Field Manual · Approved Equipment
Don't buy everything.
Buy for your situation.
The exact products the Doctrine runs on. Chosen for how they perform, not who makes them. Pick the level that matches what you're seeing, and get exactly the kit that level calls for. No filler, no upsells.
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Step one · Choose your mission
What are you dealing with?
● Level 1 · Light activity
The Scout Kit
"I've seen one or two, mostly at night."
Most common
● Level 2 · Established colony
The Colony Kit
"I see them most nights, sometimes in daylight."
Everything in Level 1, plus:
● Level 3 · Heavy infestation
The Full Assault
"Cabinets, appliances. Everywhere."
Every item links straight to Amazon. Want the reasoning behind each one? The full armory is below. Sorted the way the Doctrine fights: Inspect, Deny, Destroy.
Step two · The full armory. All 28 approved items
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Phase one
Inspect
Find them before you fight them. Roaches are nocturnal and live in the hidden geography of your home. These tools let you read it the way the pros do.
Inspection
Flashlight
Roaches are nocturnal. A good light lets you catch them moving and read the harborage at night, the way the pros inspect.
View on Amazon ↗Inspection
Inspection Mirror
See behind, under, and into the voids. The hidden geography where the real infestation lives.
View on Amazon ↗Moisture
TempPro TP50 Digital Hygrometer
Moisture is the colony's lifeline. Track humidity in problem zones and keep it down. Dryness does damage no spray can.
View on Amazon ↗02
Phase two
Deny
Turn the environment against them. Strip the food, kill the moisture, clear the clutter, and seal the gaps. Make your home hostile, so the colony has nothing to live on and nowhere to run.
Strip the food · Seal the gaps
Prep phase
Cleaner & Degreaser
Strip the grease film and residue that feed the colony. Sanitation isn't cosmetic: it's how you starve them while the bait does the rest.
View on Amazon ↗Seal entry
DAP Alex Plus Acrylic Caulk
Close the cracks and gaps that let them in. Paintable, easy to work with. Your first line of exclusion.
View on Amazon ↗Wet areas
DAP Silicone Max Sealant
A durable, waterproof seal for the wet zones, under sinks, around pipes, behind fixtures.
View on Amazon ↗Big gaps
Great Stuff Crack Foam
Expanding foam for the larger voids and gaps. Pipe penetrations, wall openings, the structural shortcuts roaches use.
View on Amazon ↗Hidden routes
Outlet Insulators
Seal electrical outlets: quiet migration routes between walls and rooms most people never think to close.
View on Amazon ↗Tool
Caulk Gun
The applicator for your caulk and sealant. Get a smooth, controlled bead instead of a mess.
View on Amazon ↗03
Phase three
Destroy
Collapse the colony from within. Bait and deny: don't spray and pray. Gel baits, IGRs, and traps take out this generation and stop the next one. Start with the baits and IGRs; reach for sprays and dusts only where the system calls for them.
Gel baits: start here
Primary
Advion Cockroach Gel Bait
The workhorse. An indoxacarb bait that kills the colony through the chain reaction. One roach feeds, the rest die without ever touching the bait. If you buy one thing, buy this.
View on Amazon ↗Rotation
Maxforce FC Magnum Roach Gel
A fipronil bait for heavier infestations, and your rotation partner. Switching bait chemistry prevents the colony from developing aversion. Two 33g tubes.
View on Amazon ↗Voids
Avert DF Dry Flowable Bait
An abamectin dry bait for cracks, voids, and wall cavities where gel won't reach. Puffs into the hidden spaces the colony actually lives in.
View on Amazon ↗Insect growth regulators (IGRs)
Reproduction kill
Gentrol Point Source IGR
Discreet discs that release a growth regulator into a zone. Eggs don't hatch, nymphs never reach breeding age. This is how you end the next generation, not just the current one.
View on Amazon ↗Coverage
Gentrol Aerosol IGR
The same reproduction-stopping power in a sprayable form for broader coverage across larger problem areas.
View on Amazon ↗Rotation kit
Alpine Rotation 1 Cockroach
A rotation system that varies the active ingredients over time, keeping the colony from adapting to any single mode of attack.
View on Amazon ↗Traps & monitors
Best value
USKICH Cockroach Traps
Your eyes inside the infestation. Cheap enough to place several. They show you where activity is heaviest so you strike where it counts.
View on Amazon ↗Bulk
Catchmaster Max-Catch Glue Traps (36pk)
Bulk glue boards for wide monitoring coverage across the whole home. Kitchen, bath, and every problem zone at once.
View on Amazon ↗Tight spots
Catchmaster 288i Insect Trap
Low-profile traps that slide into the narrow gaps behind and under appliances where roaches travel.
View on Amazon ↗Monitor
Victor Roach & Insect Trap
Reliable sticky monitors for tracking activity over time and confirming when a zone has gone quiet.
View on Amazon ↗Dusts, for the voids
Long-lasting
BorActin Insect Dust
A boric-acid dust for wall voids, under appliances, and dead spaces. Stays active for months. Set it and the void stays hostile.
View on Amazon ↗Voids
Tempo 1% Dust Insecticide
A cyfluthrin dust for voids, weep holes, and cavities where liquids and gels can't go.
View on Amazon ↗Sprays: use with discipline
Exterior barrier
Demon Max Insecticide
A cypermethrin concentrate for an exterior perimeter barrier. Keep repellent sprays away from your bait. Never let them cancel each other out.
View on Amazon ↗Tank-mix IGR
MGK NyGuard IGR Concentrate
Add reproduction control to your liquid treatment. Mixes into a sprayer to extend growth-regulator coverage.
View on Amazon ↗Crack & crevice
FMC D-Force Aerosol
A precision crack-and-crevice aerosol for treating the seams and gaps where roaches shelter.
View on Amazon ↗Non-repellent
BASF PT Phantom II
A non-repellent aerosol: roaches don't sense it, so they walk through it and carry it back. Pairs well with bait instead of fighting it.
View on Amazon ↗Application & safety gear
Liquids
Chapin 1-Gallon Pump Sprayer
For applying liquid concentrates accurately and consistently. A clean tool makes a clean treatment.
View on Amazon ↗Dusts
Powder Duster Applicator
Puffs dust precisely into voids and cracks. The only way to place dust where it actually works.
View on Amazon ↗Protection
Nitrile Gloves
Protect your hands during every application. Non-negotiable when handling any product.
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