I have not used any of the following for when i was growing up.
But I did use prometherine for my house for fleas and let me tell you 1st hand.... it works! Killed fleas, silverfish, moths, you name it, it killed it! I had stuff crawling out of the walls just do die on my kitchen floor!
As far as smell.... I know that it made my house REAK for a couple days, but I also used about 20 gallons of the stuff!
I'll be using it this weekend setting up stands for sure after reading this forum.
GOOD INFO!