Here is the page that has all the affiliate links so that bedbugger.com get some money. I found a local retailer for the PackTite so I bought it from them in order to get it faster.

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Here is the page that has all the affiliate links so that bedbugger.com get some money.

Oh cool. Thanks.

I haven't posted about my bedbug situation in a while. My current theory is that after I called my landlord's bluff on the "we're gonna take you to court and evict you" thing, they just decided to ignore me until I go away - i.e. they haven't talked to me or done any treatment since May. (My lease will be up at the end of Sept. so I'll be out then, if not sooner.) Maybe they figure they'll treat the bugs in my apartment once I'm gone.

Jesus, msbelle, that's quite the horrific saga. I missed most of it while away.

tommy are you getting bit or seeing bugs? I am pretty sure landlords HAVE to treat.

sara - it really really is and I'm only at 3 weeks. The isolation devices for my furniture will mostly likely stay on for 2 years after I feel that we are clear. The mattress encasements are NEVER coming off except to be cleaned. I haven't started tossing stuff, but that is surely next. The clothes that I had treated that I thought I would ebay, I am just donating all of those now, I want them gone and to get that space back. Donating things sealed up in ziploc bags is kinda humorous.

tommy are you getting bit or seeing bugs?

Yep.

I am pretty sure landlords HAVE to treat.

I've been avoiding talking to them (after all the harsh words were exchanged). But yeah, I should tell them to come and do more treatment.

a spray bottle of 91% alcohol, any mattress encasements, and isolators on the legs of the bed - those are the top three things I would do to stop the bites.

Where do you find 90% alcohol? So far I've only seen 70%.

oh and sleeping with only sheets on the bed. It is going to be a good long while and many treatments before my comforter gets back on the bed.

It is usually right beside the 70%. I have found the chain drug stores have it much cheaper than local mom and pop ones. CVS is where I get mine now, because they have bigger bottles. I spray our shoes before we leave each day and I spray down whatever I tend to be obsessing over at the moment (edges of carpet, cracks in floor, edges of couch cushions, mac's backpack). The heat machine will help with this. I have already treated 4 pairs of shoes and the backpack will probably get done every 2-3 days.

Jesus. Now I'm understanding why my friend C just moved. (Her lease was coming up and she wasn't in love with any of her furniture so she basically just trashed it all except clothing.)