolate bedbug nests from the penetration of insecticide.

Likewise, to combat cockroaches, it is advisable to open the bedside tables and cabinets in the kitchen. To bait clothes moths, you need to open closets with clothes in which larvae are found.

Finally, when using the Raptor aquafumigator, as well as other insecticidal agents, a universal rule is relevant: in order to completely remove insects from the premises, it is necessary to find and block the paths for their penetration here from the outside (from the entrance or from neighbors). If this is not done, then there is a risk that the product will have to be used again and again, as new insects will come to replace the dead. If the routes of penetration are blocked, then even a single use of an aquafumigator may be sufficient to completely destroy all pests and parasites in the apartment.

And in conclusion, a short summary: the Raptor aquafumigator, based on the totality of its consumer and functional characteristics, is indeed a non-standard, original and, most importantly, quite effective product that helps destroy pests and parasites even if they are resistant to standard household “chemicals” (Dichlorvos of various brands , Karbofos, etc.) It is only important to use it correctly and not neglect preventive measures.

If you have personal experience using the Raptor aquafumigator, be sure to leave your review at the bottom of this page. What insects did you use it against and was it effective in your case specifically?

Terms of use

How to use the Raptor aquafumigator insect elimination system? Customer reviews indicate that it is not difficult to apply:

You need to remove the container and metal device from the packaging.
The liquid from a small bag needs to be transferred to a container.
Then a special metal product is lowered there.
You need to close the windows and doors and leave the room for three hours. After this time, the effect of the product ends and the pests disappear completely.

Compliance with these recommendations will allow the premises to be treated without harm to the health of the residents. After the procedure, the home will be free from insects.

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages:

instant results;
no unpleasant odor;
does not stain or damage furniture;
there is no need to move tables, a stove, or a refrigerator in order to have access to hard-to-reach places;
no human presence required;
the insecticide quickly loses its properties, therefore it is safe for people and pets;
affordable price.

The disadvantage is the need for several treatments, since after one disinsection, the larvae that were in the ooteca at the time of persecution survive.