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Originally Posted by ynkedad
Florida's State Bird was the Middle Finger! 
So Rich, are these contraptions still working well for you?
Are you NOT getting zapped by mosquitos any more since using them?
Can you clean the line out with an air compressor instead of the C02 cartridge and adapter?
Do you have the cordless 1 acre model? |
Yeah, the mosquito population is WAY down. Still see a few, but they are rare. I leave rainwater in some buckets here and there and check them every day. If I find wigglers (mosquito larvae), I dump them into the sand in full sunlight to kill them. One generation kaput from that female, who is probably dead now.
I still have one of the old Mosquito Magnet Pro models, and two newer ones that have the click to start and RUN button. I've only got one running right now because there just aren't enough mosquitoes around to justify running all three of them.
Yes, as long as your air compressor gets up to around 200 psi, you can use that to clean the line. I've done that myself occasionally.
All are cordless models. When you get a new unit, and something like every year or so, you need to charge up the battery that comes in the newer models. One of the models I have has a solar charging unit on it, but since you tend to stick these things in a wooded area, I'm not sure how useful it is.
You do have to clean them out every once in a while. Spiders will build webs in the intake and I've found a few wasp nests every now and again.
And I have found that the longer you let them sit not running, the more likely you are to have problems when you try to start it up again later on.
But still, even if I had to buy a new one every year, I would do so. Otherwise we would have to barricade ourselves inside with the mosquitoes owning our land. Some would still get inside, obviously. And there are few things I hate more than being just about to fall asleep in bed and here the whine of a mosquito in my ear.......
And here I thought...
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