Mosquito Magnet vs Skeeter Vac vs Mega Catch vs Bite Shield | Traps Tested!
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Which mosquito sucking thing works the best? At least the best at our home? To answer this question I picked up 4 of the top mosquito catching devices from $300 to about $900 to see what the extra cash gets you.
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Wow, a video that actually reviewed & compared products in detail. Thanks for the work that went into it, very informative
I have a MosquitoMagnet Executive. You are using the machines incorrectly. They should be placed between mosquito breeding areas and the recreational areas you want to protect. Placing them near the house or on the patio attracts mosquitos to those areas. For optimal performance, the machines should be placed in the shade. As you mentioned, mosquitoes are not as active during mid day. The shade encourages the mosquitos to be active around the machine. Placement is clearly explained in the instruction manual. Any plastic will melt when left in the sun under a clear plastic or glass shield. Damage caused by misuse should not be blamed on the machine and how it's manufactured..
As for performance, the executive has taken a yard which was almost impossible to enjoy because of mosquitos to an enjoyable area within 3 or 4 days. Without using attractant attractant, the removable trap fills to almost 100% capacity faster than the propane tank empties. It takes about 17 or 18 days to fill the trap and 22 days to use a full tank of propane.
I wonder what your results would be if the machines were installed as they should be..
None of these caught enough mosquitoes in a week to make them worthwhile. Glad I watched this so I don't waste any money trying them out.
Yeah, that executive trap is almost $900 where I live. Good grief, These all look like $200 tops.
I can totally agree with that on the skeeter vac. I made the mistake of buying one a few years ago, the catch rate for a week wasn't even a hundredth of the mosquitos that I had to clean off my bug zapper with an octenol lure.
@@upyoursassmonkey Same here! It is embarrasing!
@@enriquecalero4739 You'd likely kill a lot more skeeters by just putting out a bucket with water + dish soap in it. The skeeters land to lay eggs, but drown because the soap reduces the surface tension of the water... Add a black light nearby to attract skeeters & it's a very inexpensive skeeter killer...
True, but in fairness, there were four of them sitting next to each other.
Well done test. But in our area black flies are a bigger problem than mosquitoes and the mosquito magnet caught 0 biting flies while the skeeter vac caught both biting flies plus mosquitoes. The skeeter vac is the best choice for us in eastern Canada.
Hey it's my car reviewer guy! Haha Alex does it all. Thanks buddy. Subbed.
Great video, really helpful in choosing a good mosquito trap. I would choose the mosquito magnet for my property.
Great video, you have done the world a great service. Thank you both!!
Great review! Very well produced and edited too!
I was completely shocked to see you Alex! I am a subscriber now😆
What do we have here rob, rob starts to introduce all 4 catchers and gets cutoff getting to the second one you can even see his expression like “you gonna let me talk”😂😂 0:36
propane and propane accessories
dangit bobby
🤣🤣🤣🤣
That boy ain’t right
Hank Hill!
Excited to watch this.....I need one that works!
Good work gentlemen.
Nice quick vid¿ Precise and to the point no pointless waffling on hay¿ Guys that was tooth pulling painful...
A great review, thank you for taking the time and investing the money to review these traps! I wonder if you have any experience with Asian Tiger Mosquitoes, the striped ones that are so popular in the South? I called Mosquito Magnet dustomer support, and they told me that none of their units is effective against this type of mosquitoes, as their Lurex attractant has been discontinued (i.e. banned by the Government)!
I hope they answer you
thank you so much the best decription and demonstration ever, just a question , I have a small houseboat in northern canada, that I love to be on and fish all summer through to late fall , I am looking for something like this but is it going to be ok to have it on the boat as it would attract the bugs more than ever due to the carbon dioxide
If someone was to ask me what I thought about the "executive"'s melting issue (which of course no one is...) I would suggest removing/replacing the clear domed flip up cover and if that is not possible then spray painting it white or another reflective color; my thinking is that the clear curved/domed plastic is acting like a magnifying glass causing the interior plastic to warp and melt. But that's just some random guys 2 cents.
Very informative video btw, nice to see an honest review.
I like your theory 👍
i think the heat from the flame melted it.
To be fair, the mnfr says to place unit in the shade.
great video. thank you for making this!
I guess in order to decide if this actually works, I need to know how bad this area is for mosquitos. Would you mind telling me how much of a problem mosquitos were before you had 4 units going?
Great review. I really had higher hopes for the traps.
Thank you for talking about affordability
The Executive has a clear bubble, serious greenhouse effect when fan not running melting the plastic
Great review
I'm looking to use one of these for an experiment to show how mosquitoes respond to CO2, would you recommend these?
The real question is where can we find 1 Octen-3-ol and Hexanoic Acid in those quantity's?
Spending 21$ every 3 weeks only covers one attractant, so to cover both, you need to spend 40$ a month on top of a 24$ bottle of LP.
Looks like a couple of bottles of that size would probably last a year or more and cost as much as 1 month of refills.
It is like when vacuums only used disposable bags.
And as now 12/21 Lurex# is not available anymore, {still looking for the reason} patent issues i suspect as someone must be looking at combining these chemicals.
Octanol targets some and Lurex others so you should of course want to have both in areas that have both types.
It's always about the money, not the customer.
Purchased my Mosquito Magnet around 15 or more years ago. Looks similar to yours on the outside but inside is just one large net. Doesn't have a plastic box with net inside.
I guess that's why they call it "The Executive" for people who don't want their hands dirty.
Mine isn't made anymore and it looks better than what they offer now on their site.
Does it work well? Would you recommend it ??
@@slaw8609 yes the version I have works tremendously well and would recommend it.
I can't speak for this new model but it looks like it works in the same fashion, just designed a little different.
here in Louisiana, we have a lot of Mosquitos due to the water everywhere and heavily forested area.
the capture net will have thousands of Mosquitos and has to be emptied out often.
Could you please review the Biogent BG-Mosquitaire CO2? I read it's better though you have to use tanks of co2
I had a skeetervac in Texas. It didn't work at all. The glue thing on the outside worked better that the other devices but it got as many other insects as well. I think the tests are regional. because there are different kinds of mosquitoes.
Will the mosquito vac 5100 keep the mosquitos away from you while you’re outside? Or is this something that has to be ran all the time?
I've owned two much earlier models of Mosquito Magnet. Both worked for one season and then never worked again. What was extremely frustrating at the time was there was no indication if it was running or not. It looks like they may have improved that.
Me too. I have the executive model. I check it daily to ensure it is still running. Batteries die quickly, machine cycles off for no apparent reason, or fuel runs out. The controller board appears to have died today. I'll take it apart again this weekend and see what I can find. Repair centers are few and far between - I'm in Ohio and send mine to Texas! I would not recommend buying this machine - its fragile!
I have several MM's. Like anything else mechanical they need maintenance. A good blowout with the air compressor once a year. There are YT vids on tearing them apart and cleaning out the burners. Mine need it about every 2 years
Mosquitos here in Central Florida come out like clock work. 1/2 hour after sunset...
does the mosquito magnet work on sand flies aka no-see-ums?
Do these devices work on blackflies and deer flies (Horse flies)?
Where did you get the 1-Octen-3-ol?
Can you use LPG instead of propane?
You can use LPG instead of propane, as LPG is typically propane, just by another name. In some countries, LPG can be a LPG gas mixture of propane and butane but in most cases, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.
Looks like the plastic top acted as a magnifying glass. Id try to cover the clear plastic shield with sand, paint or cover the clear shield.
I predicted that the two in the middle would do worse and the two on the outside would do better. this is because the ones in the middle have competition by their neighbors on either side. They have one on one side and two on the other side. The outside ones have only competition on one side and none on the other side.
Dude is sneaking up like it's gonna come to life and snatch his leg😂
I own both, the magnet and the Skeeter vac. Magnet is a waste. the Skeeter work but VERY expensive for the lure and propane per month. I could not afford to run it.
25 minutes I see you and raise you a 1.75x
I’m pretty sure the Mosquito Magnet folks say to place their product in the shade.
Great review, thanks for it!
Does anyone have an idea if these devices work against other species of mosquitoes, such as the Asian Tiger mosquito, for instance? This one can transmit West Nile and it's an invasion of them in Europe.
The answer is mostly, no. I've had many mosquito magnet units. They're poorly made and do not last very long, but they do kill an enormous amount of Asian tiger mosquitoes before they break.....as long as they have Lurex 3 attractant in them. Without Lurex3, they do not work well for this type of mosquito and, unfortunately, Lurex 3 is discontinued for some reason for several years now. You can kind of make your own, like these guys did with lactic acid, ammonium bicarbonate, etc, but it does not work as well as the commercial Lurex3 cartridges did and you have to 3D print a cartridge to hold the lactic acid and ammonium bicarb. I posted the files for the cartridge to thingiverse if you have a 3D printer and want to go that route.
@@stevew9041 thank you!
@@stevew9041 Can you drop a link to the files?
Do you, by chance, have a modern low-e coating window nearby? Low-e coatings, along with the concave shape of a modern double pane window, can focus sunlight and melt plastics. If this device was in the focal point of a window then that could explain the melting. It happened to me when I replaced my old cedar siding with vinyl on my previous home. A much larger three-family home near my house was reflecting light back to my house. I measured the heat with an infrared thermometer and it was nearly 200 degrees at the focal point. Everyday a new melt path, not sure how else to explain it, would appear on my siding. I didn't notice at first but within a month it became very obvious. A new melted path, slightly offset from the previous one, appear from day to day as the sun's position was slightly different each day. It was like a really expensive, and slightly depressing, solar calendar on my wall. I eventually had to replace that siding with matching, and more expensive, Hardy board siding. I didn't believe it at first, but look it up, it's a thing.
I'm a window and door contractor in so Cal and I have seen it happen to yard grass get a burn streak from duel pane windows.
Hey, it's the car review guy!
Wow, very good viseo. what area do you live in? I am in Alaska and I kill a 146 mosquitoes in A-day with an electric rocket. I couldn't imagine investing in a machine that isn't killing at least 1500 to 2000 per day.
What is an electric rocket
Mos. Magnet Peltier power cell runs the fan.
ALEX ON AUTOS!!!!!!! I know that voice anywhere.
What the heck? Surprised to see Alex from Alex on Autos here!
bought a Sceetervac in 2011 and honestly after 2 summers trying the thing didn't get out of the garage anymore. worthless machine as the air suction isn't strong enough to suck the tigre mosquitos in, it does attract them very well though. It might work in combination with electrical bug sapping, killing at least everything that comes near it as with suction only it simply doesn’t work.
11:00 ummmmm how do you know that? I'm not sure i want toknow the answer...
Alex, i was wondering what general forest area your place is in
Stalker?
He’s in the Santa Cruz Mountains if that’s what you mean
I put a layer of mosquito net over the front of my square box fan. Catches hundreds of mosquitos next to my hot tub and only cost 20 dollars. They dehydrate and die in a few hours. To empty just sut fan off and shake.
I like your idea. What I have learned is that mosquitos seem to be more attracted to dark shady areas than they are C02. How I discovered this was by wearing mostly black clothing in my garage, then changing into mostly white or light colors. When wearing the lighter colors, not very many mosquitos would come near me. Then, after changing into my black clothes, I was literally surrounded by 15-20 mosquitos within 60 seconds. I did this experiment within a 15 minute window, and I have done it several times on different dates. It works the same every time. Now, after seeing your genius mosquito net / box fan idea, I'm going to mix that with my dark/shady results and see what happens. I'm glad for this video for two reasons: 1) Now I know not to purchase either of these machines; and 2) Finding your post about the net and box fan. I'm not much of a computer genius, but I subscribed to the channel you have so that I can get back to you with my results. Thanks, atruloon!
hey where do you guys buy the 1-octen-3-ol bottle? thanks
I think you can buy it from perfume supply places
Fascinating.
Cost. About 40 cents per bug!! Skeeter Vac propane tank lasts less than a month!
21 days
@@donnastarkey7619 the answer i searched for... not worth it.
instead ...
Using photovoltaic pannel for power a resitance to generate heat
and using yaest to create the Co2 would be a cheaper option!
Has anybody heard about Mosquito Killing System manufactured by EPAR(Environmental Products And Research)?.
What’s the best?
I think placement of the traps are an issue
I would the traps on the ENDS are seeing more mosquitoes then the units in the center which have traps on either sides
This is a great point. They should have rotated the order throughout the week to make it fair
Hi Mountain Garden, It is a real shame you did not use our Trap correctly in your test. The skirt you did not used is important for the success of our Traps and can easy be replaced. Also the Wet Catch method would be more successful. If you would like to run a fair trial we would be more than pleased to help you get our Trap working correctly.
Note they said that the skirt quickly degraded and fell off. Not a good look for a $900 device.
You should also make a new comparison with the qista machine, it is from a French company, I would like to see if it is up to par.
Wait... I didn't expect Alex On Autos to be here lol
Is that AlexOnAutos?! 🤔
You're not supposed to put these in the sun they can over heat. Also they work best in the shade because that's where the mosquitoes are.
I would like to save some cash. How about links to the bulk octanol and other chemicals, Please. My searches only lead to the expensive small refills.
Fudge
wait what??? didn't you review trucks and cars?
And the blue rino tanks are not completely full . Read the lable snd it plainly states how much is in it. Rip off
you could have just weighted your findings instead of counting the mosquitoes hehe.. but great review video.
That's cute that you call your friend honey. I want a friend like that.
This smells like if you peed in your underwear and let it bake in your car for awhile LOL
Did you just call him honey?! 10:16 .
Did ya?
Yeah I caught that, hard to tell who is the alpha. I think the one who won't shut up....
there's no way the little one is a top. no way.
Gross
A year later and it's still funny 🤣🤣🤣
Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Steve.
The propane is wasteful. All you need is an empty 2 or 3 liter bottle , some brown sugar, a packet of dry yeast/baker's yeast, an aquarium tube and a dark brick or stone for heat. Place dark stones/bricks in full sun so they capture heat during the day. Before sunset mix some brown sugar (1-2 tbsp) with dechlorinated water into your plastic bottle. Empty the yeast packet into the plastic bottle. Drill a hole into the plastic bottle cap just large enough to fit the aquarium tubing through. Put the tubing through the cap and above the water level. Then feed the tubing up through your bug zapper or near the fan entrance of the mosquito trap. Turn on the zapper/trap (fan) without the propane running. Place the sun warmed bricks near the zapper trap. The yeast will consume the sugar and produce CO2 which exits through the tubing and the bricks will give off heat/warmth and the mosquitos will come.
You can put up the yeast in a cool dark location during the day and feed them and keep them alive for a few days to pinch a few more pennies (search youtube for keeping yeast for baking) or when they are no longer bubbling after sugar feeding just replace the entire contents of the plastic bottle with a new packet of yeast, sugar and water.
Save your propane for your grilling. And as they said in the end empty all free standing water and use mosquito dunks where possible.
All downvotes were from dragonflies.
These are expensive smoke and mirrors. they are so under powered you need at least 6 of these in your yard and running for 2 months (or 1/2 your summer ) before you can enjoy a cup of coffee. All you need is a floor fan, umbrella and a light bulb in front of the intake of the fan. You can put a pare of women's stockings on the fan to see how much your catching. Have a nice Day
Glenn….. save me from the mosquitoes this summer. How do I kill them.
Can you show us? I can't envision how the stockings attach, where the umbrella goes, ditto the light bulb, etc.
Your cheap useless traps are lucky to kill 10 per year. My propane traps can take out 100 per night. Stick to your eco friendly traps which catch 10 per year.
Well, mosquitoes aren't attracted to light.....
@@TomClancyBingBong if use it long enough they ll dehyrated and die i think…
Honey!
My question is how exactly do you know what peed on underwear sitting a car really smells like 😂
I made a PVC trap for less than 50 bucks which uses UV light and Asian Tiger attractant tablets. On the first evening I caught a thousand plus mosquitoes.
I am going to remake the trap using solar panels and a rechargeable battery next.
Video, please! Would love to see this in action. Although UV light isn't supposed to attract mosquitoes, is it? Asian Tiger mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide, other odors, dark clothing, and they bite during the day but I'm not sure what time of day/evening they lay their eggs.
Picts or it didn't happen.
sounds very much like the only store-bought trap that worked for me. a black light shining out over a tray of soapy water. a fan overhead blowing anything down into the tray. all contained in a neat unit the size of a toaster-oven. light to bring them in, fan to blow them into the soapy water - thousands of bugs in one or two nights. perfectly quiet. think I'll make one.
Oh that was funny...left your underwear in the car. I really LOL'd.
Only the female bite warm, red blooded animals. Both M/F eat flower nectar.
She must have *standing* water at least 1/2" deep to lay eggs & newts hatch.
Juicy flowers and birdbaths are a mosquito nursery. Rainwater-filled dumped tires
are a huge contributor to the problem. She will fly 1/2 a mile to feed.
I’m surprised you have mosquitoes on your farm. I haven’t seen many of them anywhere on the west coast.
For those of us not concerned with the by catch a large fan with a piece of screen attached to back will leave these things in the dust, there are videos on youtube showing how it's done.
Theres NO WAY the sun melted the plastic on the Mosquo Magnet. Its more likely you bought a returned unit that was improperly or had a fault.
wait, aren't you the car guy?
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You have to let these mosquito traps (skeeter) run the propane 24-7 or else it won’t do the job correctly.
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"don't let standing water around"
no, you should do this BUT with one MAJOR modification...a mosquito/BT dunk in the bucket of water. This will kill the larva, no larva no mosquito.
10:58 how does he know that? 😮
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Did that cat just take a shit lol
We need indoor traps 😢
Remember that time I pissed my underwear and left them in the car honey?!?!!?
10:20 "give this a wiff honey" ???
Rob seemed a little unprepared to be asked any questions about the devices. Looks like you told him to come outside and make a video without telling him the topic.
Isn’t this the guy that reviews cars?
Flawed test because they all were running in the same close area at the same time..
Is this Alex on Autos? 🙄
It is.
Lol they are telling you not to run it off the home propane tank because of the danger it poses to have an unattended propane operated device fed from 250-1000 gallons of fuel rather then a 28lb tank the liability is very high for them
11:00 ... and how would he know this ?
haha
lol at least he's trying to describe it
3:15 who else wanted to just tap the back of the sticky paper. Just a quick tap..??