Willert Home Prod. Fly Swatter

Had bee looking for this old fashioned seater. Flies don’t get a warning because of the mesh. Easier to swat them with!

A few people have criticized this thing for several reasons, I'd like to address a few:As far as being cheaply made - News flash folks: it costs less than $4. EVERYTHING ON THE PLANET that costs less than $4 is cheaply made, all praise be to capitalism! There is nothing in the world you can buy aside from perhaps a stick of gum that, at $4, is expensively made.As far as being thin metal - One reviewer pointed out, "Then, if said mosquito lands on a wall and you give it all you got, the force of hitting the wall leaves the head of the swatter a curled, useless mess." Why the HECK are you "giving it all you got"??? It's a fly, the lightest of swats with a proper flyswatter (like this one) will render said fly dead and ready for disposal. This isn't a crow swatter, people. if you need to deliver that much force to kill your pests may I suggest searching baseball bats?As far as being made of cardboard - One reviewer pointed out, "The head looks like it's going to come loose---it's only held on with staples, after all." This review is spot on and I can't make any excuse for it, the head is flimsily attached. HOWEVER, knowing this ahead of time (thanks, other reviewer!) prepared me and before I executed the first of many, many, MANY airborne pests with this sweet baby I dropped a bead of hot glue over the head's attachment points. While it's a hassle to customize a tool you've bought, let's be real here: do you think the Navy SEALS who went after those warlords in Mogadishu or Bin Laden or those Somali pirates dropped into battle with perfectly stock rifles? Of course not! They customized them to the mission at hand.Now...I'm not saying that by killing flies on my back deck I'm a hero like those dudes who rescued Captain Phillips from Somali pirates but we do have something in common: making sure our weapons are ready for the task at hand. As far as fly swatters go I AM saying that this sweet baby is as capable as a .30 cal Win-Mag in the hands of a highly trained American Hero fired off the fantail of a Navy destroyer.And...real talk. It's cheap, buy 2.

This thing sucks like yeah it metal but it bends and does not bend back. The actual metal part jiggles around a bit to much

Listen up!This swatter is very close to the one of old.The wire may be a little smaller. But not having one of old that cannot be verified. The rest of the construction is very close to the one of old.Yes, one of the four I ordered displays movement of the handle relative to the working end. I am going to thread a some small wire through the screen with several passes to secure the handle more firmly. I only wish that the manufacturer had payed more attention in trapping the handle. I cannot remember this detail of the one of old. This complaint is academic.I believe the paper stitched around the perimeter is very close to one of old. So to make this complaint is invalid. Who in the heck washed the one of old?The complaint about the handle being flimsy and not like the one of old is invalid. The person making this comment is much older and thus stronger than he/she was years ago. I, for one, remember deforming the handle as a child. This is before I understood the concept of finesse.The comment comparing the wind resistance of this swatter compared to the plastic variety is indeed true.To those that complain that this swatter does not stand up to hail mary's is a poor complaint. To swat a fly takes some sophistication. Hail mary's are not the answer. To say that the screen deforms after each swat is disgusting. How much energy is that user expending just to swat a fly? Like I said brute strength is not an alternative to finesse. In regards to finesse my younger brother could catch a fly in flight. My father-in-law taught my son to catch a fly between his thumb and index finger. That is finesse. This fine swatter is for people like myself that have not acquired this skill set.I am very upset with those that had the audacity to return this swatter. Reminds me of a recent situation at a well known store. Suffice it to say that the parent even stood behind the daughter's request for the ridiculous refund. The daughter wanted to return a piece of apparel that she had been in possession of for several months! Not like she hadn't worn it several times during that ownership. With such parenting no wonder this refund request.To say that the working portion deforms is a ridiculous complaint. the only way to get close to solving this issue would be to use a spring steel for the screen material. The screen would then be able to flex more elastically rather than entering the plastic zone and thus deform (bend permanently).In summation all of the complaints of this swatter could be issued against the one of old or are ridiculous complaints.The playing field is now equal.I have probably missed a rebuke or two.I'm tired!!!

The swatters are cute but bend easily when used. Not really practical.

This is the way flyswatters used to be built.All that cheap plastic winds up getting hard and brittle then falls apart.These are pretty, but they do the job.Window screen material has a lot less wind resistance than most of the plastic flyswattersResults in better kill ratio!

You're probably thinking, "Ok, what on earth are you going to say about a fly swatter?"First, make sure you tear off the UPC barcode. Notice how, unlike grandma's flyswatters, this is made out of wire mesh? That's the secret. The wire mesh prevents it from pushing too much air. A plastic swatter pushes too much air, simultaneously slowing it down, and creating a current that can alert or even help push a bug out of its path.This swatter glides effortlessly through the air, allowing you max speed if needed. The reduced air currents prevent bugs from getting a heads-up that they're about to be eliminated!If the swatter gets deformed after a particularly hard swat, just flatten it back out again with newspaper or a paper towel. These swatters last maybe 2-3 years, depending on how often you use it. I got the 3-pack this time, so I'm set in case it gets discontinued like so many other quality products these days!