Zanza-Click

Arkayik · 5th August 2008, 09:50 PM

Anyone heard of this bug-bite-zapping device?

www.tecnimed.it/Inglese/Zanza-Click.htm

I'm curious if its more woo or....?

Cheers,

Arkayik

Starthinker · 6th August 2008, 05:31 AM

Uses the power of quartz crystals, they are still trying to figure out how it works, apply 4-5 times and wait and the itch will stop. All are huge red flags that this is indeed a woo device. I used to stop itchy bites by pressing on them with whatever I had available - a pencil, a dime, a stick, my fingernail. My theory is it simply increased blood flow for a moment washing the poison away faster which is probably all this thing does.

Professor Yaffle · 6th August 2008, 07:12 AM

I have see these sorts of device in Boots and always wondered whether they were woo or not. I can't find anything but patents on google scholar.

AgeGap · 6th August 2008, 03:53 PM

Quote:

The use of short electrical impulses, of a predetermined high voltage and low amperage, absolutely safe for the human body and almost completely painless, has been used for many years in other first-aid of medical fields.

Honestly?

It looks like the device that causes the spark to occur in a gas fire.

Arkayik · 6th August 2008, 11:47 PM

Yes, well I guess one could just as easily beat the offending patch of skin to a pulp, and then the bruise will mask the itch... ;-)

In any case, the general lack of solid info and the preponderance of general blah-blah statements sent up red flags. Sometimes hard to tell if they're being intentionally obtuse, or a just incompetant communicators...

I was inclined to think it was placebo effect at best...

Cheers,

Ark

5th August 2008, 09:50 PM	#1
Arkayik Thinker Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 131	Zanza-Click Anyone heard of this bug-bite-zapping device? www.tecnimed.it/Inglese/Zanza-Click.htm I'm curious if its more woo or....? Cheers, Arkayik
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6th August 2008, 05:31 AM	#2
Starthinker Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 5,014	Uses the power of quartz crystals, they are still trying to figure out how it works, apply 4-5 times and wait and the itch will stop. All are huge red flags that this is indeed a woo device. I used to stop itchy bites by pressing on them with whatever I had available - a pencil, a dime, a stick, my fingernail. My theory is it simply increased blood flow for a moment washing the poison away faster which is probably all this thing does.
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6th August 2008, 11:47 PM	#5
Arkayik Thinker Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 131	Yes, well I guess one could just as easily beat the offending patch of skin to a pulp, and then the bruise will mask the itch... ;-) In any case, the general lack of solid info and the preponderance of general blah-blah statements sent up red flags. Sometimes hard to tell if they're being intentionally obtuse, or a just incompetant communicators... I was inclined to think it was placebo effect at best... Cheers, Ark
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6th August 2008, 03:53 PM	#4
AgeGap Master Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: St.Helens, UK Posts: 2,386	Quote: The use of short electrical impulses, of a predetermined high voltage and low amperage, absolutely safe for the human body and almost completely painless, has been used for many years in other first-aid of medical fields. Honestly? It looks like the device that causes the spark to occur in a gas fire.