The "Smart SWatter" Shipping was fast.I'd read it was going to be shorter (18" long) when I bought it, so no surprise there. Just be aware that it's "reach" is probably 4.5" shorter than what you may be used to.(My other "easily bendable wire handle/flimsy plastic" swatters are 22.5" long)My "original" OXO swatter was also 22.5" long. (The OXO is apparently no longer made. I see some on Amazon looking like the OXO, but from reviews are apparently made of far inferior materials and don't have "OXO" on the rubber handle. It's handle/head was far stiffer. I'd gotten mine at Target many years ago.)THIS "Smart Swatter" is working GREAT. The main flat area is somewhat flexible, but it won't wrap around a corner to catch a bug. The shaft area just below the swatter seems to be pretty "springy", and it whip-snaps pretty well. The little pins on the side facing the bug when you swat it DO hold onto the bug pretty well, and let you flick it off right into the waste basket. So far, the normal house flies I've gotten have NOT left a mark on the surface after I swatted them. No Cleanup so far-- that's a big plus.I'm finding I don't have to hit as hard as I had to with my old flimsy head swatters (with which I've hit a fly, only to see it fly off again after hitting the ground).I do notice that the top of the swatter is shaped like a spatula, narrowing to a thinner top edge. I imagine that's to help scrape off the big bugs if they stick to something? Nice to know it's there if I ever need it.I've NOT yet had any issues with this swatter scratching/marring soft wood etc.This swatter is still stiff enough that if I need to trap and push down to squash an unwanted venomous bug in a corner, it can do it. (The flimsy plastic one, or leather one I've got, could not.)It's got an open handle area easy to hang it up with on a nail/hook, etc. - However I instead wrap seff-adhesive velcro ("loop" side) around the handle end of the swatter, and have a long matching velcro ("hook" side) strip in the broom closet - which is FAR easier/faster to grab, and to hang up again. No searching for the nail or hook in a dark closet.So far, I'm very pleased with this swattter (I bought two, and may get another couple now for garage, etc.)This swatter is more likely to take out something like a Wasp, the first hit.(I also bought an Amish made 17.25' long Leather fly swatter (on Amazon) with spring-steel handle (won't easily bend out of shape, and is very flexible), which I'm realizing may be better for some areas. It's got enough heft for bigger bugs also, but the leather is flexible and it WILL wrap around a corner with enough mass to do the job, and may be less likely to mar soft items/woodwork (it more easily conforms to the shape of an object).For spiders etc, I usually use a portable Vacuum w Hose. It's far "cleaner", and much more likely to "bag" that bug with suction, than when trying to swat it. (but Flies won't sit still long enough, so swatter generally works better on flies.)

Omg this is one of the bestttttttt purchases I made as an adult. This thing kills everything!!! So far I killed several species of spiders and one roach. This thing kills just from one SMACK. The spikes are nice and sharp so the thing you’re trying to kill will stay on the swatter and not leave any gut residue on your walls. Must buy item!!!!

These swatters definitely kill the flies but they are very still. If you need to have some give to swat a fly caught in a window or some other tight spot, these will not do. They are good for picking up dead flies because the swatter is sturdy.

Works well. I hate that I'm excited about a fly swatter. That being said, this makes swatting and disposing very easy. The flies stick to the swatter, then you tap/slam the swatter on the rim of a garbage can to knock them in. I had a slight infestation of flies and was killing at least 40 per day, so this really helped.

I can't do better than quote MomOf27. This is, as she says, "the most effective fly swatter I have ever owned."I have just ordered them for the *fourth* time. They're very well made, very sturdy, very well balanced, very, very effective.We live in an exurban area of the mid-Atlantic US that has a lush, roaring ecosystem, and LOTS of bugs. In addition to our home-grown ones, we have had several serious plagues of invasives in the last years. Of these, one of the trickiest to kill is the spotted lantern fly, which is actually a leaf-hopper and a fast-reacting, prodigious jumper. If you have a good Zen swatting technique, even lantern flies have little hope against these fly swatters. My son is a demon lantern fly hunter, and stalks around our yard with one of them, slamming it down on our trees and other surfaces to goosh lantern flies. This is hard on the "Smart Swatter", but even under this punishment, these swatters hold up for a long, long time. We keep one on the front porch, and one on the back deck.I also keep one in the basement, which I use on spider crickets, another of our plagues.And there's one in the kitchen/family room, for regular old houseflies. Did I mention that it's very effective at killing regular old houseflies?I also think the price is very reasonable for a set of two.Buy a set. You won't regret it, and will probably be back for more.

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