As soon as a few bugs invade your home, they invite a swarm of them to do the same. You should get rid of them before they get a chance to spread any disease. And to make this job easier for you, there are different types of bug sprays available in the market for indoor use.
Ortho Home Defense Insect Killer Spray is one of the most recommended bug sprays for indoor use. Even professional bug exterminators prefer it to control pests around the home. Its fast-acting formula, easy-to-use design, effective protection from varieties of bugs for several months make it one of the best.
Do remember that not all types of bug sprays will work best for your needs. Because different sprays have concentration types, residual control ability, and budget. So, to help you decide your quick pick, this article briefly reviews some of them.
What are Some Different Types of Sprays to Choose?
Bug sprays mainly come in 3 types. Some of the spray brands combine both natural and chemical ingredients to control bugs. And the others are either completely chemical-based or organic ingredients based to kill bugs. And here are some of their brief reviews.
- Maggie’s Farm Simply Effective Home Bug Spray
- MDX Concepts Magma Home Pest Spray
- Ortho Home Defense Insect Killer
Maggie’s Farm Simply Effective Home Bug Spray
This is a combination of chemical and organic-based bug spray but it mainly contains natural plant-based ingredients. The spray comes in a trigger pump spray bottle. So you can apply it quickly around your home. And you do not need to mix anything with it before using it. As it is a ready-to-use solution.
Though you can apply it anywhere at home, I suggest you avoid applying it directly on fabrics as it might stain them. This works well on cockroaches, ants, moths, silverfish, and ticks.
You should consider applying it if bugs are not huge in numbers. But do remember that you have to apply it every 7 days until you get rid of the little unwanted guests.
Specifications:
Product Weight: 770 gram
Application Method: Trigger Pump Spray
Area of Use: Anywhere at Home
Type: Ready to Use
Scent: Natural
Protection Time: Up to 7 days
Features:
Protects Houseplants: This formula contains some organic ingredients that either come from plants or essential oil. Thus, you can use it to keep plant bugs away as well. Just spray gently on the plants and voila! Bugs will leave your plants alone.
Dries Quickly: It has desiccant in it so it only takes a few minutes to dry up. You don’t have to wait for hours to be able to move freely in the places where you’ve sprayed.
Pros
- No toxic ingredient
- Environment friendly
- Light odor
- Leaves no residue
- Safe to use around kitchen and pets
- Recyclable container
Cons
- Not light weighted
- It may not work well on spiders
MDX Concepts Magma Home Pest Spray
This is a completely plant-derived organic bug spray. Though its residual protection time is only for 3 days it naturally kills the ants, spiders, fleas, stink bugs, earwigs, mites, and other common household bugs.
However, you should not apply it around the kitchen. It is not harmful but its strong peppermint scent stays strong even after hours. Hence, your food might absorb this scent.
It is not made for plant bugs, but if you spray it around the home, it won’t affect your plants. Also, if you are not the biggest fan of the icky odor of sprays, this spray refreshing scent will be your best bet!
Specifications:
Product Weight: 450 gram
Application Method: Trigger Pump Spray
Area Of Use: Anywhere at Home except Kitchen
Type: Ready to Use
Scent: Peppermint
Protection Time: Up to 3 days
Features:
Eliminate On Direct Contact: Many organic sprays do not seem to kill common bugs on direct contact. But this spray acts immediately and kills them right after spraying instead of making them inactive for a while.
Money-Back Guarantee: The spray is also backed by a money back guarantee. Use it for 2 months and if it does not provide risk-free pest control, you can ask the company to refund your purchase.
Pros
- Made of natural ingredients
- Children and pet friendly
- Refreshing scent
- Safe for indoor plants
- Easy to carry around
Cons
- Does not work well on cockroach infestation
- The effect is not long-lasting
Ortho Home Defense Insect Killer
This battery-operated nozzle bug spray is the ultimate solution if you are fed up with large-scale bug infestation. Other bug sprays cannot eliminate a wide range of bugs just after one application. But this one does and also creates a bug-free parameter to keep bugs away for up to 12 months.
The essential oil scent in this spray is not that refreshing but it does not leave any bad odor either. It does not take much time to dry as well. And you can use it anywhere including carpets and fabrics without staining them.
It works best on bugs including roaches, crickets, beetles, spiders, mites, beet worms, and more. On top of that, ortho will give you a refill bottle of 1.33 gallons once you run out of spray.
Specifications:
Product Weight: 330 gram
Application Method: Battery Operated Spray Nozzle
Area Of Use: Anywhere at Home
Type: Ready to Use
Scent: Essential Oil
Protection Time: Up to 12 months
Features:
Comfort Wand: To make the work a little bit easier, this spray comes with a comfort wand. There is a manual guide to understand how to use it properly. It can easily reach in some of the narrow places where trigger pump bottles cannot reach.
Kills Bed Bugs: Other bug sprays cause the bed bugs to move to a new hiding place. But you do not need a different spray for tackling them if you have Ortho Defense. Because it can kill these pyrethroid-resistant bugs.
Pros
- Long-lasting effect
- Comfort wand is easy to use and reusable
- Odor-free
- Works on 130+ insects
- Safe to use around kids and pets
Cons
- Not good for indoor plants
- Sometimes battery dies quickly
My Top Pick of Bug Spray For Indoor Use?
All of these different bug sprays are effective in their respective roles. That’s why it can be quite overwhelming to choose the best one among all these. But after intensive research, I decided to go with Ortho Home Defense Insect Killer spray as my top pick. Its user-friendly design, larger coverage, and most importantly the one-year residual control have definitely set the bar higher.
You can spray it throughout the home for once and it is likely to keep the indoor bug-free for up to 12 months. Also, its formula is suitable to apply on fabrics and mattresses as well.
Its design, specifically the comfort wand, makes it so much easier to spray at any storage area at a moderate height. Especially the upper cabinets that are 20 inches higher from the countertop. On top of that, all these features come at such an affordable price, so it tops the list for me.
All types of bug sprays include their ingredients in the labels. And avoid buying any spray that has DEET chemical listed on the label. Because they might cause danger harmful to human skin and pets. I hope this article on different types of bug sprays will come in handy to help you pick the best spray! Thank you for reading.
