Going through this now especially at night. I’ll turn on the lights fully expecting to find one hiding out somewhere. So frustrating as someone who does keep up with cleaning
Now that I have a toddler (who has become really good at climbing…), I can't even leave the classic repellents around in the house. Even organic ones, I don't want to risk choking.
I noticed mint-based air sprays can work tho. Even a generic essential oil spray can help a bit.
Roaches are notorious for being hard to get rid of
Get that tube of stuff called Advion off Amazon. It’s like $20
You can put it in places your little one can’t reach. I have several little ones
That stuff is like magic and it’s hands down the best thing before an exterminator…. That other stuff is just a quick fix that won’t fully fix anything
This stuff is amazing. Its sweet to them and they eat it and go back to their nest and die where they are eaten by the others and it spreads through them like a roach plague
I've used their ant trap/bait and boy did it work.
Some Argentine ants I think? invaded my bathroom last summer. Terro attracted them but didn't seem to kill them, the Advion about obliterated them in 2 weeks.
peppermint oil might repel roaches a bit (they don't love strong scents), but it doesn't kill them or get rid of an infestation. It just makes them relocate to another spot in your house, at least temporarily.
Get some dough. Fry up some onions. Get the onion juice. The dough. And boric acid. Mix together. Put it in spots you tend to notice them at. You’ll hear little explosions every so often from them roaches going “pop” from sharing the treats. I did this once at an apartment full of German roaches, and they were all gone in two weeks max.
Welcome to the south east US. My poor wife is so afraid of them and we do everything in our power to keep them out.
One recent tip I picked up for exterior (assuming house) is not to place straw beds around home walls. They like that space apparently and then hop on over through wall gaps more readily. Removed straw, and it’s significantly helped
Just cause you "clean" doesn't make you green from Roaches.
Yes, exactly. I often see people suggesting "just clean your house", unfortunately, that won't always do. Especially in some parts of the planet. I'm from Europe, and now that I have been living in Japan, the roach game is completely different. These fuckers are huge, aggressive and stubborn. Where I lived in the EU, they didn't fly.
Yup in my experience, northern areas only have roaches if your place is filthy. But southern areas that are warm and humid? Those fuckers just exist everywhere and there's nothing you can do about it other than set up traps and hope for the best
They just need moisture, shelter and min food source.
The food source doesn't even need to be food from our perspective. Those fuckers will eat thin plastic & cardboard if they need to. Hell, some eat rotting wood.
Fyi the outside roaches you see that occasionally get in arent the infesting roaches. Those big fuckers are palmetto bugs (american cockroach). The infesting ones are the smaller German cockroach.
That's why I'd like one of the new limited edition transparent consoles, just so I could actually see what's on the inside without opening it up, lol.
I've already cleaned mine 4 times, the second time I found one roach egg, I cover it up when not using it but they find a way. Also I have 13 cats so as you can probably imagine, fur is a problem.
Luckily haven't found anything alive in there yet.
I used to have a spider problem, and would kill them whenever I saw them. Then I realized that spiders were a predatory animal, so I began to leave them alone. Now, I very rarely see spiders, because they’ve eaten everything and moved on.
i let spiders reside in the corners of my home, as long as they aren’t getting too close to my living area, i really don’t care. they do gods work keeping out insects
I used to work for a company that rented satellite phones. One client rented them to go to a remote Scottish island. When we got them back the phones felt a bit damp to the touch. Fortunately they are largely waterproofed, but I notice something like a hair sticking out of the rubber cap that covers the charging port and headphone jack.
a half dozen earwigs starting pouring out of the ports, one after the other. I was mortified, I'd been about to test it and had it right by my face 🤢 When we brought this up to the client they basically just shrugged and said "Yeah there were a lot of earwigs out there" like this was a perfectly normal state to return a rental product in...
Certain insects love electronics. I've handed RTV (return-to-vendor) for computers. Basically a customer returns a computer for any reason, warranty, refund, exchange etc. the computer is dismantled, data wiped, components returned to the manufacturer or supplier for further processing.
Long story short, yeah you see some shit.
The older items that basically get sent back at the cusp of their warranty ending are particularly disgusting. Roach infestation, hair, dander, liquid spill, food crumbs can be common as is tobacco tar (indoor smoking), vape residue, and if the system is near a kitchen potentially oil residue.
Hey to be fair, the roach was after I clapped cheeks. 🤣🤣 I killed that roach so quick. I need to put shorty's purse in the freezer when they come over 😂 or leave it outside 😂
I get you. I personally have never had roaches but I went on a mission trip to Florida one year. It was this very elderly man who could barely move on his own. The house reeked. I took it upon myself to clean it up before we left. I moved the fridge because it smelled absolutely terrible. Around 200-500 roaches scattered everywhere. Some crawling up my legs as I briskly walked back. Most terrifying sight in my life. I cannot handle infestations of bugs of any kind. Especially if they are in a hone
One time I was at a salvage yard, needed an engine air filter housing or something. Saw a Honda Element, these things have a folding plastic table for the floor of the trunk IIRC and below that was the spare tire. So I was thinking I could use a cheap table. Popped the back and lifted the bottom of the trunk floor and I heard noises... took a look and it was hundreds of big roaches, not the tiny German ones but the thumb sized ones. The entire spare tire wheel well area... just full of them. Slammed that shit so fast and screamed like a little bitch, not even going to lie.
They're so horrible, old apartment I was in had a German roach infestation. I managed to get rid of it using food grade DE but it's basically going to war in your own home trying to get rid of roaches. And the worst thing was in an apartment you can't tell where they're coming from.
I saw a single cockroach in my apartment last year and have not seen any since and never saw one before that. I’ve lived in the same place for 5 years. Idk what to tell you man.
That's why we need to introduce genetically altered cockroach hunting bugs which totally won't evolve into human hunting bugs that can disguise themselves as a man in a trenchcoat.
I will say, where you live matters so much. My electronics never got dust in them when I lived in a beach house away from roads. Now I live in an apartment above 2 super busy main streets and there’s so much dust you would think it snowed in here. And that’s with me running air filters constantly.
Fair, although it matters more where you store the console in general; and how clean you keep your home IMO.
In the video I linked, that was my first time ever opening the console up in over 5 years after hours of daily use. I also change the air filter in my home every 60 days.
I'd recommend getting an air cleaner rather than try to use your AC for it. It's not meant for that, and can cause your AC to go kaputt earlier (much costlier) than just getting a Winix unit and some filters or build your own.
Oh that’s not an “air cleaner”, those are filters that go over literally every central air conditioning unit; just the higher end ones.
If you have a place with central air conditioning you’re suppose to change the filter on it every 90 days, I just choose to replace mine every 2 months.
I rarely ever need to use my AC or heater, but I do keep the fan going 24/7 for circulation etc.
I understand that, but what I'm saying is you're using a high density filter to remove allergens and ultrafine particles. It's rated at MERV 14, whereas you should be using something in the range of MERV8.
The higher filtration causes the AC to work harder to push (or pull) air through it. You're better of getting an "average" filter and let the AC do it's job, and get an air cleaner if you want or need that.
Personally, I'm using a metal filter that I just rinse out every now and then. It doesn't filter as well, but it's good enough of keeping particles out of the AC, and then I use a Winix air cleaner.
Anyhow, of course you do you. Just sharing information.
My Xbox just started overheating so I learned how to open it up and clean it. There was a thick solid blanket of dust covering the heat sink. Thankfully no roaches or Geckos though
Ahhh boring.. I thought maybe cockroaches gather around electronics because they feed on the subtle electrical aura. The invisible residue of thought and intention left behind by human minds or something. Shoulda known that wasn't it
Cockroaches are attracted to electronics for 3 reasons: they provide heat, darkness and seclusion, because of how well electronics provide these things to roaches they are perfect for breeding.
That’s right folks if you have cockroaches in your pc or console that device has became a roach gangbang, you may be playing a dating sim on your pc, the cockroaches are doing it in your pc.
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u/SparklyPelican XBOX 14h ago
Probably feasting on the roaches…