fly-goodbye: how do you spell 'overkill?'

Just in, this new über-flykiller which employs a vacuum and internal tube adhesion — sort of like an automatic Jabba the Hutt — to suck flies in when you pull the trigger.

One problem from my perspective: you need to be within 1-3cm of the fly (about an inch or so away) for it to be effective.

Most flies in my neck of the woods will have vacated the premises long before that happens.

To be fair, though, consider that just four days ago here I featured the laser mosquito killer.

So maybe this device isn't overkill at all but, rather, the bleeding edge of a new wave of high-tech approaches to an age-old problem.

 

Bonus: It's fly-friendly.

That's right.

It features an internal catch-and-release cartridge so no harm comes to the flies you catch.

Coming May 1, 2009.

€24.

[via übergizmo and Cliff Hatch]