Hi Christine and everybody, I looked up the talking fly swatter, and, in common with a lot if not most of the stuff on Amazon I found something very strange in the product specifications. The item weight is more than the boxed weight. How's that for the twilight zone! I've pasted what it says here. I can't imagine it's that heavy. Nearly a kilo to swatt a fly? a hammer to crack a walnut isn't it? John. Product details a.. Item Weight: 998 g b.. Boxed-product Weight: 249 g