DynaTrap DT160-TUNSR 1/4 Acre Mosquito Trap & Flying Insect Trap – Kills Mosquitoes, Flies, Gnats, Wasps, & Other Flying Insects – Mosquito Zapper & Bug Zapper Outdoor Alternative – Tungsten

I now have two of these units, one on each end of a 24' long x 15' wide covered deck. It actually may be overkill. Whatever. I put the first one up about a year ago, plugged into a timer that turns it on from 7 pm to 7 am, when the bugs are most active in our area. Our home backs up to a very wooded area with water standing and flowing through it as its a drainage area. So, yeah, a fair amount of bugs and mosquitos were present. Usually. Not any more. Throughout a fairly hot, humid Georgia summer we've experienced very few bugs or mosquitos attacking us. I've emptied the bottom container monthly -- it's been about 1/2 full each time. Going into Fall now, the bug-catching is way down, as expected. Over time it appears that the catchers have reduced the overall population. Many have noted that the lights don't seem to last long. My luck (?) has been better. The first unit has been running 12-hours a day for a year with no problem. The second a month or so, again, no problem. FWIW, I found replacement light bulbs for this unit at HD for far less than they are priced on Amazon or the DynaTrap site. Worthwhile investment to be able to use our deck virtually year-around, day or night!

We live in the northwoods of Wisco. 2 acres with alot of pines and above normal humidity levels for the past several years. We hung this on a shepherd's hook pole about 6 feet off the ground and 20 ft away from where we normally sit. Immediately I noticed the fan motor worked intermittently when the unit swung in a light breeze. As if there was a loose wire (or maybe a mercury switch that ensured level operation?) the fan just kept cutting on and off when the breeze hit it. BUT.. We have those pesky fungus gnats here in Wisco along with some effing army tank mosquitos that you can whack pretty hard and they STILL come at you. Now this thing WAS catching bugs pretty well. I went out to check it the other day and the motor was barely running at all even tho the basket was near 1/3 full of some of the worst offenders. I left it up for one more day. The next day the fan motor was not running at all. It stuttered when I was taking it down so I'm thinking it's just a loose wire. Returning anyway after no response from seller or manufacturer and after reading some of these reviews. The Dragonflies are out there picking up the slack and we are going to try something else. Back to Octenol and a new zapper. UPDATE 06-07-21 Saw them on sale $79 at a local Fleet/Farm. Decided to give it a second chance. Luckily I was able to return the first one to Amazon without postage or restocking fees. Good luck returning one now. They must have wised up knowing these things are complete junk. Bought this one on Friday. Seemed to work fine all weekend. I even looked at it through the nights to make sure it was lit up and fan was spinning. Today is Monday and I went to clean it out and the ballast was making noise and the bulb wasn't lit. It caught plenty of critters but few mosquitos. Mostly moths and small beetles. Cleaning it out right now and returning to FF as soon as I finish this update. I am done with DynaTrap. Seems to be a good design but it is becoming known fact to many that nearly ALL Chinese manufacturers vary from design spec after a few months of production to cut costs and increase profits. Search "Quality Fade." Defined by Paul Midler as “the deliberate and secretive habit of widening profit margins through a reduction in the quality of materials.” It's becoming far too common and way too OBVIOUS. Sadly importers have NO legal recourse against these shady manufacturers.

We purchased this product after it was recommended to my husband and I by two different friends who use it and love it (one lives in the city and the other in the country). We have 4 acres, but 3 of them are wooded. We tried having someone come to spray the perimeter monthly but that did nothing for our mosquito problems and I was not too thrilled with that option. We hung our UNDER our second level deck (40x12) since it said it could handle some water and rain. Our deck has no covering, so we thought that was the best placement to get the coverage we were looking for. And the area under our deck is concrete but tends to be damp because of the size of our deck. We empty it out weekly and by the second week, we have had a significant decrease in mosquitos. I read about the 6 week cycle, but this began working for us after just a few days. How I determine "working for us" - myself and my two boys are mosquito MAGNETS. They never touch my husband. Since we hung this, only one bite. That includes playing in the backyard grass and deck (where my kids are daily and I am with them if I am not working). It does not work on gnats (FYI :) I can not point to any particular change in weather that would contribute to this decrease. We have had rain, humidity, sun up here in northeastern PA. Maybe more rainy that other years. My girl friend said she has had hers for 8 years. i hope ours lasts that long! It was worth the money if it continues to perform like it has so far.

A bit skeptical at first, but after reading reviews, and pestered badly by blood sucking mosquitos, I decided what the "F". So I made the purchase. I was dismayed that the bulb stopped functioning after just a few hours on the first day of use, and thought about attempting to send it back. I was dismayed to find that the bulb is not covered in the warranty. But found that the bulb continued to work (some what intermittently) after the first day ( you need to turn the unit off, then back to on). So I decided to continue with the unit, hoping for the best. Over time the bulb still operated intermittently, but the unit was catching insects. I like to sit outside and enjoy a cigar and a whiskey in the evening, but until purchasing this unit I was constantly on guard swatting those little bitches. But after a week of use now, I'm pretty comfortable outside, no mosquitos tonight at all, which is a first. I found that turning the unit off, then on again when the bulb was out, would somehow connect with the light, and the light usually runs for several hours now before extinguishing. The unit is kind of expensive, but a replacement bulb is not that much. I will continue with this unit for sometime to see, how it performs, but as of now, I am satisfied. I have no clue as to its range, I'm on a little over an acre in the mountains of Montana, and we usually do not have much trouble with mosquitos, but this year they have been horrendous. If things change, you will hear more from me, but as they stand, I think it is worth the gamble. Good Luck. Afterword: I have had the unit a very long time now, still using the same bulb after many months of use. It works fairly well close to the house, but it has not affected areas any further than my porch, but that's good enough for me. It also catches wasps, so you need to be careful upon cleaning.

Mosquitoes aren't attracted to this trap. I even tried mosquito lure bait and the mosquitoes just aren't interested except for the lone one that gets too close and sucked in. The mosquito love my black colored puppy which makes me think they camp out in the grass lawn. I'm hopeful for the Spartan traps, dunks, and natural repellent grain. Maybe the dunks will kill enough to stop the breeding cycle. Btw, I read mosquitoes aren't attracted to the dynatrap light. This makes sense because the light breaksdown the CO2 which mosquitoes are attracted to. Spartan mosquito traps: After 1 month using a set of two spaced 75 feet apart 5.5ft of the ground in dense mosquito territory: Between the two traps: they caught zero mosquitoes, 5 ants, 6 spiders. Very disappointed. My area is home to about 10 different mosquito types. I also tried qty 2 Dynatraps (even with mosquito lure, they only caught the aimless mosquito which got too close to the suction fan; they didn't make an impact). I also tried planting citronella which doesn't do anything unless it's cut, processed, liquefied and applied to your skin; too much work. I'm hopeful for mosquito dunks in nearby pond, first batch/month didn't seem to do much; trying second batch. Next endeavor is to encourage dragonflies which eat mosquitoes or mosquito fish. Last resort is industrial spray backyard. Update: Attached photos after 2.5 months usage of two traps 100 feet apart in summer SC area with wooded backyard, grass, overflow pond. Spartan traps did nothing (embarrassment). Mosquito dunks: questionable results, not convinced. Powdered granular natural repellent is just short lived and not worth the cost. Next tests will be: increasing dragonfly population and propane driven repellent.

I bought 2 of these traps 4 yrs ago and they still working great. You'll need to replace the bulbs when they burn out, ( generic bulbs are cheaper and seem to work fine ) other than that. They catch a lot of mosquitos. Take a bucket of hot water when cleaning the basket. Remove basket quickly and submerge upside down in the hot water. This will kill any mosquitos still alive in the trap and prevent them from escaping. After about 5 minutes, dump out the basket and rinse clean. Take a small brush, like a paint brush and clean the grid below the fan. Also, check the fan is not locked up. A couple times I found a larger bug had gotten wedged on the side of the fan and stopped it from spinning. Reattach the basket and it's ready to go again. Good product. Highly recommend.

I had very high hopes for this trap. Sure- I saw the bad reviews, but there seemed to be so many good reviews that surely the bad ones were just flukes, right? WRONG. My first trap arrived about a week ago. I hung it from a shepherd's hook (cheaper than ordering the optional stand from Dynatrap) and was ready for a mosquito massacre. Fan was quiet; couldn't hear it through the nearby windows. We had some rain after that, but supposedly the unit is weatherproof so I didn't worry about it. Went to check on the progress a couple of days later and noticed that while the light was still on, the fan had stopped. I went to Dynatrap's website to troubleshoot, did all the things, got it to start spinning for a minute...only for it to stop. Decided I must have received a defective unit. No biggie since I was still within Amazon's 30-day return window. I initiated an exchange, dropped the defective unit at Kohl's, and waited for my replacement. The replacement arrived yesterday and 3 things stood out that made me optimistic again: 1) The first trap arrived in a basic brown box, but the new one was sealed in the original Dynatrap box. 2) The new one actually came with a cleaning brush, which I didn't realize was missing from the first one until I was packing it up to send back and happened to see on the instructions that one should have been included. 3) The cord was significantly longer on the new one, so perhaps this was the latest and greatest model? I took it out and started setting it up, but as I turned it on noticed the fan blade must have become unseated during transport because it was flopping around inside. I got my screwdriver, opened up the fan housing, and put the blade back in place. Let's try this again. Turned it on and the fan was strong and powerful compared to the last one. Yay! We were expecting rain overnight, so I decided not to chance things and brought the unit in under our covered patio, shutting it off so the inner elements would be protected. I was impressed that there were quite a few bugs caught in the few hours I ran I last night. I put it back on the hook this morning and it seemed to be fine. That was the last time I would see the fan spinning. I checked on it just this evening and once again I have a dead fan. Light bulb works, but fan will not spin no matter what I try. I'll be returning this one and giving up on the Dynatrap. If you have read my review, be sure to sort the other reviews by most recent. It seems that there are many who have purchased this trap recently that have the same issue I did. This may have been a great product 5 years ago, but it's clear something has changed in the design. It's really disappointing because our yard backs up to a large field with a creek, so the mosquitoes are so thick that professional mosquito fog does nothing. I'm feeling helpless over here! *writing this as I sit on my patio swatting away mosquitoes* EDITED ON 7/20/2022: I tested the replacement trap one more time before I was about to return it, and it miraculously started working again. I don't know if it just needed a good nap or what, but it was working as it did fresh out of the box. I decided to give it a try again and put it outside where I allowed it to run day and night as recommended. I've bumped my rating up from one star to two because when it works it actually will catch bugs. Unfortunately, the majority of the bugs it trapped were June bugs and moths while I was still getting chewed up by mosquitoes on my patio. While it was nice not having to deal with June bugs and moths, I was having a hard time justifying spending $75 on a trap to catch them when what I REALLY wanted was to eradicate mosquitoes. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I found a honey bee in the basket, and then the final kick in the camel's side was finding several dragonflies as well (ya know- a bug that ACTUALLY feeds on things like mosquitoes). After three weeks of trying this thing out, I finally returned it for a full refund. This was simply not worth the money for me.

My target is mosquitoes which are not attracted to the light so some adaptations help to maximize mosquito capture. On this unit, a fan pulls in the bug and the bug is trapped alive in the reservoir. I purchased a few things to use in addition to this unit: sticky traps, octenol lure, dry ice, and a Styrofoam cooler. I put the sticky trap in the bottom of the reservoir and one octenol lure. I poked a couple small holes in the top of the cooler and put the dry ice in to emit CO2. These lures mimic breath. I caught hundreds of mosquitoes and gnats, and a few different types of moths in 3 days. I could not be more excited about my setup. The first photo is not great because the mosquitoes are all smashed to the trap, but I circled the areas with the highest concentration of mosquitoes on the trap. The second photo is less concentrated and you can see more clearly it's mostly biting gnats and various species of mosquito.