Uggh FLIES

So summer is obviously almost here because suddenly our place is abuzz with flies. I am one of those freaks who HATES fly spray and I am even deeply suspicious of the Robocan my in-laws have, I just don't like the idea that there are chemicals constantly in suspension in the air we (especially my baby) are all breathing.

Am I just being neurotic? Or does anybody have any wonderful, natural suggestions for repelling flies? (Other than keeping the house clean, obviously! But when there's paddocks full of cow manure all round us there are bound to be a few stray flies that decide they like the look of inside!)

ETA: I know the Robocan stuff is just pyrethrins, but I still don't like it But feel free to tell me I'm being silly!

Edited by weegee

We the Robocan. The idea of breathing in stuff is far more tolerable than flies .

I tried some of the plug in ones but they didn't work nearly as well.

i can't suggest anything but robocan sorry

I flyspray! I HATE HATE HATE flys!!!! We are getting a Robocan soon.

You can get fly sprays that are safe for kids, But I dont spray near Caden anyways so its not a problem.

Edited by Sheza

It;s natural stuff so it's meant to be safe, we've used it and I love it. I get the green one. It seems to keep heaps of stuff at bay, not just flies. I just turned it off during the winter months.

Oh and ants hate it too

Edited by pomikiwi

I don't really like the idea of robocan either. We use those stickers you stick on the window & they do seem to kill the flies really well.

Another pyrethrin Robocan fan here It's great. You just set it and forget about it (at least until the "hisst" becomes a "kthunk" when the stuff runs out and you need to change the can ) I hate fly sprays and using chemicals too, so was sceptical when I was first told about the robocan. But when I was told about the pyrethrin option I thought "well, I'll give it a go" and so glad I did. Wouldn't be without it now. Only downside is you find you have to vaccuum a lot more, to get rid of the dead flies that didn't manage to fly back out of the house

Hi, with the question about Raid, I am sure it is different to the robocan. I am living over in Australia and we can get the raid, mortein (sp?) and the robocan. I love the robocan - haven't tried the others but do know the others don't last as long.

I had a robocan which was BRILLIANT for the first few months, and now USELESS!!! Have new batteries etc so not that! I complained to the robocan people and they sent me a free one but still useless. I don't even have it turned on anymore!

We have window stickers, and these red box thingies with fly spray stuff on the inside (both from the supermarket). The stickers are okay, but have never seen any flies near the box things.
Also sprayed every window with NO FLIES (from supermarket) and this is great! Still get lots and lots of flies inside (the joys of farm life) but at least now they die! I can have at least 50 dead flies each day!!!

Also we have 3 fly traps (from Bunnings) around the house outside. Last year had the ones with the white lid - they were great. This year tried the yellow lid ones ($1 cheaper) but they don't seem as good. Not sure if it's just the season so far or what.

Also we just found out that our septic tank was blocked and leaking - attracting more flies YUCK!!!!

ETA::: the NO FLIES spray is safe for children & pets when dry. It really stinks when you spray it - I just did it one evening once our baby was in bed and then went outside and left all the doors & windows open for a while.

Edited by tamiem