Part of my bedbug defense system. I am hesitant ...
598476
Part of my bedbug defense system. I am hesitant to use these though because I am afraid of what I will find. Ignorance is bliss!
2248095
I put one of these traps next to my bed after I "eradicated" my bed bug problem so I would know if it still exists. For months I've been using these traps and just thought I was fine. Today I found a new nest RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAP. The bugs didn't care. It didn't catch a single one of them. Very dissapointed. Now I have no idea how bad my problem is because I've just let it go for months (because nothing was turning up in any of the traps in my house.)
3716701
Not as sturdy as I would have expected for something meant to prevent bed bugs. I can see why lots of info says to be careful to prevent tears. Seems a lot less wear-resistant than the mattress encasement (which is probably why many bed bug experts online prefer the mattress encasement). I bought this for prevention, so I don't know how well it works on bed bugs.
2627063
BED BUGS, BED BUGS, BED BUGS,.... I have been using my matress for about 5 years now, 20 days after I purchased these pillows, my entire bedroom was infested with bloddy bed bugs.. I am extremely dissapointed , i demand my money back.
4742860
If you have issues with bed bugs, hire an exterminator and avoid this product.

Before the professionals come out, they send you an email with explicit instructions on how to prepare to have your living space for their services.

One of the first things they say is not to use any other form of commercially available treatment before they treat the situation.

In order for this product to work, you have to make direct contact with the bed bugs. Good luck with that. They're small and they're very good at hiding. They don't usually come out until you are asleep.

Do some research and you will see that a bed bug infestation requires immediate treatment by the professionals . They are very difficult to kill and they are good at traveling to your neighbors to infest them as well.
4949269
I feel better sleeping with this at night, I have not been in a situation to really test to see if it works and hope I never am! But between this... my alarm... and a locked bedroom door, by the time someone gets to me I will be alert enough to have my shot gun ready haha! I do feel safer and love having it! Plus it's a visual reminder to turn my darn alarm off!
2452784
I am a property manager and I have used Ortho Home Defense Dual-Action Bed Bug Killer with this with CimeXa Insecticide Dust on two properties and they are both bed bug free.  It was a misreble experience both times and not worth the moey I saved doing it myself.  I now use a professional so I never have to go throught that again.  You have to first clean your home nerotically and get ride of all the clutter.  Wash all the linens and curtains!! Then go over every inch of your furniture slowly and throughly with a vaccume and/or a steamer.  Empty the vaccume and take out the garbage immidately!! Spray the areas you saw the bugs and when it dries dust the powder lightly around.  (It gets messy but it works!) Good Luck!!
1790989
Can't really comment on its effectiveness regarding being bed bug proof.  We just bought a new mattress.  It was devilishly hard to get a Cal King mattress inside of the encasement but that was expected.  Cal Kings are even difficult to make or change linens without some help.  The encasement did not seem to distract from the "comfort" of the new mattress.
3990692
For anyone experiencing the hell that is bedbugs here is your sanity!!! I found out I had bedbugs Monday. Couldnt sleep became obsessed and researched for hours...found out I needed a steamer, this one gets up to 200 and I think bedbugs die around 120. At first I was skeptical... and then I started to steam.

They hid. They ran. They died! Vengeance is mine. I steam cleaned every inch of my apartment, every item of clothing, every sock purse towel, anything non electronic was steamed. Its so high pressure I got the baseboards, the cracks where they were hiding...

I can breathe again. I will be using this on a monthly basis to steam and there is a bigger component for the floors and couches and stuff of that sort.

If you are on a budget and fighting bedbugs try this. I would say it lasts about 30 minutes at a time. It took about 9 hours for me to get my 2 bedroom (1300sq ft) done. If you have a larger house or some help get two of things and get the job done.

So far I have not seen or felt any bedbugs. As a precautionary manner I will be having the entire apt steamed but I honestly don't even think its necessary.  This product saved my sanity!
862792
Heats the bed up nicely but I can feel the wires while I'm on it. I put another mattress pad on top but it's going to need another pad of some kind. Maybe I'm just sensitive?
2171443
I used this product in the hopes that it would eliminate or at least aid in reducing the amount of bed bug bites I have been receiving.  I would not wish bed bugs on my worst enemy so I was desperate for some relief.  Unfortunately, this product didn't really seem to do anything except produce an odor that gave both me and my boyfriend intense headaches until the smell finally wore off.  I'm in the midst of using D.E. and so far, despite the mess, it seems to be helping.  This product may work better in conjunction with another product but I wouldn't waste my time on using just this alone.
4259241
bottom line they work! I saw a bug crawling one night and I was OVER it. I live in an apartment right by the woods so I didn't want them to think they were invited anywhere in my apartment. I put a few around in random places and nothing happened for days. I figured they had just went away. HOWEVER, after a few days I would come home and find a dead one near the same spot. This happened over the span of 4 days. Needless to say I was glad they were dying but terrified to pick them up. I recently went on vacation and I think I might have put too many tablets out because when I got home they were dead roaches everywhere. Ok, maybe not everywhere but it was 4 in total dead. 1 in the living room and 3 in the kitchen all near where one of the tablets were left. Before putting the tablets down I would only see one or two every 2-3 months but lately, I have been seeing them everyday and now I'm paranoid that the tablets are attracting them inside of my apartment instead of just killing the one or two that were already inside. Im not sure about this...its good that they are dying but from the other reviews they didn't see them period anymore. I'm SCARED
2548059
heck of a lot safer than a candle in the middle of a soapy plate... not that i was doing that... erm.
i bought two and had to hold myself back from buying one for every room in the house. i don't do well with bugs in my home. especially ones that bite me. chemicals are a non-option, so this seemed worth a shot. the first day or two, one caught three fleas. under my bed. UNDER MY BED. it also attracted a spider, couple flies, and a couple mosquitoes.
needless to say, i love this thing. we don't seem to have a large infestation issue, but i (literally) sleep better at night knowing they're helping assure it does not become an issue.
1980849
Recommended by an exterminator when we got bedbugs in a transitional living program. We haven't had any problems since and they also protect the mattress from being soiled. Good strong quality.
1316129
After I bought a new mattress I got this so that I would never have to deal with bed bugs again. I can't speak to the effectiveness of it, because I only just put it on the bed, but I like that it completely encases the mattress.

What I don't like is the way it sounds and feels underneath my sheets, but I expect that's something I will eventually get used to. I'll deal with it because anything is better than the way bed bug bites feel. After being bed bug free for a few years now, I will do everything in my power to make sure I never have another infestation.
2170087
I do not care what others may say, but I find these things quite unsafe. The plastic is not very thick and looks like it could split at any time. But what causes alarm is that a bed frame's legs are not too securely set in the base as the area is too large to keep anything from moving about. We did try it, and as soon as anyone, even gently, tried to get on to the bed there was just too much movement. Maybe these work best on carpets, of which we do not have, and if so, should state as much.
1239932
Unfortunately, it works- When I moved my dresser, I wondered what that thing was behind it and remembered all too late that I put it there to catch hobo spiders. Ugh! 2 of them. Disgusting and no longer crawling in my bedroom thanks to this product.