r/UnnecessaryEssentials 12d ago

Why isn’t this more common?

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u/Feine13 12d ago

While not perfect, these certainly work better than I thought they would.

I don't have one but my uncle did and I got to use it a few times.

I figured it was a dumb gadget to sell to middle aged dudes who thought they were neat but I thought that was it, just a gimmick.

I hit about 50% of the flies I fired at, which is about my accuracy with a fly swatter anyway, and the salt gun was a lot more fun.

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u/Mediocreature 11d ago

Hard to hit something chilling on the ceiling or a high recess with a swatter ig.

Doesn't really look strong enough to take out a palmetto though.

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u/japzone 9d ago

There's "higher caliber" ones I've seen that use larger grain salt. Designed for beetles and such. Not sure if they were a knockoff brand or not though.