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Very interesting. I just did an internet search and it seems to be true. The main negatives that I see are that they would hold only a few items at a time and in a shared kitchen I doubt others would like seeing you doing that. Otherwise apparently a very simple solution.Not sure if this has been mentioned before. Put clothes or sleep liner without metal in a microwave for 30 seconds. Kills them in all stages.
Ooooh… and the sparks from some of the synthetic fibres that have traces of metals in them! (I have a favourite dress that always sets off security alarms!).Brilliant. At what point do your clothes get hot enough to ignite? Is it heat or the action of the infra-red waves that kills them? Does it kill the eggs as well? This does sound like a brilliant idea though. Thanks.
I wouldn't rely on snow. To kill bed bugs by freezing, it apparently takes 3-4 days at -17°C or lower. If it gets warmer than that during the day they might survive, even if you leave the bags outside for a week.After reading these newest replies, I think I'll stick with the black garbage bag method; either in the sun or tossed in snow. Thankfully I've not yet needed either.
Please consider your fellow pilgrims. The sight of someone microwaving their clothes is somewhat disgusting. In addition, they will imagine that some of the clothes have not been washed. Please use other ways to deal with bedbugs; there are so many options.Not sure if this has been mentioned before. Put clothes or sleep liner without metal in a microwave for 30 seconds. Kills them in all stages.
A microwave is basically a radar transmitter using a wave guide to direct the energy into the oven cavity. The whole lot is placed inside a Faraday cage which stops the energy from escaping into the kitchen and cooking the operator.Brilliant. At what point do your clothes get hot enough to ignite? Is it heat or the action of the infra-red waves that kills them? Does it kill the eggs as well? This does sound like a brilliant idea though. Thanks.
They don’t bite you?about
Definitely a thing in Alpine huts owned and managed by German and Austrian Alpine associations. 30 seconds at 600 W according to a reliable news article when these projects were started for the 2019 season; current websites for some huts say "for 1 minute" or just "obligatory" at check-in and "optional" at check-out; used for Hüttenschlafsäcke which have been obligatory for as long as I can remember and are usually liners made of cotton. Obviously done in microwave ovens dedicated for this purpose, anything else would be rated high on a scale ranging from not appropriate to not hygienic / absolutely disgusting.I once read an article about alpine mountain huts in Germany/Austria using microwave ovens to treat hiker's sleep sacks / liners to prevent bed bug travel. So that seems to be a thing.
I can see this being handy so you can quickly zap enough clothes to wear, whilst you deal with the rest of your gear. Providing of course no metal zips or buttons.Not sure if this has been mentioned before. Put clothes or sleep liner without metal in a microwave for 30 seconds. Kills them in all stages.
Just use a clothes dryer for 30 minutes at high heat.Not sure if this has been mentioned before. Put clothes or sleep liner without metal in a microwave for 30 seconds. Kills them in all stages.
As someone who oversees albergues, I can imagine it now: high-tech fabrics melted onto the inside of the microwave. Or an oven and kitchen scattered with roasted insect carcasses.
Nice. I hope someone tests this and reports back, before the Pilgrim Geniuses go to work on our microwave ovens.
The microwaves come from a magnetron on the top or side of the cavity. Any part of the contents very close to it gets a much higher dose than the rest of the contents. The idea some have that it "cooks from the inside out" is inaccurate. The waves do penetrate, but some of the energy is absorbed as they pass through things. The denser the material, the more is absorbed. The more absorbed, the hotter that material gets. So, if the furthest stuff from the magnetron gets enough, what's close to it gets much more.Brilliant. At what point do your clothes get hot enough to ignite? Is it heat or the action of the infra-red waves that kills them? Does it kill the eggs as well? This does sound like a brilliant idea though. Thanks.
If you think you have bugs, ask a hospitalero for help. At our place, we would loan the pilgrim some clothes and launder all of theirs at 60°C. Or you could do it yourself at a laundromat in a larger city.
All I know is I once put my socks in the microwave at an Albergue to "help" them dry. They were synthetic and they melted. I was young and foolish. A long time ago on the Camino Frances.
My grandmother used to make “proper” toast- throw a slice of bread onto a lit gas jet or the grid over a fire; scrape off the black bits and serve.
Socks were slightly more precious
A crumpet is ready when you can’t hold the fork anymore. First go is crispest crumpetI remember my fingers getting hotter and hotter as I held the toasting fork close to the fire …
Find a laundromat and use the drier at high setting, 30 minutes. Bedbugs are more likely in your sleeping bag and pack than in your clothing. I’d hate to think the mess (melting and burning) of putting fabric with synthetics in a microwave, not to mention that stuff not fitting in a microwave. Not a good idea.Not sure if this has been mentioned before. Put clothes or sleep liner without metal in a microwave for 30 seconds. Kills them in all stages.
Now I get it
Now I get it!!!! Love the yellow one - it's just like my '65 VW bug, only smaller!
Love the yellow one - it's just like my '65 VW bug, only smaller!
I had a teal one (1970), lowered, with a killer sound system... back in the day...Mine was the cream one …
Always wished for a yellow one …
I had a really dodgy 1966 model in pale green in the early 80s as my get to work driver so my wife could have the 'big car' for daytime use.I had a teal one (1970), lowered, with a killer sound system... back in the day...
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