[CharlesOConnell]

Thank goodness I’ve escaped bed bugs, but for roaches:

The whole Integrated Pest Management racket involving endless, expensive pesticide applications, can be gone around with 1 simple thing:

* After carefully cleaning out any clutter
* Get a transparent, 2/3 full “catsup/mustard” container of Boric Acid,
* tap it to cause atomization,
* disperse a thin layer around the edges of a room.

It works. Nothing else does. It’s cheap.

[TomGuy]

I use Ortho® Home Defense® to spray around the baseboards in my apt. I do that a couple of times a year. It costs about $8 per gallon at Walmart. It also has a very slight odor, which makes it preferable to the high-cost spray can items.

I occasionally use boric acid. It is high-dollar (upwards of $30) via Internet, but I got a 1-lb (large) container at a dollar store for $2.00 several years ago. The 1-lb container will last around a century. :)

[anton]

Pure denatured alcohol in a garden sprayer will kill them and disappear.

No smoking.

[Sarcasm Factory]

I can wholeheartedly endorse boric aid as the sovereign remedy for cockroaches. My 16-ounce bottle is still more than half full after taking care of various eruptions. It cost $3 at Walmart.

It works. Nothing else does. It’s cheap.