The PackTite Bed Bug Oven
The Packtite can change your bed bug experience from frantic to in-control. In just a couple of hours it safely kills all bed bugs and bed bug eggs in:
- Shoes/Boots/Jackets/Coats
- Purses/Backpacks/Luggage
- Papers/Books/Folders/Photos/Paintings (heating books and photos may affect the glue and dry paper out, but if you monitor the temperature and time on the Packtite, you can minimize damage to virtually none)
- Sleeping Bags
- Pillows/Cushions
- Stuffed Animals/Toys that cannot be washed
- Vinyl Record Jackets and CD Cases (CD's can be washed and heating can affect their performance - experience speaking)
Disclaimer: YOU WON'T ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO WATCH THEM DIE in the Packtite, because it will be zipped closed so it stays hot enough. But you may see dead or dried up bed bugs when you are done. Be prepared, it's unnerving to come face to face with them, even when they're dead. But it's much more satisfying than when they are alive!
How to Use the Packtite
The Packtite heater allows you to leave your house knowing your objects have no bed bugs on them. After bed bugs, it allows you to go antique, garage sale and thrift shopping with confidence you can heat your purchases and they will be bed bug free.
Read and follow all manufacturer or other instructions that come with the Packtite.
The Packtite is a fabric box with a heavy-duty wire frame big enough to hold something the size of standard airline carry-on or smaller.
Inside the box is a heater w/fan, and a wire grate to allow air to circulate under your stuff. It comes with a thermostat that has a long cord. The cord goes inside the middle of your stuff.
Examples are the middle of a folded blanket, the middle of a closed book, the middle of a bag of stuffed animals. You want the end of the termostat in the part of your things that will take the longest to heat to the killing temperature of 115-120.
Eggs require an hour at 115 to die. So no matter what, when you hit 115, you've got an hour to go. The timer will turn the Packtite off. I had to replace mine as it stopped working, but other than that, I still use the Packtite when I shop at Antique or Thrift stores.
The Packtite™ is lightweight at less than 20 lbs, and portable. When set up it is large enough to hold and heat a standard luggage carry-on at approximately 3 foot long x 1 1/2 feet wide. This means you could even fit most sofa cushions in the Packtite™; however, it is important to monitor the temperature carefully, as overstuffed items, such as decorator pillows and seat cushions could take up to 4 hours or longer to reach temperatures lethal to bed bugs.
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The Packtite comes with a thermostat you can read from the outside of the unit and a timer. The thermostat cord goes into the middle of what you are heating so the core temperature can be monitored. It is important that the entire contents of the Packtite reach the desired temperature to be effective.
If you put books into the Packtite, the thermostat cord would go into the middle of a book to ensure even and complete heating of objects. When the temperature reaches 120F, an hour at that temperature will kill all bed bugs. For objects such as sofa cushions, it can take up to 4 hours for the inner temperature to reach 120.
Here is the warranty from the mfg:
What Does This Limited Warranty Cover?This warranty covers any defects or malfunctions in the heater, thermometer, timer and/or canvas covering.
How Long Does the Coverage Last?This warranty is for a period of 90 days from the date of its original retail purchase. This warranty is not transferable and coverage terminates if you sell or otherwise transfer the product.
What Will the Manufacturer Do?Manufacturer will, at its option, repair or replace the defective or malfunctioning part at no charge. The repaired or replaced part will be covered by the remaining period of the original warranty.
Product Manufacturer:PackTite. 3333 W CR 54G, Laporte, CO 80535, USA.
