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Well, let me start off by telling you a little bit about WHY I bought this product. We have three dogs - a staple of our family - and they can come and go as they please through the doggie door that I installed leading to our back patio. Among the other dogs, we have a GSP that will absolutely eat the face off of anything unknown to him that pokes its poor, unassuming head through that flap. Our GSP is paid handsomely as our head of security.
With the convenience of the doggie door, we have the portal for the dreaded black house fly, but only during the summer months. Summer is when we entertain our friends and friends of our children, so you can imagine the horror on the faces of our guests and my wife when there is a small battery of these nasty maggot layers buzzing around in our kitchen. Our best efforts to keep the kitchen as clean as Private Joker's latrine were futile in the battle against these incessant, nasty SOBs.
We actually have 3 fly swatters in the kitchen armory. One is electric - it zaps the life out of these putrescence seeking scavengers. It's actually kinda fun - there a flash of plasma, followed by a plume of ozone and smoke - if you listen closely, you can hear them cry out as the life rushes out of their miserable bodies and towards the darkest depths of Mordor, or whatever hell these things go to . I actually keep a sharpie close by my electric swatter. In sort of a WWII fashion, I make a mark for every fly soul I steal with this thing. I have filled up one side completely, and have switched to the other side, just like a 101st Airborne paratrooper would have done with his folding stock .30 Carbine in the European Theater of WWII.
So, the two manual swatters serve as a standby, and are quite handy. There are days when I kill over 10 flies in my kitchen. No matter how clean we keep things, every time one of our fur babies makes another trek through the yard and into the house, one of these despicable insects infiltrates its way into our sacred safe zone. Time to bring out the big guns. Occasionally, I'll use bug spray to inflict a little more pain and misery on these hovering enemies of mine, but it's not the best solution. Fly paper just didn't work, and is unsightly in the house. I needed something more. I wasn't ready to break out the flamethrower or tactical nukes, but I did the next best thing. I bought this product.
The Captivator fly trap arrived a day or two after ordering (thank you, Prime), and I immediately tore the box open to get a gander. I was like Ralphie at Christmas time... I read the destructions and proceeded to pull out the sealed package of mystery death powder that came with this kit. I thought "How bad could this stuff be?" The label said is contained putrescible egg solids. I'm not sure if there's a word stronger than putrescible, but there needs to be. I could smell this stuff through the plastic, before I opened the package. My hopes were high, and an evil, Gricnh-like grin crept it's way onto my face.
I hung this thing up outside - adjacent to my back door (the one with the doggie door) and added the water and powder as directed. Great - Wait and see what happens... Well, brother, let me tell you something- this things brings em in from the next county. In 2 days, I had a hundred or more flies that met their watery fate by drowning in the temptation of putrescence that lured them in in the first place. I was happy. It was working.
But, therein lies the problem for me. Yes, it was working, but it was working TOO well. Not only was I getting flies in the vicinity of my back door, I was also attracting flies form the next county, Texas, and California. Holy crap. If I was in the business of collecting dead flies, I'd be doing great! The problem was that this thing was hanging right by my back door. It stinks, but really brings the flies in. So many, in fact, that MORE flies were making their way into my kitchen.
It took me about a week to realize that I needed to move this thing to a spot AWAY from my back door - closer to the back of the property. The intent was to catch them all before they had the chance to wreck my sanity by contaminating my kitchen. In my bloodlust for taking the lives of these nasty creatures, I made the problem worse. So, once I moved this horrificly awesome fly death administrator to a spot away from my back door, my fly problem cleared up, and I was able to return to a peaceful sleep dreaming of being in sun-god robes on a pyramid with thousands of women screaming and throwing little pickles at me.
In short, great product. Use it wisely, you should.
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Cheese and Rice, this thing works!
Well, let me start off by telling you a little bit about WHY I bought this product. We have three dogs - a staple of our family - and they can come and go as they please through the doggie door that I installed leading to our back patio. Among the other dogs, we have a GSP that will absolutely eat the face off of anything unknown to him that pokes its poor, unassuming head through that flap. Our GSP is paid handsomely as our head of security.With the convenience of the doggie door, we have the portal for the dreaded black house fly, but only during the summer months. Summer is when we entertain our friends and friends of our children, so you can imagine the horror on the faces of our guests and my wife when there is a small battery of these nasty maggot layers buzzing around in our kitchen. Our best efforts to keep the kitchen as clean as Private Joker's latrine were futile in the battle against these incessant, nasty SOBs.We actually have 3 fly swatters in the kitchen armory. One is electric - it zaps the life out of these putrescence seeking scavengers. It's actually kinda fun - there a flash of plasma, followed by a plume of ozone and smoke - if you listen closely, you can hear them cry out as the life rushes out of their miserable bodies and towards the darkest depths of Mordor, or whatever hell these things go to . I actually keep a sharpie close by my electric swatter. In sort of a WWII fashion, I make a mark for every fly soul I steal with this thing. I have filled up one side completely, and have switched to the other side, just like a 101st Airborne paratrooper would have done with his folding stock .30 Carbine in the European Theater of WWII.So, the two manual swatters serve as a standby, and are quite handy. There are days when I kill over 10 flies in my kitchen. No matter how clean we keep things, every time one of our fur babies makes another trek through the yard and into the house, one of these despicable insects infiltrates its way into our sacred safe zone. Time to bring out the big guns. Occasionally, I'll use bug spray to inflict a little more pain and misery on these hovering enemies of mine, but it's not the best solution. Fly paper just didn't work, and is unsightly in the house. I needed something more. I wasn't ready to break out the flamethrower or tactical nukes, but I did the next best thing. I bought this product.The Captivator fly trap arrived a day or two after ordering (thank you, Prime), and I immediately tore the box open to get a gander. I was like Ralphie at Christmas time... I read the destructions and proceeded to pull out the sealed package of mystery death powder that came with this kit. I thought "How bad could this stuff be?" The label said is contained putrescible egg solids. I'm not sure if there's a word stronger than putrescible, but there needs to be. I could smell this stuff through the plastic, before I opened the package. My hopes were high, and an evil, Gricnh-like grin crept it's way onto my face.I hung this thing up outside - adjacent to my back door (the one with the doggie door) and added the water and powder as directed. Great - Wait and see what happens... Well, brother, let me tell you something- this things brings em in from the next county. In 2 days, I had a hundred or more flies that met their watery fate by drowning in the temptation of putrescence that lured them in in the first place. I was happy. It was working.But, therein lies the problem for me. Yes, it was working, but it was working TOO well. Not only was I getting flies in the vicinity of my back door, I was also attracting flies form the next county, Texas, and California. Holy crap. If I was in the business of collecting dead flies, I'd be doing great! The problem was that this thing was hanging right by my back door. It stinks, but really brings the flies in. So many, in fact, that MORE flies were making their way into my kitchen.It took me about a week to realize that I needed to move this thing to a spot AWAY from my back door - closer to the back of the property. The intent was to catch them all before they had the chance to wreck my sanity by contaminating my kitchen. In my bloodlust for taking the lives of these nasty creatures, I made the problem worse. So, once I moved this horrificly awesome fly death administrator to a spot away from my back door, my fly problem cleared up, and I was able to return to a peaceful sleep dreaming of being in sun-god robes on a pyramid with thousands of women screaming and throwing little pickles at me.In short, great product. Use it wisely, you should.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020
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Well, let me start off by telling you a little bit about WHY I bought this product. We have three dogs - a staple of our family - and they can come and go as they please through the doggie door that I installed leading to our back patio. Among the other dogs, we have a GSP that will absolutely eat the face off of anything unknown to him that pokes its poor, unassuming head through that flap. Our GSP is paid handsomely as our head of security.
With the convenience of the doggie door, we have the portal for the dreaded black house fly, but only during the summer months. Summer is when we entertain our friends and friends of our children, so you can imagine the horror on the faces of our guests and my wife when there is a small battery of these nasty maggot layers buzzing around in our kitchen. Our best efforts to keep the kitchen as clean as Private Joker's latrine were futile in the battle against these incessant, nasty SOBs.
We actually have 3 fly swatters in the kitchen armory. One is electric - it zaps the life out of these putrescence seeking scavengers. It's actually kinda fun - there a flash of plasma, followed by a plume of ozone and smoke - if you listen closely, you can hear them cry out as the life rushes out of their miserable bodies and towards the darkest depths of Mordor, or whatever hell these things go to . I actually keep a sharpie close by my electric swatter. In sort of a WWII fashion, I make a mark for every fly soul I steal with this thing. I have filled up one side completely, and have switched to the other side, just like a 101st Airborne paratrooper would have done with his folding stock .30 Carbine in the European Theater of WWII.
So, the two manual swatters serve as a standby, and are quite handy. There are days when I kill over 10 flies in my kitchen. No matter how clean we keep things, every time one of our fur babies makes another trek through the yard and into the house, one of these despicable insects infiltrates its way into our sacred safe zone. Time to bring out the big guns. Occasionally, I'll use bug spray to inflict a little more pain and misery on these hovering enemies of mine, but it's not the best solution. Fly paper just didn't work, and is unsightly in the house. I needed something more. I wasn't ready to break out the flamethrower or tactical nukes, but I did the next best thing. I bought this product.
The Captivator fly trap arrived a day or two after ordering (thank you, Prime), and I immediately tore the box open to get a gander. I was like Ralphie at Christmas time... I read the destructions and proceeded to pull out the sealed package of mystery death powder that came with this kit. I thought "How bad could this stuff be?" The label said is contained putrescible egg solids. I'm not sure if there's a word stronger than putrescible, but there needs to be. I could smell this stuff through the plastic, before I opened the package. My hopes were high, and an evil, Gricnh-like grin crept it's way onto my face.
I hung this thing up outside - adjacent to my back door (the one with the doggie door) and added the water and powder as directed. Great - Wait and see what happens... Well, brother, let me tell you something- this things brings em in from the next county. In 2 days, I had a hundred or more flies that met their watery fate by drowning in the temptation of putrescence that lured them in in the first place. I was happy. It was working.
But, therein lies the problem for me. Yes, it was working, but it was working TOO well. Not only was I getting flies in the vicinity of my back door, I was also attracting flies form the next county, Texas, and California. Holy crap. If I was in the business of collecting dead flies, I'd be doing great! The problem was that this thing was hanging right by my back door. It stinks, but really brings the flies in. So many, in fact, that MORE flies were making their way into my kitchen.
It took me about a week to realize that I needed to move this thing to a spot AWAY from my back door - closer to the back of the property. The intent was to catch them all before they had the chance to wreck my sanity by contaminating my kitchen. In my bloodlust for taking the lives of these nasty creatures, I made the problem worse. So, once I moved this horrificly awesome fly death administrator to a spot away from my back door, my fly problem cleared up, and I was able to return to a peaceful sleep dreaming of being in sun-god robes on a pyramid with thousands of women screaming and throwing little pickles at me.
In short, great product. Use it wisely, you should.
With the convenience of the doggie door, we have the portal for the dreaded black house fly, but only during the summer months. Summer is when we entertain our friends and friends of our children, so you can imagine the horror on the faces of our guests and my wife when there is a small battery of these nasty maggot layers buzzing around in our kitchen. Our best efforts to keep the kitchen as clean as Private Joker's latrine were futile in the battle against these incessant, nasty SOBs.
We actually have 3 fly swatters in the kitchen armory. One is electric - it zaps the life out of these putrescence seeking scavengers. It's actually kinda fun - there a flash of plasma, followed by a plume of ozone and smoke - if you listen closely, you can hear them cry out as the life rushes out of their miserable bodies and towards the darkest depths of Mordor, or whatever hell these things go to . I actually keep a sharpie close by my electric swatter. In sort of a WWII fashion, I make a mark for every fly soul I steal with this thing. I have filled up one side completely, and have switched to the other side, just like a 101st Airborne paratrooper would have done with his folding stock .30 Carbine in the European Theater of WWII.
So, the two manual swatters serve as a standby, and are quite handy. There are days when I kill over 10 flies in my kitchen. No matter how clean we keep things, every time one of our fur babies makes another trek through the yard and into the house, one of these despicable insects infiltrates its way into our sacred safe zone. Time to bring out the big guns. Occasionally, I'll use bug spray to inflict a little more pain and misery on these hovering enemies of mine, but it's not the best solution. Fly paper just didn't work, and is unsightly in the house. I needed something more. I wasn't ready to break out the flamethrower or tactical nukes, but I did the next best thing. I bought this product.
The Captivator fly trap arrived a day or two after ordering (thank you, Prime), and I immediately tore the box open to get a gander. I was like Ralphie at Christmas time... I read the destructions and proceeded to pull out the sealed package of mystery death powder that came with this kit. I thought "How bad could this stuff be?" The label said is contained putrescible egg solids. I'm not sure if there's a word stronger than putrescible, but there needs to be. I could smell this stuff through the plastic, before I opened the package. My hopes were high, and an evil, Gricnh-like grin crept it's way onto my face.
I hung this thing up outside - adjacent to my back door (the one with the doggie door) and added the water and powder as directed. Great - Wait and see what happens... Well, brother, let me tell you something- this things brings em in from the next county. In 2 days, I had a hundred or more flies that met their watery fate by drowning in the temptation of putrescence that lured them in in the first place. I was happy. It was working.
But, therein lies the problem for me. Yes, it was working, but it was working TOO well. Not only was I getting flies in the vicinity of my back door, I was also attracting flies form the next county, Texas, and California. Holy crap. If I was in the business of collecting dead flies, I'd be doing great! The problem was that this thing was hanging right by my back door. It stinks, but really brings the flies in. So many, in fact, that MORE flies were making their way into my kitchen.
It took me about a week to realize that I needed to move this thing to a spot AWAY from my back door - closer to the back of the property. The intent was to catch them all before they had the chance to wreck my sanity by contaminating my kitchen. In my bloodlust for taking the lives of these nasty creatures, I made the problem worse. So, once I moved this horrificly awesome fly death administrator to a spot away from my back door, my fly problem cleared up, and I was able to return to a peaceful sleep dreaming of being in sun-god robes on a pyramid with thousands of women screaming and throwing little pickles at me.
In short, great product. Use it wisely, you should.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2021
Style: TrapstikVerified Purchase
We have backyard chickens and it is almost impossible to stay on top of sweeping all of the never ending chicken turds. If you have chickens you know what I mean. They poop nonstop. Ours eat tons of spinach and berries so they have liquid poops that flies will nest in. In the summer when it was hot we were constantly having flies inside from our dog going in and out and the back door being pushed open, and flies inside are disgusting. We tried to clean the poop daily, put diatomaceous earth on the poop immediately to dry it out, put up outdoor fly paper, etc. Nothing really helped at all. There were flies constantly on all of my plants, in the dirt, in the chicken coop despite regular cleanings, etc. so I bought this.
I would highly suggest wearing disposable gloves when you fill it and to hang it securely high up enough that animals can’t get near it. We hung it at the top of our privacy fence, on a hook, as far away from our back door and garage as possible. Flies will be swarming around it and you might need to add extra water if you live somewhere hot or the water level doesn’t seem high enough to drown them after awhile. Even when ours was full of flies, I never noticed a terribly strong smell coming from it.
The number of flies did die down quickly, though we did have to continue other preventive measures like cleaning up the chicken poop in the yard from them free ranging and keeping our coop clean. We also used Stall Dry and First Saturday Lime inside our coop and do the deep litter method, though we do scoop the poop tray beneath the roost where the hens poop at night every other day and put that old bedding in our yard waste because the poop builds up very quickly.
It’s now winter time (we’re in the PNW and the winters are relatively mild.) We started having flies in our house again and I realized that the container was very full and a whitish layer was floating at the top that prevented the incoming flies from drowning, the container was almost totally full and it was time to replace it.
I know you can buy new packets for the container, though attempting to clean it out was way more than I was willing to do and I really didn’t want my husband doing it and spilling it on himself, either. My husband very carefully, with gloves on, secured the container with the liquid/dead flies inside within multiple plastic bags so it couldn’t leak into our outdoor garbage can. I would suggest doing this away from your yard where your kids or pets play, our dog always tries to roll in stinky stuff so my husband did this at an abandoned lot since it’s easy to spill some of the stank.
If you choose to clean the container out, you’re braver than me and I don’t have any tips. They are inexpensive enough and lasted us around 6 months so I think they’re worth just replacing entirely. If you have chickens, please don’t feed the dead flies to them. That is just disgusting and messed up to do to your hens. Flies are filthy creatures and I would never knowingly eat eggs that came from a chicken eating buckets of rancid, dead flies in stank juice.
We would highly recommend this product if you have lots of dogs, chickens, horses or other animals that poop everywhere and attract flies. I saw some comments complaining that this product attracted all of the flies from the neighborhood. I didn’t find this to be the case and the flies In our yard quickly decreased after putting this product up.
I would highly suggest wearing disposable gloves when you fill it and to hang it securely high up enough that animals can’t get near it. We hung it at the top of our privacy fence, on a hook, as far away from our back door and garage as possible. Flies will be swarming around it and you might need to add extra water if you live somewhere hot or the water level doesn’t seem high enough to drown them after awhile. Even when ours was full of flies, I never noticed a terribly strong smell coming from it.
The number of flies did die down quickly, though we did have to continue other preventive measures like cleaning up the chicken poop in the yard from them free ranging and keeping our coop clean. We also used Stall Dry and First Saturday Lime inside our coop and do the deep litter method, though we do scoop the poop tray beneath the roost where the hens poop at night every other day and put that old bedding in our yard waste because the poop builds up very quickly.
It’s now winter time (we’re in the PNW and the winters are relatively mild.) We started having flies in our house again and I realized that the container was very full and a whitish layer was floating at the top that prevented the incoming flies from drowning, the container was almost totally full and it was time to replace it.
I know you can buy new packets for the container, though attempting to clean it out was way more than I was willing to do and I really didn’t want my husband doing it and spilling it on himself, either. My husband very carefully, with gloves on, secured the container with the liquid/dead flies inside within multiple plastic bags so it couldn’t leak into our outdoor garbage can. I would suggest doing this away from your yard where your kids or pets play, our dog always tries to roll in stinky stuff so my husband did this at an abandoned lot since it’s easy to spill some of the stank.
If you choose to clean the container out, you’re braver than me and I don’t have any tips. They are inexpensive enough and lasted us around 6 months so I think they’re worth just replacing entirely. If you have chickens, please don’t feed the dead flies to them. That is just disgusting and messed up to do to your hens. Flies are filthy creatures and I would never knowingly eat eggs that came from a chicken eating buckets of rancid, dead flies in stank juice.
We would highly recommend this product if you have lots of dogs, chickens, horses or other animals that poop everywhere and attract flies. I saw some comments complaining that this product attracted all of the flies from the neighborhood. I didn’t find this to be the case and the flies In our yard quickly decreased after putting this product up.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024
Style: TrapstikVerified Purchase
I have an enormous amount of flies in my yard. I put this out Weds night and it immediately started collecting flies. This photo was taken Friday afternoon.
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You don't need refills
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 2, 2020Style: TrapstikVerified Purchase
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Fly catcher
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2023Style: TrapstikVerified Purchase
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Amazing
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Scott L.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2023
I feel like I've committed genocide!
The only issue now is how do I empty it ready for new bait, I know it's going to stink and a lot of the flies are still alive!
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Anna Hanson
Utterly disgusting because it is so effective!!!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2020Style: TrapstikVerified Purchase
Anna Hanson
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2020
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M. Watt
Keeps the flies away from our space
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2019Style: TrapstikVerified Purchase
