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Climbup Interceptors now at Northshore Care: coupon for free shipping!
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We heard today that you can now purchase the new Climbup™ Interceptors (passive bed bug monitors) at NorthShore Care. You can click this link or any of our NorthShore ads (such as the NorthShore Care ad for Protect-a-Bed AllerZip encasements at top right on this page), and order them. If you use code BBFREE you will get free shipping on your entire order! Right now, as a special added bonus, you'll also get a free BugZip drawer liner, along with free shipping, if you order through Bedbugger and use code BBFREE at checkout.
NorthShore Care ships really quickly, and discreetly, which is a nice bonus.
(Bedbugger has an affiliate relationship with NorthShore Care, which means that if you purchase through our links, it helps support this website at no additional cost to you. We're grateful to NorthShore Care for offering our readers the best deals we know of on Protect-a-Bed AllerZip encasements and Climbup™ Interceptors, as well as the special offers available via the coupon code above.)
Climbup™ Interceptors are passive bed bug monitors. NorthShore Care sells a box of 12 for $57.95 (as of right now). You place a disk under your bed leg, chair legs, or sofa legs, and any bed bugs using those legs to climb onto or off of the furniture will be stopped.
These monitors are not designed to treat an infestation. But they can be a useful tool for detecting and monitoring.
For anyone who wishes to isolate the bed, it's a preferable alternative to putting your bed leg in a jar of oil or other liquids, because it will catch samples rather then deterring. You will also see whether the bed bug is coming onto or leaving the bed, which may be useful to know.
In addition, for anyone who doesn't have bed bugs, but is in an infested building, these disks would serve as a good warning that bed bugs had arrived in your unit.
You can also click the following links to download a PDF brochure about Climbup™ Interceptors, or instructions for their use.
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Posted 6 months ago
Thu May 7 2009 14:41:50
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The interceptors are also available at Oldham Chemical, Residex LLC Southern Mill Creek, and on line at standardpest.com and at bedbugcentral.com. Personally I've used these for bedbugs and think it is a good tool. I have also used them for some beetle monitoring as well.
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Thanks, Winston!
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Posted 5 months ago
Thu Jun 11 2009 8:26:35
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just a note - the free shipping coupon only applies if you are in the united states. i have been informed by northshore care that my order is now on hold, because i must first pay the cost priority shipping to canada (which is $21.00)
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lil_bit_obsessed
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Thu Jun 11 2009 9:32:22
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i should correct that to note that when i complained to northshore care re: the unexpected cost they apologized for the confusion and reduced the cost of shipping to 50%. so all and all i'm feeling mollified.
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Posted 5 months ago
Thu Jun 11 2009 10:53:48
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lil_bit-obsessed,
Sorry about that. Glad they were able to help somewhat.
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Nobugs, or others who have used these, I'm curious about a couple of things. I was looking at the pictures on the website and it's not clear to me how it catches ones that are crawling *off* the bed. Maybe I'm missing something, but couldn't they just climb back up the bed leg?
Also, it states that the lubricating talc coating will eventually rub off, get dusty, etc. and need to be replaced or refreshed. How difficult is this to do correctly, and how often does it have to be done?
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Posted 5 months ago
Thu Jun 11 2009 17:30:32
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Here are the answers as relayed by Susan McKnight, the inventor of ClimbUp:
Q: Why not climb back up leg?
A: Adult female bed bugs actively disperse away from other bed bugs after feeding for survival. If adult female bed bugs remain in close proximity to males, they will be subjected to repeated traumatic insemination. All bed bugs move about every night. So, yes, bed bugs can just climb back up the bed leg but there is little motivation to do so if they have just taken a blood meal.
(Added by Adam: It seems they will likely venture into the talc covered area after leaving the leg and then their talc covered feet can not easily climb back up anymore.)
Q: How difficult and often to replace talc?
A: Re-lubricating with talc is easy with a cotton ball dipped in talc (example: baby powder). Only a light film of talc is needed to keep the surface slick. It only needs to be re-lubricated if the talc surface has been wiped off when bed bugs are removed or if there is an accumulation of dust or lint.
See demo of reapplying talc to ClimbUp at http://www.asktheexterminator.com/video/Rid_of_Bed_Bugs.shtml
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Wonderful! Thanks for the clarification, Adam.
It sounds like it would be more effective at keeping new bugs OFF the bed than catching those that are already on, even if I don't sleep there. But I'll do some experiments, maybe sleeping on the floor next to the bed with the traps in place would lure off any that were hiding in the frame.
Our building has a continuing problem, even though our landlord's PCO is reasonably responsive and does a decent job. So I'm ordering a couple of sets now in hopes of catching the occasional straggler that comes over from other apartments, and letting us know when we need to request re-treatment.
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Fri Jun 12 2009 10:44:37
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I think you're right that ClimbUp works a little better at keeping bed bugs from entering the bed then trapping all the bed bugs on the bed already. However, if you have bed bugs in your bed/frame still, it is likely that at least one will climb down and get caught in the ClimbUp trap. Then you will know you need to have a PCO come to de-bug the bed again.
ClimbUps also do a good job of keeping bed bugs from entering furniture from the floor like dressers, sofas and chairs. Considering the expense of having to treat or throw away these types of items, ClimbUp can be a pretty inexpensive way to try and protect them better.
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Fri Jun 12 2009 13:09:43
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ahhh, yes. i was thinking about using them on the bedside table as well. the bedside table is supposed to be a common harbourage for bbs, so even if they're not there now it is a tempting piece of furniture for bugs to try and climb up on.
i'm also thinking about using them longterm on the bed in our guestroom. that way if a guest ever brings along an unexpected present, we should get an early warning before the bug even gets INto the bed. (i hope)
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Yeah, I'm honestly not too concerned about monitoring them from the bed-side, because I react very obviously to bites. And after catching a nymph biting me the other day, I know for sure I even react to nymph bites. (Silver lining... but it IS nice to have proof that the little "bite-like reactions" I get after the true bites fade away are nothing worse than my skin overreacting.)
My suspicion at this point is that we have stragglers occasionally wander in from neighboring units, but they don't get established (I got a couple of very far apart bites over the winter, like MONTHS apart, and my best theory right now is that it's un-impregnated females or males or nymphs who have either been poisoned already or just don't live that long in our inhospitable environment (DE, clothing in bags, frequent washing of bedclothes, encased mattresses, etc.)). When I finally caught one last week we called the PCO for a retreatment, but I'm thinking the Climbups will help (a) keep the beds bug-free, (b) give me some insight into how we're getting reinfested, and maybe even (c) nip the problem in the bud so we don't have to call the PCO back, or not as frequently.
When the PCO came over for the inspection this week, he mentioned that the unit 2 floors above us has them, but the one right above us apparently does not (and they have actually inspected it, which impressed me). But I get the feeling that, while it can be controlled (and, to a large extent, has been), as long as we live here the problem is never going to entirely go away.
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