Have you ever awoken to irritated skin with red welts? Chances are, it was due to bed bugs.
Bed bugs cause red welts and irritated skin
About 30 years ago, people thought they were a thing of the past in the United States, but it’s not so. In a recent study of 700 mid-priced hotels, 25% were found to have bed bugs.
In comes Rest Easy, a new product created to exterminate bed bugs (and bed mites). According to a press release, the presence of bed bugs has nothing to do with cleanliness; it’s about how large the population is. While they were nearly extinct from the country in the past, the chemical used to exterminate them is no longer permitted, and they have come back to the U.S. with a vengeance via global travelers.
Bed bugs can hide out in box springs, furniture seams, dresser drawers, and small floor cracks. Oh, and they can live a year without eating.
Rest Easy is organic and made from essential oils, so it environmentally safe and won’t hurt kids or pets. It comes in a variety of sizes (including a 2-ounce spray bottle for travel, of course).
According to the instructions, you spray Rest Easy all around the hotel room when you get there, which will kill some of the bugs already out and about and keep those hiding in their place. They also remind travelers to spray their luggage, since that’s how the bugs make their way back to your house. It says while you can spray it in your bed, it’s more important to create a barrier by spraying Rest Easy around the bed (and they note that if bed bugs are in the bed, you should contact a professional for extermination).
The release also mentions that in 2006, there were more than 4,500 bed bug complaints in New York City. I’m going there in two weeks. Normally I would never think to buy a product like this, but I’m starting to have second thoughts…
Have you ever encountered bed bugs? Would you ever use a product like this?
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Even though this sounds like a good weapon against bed bugs, I’d prefer to stick my head in the sand and pretend they don’t exist. Of course, tell that to the two bites I got two weeks ago in Argentina.
I’ll look into getting a bottle of this for my next trip. It can’t hurt.
Neat — the fact that this is organic and made from essential oils is key. There’ve been a few places that I would have liked to have this in our pack. Thanks for the heads up on this product, Emily! Very neat!
Yes, Bed Bugs are back. My apartment building in NYC had an episode. They seem to attach themselves suitcases and then make home. Thankfully my apartment was spared but others were not so fortunate.
So, yes, I would consider the product especially since it seems to be ‘natural’ in origin. Plus, I don’t want to stop traveling and staying adventurous…
stay adventurous,
Craig
Ha, I also wish to remain blissfully ignorant about bed bugs, but I am just too freaked out! Like all of you, I really do think I may need to invest in this product….
Yuck! But it’s not the first I’ve heard about bed bugs coming back in force. Seems like a product worth buying to keep them at bay. Anyone tried it yet and can share their experience?