BUG-A-SALT 3.0 VS Flies, Wasp and Grasshoppers! Is it worth the 40 dollar price tag? 

I purchased Bug-A-Salt haven't killed a Fly yet, before I bought it I saw a few Flies in my place. Now I don't see any, it's like they know their days are numbered.

I've got 36 confirmed kills since purchasing this Bug-a-salt. This is actually the best purchase that I have made in many years and it is fun as all get out!!! Very well made. Thanks BUG-A-SALT!!!

I think the “sneak up factor” is what makes this gun superior to a fly swatter. They never see it coming. Whereas with a fly swatter or electric tennis racket, it’s a bit harder.

The 49 that disliked this are flies.

This is the most american product I've ever seen

Just picked one up today, best purchase ever! Flying ant came in the back door to the kitchen.....bu bye! And I salted my fries at the same time!

I got a kill on a fly mid air at 6 ft with this. The advantage is skeet shooting. God that was fun

Grasshopper = mini boss 😂

One thing not mentioned is being able to thin out a bunch of flies sitting together because they do not realize that you are taking them out one at a time. Reminds me, I need more salt.

Load it with different spices and season your burger from a distance

I suspect you may have inadvertently left out 3 of the most important advantages a salt gun should have over a fly swatter: Preventing escapes, hitting places swatters can't reach and not slapping a filthy swatter all over your home's surfaces. Bugs resting on a surface seem to frequently remain in place for some time, but attempt to flee if you get near swatting range. You should be able to point a salt gun at a resting insect and fire from within 1-3 feet away without alerting it into escape mode. To me, that alone would be a massive advantage. Bugs can also frequently get in or near corners, tiny openings, areas with delicate objects, or areas a bit higher up than fly swatter range. A salt gun should make it much easier to ensure a bug kill in those situations if you patiently aim before firing. Again, that seems like a massive advantage to me. Lastly, swatters tend to get nasty bug parts and germs all over them, which can get transferred to your walls or leave a mess to clean off of the swatter if you want to keep it sanitary. The fact that a salt gun doesn't have to make physical contact with an insect to kill it seems like it should allow you to entirely avoid that issue. That could be a massive feature to someone who prefers keeping their home and most of its contents sanitary. I admittedly wrote this before trying one, but it seems like it should easily accomplish all of those benefits. Is that a mistaken impression?

You could kill flies with a fly stick like a caveman- OR you can shoot them

I'm gunna tell my wife this is what I want for Christmas

One big advantage of this, is in 'tight spaces' where you cannot use a fly swatter, like the space between 'windows with blinds'. Also, it does not 'squash' the fly in your window glass, which most people hate cleaning . So, it definitely has an advantage over the $1 fly swatter.

"What do you do when your wife says no more guns?" You get rid of your wife - Captain Obvious

I'm only interested when they bring out an automatic machine gun version, along with a bug a salt grenade. Hell, maybe even a bug a salt RPG. Effin hate Effin flies, this is Effin war mofos.

Lol the all out war I’m imagining between me and five of my friends vs a bunch of wasps is epic

I hardly ever get insects in my house so I don't need one. This gun almost makes me wish I had more insects so I had a reason to get one.

Fly swatters don't work for me. They keep landing on my electronics, which I don't want to hit.

I have to say, your assessment that it has no practical advantages over a flyswatter is extremely off-base. The versatility of being able to shoot, rather than physically hit, is a huge plus. Sometimes a flyswatter doesn't fit into a nook or cranny. Plus it's much slower. I had to use one of these to knock a roach off of a high, unreachable ceiling. I don't know of any other flyswatter that can do that!

I got the 2.5 and though I've NEVER missed a fly, but me being the competitive country boy type, I'm on a mission to find the 3.0. Let's be honest, when you want the job done right you go for the best!

Another advantage of the Bug-a-salt is you can get flies that land in tight quarters where a flyswatter won't fit, or if it lands on a object that swinging a flyswatter would knock over and cause a mess, or break something. I've had my for about 3 years, and I use it mostly for the small German roaches that are stupid enough to show themselves. It works great on them. We also have the jumbo size "B-52" American roaches that resemble land-lobsters. These guy's require a "Red Ryder" as the salt blast will not penetrate their hard exterior back. A couple times when they happen to be crawling on the outside of my screen door, and thus exposing their soft belly, a blast of salt at point blank range thru the screen, and into their vulnerable undersides has knocked them to the ground, but still requires a second or third blast to finish them off. A Daisy Red Ryder a better option, but be careful, or you'll shoot your eye out. 😜

I’ve had mine for 3 years and it’s been great. Kills house flies at 4’+ away. Not terribly messy either. Fixed sights are accurate too, lol.

I recall as a child, a yard-stick and a handful of rubber bands, I would run up triple-digit body counts on flies in an afternoon. Maybe I should try one of these, just to see if I still have “The Right Stuff”…😜

when the wife says no more guns you get more and dont tell the wife

I'm going to have to disagree about the fly swatter vs the Bug a Salt 🧂, I'm not very good with a fly swatter, trying to creep up on one before it flies away is half the battle and then accuracy is another problem and finally, at least in our case, using a fly swatter with the metal handle and swinging it fast enough to be quicker than the fly, the handle usually bends in mid-air and then I have to bend it back into shape while hanging my head in defeat after the fly goes off to the coffee table laughing at me 🤣. So I think with those factors alone it's worth the $ to add this to my arsenal!

This is much more effective than a fly swatter I've found, especially when they fly near things I don't wanna knock over or break. When I get close enough to swat them they fly away but this thing lets you sneak up of them. I haven't missed yet!

There's no reason to kill a grasshopper. Lol

I have the Bug-a-salt 2.0, and with my experience it’s way better than a fly swatter. 1. The sneak attack. Flies are hardwired to fly away as soon as it sees a shadow, or movement. So with the Big-a-salt you can put some distance between you and the fly, out of range of the fly’s senses, and kill it. 2. It’s virtually mess free killing. A fly when smacked with something, will splatter it’s guts everywhere, leaving a purplish red stain on either your windows, or food dishes, causing excessive clean up. 3. Mid air kills. No more waiting for a fly to land on something. If you see it flying a pre determined flight path, use your skeet shooting skills and take it out mid air. 4 splattered flies attract more flies. Although more flies equals more fun and target practice, when you smash a fly, it’s buddies are gonna get a whiff of it, and come to the rescue, which inside your house you don’t need. 5. Bugs hate salt. So as you shoot you’re actually deterring more bugs from being attracted to the area, so the number of flies wanting to be in your house goes down. I live on a farm so before Bug-a-salt, flies would be in the house constantly, and the fly swatter would only attract more. It was a constant battle every year until wintertime. Now this year, I’ve seen maybe just a few flies in the house, all of which were one shot one kills. So from my experience, it’s way way better than a fly swatter. The Price of it, is out weighed by the fun, and the enjoyment of having a peaceful fly free home living space. But if you look at the technology that it is, it’s quite a complex item. It isn’t a simple nerf gun that shoots salt instead of nerf darts. It took a lot of trial and error to make something like this, and it’s value is at a level that, should it wear out, or break I’d be happy to buy it again. It works really really well, and the amount of shots I get from such a small amount of salt is incredible it’s around 80 shots per reload. Which is a lot of fly killing fun. If your on the fence about paying the money for it, I say your home living space can’t afford to do without it. Once you master it, your home will too be fly free. And on the plus side if you want to sharpen your skills with it all you need is some aluminum foil. Draw a target with a marker, and you can target practice with it.

Thank you so much for this detailed review! Just got this for father's day, about to go have some fun!

i want to see a modified bugasalt...its obviously spring powered right? with a plunger tube etc what if you put a more powerful spring and there and or improved the air seal it could be much more fun

real men season their food this way

When the wife says no more guns it’s time for a new wife

Underrated channel, definitely up and coming

Very well explained! Interesting video thank you

Had the v1 now just ordered v3!! Can't wait!

Excellent review, thanks for posting.

I love my Bug Gun had it for 3 or 4 years still works great

Great review. Thanks for the honesty.

I love this thing! It's really well made and solid. Here in SE Pennsylvania we have a lantern fly problem and this gun makes it fun to thin the herd.

I really like my electric fly swatter and when the flies pop, but this is going to make sitting on the porch a lot more fun.

Aim right above the fly. Works every time.

I have two of them, worth it! A runner up is the electric fly swatter, that takes some skill to use

You can use it to kill flies on the window by shooting between the slats on the vertical blinds. It's also as stated just so much fun as well.

It gets rid of bugs and salts your food at the same time. Most entertaining salt shaker ever?!

That poor grasshopper... Also, this gun will leave a lot of flies feeling a bit salty.

I've had great fun with mine, I've even got the Lazer sights lol

The one bug that the bug a salt is a god send for is the stink bug. Even at a few feet, it'll stun if not kill. Follow up with a close range shot while they are stunned. Or if you have the seething hatred I do for stink bugs, 10-20 follow up shots at the corpse of a stinkbug.

Me walking into a room of flies with my Bug Assault Black Fly 3.0.:”It’s about to be Pee Pee pants city up in here” Flies:👁👄👁

Solid review man 👍 thank you

Love it. Got to get one ASAP! 👍🏻😎

It's just so much fun. It turns a chore into a game.

It's $50+ in my area but I was recommended to pick one up due to the entertainment value and effectiveness of it. Right now I use the electric ⚡ fly swatter, I have about 5 of them in the house and all 5 about equals the price of one salt gun 👍🏾

Great video homie

There is a language barrier between flys and people, but the bug assault takes care of that, (splat !!😃😃😃)

Just got mine and have already taken out a few of my biggest pests this time of year, house centipedes. From about 3 feet away this kills them in one shot, and it's much cleaner than smearing one on my wall.

Dancing to that song at the end🤣

I use kosher coarse salt, it's like buckshot. I use one with even size granules. Kills wasps with one shot most of the time. Shot myself in the leg and it bled.

Great analysis of the product 👍🏾

If you put rem oil on a q tip and lube the barrel it gives it more power. i killed a bald faced hornet in 2 shots and blew him apart.

Damn…you deserve more subs. Good luck man…great review.

I work at a fertilizer plant during planting seasons. When we aren't hauling it out to farmers, we just sit in the shop swatting flies. I need one of these lol

Just tore my ACL and my meniscus in the same knee, couch logged and gotta say I purchased this so i did not have to get up every 10 minutes and risk hurting myself to kill a fly, best purchase ive made in many many years, its like hunting but i get to sit down in my recliner

Just received mine from Amazon. This thing is awesome! Not only does it kill all insects, at least all of them I’ve hunted around the house, but it’s also a ton of fun. My kids use it more than I do. Very very effective on spiders that like to maneuver on ceilings out of reach. I hate using any type of spray or chemicals, the Bug-A-Salt 3.0 is a state of the art Street Sweeper for pesky house insects.

I find the best technique for wasps is to shoot them, which shreds their wings and disables their flight, allowing you to step on them without them potentially flying at you and stinging you.

I absolutely love the bug-a-salt... so much fun

Great review

awesome video man!

Initial tryout shot on a black widow at very close range, a foot or less was 100 percent effective. Crumpled up and fluid’s present.

Waiting for mine to arrive, can’t wait! 😁

I bought this product about 2 years ago and I'm still using it. I prefer to use kosher salt as opposed to table salt. It's like the difference between birdshot and buckshot. Most of the time the kosher salt turns the offending flying insect into a black and red smear. If not, I'll pump again and hit it point blank while it's stunned. I'm almost 50 and very out of shape, and had no issue cocking this device repeatedly. I also recommend the laser sight.

Put a laser on it, you won't miss! I can't disagree with your comparison to a fly Swatter more. How do you kill a fly that's in the top inside corner of a window with a fly swatter... you can't. We left a window open one night and the next morning I killed over 30 flies in about 5 minutes. Try that with your $1 fly swatter. Best $40 I ever spent 👍

Thank you definitely answered my question on which one to buy… is the pistol version more powerful than this 3.0 you demonstrated? Do you know ?

Grasshopper: *Level 80 with 80000HP* The gun: *Level 5 with 100 Damage + 20 Bonus Damage*

I've had all 3 versions. I actually wore out the 2.0. I normally shoot the flies out of the air. The 3.0 version has a better safety but I like the salt hopper on the 2.0 version better.

I have used mine a couple of years and have found it gets flies much better than a swatter and is a lot of fun

Amazingly accurate. But you must wear eye protection especially for point blank shots on a window.

I bought mine at a gun show. They had an optional lazer pointer that fits the gun for $10. Works better and my kill ratio is higher.

We've had ours about a year and a half, we live in an area where there are tons of red wasps and yellow jackets (even our pool skimmer as 8 - 12 every day when I empty it). I've shot several dozen wasps with it, I've never been able to kill a wasp with ours (3.0 Black Fly Edition). Even when a wasp or two has dropped onto the gravel drive, I've shot the thing over and over until I get so tired of pumping the bug a salt that I just stomp it dead. But even the ones that I was able to drop to the gravel, I had to get so close I am not sure why the thing didn't fly away. Any further and I hit them, they get blown off the surface usually but are more than able to just fly off.

I disagree ive splattered and took apart hundreds of flies lol, i got 3 doubles today by getting close and lining up both of them🤣, yesterday i caught one in flight from below, it hit em like a german 88 flak burst and it disintegrated with just the wings fluttering down🤣💥

They should add numbers on the side like the ones on a combination padlock to track your kills

watched the intro saw dad hut, woodworking, guns, cornhole insta sub lol

Thanks Bro. I had my mouse pointed right on top of the "Buy it now" button in amazon...LOL😅

A friend has one of these. It's fun to use!!

Can you use coarse ground salt with this for more of a OO buckshot attitude?

I will say you gain the advantage of reaching bugs in corners and recessed areas that you can’t use a swatter

Would it damage paint on walls?

Fly lives matter😢

I use coarse kosher salt in mine and it works wonderfully way better than the fine sea salt

can it be used to salt my ladies potato from across the table or room? at what range could it be expected to make a reasonable potato salting? Will it shoot pepper, too?

Thank you for the video its appreciated ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

well i live in australia so flies are a pain in the ass, and worst case scenario it works as pepper spray if i get attacked by something bigger and more hostile i can aim for the eyes to help myself make a quick get away

What scope do you use with this?

I might have to get one of those. For bigger insects, I use my BB gun.

This will get into smaller areas where the fly swatter can't fit. Big advantage.

Does it come in pepper calibers?

Three questions, what is the effective range? What kind of pattern dispersion does it have? Can it shoot larger grains of salt, maybe not rock salt, but course ground salt? Thank you.

Bought mine 3 years ago for $25,still fun and works great killing flys!

Had one for 5 yrs 2 ,0 found not to leave Salt hopper full moisture gets in n cause issues ,but good fun

That outro beat was awesome. Where can I listen to the full song?!?