Wire Mesh Fly Swatter

A few people have criticized this thing for several reasons, I'd like to address a few:As far as being cheaply made - News flash folks: it costs less than $4. EVERYTHING ON THE PLANET that costs less than $4 is cheaply made, all praise be to capitalism! There is nothing in the world you can buy aside from perhaps a stick of gum that, at $4, is expensively made.As far as being thin metal - One reviewer pointed out, "Then, if said mosquito lands on a wall and you give it all you got, the force of hitting the wall leaves the head of the swatter a curled, useless mess." Why the HECK are you "giving it all you got"??? It's a fly, the lightest of swats with a proper flyswatter (like this one) will render said fly dead and ready for disposal. This isn't a crow swatter, people. if you need to deliver that much force to kill your pests may I suggest searching baseball bats?As far as being made of cardboard - One reviewer pointed out, "The head looks like it's going to come loose---it's only held on with staples, after all." This review is spot on and I can't make any excuse for it, the head is flimsily attached. HOWEVER, knowing this ahead of time (thanks, other reviewer!) prepared me and before I executed the first of many, many, MANY airborne pests with this sweet baby I dropped a bead of hot glue over the head's attachment points. While it's a hassle to customize a tool you've bought, let's be real here: do you think the Navy SEALS who went after those warlords in Mogadishu or Bin Laden or those Somali pirates dropped into battle with perfectly stock rifles? Of course not! They customized them to the mission at hand.Now...I'm not saying that by killing flies on my back deck I'm a hero like those dudes who rescued Captain Phillips from Somali pirates but we do have something in common: making sure our weapons are ready for the task at hand. As far as fly swatters go I AM saying that this sweet baby is as capable as a .30 cal Win-Mag in the hands of a highly trained American Hero fired off the fantail of a Navy destroyer.And...real talk. It's cheap, buy 2.

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I buy one of these every year, I add a little bit of glue to where the mesh attaches to the wire handle, and it lasts about one fly season(of heavy use) before it falls apart. that's the bad part.The good part: its better than any other fly swatter I've ever used. The cheap all plastic swatters and the expensive heavy duty swattersdisplace too much air when in motion going in for the kill, thus giving the fly a heads up to avoid an untimely demise.I've also tried a $25 electronic fly zapper from Orchard Supply Hardware, I killed two flies with it before the trigger mechanism broke, rendering it useless. I returned it and got my money back but ended up spending $6 in gasoline to/from the store regardless.The salt gun fly shooters advertised on Amazon seem like they'd be kinda fun to play with, but for $50? I'll pass.The Enoz wire mesh swatter may not last longer than one summer(where I live that's about 1,000 flies, give or take a few), to me its the sniper rifle of fly swatters.

I just received this swatter today - and whilst it does swoosh through the air with a satisfying swooshing noise, and I'm certain will get the job done, it is held onto the handle by thick staples. It's a little odd to be honest - I've never seen something manufactured this way - it looks unprofessional and unsturdy and the paddle bit shoogles around because of its fastening type. I'm not going to bother returning it, as I'm sure it will do the job, but I'm just not sure for how long. Wouldn't recommend it or purchase it again. Also, because the branding paper is stapled into the swatting part, if it gets wet it'll be a problem. I don't want to try to remove the paper branding as I worry I will loosen the quality staples.

This thing is junk. It does look like those that worked so well back 50 years or so when I was a kid.The wire handle has no temper or spring to it, when you strike a surface with it the handle doesn't flex, it bends to a bent shape. You have to bend it back straight.The mesh swat pad is made of wire mesh which also has to temper, it takes the shape of the surface or item you strike so you have to handle it with fly remains to bend it back/restore it to flatness.Then, the swat pad disconnects from the handle because it isn't really attached to the wire handle, it is just folded around the business end of the handle and stapled to itself.It looks like the good old ones from the good old days but it is not.I just ordered the Hope Woodworking Leather Fly Swatter Set (1 Pack) – 17” Amish-Made, expensive! I trust it will work well.