If you are thinking of a great gift for your parents or for your grandparents, or just about anyone who has limited mobility, then one super idea could be an electronic racket zapper. Now that might sound like some superhero to you, but here’s the 411:

First off, an electronic racket zapper is a bug/fly/mosquito killer that’s electronic and has the shape of a tennis racket. It works pretty much like a fly swatter, only it’s battery operated and you only have to swipe it across the air which has the bugs and wham! It will kill them with one strong electronic zap! It also has a bright light bulb as an accessory—a main insect attraction. Neat, isn’t it?

What’s good with the electronic racket zapper is that the owner doesn’t have to move that much or be very alert just to kill the flies hovering around them. Perfect for the elderly, right? One of the biggest failure of a lot of companies which sell electronic racket zappers is that they just promote it as a high tech insect killer—more of a novelty item rather than an actual hygiene machine. Perhaps it’s the too-jolly marketing, perhaps it’s the pricey packaging.

Remember that there’s more to the bug-killing than just the thrill of it. We all know that flies, mosquitoes and other insects can be health hazards. They are active carriers of viruses and bacteria, and wherever they will go, they take the hazards with them. If they get to land on your kitchenware, there goes your sickly supper. If they land on your bed, you’ll might be sleeping with the bacteria snoring next to you. With an electronic racket zapper, you also get to increase your efficiency because with one sweeping of the racket in the air, you can kill more bugs rather than the manual racket swatter. In a few days, you might have zero bugs in your home. Imagine how relieving that would be to your more seasoned folks!

Most of all, it would be a really rockin’ practical gift to them. Why give them picture frames, or candles they’ll never get to use, or just another massager when you can give them something that they can use for a longer period of time? Something which can make their lives easier? Isn’t an easy life just what they need for people at their ages?

Now you know what to get them senior folks once another fifty something turns a year older.