{"id":563,"date":"2012-08-18T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/18\/cheap-looking-bug-bite-zapper-actually-works\/"},"modified":"2012-08-18T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T16:49:00","slug":"cheap-looking-bug-bite-zapper-actually-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novonon.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/18\/cheap-looking-bug-bite-zapper-actually-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheap-looking bug-bite zapper actually works"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/p>\n<h4>Sent to you via Google Reader<\/h4>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~3\/aAuSlmly5DA\/cheap-looking-bug-bite-zapper.html\">Cheap-looking bug-bite zapper actually works<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/craphound.com\/images\/buugzapxlarge.jpg?w=625\"><\/p>\n<p>Gizmodo&#8217;s Brent Rose reviews the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.therapik.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TheraPik<\/a>, a $13, ugly, plasticky bug-bite zapper that actually works really well. It heats up your mosquito (and other critter) bites until the venom&#8217;s proteins break down, and the itching and swelling disappear.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Using It<\/p>\n<p>You put the tip of the Therapik onto your bug bite, then you press and hold down the button. The tip uses light to heat the bite up. You hold it there for as long as you can take it, up to a minute. The burning sensation gets pretty intense after 30 seconds or so.<\/p>\n<p>The Best Part<\/p>\n<p>It actually works! Mosquito bites (the only thing we tested it with) stopped itching within a few seconds of taking it off, and in most cases they never itched again. We are officially stunned.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5935350\/therapik-bug-bite-relieving-gadget-review-we-cant-believe-this-actually-works\" target=\"_blank\">Therapik Bug Bite Relieving Gadget Review: We Can&#8217;t Believe This Actually Works<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=417291d5676568f253ef3d3f98b72376&#038;p=1\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=417291d5676568f253ef3d3f98b72376&#038;p=1\"><\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/tags.bluekai.com\/site\/5148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/insight.adsrvr.org\/track\/evnt\/?ct=0:dupdmqp&#038;adv=wouzn4v&#038;fmt=3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/boingboing\/iBag\/~4\/aAuSlmly5DA\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sent to you via Google Reader Cheap-looking bug-bite zapper actually works Gizmodo&#8217;s Brent Rose reviews the TheraPik, a $13, ugly, plasticky bug-bite zapper that actually works really well. It heats up your mosquito (and other critter) bites until the venom&#8217;s proteins break down, and the itching and swelling disappear. 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