LiceGuard Robi Comb Electronic Lice Comb
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Product Reviews of LiceGuard Robi Comb Electronic Lice Comb
Product Review: Must Have if you have Lice
Summary: 5 Stars
A family member got lice at the dentist office, an adult, and it has caused so much horror to them and they are miserable and nervous breakdown time. The Robi Comb blessed us. Suddenly horror turned into, we can beat this, and all was well, in a few weeks. Thank God for the inventors.Product Review: Not impressed
Summary: 1 Stars
lice live on the scalp and this product doesn't let the metal actually touch the scalp. it's very difficult to get any lice out with this comb. i used this comb as thoroughly as i could through her hair and only got about 4 lice out. i then had to use the RID shampoo system and i got at least 100 more lice out that way. she was covered in them and the liceguard robi comb only picked up a few, and then it was only the adults that it picked up. it wouldn't pick up the really little ones. it wasn't anywhere near as helpful as i had hoped. i even pondered trying to get my money back because it's a product i will not be able to use. it's just not worth the hassle for the tiny amount of lice it actually got.Product Review: One weapon in the attack on Lice.
Summary: 5 Stars
This comb is battery operated and makes a humming sound. It zaps live lice,with an electric current. When it hits a live lice it stops humming for a moment. It can give a little shock to the person it is being used on if the sides of the comb touch the person's ear. When using it, just put your hand over the ear. The directions that it came with were kind of vague. I wish I had known this before I started using it on my son, as I zapped his ear a couple of times the first time I used it.
Use the comb daily - it only takes a few minutes, less on short hair.
It will not remove nits or eggs, it just kills live lice. If you kill the live bugs, they cannot continue to lay any more nits/eggs.
We eliminated lice in one day, and they never returned:
1 thoroughly wash hair with a lice killing shampoo,
2.remove remaining nits by hand.
3. Wash all bed linens, hats, jackets, clothing etc.
4. If you can't wash something, put it in the dryer, if possible- the heat is supposed to kill lice.
5. Use the Robi-Comb on dry hair and then use it each day for a week.
We had no return of the lice. I believe that since this comb kills the live lice it is the reason they did not return.
Oh, another tip- I believe after washing the hair with lice killing shampoo, it helps to put a conditioner in the hair and leave it in, while rubbing the hair - this seemed to help remove a lot of the nits- we used aussie brand conditioner, but I think any conditioner will soften the nits and make them come off of the hair shafts. Just apply conditioner and rub the hair between your fingers. I saw a lot of nits after shampooing and I noticed a lot less present after the conditioner was used, and that was less eggs I had to remove by hand when the hair was dry.
We now use this comb at least weekly to prevent lice. We figured he got the lice in school, and so far we haven't seen any nits reappear.
Product Review: Robi Comb
Summary: 4 Stars
We've had mixed results with the Robi Comb. The first one we had worked for around one hour before quitting on us (even though we cleaned it well, per instructions and used a new battery!), and I had to exchange it at the store. The second one seemed like it was also dying, but, as I was opening up the case somehow that made the electrical connection work, so it's still working for now.
It worked great on the first day, when I could actually see lice in my daughter's hair. It really does kill them, even the teeny weeny ones, and it's fast and non-poisonous. It has also been great for me, as the mom, as a self-checking device and preventative measure, because I can't visually check my own hair! (My husband does his best, but severely lacks patience in this area, LOL-God forbid I ever do catch lice-I can remove nits from everyone else but myself!)
I also have very thick hair, which sometimes makes the comb stop working, temporarily. Best to start with very clean brushed or combed hair, as tangles, pieces of dandruff and other debris will give you false positives. I like how this comb works, but I wish that the manufacturing was more reliable!
Product Review: Robi-comb is a big help with lice
Summary: 4 Stars
We are currently battling our second lice infestation of the year on our daughter. Her hair is very fine and dense and long so lice are big problem.
Home remedies like mayonnaise did not work, and RID was totally useless.
The only sure-fire thing that worked for us was Lindane-based shampoo (old trade name was Kwell). That worked 100% in 1 application, all lice and nits killed instantly with no recurrence. This is very hard to get however.
This time our doctor prescribed us a 1% pyrmethrin shampoo which is better than stuff like RID (which is 0.5%, some others are 0.33%, and these are not pure pyrmethrin) but it is not as good as Lindane as we are still zapping a few live ones and finding some nits.
That's where the Robi-comb comes in. It is really great at zapping lice, it even kills the nymphs that are so small you'd almost certainly miss them in a visual inspection.
I am not sure how well it works on killing nits. It seems to me like if it really did that we wouldn't be zapping 2-6 lice every night as the nits would all be dead. It is possible that I missed them and didn't run them through the comb. But that said, the comb does a great job on the lice themselves. It's like a bug-zapper comb and I have been pleasantly surprised how good it works on the super-small ones.