Posted on 06/23/2004 10:47:00 AM PDT by eyespysomething
I was just there looking at them at their website!
I may go by Ace Hardware on the way home today, especially with the 4-6 weeks it takes to really get going.
Thanks for the testimonials, I've always been skeptical of things like this product, thinking it'll never work.
How often do you change the cartridges? Does it run all the time? (I guess it would have to)
I was looking for a pic like that but couldn't find one.........I'm to young to have done it.
How long can it run on one propane tank?
I have a Mosquito Magnet like the one you pictured is that the exact one that you got? I don't think the bag fits well enough in mine, does yours?
The very morning after I set it up we were mosquito free. I have a tenant who likes to sleep outside on warm nights and she came over the very next morning and told me how amazing it was the night before......No mosquitoes! Don't know about that 4 to 6 week thing. Mine started working IMMEDIATELY.
The cartridges last three weeks, as does the propane in the cannister (not included, btw). I had my own skepticism about this invention, but not on the morning after I turned it on. It's AMAZING! You'll be thanking yourself all summer.(and so will your neighbors; it covers a whole acre.)
It DOES run all the time, but I suppose that by winter we can put it away until summer.
They say you should refill the propane tank once every 3 weeks, and the cartriges at about the same interval. They say you may need to clean the net more often depending on how many mosquitos you have.
And yes, it does run all the time.
See http://www.mosquitomagnet.com/ for details.
I have had to fight with the bag a little, but it's okay. They have very good customer service; call them about it.
About three weeks.
Yes, not the least of which were a blurb on John Stossel's "Ten lies myths and downright stupidities," and a segment on "Penn and Teller's BULL5h17!"
The amounts used right before it was banned were enormous. Huge billowing clouds sprayed around folks, food, etc. When used in a local (non-governmental over use) modes, i.e. small pumped hand sprayers directing the chemical to form prophalactyc barriers, it is very effective and very harmless!
My dad tells me his father used to come in from the fields soaked from head to toe with DDT and other pesticides.
When my dad was milking cows, he'd spritz them down with DDT to keep the flies off, and the chemical solution would drip down into the milking bucket.
Ther Saudis bring in huge numbers of live animals every year for the pilgrims to sacrifice at Mecca. After the Hadj is over, the animal population is drastically lower.
I think they just got lucky in the virus not being able to establish itself.
So9
Ah, thanks for the info.
Mosquito net the goats.
PING
Great. Something else to worry about. :-P
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