Bug-A-Salt 2.0 Lawn & Garden Model

I Have had this for 3 Days so Not sure about it life expectancy. But I can say, that 1st day killed more than 100 flies, and 6 spiders, 4 other assorted flying insects all out in the garden. 2nd day more than 100 flies out in the garden. If I get them out side it may reduce the population, so that they don't come inside, well that it's a lot of fun blasting flies with this Salt Shooter. I bought a box of both Morton Table and a box of Kosher Salt, Kosher is a coarser salt, so I started with the Kosher and it did Not disappoint. The kosher salt tears flies up, it into pieces when you get a direct hit. Not every shot is a Kill, Why you ask? it is because this is a Shot gun using tiny grains of salt if the spread hits all around the fly without a direct hit then the fly lives on and flies away. But 95% of the time one shot one kill, Wasps, do Not die from a few shots their exoskeleton is to tough, Besides I have a better way to kill wasps, I use a Hand Pump water sprayer for gardens, fill it with water to fill line add some any kind of dishwashing Liquid to the water gently stir to mix, then pump it and spray on wasps and their nests (For Nests Only spray in early morning or at dusk when they are sleeping) they suffocate pretty quick and die. I bought the Laser sight for Salt Shotgun, but have only been using the fixed sights so far. I want to Mount a single point sling so that I can have it over the neck and ready but don't have to carry it. The Bug-A-Salt can produce quick follow up shot(s) once the safety is disabled. Salt shooter, is a good size, Light weight, very functional, hard to put down and Fun to take out flies with it. turns your mind set into Hunter mode. Easy to cycle through cocking action that's important when taking out a 100 flies in a day, very functional. Wife is now becoming interested in using Bug a salt, at least for indoor insects, I never thought that would happen.

DO YOU HATE FLIES? OF COURSE YOU DO. Now, how much MORE do you hate the ones that come when you can’t swat them and THEY JUST WON’T @$&#%?! LEAVE you ALONE!!! How about the last time you were hot and sweating over a car engine or had muddy gardening hands, and that one pesky fly showed up to buzz in your face, land on your neck, etc. It used to drive me nuts when a particular fly would find me relaxing in the patio and THEN JUST WOULD NOT LEAVE ME ALONE. But that was before the Bug-a-Salt. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa...(<==sinister laugh) I’ve had this thing awhile now, and I LOVE it. Whenever a fly won’t leave, I go get my Bug-a-Salt, cock it, and keep it handy. Fly comes back? POW!! Usually one or two bursts is all it takes to nail that filthy little punk. PROS: *BLOWS BUGS AWAY!! *Solid construction *Table salt = a brilliant choice for ammo...effective, cheap, easy to load, and non-messy *High capacity (holds enough salt for dozens of shots) *Excellent, reliable operation *Will slaughter bugs out to 6 ft or more *Not dangerous to kids, pets, etc, but sure blasts bugs! It will shoot them right off my leg. CONS: *Not a cheap product *Safety must be released every shot, and sometimes I forget to take it off. This has cost me some missed shots, but I usually get my quarry soon after SUMMARY: This comment technically belongs under PROS but I thought it deserved its own paragraph. This gun works almost 100% of the time, but, beyond that, it is also psychologically rewarding. Flies can drive a person nearly to distraction, and when they do, it’s hard to describe how great it is to just take them out. Even if you miss, which is rare, the fly frequently never comes back. And if it leaves, you have already won. But truly, the very best payoff is when you have a little bugger that WON’T leave. He keeps coming back and landing and crawling on your legs or arms, as if to taunt you into madness. Well, not when you have your Bug-a-Salt handy. There’s nothing quite like blasting the peskiest of the pesky with a scale-model hailstorm of lethal high velocity salt pellets and watching his filthy slain carcass blown across the patio, knowing he will never bother you again. No, not you or anyone else, anymore, ever. And he will not breed another time. Strongly recommended for most household insecticidal wet work. “Hi there, fly.... BOOM!!!! It’s just so satisfying killing flies with this thing, you can’t imagine....just read the other reviews. Save your sanity and order yours today.

Update: So mine stopped working early on. So I was naturally a little disappointed. But the customer service team reached out and sent me a troubleshooting link that had a simply solution to my problem. Anyway my Bug a salt is now in working order and I'm back to ridding my house of flies. I highly recommend this product not only because it's fun and you don't have to literally fill your house with poison. Also the company truly seems to care about the product and will work with if you have any problems. Ok so this is not my first bug a salt. My fist one was the "Bug a salt 2.0" and I got some decent mileage out of it. This one on the other hand stopped working on day 2. So the fist day I used it all was going well, killed flies at a reasonable distance, easy to use and packed more of a punch than the 2.0 version. However the next time I decided to take out a fly it just seemed to bounce off it. Socked I tested the weapon on my hand and barely noticed any salt or air pressure with diminishing returns on every new shot. In total I bagged 6 flies with it before it stopped working. It's to bad I really want this to work and if I ever find out how to fix it I will change my review. But in the meantime I can't justify anything higher than 1 star for a $40+ item that barely works. If you want one get it. I hope yours works longer than mine.

I love this thing! It really is so much fun. My son has a different 2.0 model and I just couldn’t stand it anymore and had to have my own. It is just too much fun shooting flies and other tiny pests. During the summer months we can be inundated with flies here. All I have to do is just sit down on the deck and they seek me out. Possibly due to the dogs and chickens leaving plenty of calling cards plus all the livestock around. Unfortunately, I didn’t order my gun until it got cold and my choice of victims was sparse. I was reduced to skulking around the backyard in search of involuntary targets, but it was more like fishing than catching. Even so, when I did come upon some tenacious multi legged creature smugly taunting me I gleefully took him out. My kill ratio was about 80% including one double tap. One kill shot was four feet away. I think I could have done better, but it was windy. It’s so simple to operate. Fill the hopper with regular table salt. Cock it. Flip off the safety and pull the trigger. It shoots a pinch of salt destroying your enemy. When you cock it the sight pops up letting you know it’s ready to go. Each time you cock it the safety resets. This is kind of a pain, but you get used to it. If you try squeezing the trigger – not pulling it back quick enough – the safety will actually reset. So pull that trigger. Don’t slowly squeeze. Note that you don't have to wait until you cock it to disable the safety. You can click the safety off, cock it and the safety will remain off - unless you do that slow squeeze the trigger thing. To improve my accuracy I purchased a laser sight. There are a number of designs available, but the one I picked has the best design. It has nice knobs to adjust windage and elevation, uses a lithium battery and has a very nicely designed pressure switch. The pressure switch is perfect for not wasting your lasers battery. Just press it with your thumb and the laser is on allowing you to zero in on your tormentor. Release pressure on the switch and the laser is off. To get the one that I got go here on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DQLZHMD/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It cost a little more than most of the others, but I feel it’s worth it. But, I’m supposed to be reviewing the bug-a-salt so…. Note that I only gave four stars. The gun is worth five except there is a new 3.0 model available now that is designed so much better. I only discovered the 3.0 about a week after receiving my 2.0. I went ahead and ordered the 3.0 too. If I didn’t have that then this 2.0 would have gotten the five stars. The differences? The 3.0 is gun metal gray (with the standard strategic and lawfully required orange). The 2.0 comes in several colors including camo depending on the design you choose, but not this gray. The 3.0 is smaller and lighter than the 2.0. The 3.0 has more power than the 2.0. The 3.0 has a tighter shot pattern than the 2.0. The 3.0 has a bigger and better designed salt hopper than the 2.0. The 3.0 has a much better designed safety. You press it once and it stays on where as on the 2.0 you must click the safety again every time you cock the gun. The 3.0 has a better sight design than the 2.0. The trigger on the 3.0 is lighter and easier to pull than the 2.0. Where the 2.0 is good at knocking the life out of flies and turning your misery into joy, the 3.0 is capable of splattering there souls to oblivion turning your joy into glee. Don’t get me wrong. The 2.0 is a fantastic gun. It’s pretty deadly when it comes to flies. It's certainly more accurate than a regular fly swatter that those big eyed buggers can see coming and has a higher success rate than those electric fly swatters too. (Although those electric boys are kind of satisfying when they connect. BzzzZAP! Sizzle sizzle.) No doubt that you would be perfectly happy with this guy and have the time of your life making the world safe from the evil little denizens of the air. I just favor the 3.0 over the 2.0. If you get this guy there is no way you will be disappointed unless you’re one of those people that has to have the latest and the greatest. If that’s not the case then don’t think twice. The only time you might get frustrated is when the little devils go into stealth mode. You know, they land on your hand. You reach for your gun and they take off and disappear. You wait. You finally put your gun down and they land on your forehead. Sometimes it's like they disappear into the forth dimension and only reappear when you put down your weapon of choice. Despite the flies sneaky ways, you'll have the last laugh. This is the best entertainment you’ll ever have at your backyard bar-b-cue. You can even use it to salt your burger.

Received my BUG-A-SALT today. Arrived in two days with AMAZON PRIME. After using it for the past six hours I could not be happier with this product. I live in the country and every time my wife opens the French doors to let our three Shih Tzu's out to do their business 4 to 5 flies come in. I stocked up on fly swatters and have them stationed all around the bottom floor of our house. I'm hitting about five out of ten with the fly swatters. I got frustrated and purchased fly traps from Tractor Supply which did not solve the problem. I tried those sticky fly strips, they don't do anything unless a fly accidently runs in to it. After loading the BUG-A SALT with Himalayan Pink Salt (only salt I had) I have eradicated ALL of the flies in the house AND killed two wasp that got in. The BUG-A-Salt is actually FUN to use. I never even practiced with it. I just get as close as I can to the fly and pull the trigger, the fly is toast, done, never to buzz me again while I'm trying to eat or watching TV. I have decided that Himalayan Pink Salt is the way to go, a little more expensive than regular salt, a coarser grind but, I prefer a premium ammunition in all of my firearms. The inventor, Lorenzo is my new hero. Only wish I would have thought of this. I would like to know his thought process that lead to such a magnificent fly killing machine. I can only imagine he was thinking of a miniature shotgun to increase the odds of hitting the flies. Read the directions, watch the video, be careful this is not a toy. Love it. Going to buy my son one.

In the Pacific Northwest, we have very large house spiders, hobo spiders, and wolf spiders that love to take up habitation inside our homes. They are extremely unpleasant to encounter. And they seem to always find a way to sneak up on you in the MOST inopportune and vulnerable moments you can possibly imagine. My irrational and overwhelming fear of spiders paralyzes me in most encounters of the large 8-legged kind, and prevents me from getting close enough to poke/smash/swipe/stomp or otherwise touch them with a limb or blunt weapon. I am also opposed to using pesticides and sprays in or around my house because I don't want to expose my kids to them. Enter the Bug-a-Salt 2.0 Lawn & Garden. Boy is this thing effective and satisfying to use. I almost exclusively use mine for eradicating spiders inside the house and immediately outside the house . I load mine with kosher coarse salt, and try to reach the barrel out as close to the target as possible without scaring it away (~1-2 feet away) for maximum effectiveness. Small and medium sized spiders (including black widows) are immediately dispatched in one shot. Really big spiders (hobos, giant house spiders) sometimes take 2-3 shots before they go down. On the large spiders, the beauty of this thing is that the first shot will almost always injure the the target and knock it down off its perch, at which point it is somewhat hobbled, limping away, and easy to deliver the finishing shot(s) or a decisive stomp of the boot. + Effective against medium and large spiders + No touch method of eradication + No chemicals or smelly sprays + Really fun!!

Doesn’t work as well as the original one.

I had heard about the Bug-a-salt before but didn't seriously consider buying one until after my dad did. My mother told me that after pops received his, he was up at 6 am hunting flies, gun in one hand, holding his cell phone in the other, bragging to a friend about his kill count. I knew then that this product had to be something special. Before I even received my Bug-a-salt in the mail, I already knew what I'd kill first with it. It was this black widow that hung out in the void between my porch stairs and outer wall. I don't touch the wolf spiders but the widows are gonna have to go. It took just one shot and the widow curled up into the spider ball of death. Gave it a second blast for good measure, its lifeless body flew into the dark recesses under the porch and I never saw it again. It then occurred to me that eliminating venomous pests like black widows without risking physical contact has value. If you're a person that doesn't like squishing spiders because you have to get your hands in the game, the bug-a-salt is perfect for you. I tested out the power by shooting my own hand. It actually took me by surprise, the thing had way more of a bite than I was anticipating. On delicate insects like moths, it will completely obliterate them and all you're left with is shreds of their wings. Go get 'em!

Amazing product. Took out whole families of horse flies and dear flies. Hours of entertainment with gypsy moth larvae and egg patches. giant moths explode into dust.

I’m having so much fun with this. It’s a blast. And it jeeps the kids in line. As long as you aim for the legs, it doesn’t leave marks.

Works great on mosquitoes and flies.

Solid product..works ok..you need to be closer that 3 feet for it to kill house Flys and sometimes takes a few shots to kill it but its fun..the price is too high though..

This is no nerf gun.. you realize that when you take it out of the box.. very solid and heavy trigger pull.. goodbye bugs.