CAMPING GEAR | Obliterate Flying Insects In Your Tent With The Nomad Insect-o-cutor – Review

August 3, 2021 Shell Robshaw-Bryan

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What is it?

Nomad Insect-O-Cutor LED Fly Killer Camping Lanter RRP: £44.99

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Features

Run time: 18 hours.
Splash proof for outdoor use.
Electric grid– to offer protection against flying and biting insects.
Dual green and blue UV LED technology– to attract a wider range of flying insects.
Collapsible design– this makes the product perfect for travel and can be used as a hanging light with adjustable brightness.
Adjustable brightness– 200 lumens lamp feature.
USB rechargeable.
Guaranteed for 2 years.

What we thought

Part of me feels bad. I hate killing things, but when it comes to biting insects, there is little love lost. I attract bites like crazy, regardless of how much bug spray and how many deterrent bracelets I wear, you can guarantee I’ll still get bitten.

Suffice to say, if I can find a way of getting rid of bitey things out of my tent, I’m going to try it!

The Nomad Insect-o-cutor helpfully provides a solution to the problem of flying biting insects inside tents. A green light acts like a lure to the little blighters before rather gruesomely electrocuting them.

You’ve got the option to use it with the green light (that attracts bugs) on, as well as the camping lantern being on at the same time (with 3 different brightness settings), or you can use them independently, with just the green bug light on, or just the regular camping lantern on.

We used it on a recent summer camping trip, being careful never to leave the tent doors unzipped from mid-afternoon onwards to minimise the number of bugs inside the tent, even so, by evening time we’d amassed a nice collection of bugs congregating inside the tent.

We didn’t hear any noises, but after looking inside the cage before going to bed, we could see half a dozen or so little insects inside, so it definitely does the job.

We also found that we could easily leave it on all night and it was still running in the morning – we’ve found though that the stated usage time is a bit optimistic – we didn’t get anywhere close to the stated 18 hours.

There’s a charging indicator light that’s red when the power is low or the unit is dead, and turns green once charged. The first time we used it we left it charging for another hour after the indicator light turned green, just to be certain, then we turned on the bug light and left it on all day.

With just the bug light on, off a full charge, it provided us with 9 hours of continuous use before dying.

Having also used it at home, I’ve found that it tends to attract smaller flying insects rather than flies.

The said, for smaller bitey things, Inside a tent, it works a treat. The main negatives would be that once killed, the bugs tend to drop into the bottom and it can be tricky trying to get them out and in practice, we didn’t get close to the stated running times.

Final say

The Nomad Insect-o-cutor is a good little gadget with decent, but not great battery life. Despite this, we will be taking it with us on our summer camping trips from now on to help keep the tent bug-free.

Priced around £44, I’d say this is a good value for money purchase, especially if you’re in need of a rechargeable camping lantern anyway, the additional bug-killing functionality makes this a solid buy, but it is best for campers who have an EHU or solar power bank to enable daily recharging.

DISCLOSURE | The featured product was gifted to us by Nomad. All views are our own and we were not paid to write this review.

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Shell Robshaw-Bryan

Editor & Owner at Camping with Style

Shell loves all things travel and outdoors and is a nature-loving, comfy-camping kinda girl. Shell started the Camping with Style blog after a serious snowboarding accident which left her with a broken back. Despite this she used the outdoors and healing power of nature to aid her recovery and she continues to spend time outdoors whenever she can.

From open water swimming, snowboarding and kayaking to hill walks and meditation, Shell shares her travels and microadventures here on the blog and in various publications she's written for, Shell has a particular interest in promoting wellbeing and the many benefits of nature therapy.

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