One of the most stressful parts of a bed bug infestation isn’t the bugs themselves — it’s the fear of losing everything. Clothes, shoes, luggage, stuffed animals, books. Items with sentimental value. Items you simply can’t afford to replace. And the assumption that getting rid of bed bugs means either bagging everything for the trash or paying for expensive whole-room heat treatments.
That assumption is wrong. Buffalo Exterminators offers a professional fumigation service using Nuvan ProStrips — a commercial-grade pesticide product — that eliminates bed bugs from clothing, shoes, luggage, and virtually any item that can be sealed in a bag. No heat chambers. No laundromat runs. No throwing things out.
What Are Nuvan ProStrips?
Nuvan ProStrips are a professional-grade, EPA-registered fumigation product manufactured by AMVAC Chemical Corporation. They work by releasing a controlled vapor — an organophosphate insecticide called dichlorvos (DDVP) — inside a sealed enclosure. That vapor penetrates deeply into fabrics, seams, folds, and hiding places where bed bugs live, killing adults, nymphs, and eggs at every life stage.
This is not a consumer product. Nuvan ProStrips are classified as a restricted-use pesticide, available only to licensed pest management professionals. Buffalo Exterminators handles all purchasing, preparation, application, and safe disposal as part of our service. You don’t touch the strips — we do.
How the Service Works
Our technicians bring the materials, handle every step of the process, and return your belongings to you confirmed clear. Here’s what the treatment involves:
- Your items are carefully placed into heavy-duty sealed bags or containers by our technicians
- A Nuvan ProStrip is positioned inside the sealed enclosure — never in direct contact with your belongings
- The enclosure is sealed and labeled with the treatment date and contact information per EPA protocol
- Items remain sealed for a minimum of 48–72 hours to eliminate adults and nymphs; up to 14 days if eggs are suspected
- After treatment, items are moved to a well-ventilated area and aired out before being returned to you
The vapor is odorless and leaves no residue on treated items. When the process is complete, your belongings come back clean — not chemically saturated, not damaged, not gone.
What Can Be Treated This Way?
If it fits in a bag and can be sealed, it can almost certainly be treated. This includes:
- Clothing — including delicates, dry-clean-only items, and garments you’d rather not run through a hot dryer cycle
- Shoes and boots
- Luggage and travel bags
- Stuffed animals and plush items
- Books, artwork, and collectibles
- Electronics — laptops, tablets, radios, clocks, and other devices that can’t be washed or heated
- Bedding, pillows, and decorative items
- Small furniture pieces and household items
This is particularly valuable for items that would be destroyed by heat treatment or are too delicate for conventional washing — exactly the category of belongings that people most often assume they have to discard during a bed bug situation.
Why This Is Better Than the Alternatives
Whole-room heat treatment is effective, but it’s also expensive, time-consuming, and requires evacuating the space entirely. It’s often the right solution for the room itself — but it’s overkill for a pile of clothes or a bag of shoes. Throwing items away is even worse: it’s costly, wasteful, and often unnecessary.
The Nuvan ProStrips bagging service gives your belongings a targeted, professional-grade treatment at a fraction of the cost of whole-room alternatives. It’s precise, it’s proven, and it’s handled entirely by our licensed technicians so you don’t have to manage a thing.
Part of a Complete Bed Bug Treatment Plan
The ProStrips bagging service is typically used as part of a broader bed bug treatment — not as a standalone solution for an active structural infestation. While our technicians address the infestation in the living space, the bagging service ensures that clothing and personal items don’t reintroduce bugs after treatment is complete. It closes a loop that DIY approaches almost always miss.
If you’re dealing with a bed bug situation in Williamsville, Hamburg, Lancaster, or anywhere in the greater Buffalo area, call Buffalo Exterminators. We’ll inspect, treat, and protect your belongings — so you can keep what’s yours.
Don’t throw it out. Don’t guess. Call Buffalo Exterminators — we’ll save your belongings the right way.
