The Bug-A-Salt device uses granular table salt as non-toxic projectiles to kill insects. The plastic gun is designed to spray up to 80 discharges of salt, which forms a conical spread pattern, similar to the blast pattern from a shotgun.

2012 A brief recap of the BUG-A-SALT product launch and major milestones below: - After working on the BUG-A-SALT for decades, in 2012, Lorenzo is "officially" granted an "Official Patent of Invention" - May 2012, Lorenzo created a BUG-A-SALT video telling the story of his journey.

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Yes, Bug-A-Salt – or, more specifically, the Bug-A-Salt 2.0 Insect Eradication Gun – is a pretty spectacular invention. It is truly worth every penny if you have flying insects you'd like to exterminate without harmful chemicals and without looking like a hillbilly waving around your flyswatter.

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A miniaturized shotgun effect is generated through this ingenious design. Ordinary table salt is utilized as a lethal projectile with accuracy range of within 3 feet.

Along the way, he spent $80,000 on a patent, and manufacturing continues to be in China. “It would cost five times as much to do it in the U.S.” That has created challenges. Maggiore's manufacturer changed factories in China for the 3.0 version of the Bug-A-Salt, and over 10% of the new products were defective.

It has been used by humans for thousands of years, from food preservation to seasoning. Salt's ability to preserve food was a founding contributor to the development of civilization. It helped eliminate dependence on seasonal availability of food, and made it possible to transport food over large distances.

The salt shoots out in one strong puff, which is more air than salt, but still manages to pack a stinging wallop if you hit a finger or an ankle. I even made our intern shoot me in the leg, Jackass-style, and it only stung a bit.

This wicked little critter came out of the box and started pounding flies and bees from the get-go! Definitely a must-have for the backyard enthusiast. They use a regular crosman CO2 device. An absolute blast to shoot on your deck or in your yard and just have an amazingly good time.

Flies and other insects breathe through tiny openings along the sides of their abdomen called spiracles. These openings were filled with a liquid causing the fly to drown. The salt draws the liquid out of the spiracles allowing the fly to “breathe” again.

A miniaturized shotgun effect is generated through this ingenious design. Ordinary table salt is utilized as a lethal projectile with accuracy range of within 3 feet.