On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:31:41 -0400, Mark wrote:

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:37:20 -0400, The Real Tom tom @
www.Love-Calculators.com wrote:

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:15:20 -0400, Mark wrote:

On 6 Apr 2005 02:57:15 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

On Tue 05 Apr 2005 05:25:54p, Steve Manes wrote in alt.home.repair:

Last summer, my backyard was a mosquito rock concert. From July
through late September it was almost impossible to use my yard, late
day or night.

There's no standing water. I'm told that it's because of all my
tomato plants, which attract male mosquitos, which attract the biting
females. Whatever, I'm growing even more tomatoes this year and I'd
like to be able to go outside without being an insect feast and also
without dousing myself in Deet.

I'm looking for something to kill the little buggers. I'm told that
conventional bug zappers don't work well with mosquitos. Some
neighbors have built bat houses but I'm also told that mosquitos
aren't a favorite dish for bats either.

Any reasonable ideas?

Steve Manes
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.magpie.com/house/bbs


Try this or similar units...

http://www.comfortchannel.com/prod.itml/icOid/2953


Those are the biggest gimmick's going!

I know quite a few people who dumped the $250+ (for the larger model) and
ended up with larger propane bills and no difference in mosquitoes.


Yes, these machines are lots of money, so I did more research, and
found I personally didn't like the colemans. Felt it was like a high
priced flypaper. I went with the mosquito magnet, I'm very happy. We
were able to retake our yard without spraying pesticides, or
repelleants.

Magnet - that's the one they bought! Didn't work one bit for them. They

Mark,

I checked the http://www.comfortchannel.com/prod.itml/icOid/2953 url
and it goes to the coleman Mosquito Deleto, not the magnet brand.

Like these: http://www.mosquitomagnetdepot.com

So maybe we are talking about two different machines. Again, Mosquito
Magnet (defender model) has worked wonders for our outdoor fun. I
have to recommend, plan out placement of the unit, that is a big
factor in its catch rate.

hth,

tom


were trying to keep a relatively small area clear - about 1/4 acre. The
unit was rated for up to 2x that.

I got to witness one of them first hand. The unit was slowly humming away
and we were getting bitten alive. Colossal waste of money, IMHO.