Raid Essentials Multi Insect Killer 29, 12 oz trigger spray

This is great, in under an hour a pesky housefly problem that cropped up is gone. There was construction on my back stair side door that looks out over a large apartment’s recycling area floors below. It had rained and the seal around the door wasn’t replaced yet. Suddenly, I had houseflies for the first time. Seemed like 20+ a day. I tried swatting, vinegar traps, sticky traps… anything that wouldn’t disturb my sensitive, mature cat. It was like waking up as Bill Murray on Groundhog Day for a week - just to murder the same 20 flies all day between bouts of cleaning everything until I was stiff and sore. Ew. Flies are so gross and frustrating! The aggression was getting to me. Sometimes I would open a window and try to shoo them - feeling murderous and zen at the same time. It’s like they thought I wanted to play? Nasty buggers were getting faster and smarter. Sometimes they’d swarm attack - buzzing close - kamikaze face and eyeball dives. What the… Or, they’d demoralize me by having lazy, drunk sex - coupled in the air right in front of me. Other times, being knocked out - then, coming back like Terminator - mocking me with their prolific regeneration abilities and zero shame <insert censored sailor swearing here>. This spray just arrived. It was fly apocalypse in less than 30 minutes. Small controlled bursts. I trailed it along window and door seams - or places they favored. I did notice it’s a little smeary/oily on windows or stainless steel, but I wiped that away easily with 70% isopropyl alcohol. The scent isn’t bad or strong, I can smell the lemongrass, green, citrus, plus… a very slight petrol-like fume that dissipates quickly. I’d be careful not to spray fabrics in case it stains, but it’s so effective and affordable. I don’t think you’ll regret it. My sensitive cat is chipper, her appetite is healthy and unrelenting. If she’s upset by anything that’s the indicator - she goes on meal strike. I’m sure it bothered her when I’d go on a fly rampage, swatting loudly throughout the day. When she was tiny and I trained her to stay off counters, a small clapping sound wIth ‘no kitty, down’ was the method. I’d leave a room where I swatted flies and she’d be still, silent, low on the floor with large pupils thinking she was in trouble - poor sweetie. I can’t tell you how happy I am right now to have this problem solved. There’s a side bonus too. There were these tiny almost transparent other things under a houseplant water catch tray. They marched out dying. All I did was dust with a little of this on a paper towel under the plant stand and on a baseboard nearby the plant. Yaas! I know right!? Omg, I can’t believe you’re still reading this. Thank you for the free therapy sesh for my PTFS (post traumatic fly stress). Go get ‘em! Lol. Update: Day 3, 4 were back, Day 4 there were 2, but only one area in the house. Today is over a week later and there were 2 varieties: 3 little ‘wine fly’ ones and 4 large lazy ones - but I hadn’t sprayed or seen any for days. Depending on type of critter and cycles, you may have to spray an area again - just a little near their ‘spawning grounds’ or ‘ground zero’ going forward. Nothing like the first round. To date: I have 1/2 the bottle left and zero flies. I’m impressed and ramping up for holiday entertaining and culinary projects - safely and hygienic. Side note: my indoor, windowsill herb garden is fluffy and lush, whatever enemy they had has abated though I never sprayed on or near them, just wiped a few sills below with a product moistened paper towel - so happy about that. Disruption Junction, exit to the left! Bye critters! I loathe them!

It works very well but the SMELL IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. IT SMELLS LIKE PEE. No bugs where I sprayed but definitely had to neutralize the smell with hospital grade cleaner.

Not returnable, and I really needed to use this today so I'll just use what's left - I didn't have much but in the area where it was applied it has been extremely effective! Update: I have not seen a single gnat or crawling creature in my (home) office since I sprayed this stuff (and my pets are still alive)! So I am a happy customer - just wish they would seal or package it better prior to shipping! One more thing - I don't know how anyone can say this product has a 'nice scent' or 'hardly any scent'. For people with good noses, the scent is EXTREMELY STRONG AND OVERPOWERING - and not in a good way - and it lingers for days. But the effectiveness of the product somewhat outweighs this negative aspect - just make sure you have good ventilation when you're using it.

This child and pet safe pesticide works great! I’ve never used any that worked this well or that lasted as long! It has what was to me an unpleasant smell but it only lasted one day and wow did it kill the insects! I sprayed my whole house and outside permitir too. Works better than Terminex fumigation. It is oil based so I don’t know if it might show on carpet. I have all ceramic tile floors. I will certainly use this product again and again!

Don't like the way it stained the walls and left an oily-like substance. All the wiping and washing afterwards was a lot since I was chasing the stupid fly around the room with the bottle. Fly kept bugging me after a couple sprays. Got tired of chasing so I put my phone in a ziplock bag and turned off all the lights except for the bright light of my phone. Worked instantly. Fly landed on my phone, I gave him and my phone a big spray and finally, he died. Took my phone out the bag. I have a bug zapper on the way. Ordered one from Amazon for $22.99. Wish I had done that in the first place.

Imma order like 100 more bottles of this! It works GREAT! ( and safe for pets and kids) I just committed an EPIC fruitfly/gnat genocide! BAHWAHHA 😈 DEATH TO THE HELL BUGS!!! NOW to just get ORKIN back here, to do the job that I pay them for! 😖🤪 But this RAID doesnt smell too bad at all- the only downside is I’m going to have to swiffer the floors and wipe down the cupboards now bc its REALLY oily and now there is an oily film everywhere 🤷🏻‍♀️ so far- I’m AMAZED! The oily residue is abit obnoxious, but I’ll take that over the swarms of fruitflies/gnats ANYDAY

This was an ABSOLUTELY NIGHTMARE!! I should have listened to the reviews that said it was oily! I spent some time spraying at gnats in my kitchen and they were dying pretty fast which was cool, until I looked at my floor and walls. This greasy, oily formula was literally every where. It was absolutely awful. I was panicking and trying to clean it up and it would not come up. I started using dish soap all over my floor and it worked but I don’t own a mop, only a swiffer, and so I was trying to clean it up with a sponge and failing. I had to lock my cats in my bedroom and run to the store immediately to buy an actual mop. It took an hour and a half to clean up and I STILL HAVE GNATS EVERYWHERE!!! Unless you are prepared to spend at least an hour to clean up everywhere that’s been sprayed, you do NOT want to buy this 😣😣 NOT WORTH IT!!! Sure it killed some gnats, BUT AT WHAT COST?? I bought a little trap thing at the store tonight and it caught SO many gnats, far, far more than this spray killed 😣😣😣

Yep, it kill da bug.