BugZooka

My wife doesn't like bugs. To be more specific, she doesn't like bugs in our house. She wants them gone. But she doesn't want them dead. She also doesn't want to have anything to do with making them either dead or gone. That's my department. But she doesn't want me to kill the bug, just make it gone. Most of the time, I kill it. Except crickets. It's bad luck to kill a cricket in the house. I don't know why.

But now I've found a way to easily deal with the bugs without killing them. It's possible that with the BugZooka, my wife might be able to deal with the bugs herself. Hopefully she'll still keep me around.

Apparently it sells for $30 at Amazon.com, Sears.com, and elsewhere, but I found it for $19.99 at Shop.com

So how does it work? It's easy. No batteries. No dead bugs. No squished bug mess to clean up. You just cock it, point it at the bug (within an inch or so), thumb the trigger and WHOOSH! the bug is sucked, alive and unharmed, into the collection chamber, ready to be released back into the wild. Or at least over the fence into the neighbours backyard.

The $20 gets you the BugZooka unit, two collection chambers (one is clear so you can check out your 'catch' and one is smoky gray if you'd rather not see), an extension tube, and a wall-mount bracket (which I'll probably never use). The only thing I haven't decided is if I need to order an extra one for the kids so they won't steal mine.

Yeah right, they'll steal mine anyway.