A recent report into the user-friendliness of mosquito coils has found that the age-old manufacturer method of packaging 10 mozzie coils all intertwined with one another is just as fucking impractical as it has ever been.
Australia’s dependance mosquito-repelling incense, usually made into a spiral, and typically made using dried paste of pyrethrum powder has been quite evident since the early 1950s, following the invention of the old snake coil.
The snake coil, is usually held at the center of the spiral, suspending it in the air, or wedged by two pieces of fireproof netting to allow continuous smoldering. Burning usually begins at the outer end of the spiral and progresses slowly toward the centre of the spiral, producing a mosquito-repellent smoke. A typical mosquito snake coil measures around 15 centimetres in diameter and lasts around 7–12 hours.
However, most of these coils have been found to snap instantly
“Most of them just snap into pieces instantly” said the lead researcher, Con Shchumer.
“What the fuck? It’s like iPhones being made to break at a certain time. You pay for ten and end up with like two or four, absolutely tops”
The report, which was commissioned by the Australian Consumer Correspondence And Distribution Accountability Centre for Commercial Affairs (ACCADACCA), finds that like 80% of those fucking things don’t even make it onto the pointy steel fold out thing.
