I just got one of those zappers plugged in after a few rounds of tennis with those pesky mozzies in and around the house, problem is the rechargeable batteries need a recharge before the return match.

So how many hours do I need to wait?

Could be 10 minutes, could be 10 hours, the quality is very inconsistent, hence the price!!

Good fun while they last though!

I bought one of those rechargeable bats , piece of junk so I stick to the replaceable battery type , they use them for fun and games in Canada , I purchased 20 of them complete with batteries in Chinatown a few years back for B50 , took them to Canada and sold them for $20.00 each , you could buy them for $5.00 in stores at that time but they had nothing like the ZAP of the ones I sold . They even bring down hornets and wasps , never tried them on low flying bats though , well , come on , bats eat mozzies also , 555

As they most likely don't have any advanced charging circuits inside, I'd guess that they use 'trickle charge' to charge / keep it topped up. My recommendation would be:

1) Run it almost dry every time (not totally, it may damage the batteries)

2) Leave it plugged in for 14 hours

3) Take it out and store charged.

Provided they're fed by cheap NiCads and a $0.02 charge circuit this will get the optimal use out of them.

cheers for the replies

those buggers seem to be everywhere tonight, looks like i should have 2 of the zappers to keep on top of them,

oh well, at least my backhand is improving!

Answered your own question Donnyboy , by a second one with regular batteries , then "Fight the good fight " , I gave some to my married children and "They never leave home without them " 555

I bought one of those rechargeable bats , piece of junk so I stick to the replaceable battery type , they use them for fun and games in Canada , I purchased 20 of them complete with batteries in Chinatown a few years back for B50 , took them to Canada and sold them for $20.00 each , you could buy them for $5.00 in stores at that time but they had nothing like the ZAP of the ones I sold . They even bring down hornets and wasps , never tried them on low flying bats though , well , come on , bats eat mozzies also , 555

Are they even legal outside of China and Thailand? Making them look like a kids' toy always seems like a recipe for disaster to me.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried grabbing the wires to see how much of a kick they give?

'cat5' datedumball' I bought one of those rechargeable bats , piece of junk so I stick to the replaceable battery type , they use them for fun and games in Canada , I purchased 20 of them complete with batteries in Chinatown a few years back for B50 , took them to Canada and sold them for $20.00 each , you could buy them for $5.00 in stores at that time but they had nothing like the ZAP of the ones I sold . They even bring down hornets and wasps , never tried them on low flying bats though , well , come on , bats eat mozzies also , 555

Are they even legal outside of China and Thailand? Making them look like a kids' toy always seems like a recipe for disaster to me.

Just out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried grabbing the wires to see how much of a kick they give?

Funny you should ask that question , they became popular in some bars making bets who could put what on the 'Killer pad ' , never made any inference to them being a childs toy , if you were thinking of my giving them to my children , they are all adults with children of their own .

Have a nice day .

Are they even legal outside of China and Thailand? Making them look like a kids' toy always seems like a recipe for disaster to me.

They certainly ain't legal in Australia. Customs relieved me of a couple of them, on the basis that they could be converted to weapons! Didn't issue a warning, though.

So can forks, or if you definitely want a taser-like thingy, a disposable camera with flash. Sheer idiocy but yeah they are forbidden in most countries I know of.

Main reason they would be illegal in EU would be the built-in non-grounded flimsy power plug, you can stick one prong in the phase carrying end and get a REALLY nice deadly ZAP! from the other end if you're grounded.

Bought one just over a week ago and actually read the bag it was stored in, rather than throw it away. Wonders will never cease. It said it needed recharging for 10 hours each time and was good for 600 recharges.

I'm lucky if they last me more than 2 months at a time.

The operative language here is "It said". I don't believe it for a minute. The recharge time might be about right but the number of recharges a bit optimistic. Anyway, where I live, in another month or so the mozzies shouldn't be a problem until the tail end of the next rainy season. By which time I will invest another 99 Baht for a new one.