1.5 Acre Outdoor Bug Killer - UV801S  Product Reviews

"Stinger: Pros- With mosquito lure, killed lotsa bad insects (at first, then wouldn't zap small insects!)- BUT! Cons- Their electric wire grid uses square wires that QUICKLY clog up. Pretty soon it was packed solid & killing nothing! I had to keep blowing it out ( air compressor) every couple of days- HASSLE! Flowtron "80!" (took puny 40 back!)- Pros- Killed lots more bugs, because it NEVER clogs up (zaps small insects too!)! The electric rods are straight up/down, so no cross wires to catch falling insects & clog. Dead insects fall out the bottom- Blow clean once a month... I used the Stinger mosquito lure, purchased at Wally World... Cons- The only con is that the outer protective plastic cage HAD bars only about 1/2" apart (same with Stinger)- This kept larger moths... from being able to easily get in to the electric grid. I used a large wire cutter & cut out every 3d bar- on top 2/3ds of cage. Alternating..., so cut bar was in the middle of two solid bars on adajacent side- Still rigid! I put it on an outside timer (for when evenings cool down- Not much insect activity below 55 degrees...). Adjust accordingly. Never hang it near a door, as their is always a 10'+ swarm of insects around it. Try to hang it over head high, in a DRY (electric) area."

"I've had numerous Flowtron zappers in the past. They do so good a job it burns out the high voltage transformer after a year or two. It sounds like the fourth of July most nights. I bought a Stinger 80W this time and returned it for a refund the next day. The grid is too far apart to kill gnats and mosquitos. They fly all around it in safety. Plus the grids are not side-by-side like the Flowtron, but one grid is inside the other, closer to the lights. So if the bugs are too big, like moths, they can't make it through the outer grid and never get zapped. And if they are too small, like mosquitos and gnats, they never get zapped either. Don't waste your time on this brand."

"I dont know why all these web sites are sayin "bug zappers dont kill mosquitos"....my wife kept telling me her parents had one that worked well. I just bought one and in 30-60 minutes I had killed 200 bugs, about 45% asian mosquitos, 45% black(local) mosquitos, and 10% other bugs. After the first hour I'm impressed and don't understand why people say these dont attract them. Next im going to try the octenol and then the lurex to see if it helps, even though it did fine without either. I'm in east texas where we have both types of mosquitos. One word of knowledge, the mosquitos do stop flying when the temperature drops to 60 degrees. GET ONE!"