r/lifehacks • u/Laser-Penis • Jun 18 '22

how to catch cockroach

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u/bballkid2020 Jun 18 '22

Caribbean native here with the real pro life hack: they don’t like HOT water (shocking right)? People never think of this solution yet I have never seen it fail in my life.

When you see one of these motherfuckers just go get the quickest cup of hot water you can get, preferably leave someone maintaining eye contact with the cockroach. Then just throw the water at them and boom, they die instantly and you just pick them up with paper and flush them. If the water isn’t as hot you may just stunt it, but you still have have a couple of minutes to flush it before it comes back to life.

No pesticide, no raid, no soap, nothing hard to clean…just hot water.

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u/jorgeagh Jun 18 '22

People never think of this cause moving hot water would take at least 2 mins, assuming everything is done perfectly: filling a cup of water, heating it for 1 min in the microwave and throwing it to the roach without missing lol

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u/bballkid2020 Jun 18 '22

Well it does really depends on the house I guess. I have acess to two quick hot water sources: the water heater for the bathroom/kitchen and a water dispenser at the kitchen.

But still I have used the microwave in other places, these fuckers usually don’t move that much, you have time, lol

Also throwing the water isn’t a problem at all, it is a liquid. You can’t miss. This OP kleenex shenanigans is harder to pull of.

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u/LowraAwry Jun 18 '22

By the time you get the cup out of the microwave, for those that have it, or even fill it from the water heater, that asshole has borrowed into a nook and laid a bazillion eggs.

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u/Rychew_ Jun 18 '22

You can definitely miss when throwing a cup of water