Thursday, August 30, 2012

ENDED Combat Giveaway: Win the War Against Ants

Every year, we get ants in our house. And every year they creep me out because they can get into anything. I still shudder when I think about the morning I rushed out of the house and left the cutting board on the counter after using it to cut up fruit for my smoothie...and came home to dozens of nasty little ants crawling all over it. Disgusting! I would like to permanently erase that image from my memory, so why am I writing about it now? To let you know that if you struggle with ants in your home, I feel your pain. I know how gagtastic it is open your pantry and wonder if you're going to see an ant scurrying behind the cereal boxes, or worse, into a cereal box. No one invited them in, but those tiny little buggers only need a fraction of an inch to squeeze in and make themselves at home. Of course at my house they probably think they're being summoned, what with the trail of crumbs that always seems to circuit from my kitchen, to dining room,  to living room, to family room, and back again.

I received two Combat products to review, but fortunately I am not currently fighting off an ant invasion. But I am going to put these products in my arsenal so that I'm ready for the next attack. One of them, Combat Source Kill Max Ant Gel, is a fast acting gel plunger. Just leave the gel where ants have been spotted or suspected, indoors or outdoors, and this ant delicacy will lure them in and kill them within hours, after they've taken it back to the colony and shared the poison with their brethren. The other product, Combat Source Kill Max Ant Bait, also encourages the ants to share and annihilate their colonies, but without any mess or smell. The bait stations are child resistant and small enough to tuck into frequent ant hang outs, like under the sink or in food cupboards. I have kids with asthma, so I'd always prefer to avoid using strong-smelling sprays that might irritate them. That's just one more reason for me to try these products out next time I spy an ant.

Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter to win a box of Combat Ant Gel so you can try it for yourself!

Also, Combat is currently hosting a Bug-Free Backyard Bash Sweepstakes! You could win $1000 to hold your very own backyard bash, along with an assortment of Combat products to get rid of ants and keep the party ant-free!

Combat provided me with samples for review purposes. All opinions are my own.


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6 comments:

Sarah Hall said...

We usually get big black ants in the spring in our house.

Mrs. Weber said...

Ugh...We get ants like crazy in the summer. I use those little Raid ant traps, but this sounds like it might work better. They gross me out too!

eclairre said...

Anytime I leave anything out it gets infested. One time I look closely at my cereal only to find ants :(

Unknown said...

Not sure about gross stories but now that we are in the rainy season, I am seeing more and more bugs in the house. I hate bugs!

Jenny said...

I don't really have a gross story - but we do get ants occasionally.

amanda hoffman said...

there was ants in my cereal luckly i saw them before i poured the milk