Akamai Pest Solutions is the smarter way to control pests in Hilo, Hawaii. It offers the XT-2000 Orange Oil Treatment to kill drywood termites and wood boring beetles. This termite treatment is 100% organic, doesn’t require tenting and doesn’t require packing your bags and moving out like traditional tenting and fumigation.

Akamai offers the following services in Hilo

• Termidor Liquid preconstruction treatment
• 24 hour turnaround for termite inspections for escrow
• Ground termite treatments with warranty options
• Residential and commercial pest control maintenance plans

Get in Touch with Akamai

Phone: (888) 904-9784
Website: http://www.akamaisolution.net
PCO License # 924

Learn more about Termite Control in Hilo, Hawaii

• Hilo Termite Control Information Center
• Who are the Best Termite Control Companies in Hilo?
• How much does Termite Control Cost in Hilo?
• Top Five Termite Control Problems in Hilo
• Akamai Pest Solutions
• Hilo Termite & Pest Control
• Mason Termite & Pest Control
• Will Kill Termites & Pests

Discover more about Hilo, Hawaii

Hilo, Hawaii
In my not so humble opinion, Hilo is the best small town in the world. Discover more about the people, places and things that make Hilo so special.

Kokua: Please Click “LIKE”
I’m probably the worst writer in the world, producing the most useless articles on the planet. But if you derived even the tiniest bit of benefit by reading this article would you click the “LIKE” button? It took me a while to write this article for you. Would you kokua by taking just 0.787 seconds to click the “LIKE” button?

Record High Temperature Set In Hilo

On Sunday, April 14, 2013, a new record high temperature of 87 degrees was set in our town. This breaks the previous record that was set in 1979, which just so happens was the year that Jennifer Love Hewitt was born. Source: http://www.hawaii247.com/2013/04/15/wind-advisory-for-big-island-summits-record-temperature-in-hilo-sunday/

The Latest Dieting Craze: Not Eating

What a novel way to lose weight. Who would have ever thought you could lose weight by not eating? (link)

Gas Prices Go Up in Hilo

Surprise, surprise gas prices go up again in Hilo. The average price was $4.37 in our rainy town. Isn’t it great to live in the only state in the union where the average gas price exceeds $4 per galloon? (read more)

Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras Lead Memphis to Victory

Hawaii’s own Kolten Wong does well and leads Memphis to victory. Source: cardinalsfarm.com

Ryan Higa Posts Fruit Ninja Video and Gets 1.2 million Views

It isn’t easy to find weed in Hilo, Hawaii. After what happened to Roger Christie, not many people are willing to sell it here in Hawaii. And if you find someone who is selling weed, it doesn’t come cheap.

According to Slate magazine weed sells for about $300 per ounce retail and another study says that it costs about $100 per ounce to produce.

Oh yeah, it is also illegal here in Hilo, Hawaii. So I suppose that makes finding weed in Hilo that much harder.

How to find weed in Hilo for $0.62 per ounce

But if marijuana were ever legalized there’s a good chance that weed would become very cheap in Hilo.

According to an article in the Huffington Post, if pot was legalized the cost of production could drop to as low as $0.62 per ounce:

“If the country legalized pot, the drug could be farmed and produced for about $10 per pound — or about 62 cents per ounce — assuming it was produced in the same manner as similar products like tea, according to American Interest magazine.”

Should Weed be easier to find in Hilo, Hawaii?

So what is your take, should weed be legalized? Would you like to be able to find weed in Hilo at your local “drug” store? Or should we keep our existing laws in place?

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/20/marijuana-per-ounce-price_n_3094520.html

Here in rainy old Hilo we have to do a lot of driving to get a round because we don’t have a lot of public transport options like they do in the mainland. All this driving wears out our tires fast. Since my car needs new tires soon, I decided to do a little research to find out who has the best tire prices in Hilo. I decided to look at the cost of the tires alone and with installation to find out how much tires cost in Hilo, so that I can get the best deal. Obviously prices will vary based on the type of car that you have, but this might be able to give you a good baseline on which Hilo Tire Dealer has the best prices. After all, if a company has a good price for my car, they will probably have a good price for your car too.

Goodyear Hilo Tire Price: $359.40

The lowest priced tires at Hilo’s Goodyear are the Kelly Explorer Plus, they cost $72.85 each and have a 40,000 mile warranty. Goodyear charges $17 per tire to install them. So the grand total for tires and installation at Goodyear in Hilo is $359.40. They also throw in a $49 29-point inspection for free.

Goodyear Auto Service Center
475 Kilauea Ave, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 935-9756

R & G Tire Center Tire Cost: Unknown

R & G doesn’t list tire prices on their website, so I don’t know how much tires from them will cost. Perhaps I will get around to calling them later. They are a full service tire facility, so they can obviously take care of everything. I just don’t know the cost.

R & G Tire Center Inc
612-A & B Kalanianaole Ave, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 935-2966

Firestone Hilo Tire Prices: $383.92

The Hilo Firestone website was just about the easiest website to use to find tire prices for my small car. Their best prices for tires is $69.99 each and they throw in installation, wheel alignment for free. But they charge for wheel balancing, valve stems and recycling so their true cost of tire installation is $104 and the total cost of tires for my car at Firestone Hilo would come out to $383.92. The tires at Firestone are cheaper than the tires at Goodyear, but the cost of installation is higher so tires from Firestone end up costing more.

Firestone Complete Auto Care
26 Kekela St, Hilo, HI 96720
808-959-7654

K & J Tire Center Tire Cost: Unknown

The K & J Tire websites also wasn’t so helpful to me. Unlike the R & G Tire website it gave me the ability to look for tires for my car, but didn’t give me any prices. It just asked for my contact information so that they could get back to me.

K & J Tire Ctr Inc
266 Kekuanaoa St, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 961-2604

Sears Hilo Tire Prices: $339.84

The Sears Tire website wasn’t so easy for me to figure out, but it showed me a tire price of $47.98 for Guardsman Plus tires but this is before shipping. This is significantly lower than the other Hilo Tire Companies. It turns out that shipping costs $22.99 per tire so the real cost of the tire is $70.97 each. But if I were to buy it at their Prince Kuhio Plaza location it would cost $69.98. Mounting is included and disposal of my old tires is free. Valve stems would cost $2.99 each and tire balancing is $11.99. So the installed cost of these tires is $84.96 and the cost for a full set of tires is $339.84.

Sears Auto Center
111 E Puainako St, Hilo, HI 96720
(808) 981-4095

  by  Gnilenkov Aleksey 

Having lived in Hilo for a long time, I know that termites can be an enormous problem. Left unchecked, they can completely destroy your home or shave tens of thousands of dollars off your home’s value if you try to sell it. So if you own a home in Hilo, it is not a question of when you will call a termite control company, it is only a question of when you will call one.

Everyone knows that termite control is not cheap and everyone also knows that if it is done poorly a lot of things can go wrong. So choosing the best termite control company in Hilo to treat your home is imperative. Here is a list of some of the companies that have a long and successful history of providing termite control services in our rainy little town.

1. Hilo Termite & Pest Control: Has been in business since 1963, when it was started by Shizuo Ono. It is one of the larger firms in town and it provides a full range of termite and pest control services in Hilo, including Sentricon for ground termites, tent fumigation for drywood termites and termite inspections require for home sales. It is a member of the Better Business Bureau and it provides free estimates.

2. Akamai Pest Solutions: Serving the Big Island since 2003, is a newer company and it distinguishes itself by being the first to offer Orange oil treatment for drywood termite control which means that no tenting is required. It offers treatments that are pet and child safe, so it can be a good company for those with young keiki.

3. Mason Termite and Pest: Provides same day and emergency service. It is also open for the longest hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Sunday.

4. Will Kill Pests: Is owned and operated by Will Lee, who has been in the termite control business for more than 13 years, hence the name of their company. They have been in business since 2005 and are quick to respond to calls.

5. Bowman Termite: Is operated by Bruce Bowman who has been in the termite control business since 1978. By providing excellent service it has grown to become one of the larger locally owned termite control companies providing quality service in Hilo of course and on the neighbor islands.

If you are looking for a termite control company you might also like to read: How much does Termite Control Cost in Hilo?.