WE SUCCESSFULLY KILLED THE PESTILENTIAL COUCH WITH FIRE.
It's not the best air mattress: it's got a leak, it's got latex--and I've developed a latex allergy since buying this thing almost five years ago--and I don't own an air pump and so I have to blow it up myself--but as long as I'm using this thing, if I find a bug in the linens somewhere (and as of today it's been a week and a half without seeing a live one; I tracked in a dead one) I can just chuck the linens into a plastic bag, chuck the bag in the tub, chuck a giant thing of bug spray in after that, and wash when I manage to scrounge up the funds to do so. The mattress can then be treated with a bleach spray (because the stuff I make to make sure that things are clean doesn't leave anything alive, man) and set to air while I go to work the next day, because if they're going to show up, it's usually first thing in the morning when I wake up when I see them.
The bitey bastards are nocturnal, and most active at around 3AM to 7AM. They have a hard time negotiating the rubber, and if they manage to be on me, it means they got on the linens when I wasn't looking (or wasn't there). I've gotten to the point where certain things WILL BE DISCARDED if I spot the bastards. Three sheet sets have been thrown out since Pestilence Couch's demise.
Two words: air mattress.
It's not the best air mattress: it's got a leak, it's got latex--and I've developed a latex allergy since buying this thing almost five years ago--and I don't own an air pump and so I have to blow it up myself--but as long as I'm using this thing, if I find a bug in the linens somewhere (and as of today it's been a week and a half without seeing a live one; I tracked in a dead one) I can just chuck the linens into a plastic bag, chuck the bag in the tub, chuck a giant thing of bug spray in after that, and wash when I manage to scrounge up the funds to do so. The mattress can then be treated with a bleach spray (because the stuff I make to make sure that things are clean doesn't leave anything alive, man) and set to air while I go to work the next day, because if they're going to show up, it's usually first thing in the morning when I wake up when I see them.
The bitey bastards are nocturnal, and most active at around 3AM to 7AM. They have a hard time negotiating the rubber, and if they manage to be on me, it means they got on the linens when I wasn't looking (or wasn't there). I've gotten to the point where certain things WILL BE DISCARDED if I spot the bastards. Three sheet sets have been thrown out since Pestilence Couch's demise.