This $7 ALDI portable pest repellent fan is the perfect non-toxic way to keep flying bugs away this summer

Enjoy open windows and your yard this summer without mosquitoes and flying bugs annoying you

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If you love sitting outside during the summer but hate annoying flying pests buzzing by or nipping you, this budget, non-toxic pest repellent is the key to outdoor freedom.

The $7 portable pest repellent fan from ALDI is a summer must-have and makes light work of keeping annoying flying bugs away from you.

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Why this ALDI fan is a must have

Mosquitoes appear in abundance during the summer, especially around water sources such as lakes, beaches, and rivers. If you have a pond or a standing water feature in your yard, this can mean that flying bugs will annoy you whenever you step outside, as they're attracted to the carbon dioxide you breathe out.

Luckily, a lightweight bug repellent fan is cheap to buy, run, and blows flying bugs off their path with ease. It makes it a great non-toxic repellent for these insects, as they're not strong flyers.

You can get a simple Fly Fan available at Amazon with super fast delivery and quickly enjoy the unnavigable breeze it creates for flying pests.

This means you can skip other, more smelly or harsh-chemical-based deterrents such as citronella candles or potent bug sprays. It's perfect for picnics or when sitting outdoors with the children and grandchildren.

You can even double your bug-free zone with a pair of bug repellent fans from Walmart. Keep them a few feet away from each other, and focus their breeze around you to stop flying insects from getting near.

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All prices were correct at the time of publication.


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Punteha van Terheyden
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Punteha was editor of Real Homes before joining Homes & Gardens. She has written and edited cooking, wellbeing, lifestyle, and consumer articles for the national press for 18 years, working across print and digital newspapers and magazines. She’s a Sunday Times bestselling author, former BBC Good Food columnist, and founding editor of Lacuna Voices. Punteha loves cooking, especially her family's Persian recipes, and has vetted and reviewed home appliances, including Crock-Pot slow cookers, Ninja air fryers, the latest eufy and Switchbot robot vacuums and eufy and Ring video doorbells. Punteha is disabled and in chronic pain, so adaptively-paced tasks that make her household run smoothly are her focus. She's currently testing and loving a set of heirloom pans from Our Place.