Flowtron BK-80D 80-Watt, 1-1/2-Acre Electronic Insect Killer | List Price: $69.99
Discount Price: $69.99
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Brand: Flowtron
Binding: Lawn & Patio
Features: - High efficiency, non-clogging killing grid
- Rugged, weatherproof construction; will not rust, crack or fade
- Easy bulb replacement
- Operates for only pennies a day
- Unit dimensions: 11" X 11" X 18 1/2"
Smokin [Posted on 2008-07-09]
Night and day difference between this and the Stinger. The Flowtron doesnt get clogged as easily like the Stinger model does and has larger slots to let the bigger bugs in.
The grid is also configured better. With the stinger model I had the bugs could fly through the grid. The Flowtron smokes them all.
Kills tons of misquitos [Posted on 2008-07-09]
It kills a lot of misquitos, but needs to be shaken on a regular basis to get rid of them. I'm not sure if there is any way to design it so that it kills just as many bugs and not need so much cleaning. Also, the cord is really really really really really short.
Zapps Michigan bugs real good [Posted on 2008-07-11]
I have a ring of 5 of these, all at about 100 yards from the house (I live in woodland with low lying water). Does it completely stop mosquitos bugging me on my deck - well no, but it really reduces the numbers to a tolerable level and I have a low tolerance of bugs.
I find it very satisfying sitting on my deck at dusk hearing the little zaps and knowing that each one is a fried bug :-)
The only down side is that every two days I have to clean the buggs off the metal grill so more can get in to the zapper and this is only because it zaps so many bugs :-) From the 5 units I collected over a pint of bug bits when cleaning the devices in one week !
Yeah I like it ! I have had no problmes with two months of continuous use (24/7) in my garden.
I'm impressed [Posted on 2008-07-12]
I did my homework before I purchased the Flowtron, looking into devices that used propane which is thought to generate the "ultimate lure". While these expensive units seem like the ideal solution reading reviews on these killing machines changed my mind. First off, while they are very effective when new,they don't stay that way and don't seem to hold up, and for $500 a pop they should have a long life. But that is only the beginning, with the high cost of propane today combined with an intensive maintance factor I settled on the Flowtron. It is extreemly effective and so far the only negative is the hundreds of dead insects that have to be cleaned every day. I would highly recommend the 80 watt model and I just leave it on all the time. Best of all I can now eat outdoors on my patio without being bothered by the flying pests.
Marvin
flowtron great stinger awful [Posted on 2008-07-17]
I had a flowtron many years ago. When the bulb burned out after at least five years of use, I had difficulty finding replacement bulbs and could not find a way to even get the bulbs out I think it was an older model that needed to be taken apart. So I unfortunately bought the stingers because they were at the local hardware store at the end of last year. I stored them in the garage through the winter. When I put new bulbs in this spring neither worked. I needed these!!! and bought two more this spring. One still works but is clogged every couple of days. And I have to replace bulbs every month. The other no longer works. They just hang in rather protected areas. What is with the stingers????
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