Bed bugs don’t drown in the washing machine – but at least they get cleaned

jamesmcnicol
#1. April 10th, 2009, at 7:12 AM.

A good way to treat and prevent against bed bugs is to use a product called bedsafe. I bought on ebay and after having tried several different products i was glad to find one that finaly worked. It can also bought direct at http://www.crownsupplies.co.uk for a bout £10

Julia
#2. May 22nd, 2009, at 11:02 PM.

The thing is to wash at above 60 degrees, not at 60. The cost & bother of losing a few garments is as nothing to the misery of living with a long-term bed bug infestation. Transfer washed garments directly to a drier & dry on “hot” for an hour – longer for duvets, coats, blankets, etc. You need to shrivel all the eggs & crisp up the bugs completely.

I really wouldn’t rely on Bedsafe to do anything excpet give a scent of lavender to the room. This quote is from the Crown Supplies site mentioned above; “Bed Safe BedBug Protection.
Bedsafe unique formulation is designed to eradicate dust mites (Bed Bugs) from your bed and significantly decreases the chances of Astma and Eczma.”

Oh my wordy, where do we start? Bed bugs (Cimex lectularis and Cimex hemipterus) ARE NOT DUST MITES (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus). Dust are microscopic (around 420 micrometers) in size and feed on on shed skin & other tiny debris; their faeces are irritant to many asthma sufferers & can provoke allergic reactions. Bed bugs are 1 to 4 milimeters in size & are cryptic haematopahageous insects (hard-to-track-down bloodsuckers).

The spray does not appear to contain any of the few specific insecticides effective against bedbugs & in any case, to be at all effective, those chemicals would have to be applied in formulations only available to qualified pest controllers.

Bed bugs have no aversion whatever to lavender, as the marketing materials for Bed Safe seem to suggest.

Anyone who happens across this post looking for help & info on bedbugs, try; Bedbuggers.com or bedbugbeware.com for detailed help and some scare stories to convince you to act quickly; as soon as ever you suspect you may have a bug problem.

jonah
#3. May 31st, 2009, at 3:51 AM.

agree with julia only HOT water above 60C or 135F will be effective, but dryer on high is the best, it desiccates the bugs so they die, they will not survive hot water and hot air. i always wash my bedding that way as well i use an allersac when i travel, it can also be washed in hot water and hot air