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FYI Nightwatch by Biosensory
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I emailed this company to ask if this product (the trap/monitor available in October that everyone keeps refering to) is going to be available to the public. I was told that this product will only be available to purchase from a PCO at this time.
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bedbugsbad
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Fri Sep 5 2008 10:59:55
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I emailed them and got the same information. I think they may be leaving a lot on the table as I believe there are hundreds of people on this site alone that would gladly buy one and use it periodically to monitor. How many times do you see the question, "I think I have them but I can't find any positive evidence"? Spending $400+ for a monitor is a lot cheaper than the thousands of dollars you can spend to treat.
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I would suggest waiting until the new system is proven in the field.
The study that is posted on Stern's website documents a rather lackluster performance.
The study states that the monitor was placed in a small single room that was filled with approximately 1,000 - 2,000 bed bugs.
The room was literally crawling with bed bugs!
If two thousand bed bugs are in a small room, would you really need an expensive monitoring device to find them?
A K9 could detect the presence of bed bugs through a closed door under the conditions that were present in this study.
The control monitor without a lure scent or heat was trapping 9 or 10 bed bugs, while the monitor with the lure & heat only captured a range of 30 - 80 bed bugs with an average close to 60 according to the graph. The capture rate is less than half of a percent to 1% of the available bed bugs in the room.
The rate also seemed to fall off sharply over time. The heat & scent lure condition only captured about 120 bugs over a twelve day period in a different trial. Most of the bugs were caught in the first three days.
Here is a link to the powerpoint presentation of the data on Stern's website
http://www.sternenvironmental.com/pdfs/Purdue-Presentation-12-07.pptI look forward to the development of an effective monitoring device, but I am very disappointed by the performance that was documented in this study.
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The NightWatch Bed Bug Monitor[/url] is now available at DoMyOwnPestControl.com.
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dmopc - 23 hours ago »
The NightWatch Bed Bug Monitor[/url] is now available at DoMyOwnPestControl.com.Hi dmopc,
You are welcome to participate on the forums, but please read our Terms and Conditions of site use. The purpose of the forums is not advertising.
It is okay to post this message ONCE, for informative purposes. But you posted it twice here and once on the blog. The other identical message posted in another thread today was deleted.
Please do not use the forums to spam us with ads for your company.
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bugged18
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Posted 6 months ago
Mon May 11 2009 22:29:19
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hey DMOPC
how is it working? Anybody tried it. Caught any bugs in a real world situation?
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Tue May 12 2009 9:11:45
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I ordered one and should have it by the end of the week or early next week. I plan on testing it with my bed bug colonies to see how effective it is. I will let you know what happens.
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MartyJMK
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Sun May 17 2009 20:48:44
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I just set up a Night Watch yesterday and am testing it for the second night tonight. It definitely seemed to attract bugs last night (found a live one on my bed, ick!) and one on the floor, however, none yet that crawled in and died.
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MartyJMK
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Sun May 17 2009 21:23:18
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And never mind...Night Watch device, just started going at 10pm tonight, but almost immediately started flashing low CO2. Since this is the second night, and the canister is supposed to last 6 days. Not impressed.
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MartyJMK
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Sun May 17 2009 21:24:02
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And never mind...Night Watch device, just started going at 10pm tonight, but almost immediately started flashing low CO2. Since this is the second night, and the canister is supposed to last 6 days. Not impressed.
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MartyJMK
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Sun May 17 2009 21:24:08
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And never mind...Night Watch device, just started going at 10pm tonight, but almost immediately started flashing low CO2. Since this is the second night, and the canister is supposed to last 6 days. Not impressed.
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MartyJMK
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Sun May 17 2009 21:25:42
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Just kidding, Night Watch just activated at 10pm for the second night and almost immediately started flashing "Low CO2." Since this was only the second night and the canister is supposed to last 6 days, I would say its not functioning appropriately.
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EudoraWelty
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Fri May 22 2009 6:26:46
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Just to add another note to this thread. I've used my new Night Watch for 2 nights now and each morning have had the flashing 'Low CO2' message. I'm using 20 oz CO2 tanks which means a 6 day supply is dispensing in less than 1 night (assuming they were filled correctly at the store). I sent an email to the manufacturer yesterday morning and am awaiting a response (and am about to remove the box and packing materials from the trash in the event I have to send it back).
Also, my unit makes a distinct noise at approx. the interval it would be dispensing the gas - like someone is stapling a thick stack of papers. It's loud enough that it would be difficult to sleep in the same room as the unit without earplugs.
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Fri May 22 2009 6:42:29
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EudoraWelty - 14 minutes ago »
Just to add another note to this thread. I've used my new Night Watch for 2 nights now and each morning have had the flashing 'Low CO2' message. I'm using 20 oz CO2 tanks which means a 6 day supply is dispensing in less than 1 night (assuming they were filled correctly at the store). I sent an email to the manufacturer yesterday morning and am awaiting a response (and am about to remove the box and packing materials from the trash in the event I have to send it back).
Also, my unit makes a distinct noise at approx. the interval it would be dispensing the gas - like someone is stapling a thick stack of papers. It's loud enough that it would be difficult to sleep in the same room as the unit without earplugs.Question. Did it stink up the room? I had a tech at my distributor tell me the phermone lure smelled so bad for one customer she said she would rather have bed bugs back rather then deal with the smell.
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EudoraWelty
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Fri May 22 2009 7:08:39
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Question. Did it stink up the room? I had a tech at my distributor tell me the phermone lure smelled so bad for one customer she said she would rather have bed bugs back rather then deal with the smell.
There is a noticeable odor (especially when you're near a freshly-opened lure) but nothing that I would call overly-objectionable - I thought it rather mild and quickly adjusted to where I didn't even notice it. In comparison to the lingering odor of most chemical treatments I would think the majority of bedbug sufferers would consider it a non-issue. Of course everyone is different but it would have to be some kind of bad reaction to choose bedbugs over this smell.
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Fri May 22 2009 7:38:11
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As I've said before, whether you're talking about the CDC monitor, Nightwatch or any other active monitor, it's all about setting expectations and understanding how monitors work.
The bottom line is that these devices have been so so so hyped up that many people expect these to be the saving grace of bed bug management and I think many expect to set the monitor and wake up the next morning and have most of the bugs in a room trapped in the monitor. That won't happen and is a false expectation.
If you look at other insect monitors, there is only a certain percentage of a population that's attracted to the monitor for whatever reason. Therefore what does a night without catching bed bugs really tell you? Not a whole lot. We've set them in rooms where there were obvious large quantities of bugs that were all unfed and caught a small percentage of those bugs. We've also set them in units where I knew where all 10 or so bugs were and didn't catch any of them. I think that these monitors still will have a place in certain situations and setting them can't do much harm because if you do catch a bug in a room where you weren't sure of the situation, it tells you the world.
People just have been anticipating these for so long they envision setting the trap, not catching bugs and that telling you that a room is free of bugs....which isn't necessarily the case. That's what I spoke about in my video, it's all about determining just what percentage of bugs (in a real apartment setting) that are hungry that these monitors attract. I hate to say it but just cause you set the monitor in a room and don't catch bugs, it doesn't mean it's bed bug free. These monitors will most likely never be that sensitive.
Doug, in terms of your question about setting the trap in a room where there is thousands and what value does that hold. That is usually the first step in evaluating any new product. We always want to set it in a situation where we know there's a significant problem to make sure the unit does catch bugs. After that we can start testing it's sensitivity in low level infestation. If you don't do the first step first and go right to low level infestations and don't catch anything, what does that tell you? You wouldn't know. Are you not catching them because the monitor doesn't work? Isn't sensitive enough? Make sure it works first, then worry about testing how good it is.
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thebedbugresource
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 22 2009 8:56:40
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I have heard that there is a recall on the NightWatch units.
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EudoraWelty
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 22 2009 9:40:53
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thebedbugresource - 43 minutes ago »
I have heard that there is a recall on the NightWatch units.That's good to know - thanks!
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Posted 6 months ago
Fri May 22 2009 12:33:17
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I have had some encouraging results with the NIGHTWATCH but indeed there is a recall, it seems a plastic part involved in the CO2 release may be defective. Which may explain the quick usage of the canisters and perhaps the good results. Anyway lets hope it gets fixed soon, and we can
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Posted 2 months ago
Tue Sep 1 2009 9:50:59
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Anyone using there nightwatch? Any results?
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upagain
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Posted 2 months ago
Tue Sep 1 2009 12:36:48
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anyone?
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bugfreebed
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Posted 2 months ago
Tue Sep 15 2009 14:42:51
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I have found that in a heavily infested room the trap fills up nicely but on more than one occasion I left it at the head of bed where someone slept and after a week came back to an empty trap and found a dozen or so BB on and around the bed . I do think in lower level areas you need to take all host away .
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