Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

In my 50 years on this earth I had never seen a bed bug in my life, but somehow they hitched a ride into our home and bed this past year. As soon as I figured out what they were (to my utter horror) I ordered the box spring and mattress encasement. It was super easy to put on with my husbands help. I also dusted the whole thing with Diatomacious Earth before putting it on. The DE scratches the bugs exoskeleton and dehydrates them to death. It's super cheap and you can get it on Amazon. After encasing the mattress and box spring, and washing all the bedding I crop dusted the entire bedroom with DE. That night was the first time in weeks I was able to sleep through the night without the creepy crawlies attacking me. This encasement alone won't rid your house of bed bugs, because like most insects, for every one you see there are a hundred more hiding, and I knew not all of them were in the box spring when we covered it, but those that were in there are now trapped and will eventually die. You will still have to treat all your furniture, clothes, carpets and crevices like baseboards and electrical outlets etc, but with a good mattress and box spring encasement you can then make your bed a safe"island" surrounded by the DE powder to keep the other bugs off until the DE kills them. I would never wish this experience on anyone, and always thought "clean" people didn't get bed bugs, but these things are spreading like crazy in every state from what I've read, and the simple act of bringing home something from a thrift store can bring them into your home. This encasement does what it promises, it traps the bugs that are in your box spring inside, just realize it is far from your only weapon in fighting these nasty things.