Spent $400 on a thermal fogger for bed bugs and it paid for itself in one job

Picked up a Curtis Dyna-Fog at a trade show last month for $400 and used it on a rental property with bed bugs. That single treatment saved me from subbing out the work at $600. Anyone else running their own equipment instead of hiring out?

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wells.evan2d ago

Oh boy, I've been there. I once tried to save money on a bed bug job by using a cheap pump sprayer from the hardware store. Ended up with more bugs than I started with and a tenant who threatened to call the health department. That fogger sounds like a smart move, especially with that quick payoff. I've learned the hard way that sometimes spending the money upfront is cheaper than paying for mistakes later.

kelly_rivera2d ago

Foggers are great until they aren't lol. I swear @taylor_wells is right about that garden sprayer thing, I saw a guy try to use one for fleas once and it just made them mad. The bugs probably had a little meeting and planned their revenge. At least with a good fogger you get that satisfying cloud of death instead of just wetting the carpet and hoping for the best.

taylor_wells2d ago

Exactly the same thing happened to my buddy last summer. He tried using a garden sprayer for a roach job and it just pushed them deeper into the walls. Took him three times as long to fix it right after that. A good fogger setup pays for itself real quick when you think about the labor hours saved alone. Plus you don't have to deal with pissed off tenants threatening to call the health department, which is a whole headache nobody needs.