EcoRaider Bed Bug Killer Spray 1 Gallon Jug, Green + Non-Toxic, 100% Kill + Extended Protection

My son had brought home bed bugs after staying at a friend's house. Initially, his bedroom was the only room impacted. When we realized what these strange bites/rash that he had on his shoulder was caused by bedbugs, I had him vacate his room and we removed everything but the furniture from the room (placing everything in sealed trash bags in the garage). I then went to the store to buy various products to get a jump on the situation immediately. We thououghly vacuumed the floors and baseboards, steamed the mattress & the carpets & then applied an all natural product from the hardware store to his mattress, ortho home protection on the base boards & we put diatomaceous earth along the baseboards and under his bed. We thought we had the room in a "quarantine" mode and figured we'd just stay out of the room and hopefully they would stay contained to that room & die. A week later I woke up to find bites on myself...guess they migrated looking for food and all that we had done previously hadn't worked.I called a couple nationally known pest control companies and they wanted thousands of dollars to come take care of this issue. As a single mom, I do not have that kind of money to spend on pest control. I got online and did a search for top rated bed bug killer and came across this product. It was a little pricey, but WAY cheaper than having an exterminator come out. Upon reading all the amazing reviews, I felt very hopeful that this would be manageable on my own as long as I was thorough in my process. I wasn't really sure how far the product would go since I've never had a bug situation before, so initially I bought three one gallon jugs based on what other reviewers had said they needed. I also bought encasements for my mattresses and pillows.While waiting for my product to arrive, I got my house ready to spray by removing everything from the impacted rooms (aside from the furniture) and placing everything in sealed trash bags out in the garage. This can seem like an overwhelming task, but it is an important part of the process. After everything possible was removed from the rooms I vacuumed everything, including base boards...curtains came down and were washed in hot water and thrown in the dryer on high heat. I also wiped the walls down.Within two days I had my Ecoraider, spray bottle & my encasements. (Thank you Amazon!) I'll admit, I went a little heavy handed with the spray in the initial treatments. I sprayed every crevice of every piece of furniture, even pulled dresser drawers out and sprayed them individually, sprayed bedframes, mattresses were vacuumed, encased & sprayed on all surfaces, box springs, the same. I even spayed a light coat over the whole carpeted floor as well as the edges of the walls, window sills, etc. The smell was a little overwhelming (as I used all three gallons in my initial application) but not completely unpleasant or unbearable...it would have been better had it not been so hot outside. I couldn't open the windows to properly ventilate because my a/c was on.After the first application was complete, I promptly ordered two more gallons for subsequent treatments. I started vacuuming three times a day, hitting base boards and mattresses once a day. After the week was over, I had received my replenished supplies and sprayed for a second time, this time just doing the perimeter of the room (baseboards), closets & around furniture. During the next week, I continue the routine of vacuuming 3 times a day and did a third round of follow up spray. I am now in week four and neither my son nor myself has had a bite in a week and a half.I still haven't gone through all the stuff that is in sealed bags out in my garage , but we had several very hot days over 110 throughout this ordeal so I'm sure anything that might have been in there is dead. I will, however be thoroughly inspecting and cleaning everything before it is brought back in. This has been a complete nightmare that I wouldn't wish on anyone. I am very thankful this product was out there. I feel confident that it has helped me to defeat the bedbugs that were in my home.

Gazing at my Amazon account, sadly I can see it has been a YEAR of me fighting those nasty bedbugs. Where did they come from, a couple of possibilities I have found during this year long battle. My husband travels a bunch could that be it? Or more than likely it was our poor decision (before I even knew about bedbugs) to pick up that beautiful huge sofa that someone left on a curb. Either way it has been one hell of a battle and EXPENSIVE! I was not worried when I first found them, I would have them gone in no time, so I thought. I was not proactive, please if you see any do not be me. I went to a big box store and bought some spray that did not kill them, but came close to killing me and it did not work. My next steps were to get bedbug covers for the mattress in two of the rooms where we saw them. This did not seem to help so hours of searching on the internet, I decided steaming them out was the best way! This was no issue as we just moved into this home and I had to rip down tons of wallpaper with a steamer. I steamed walls, steamed floors, steamed curtains and those damned things were still there in both rooms. It finally hit me, I need to get rid of the carpet in the master bedroom and put floor down, which I did. This did not work. I then thought okay, let me take off the bedbug covers and wash them (NEVER DO THIS), what a mistake they were back in full force. Back to Amazon ordering new bedbug covers to never remove. I then decided to buy the most expensive bedbug killer listed on Amazon that should do the trick, this stuff has residual killing. House got sprayed and we went off on 7 day cruise. I am so excited when I got home, by this time it has been about 7 month of us sleeping on the sofa or in our RV. I rewashed the sheets and comforter that we had packed in black trash bags. Living in Florida those bugs should be dead right as they were stored in garage. I put the clean sheets on and snuggled down. When I woke up I had never seen so many bedbugs all over my bed, all over me, and possible eating at my dog. That was it, my 30 years of marriage was about over as we had not slept in same bed for almost a year. Nothing I have done has worked. I called Orkin out to evaluate the house. With his flashlight (that was the same as mine) he showed me that they were in my curtains, my chair and every frickin where. For a small price...cough... of $5,000.00 they thought that would cover the price to tent my home. Had I used alcohol he asked me? No I had not. Don't bother with the alcohol. Here is what I finally did to get us almost bedbug free. They say don't buy a new mattress but after almost 30 years of marriage and sleeping on the same mattress I ordered a new one, it was immediately covered with the bedbug covers before it made its way to the master bedroom. I researched even more ( I am a walking encyclopedia about bedbugs). I threw out all of our bedding and pillows. I bought new sheets, new pillows for every room but my sons (don't make this mistake, those bugs travel) and after reading the review I purchased EcoRAider. The first night after I sprayed the bugs were greatly reduced. Unfortunately that is when my son noticed the bedbugs were in his room also, so I immediately ordered bedbug covers, new sheets ect... Were they gone after that, no. I don't know if there is anything that is an immediate fix. I have been spraying EcoRaider everyday around the beds, on the beds, on the pillows, on the base boards and have seen results that I could not find from any other product. I have been spraying daily for about two weeks, and there are some days I see nothing! I need another gallon jug of this fabulous product. It has no smell, my dogs and kids are good. My husband and I have moved back into our bedroom. My kids rooms I have not seen one single bedbug. This has been a very expensive war for me, and I swear this product would get a 5 star out of 5 except it does not come with a sprayer. I had to use a old sprayer out of an old bottle of the non working bug bed spray that I had left over. Hope this helps you in your nasty journey. Buy this product.