Flowtron Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridge, 1660mg, Outdoor Bug Zappers

Easy to install and works well with my Flowtron bug zapper. I like that each cartridge lasts for quite a while, so there’s not much maintenance involved. Anything that helps attract more mosquitoes and biting flies away from where we’re sitting outside is a plus. I’ll keep these on hand during mosquito season.

I live in the northern midwest and have been using these cartridges for nearly 10 years now, with multiple BK-80D large size Flowtrons. That size of Flowtron takes 2 of these cartridges on the bottom. The cartridges work very well and seem to last very long, definitely longer than 1 month I would say. However, 2 major things. One is, the cartridges have gotten so much more expensive over the years, I can hardly believe it! From a couple dollars each to about $10-12 each. I know inflation is bad these days, but that bad? To the point where I now try to make one set of cartridges last the whole mosquito season, which is probably stretching it. Two is, you need to stick these cartridges to the bottom of the Flowtron a very specific way, otherwise they will fall off too soon. If you look at the bottom of the Flowtron where these go, the flaps of the slot don't make a flat surface because the light bulb pushes against the two flaps from the other side and causes the flaps to bulge out a bit. Thus, if you try to stick the cartridge centered on this convex section, it'll never stick for long. Instead, I cut the adhesive strip in half, stick both on 1 side of the cartridge, and then press that side of the cartridge very well to just 1 flap of the slot. So basically only half of the cartridge is stuck very well to 1 flap on the bottom of the Flowtron, while the other half of the cartridge is just hanging there not touching the other flap at all. But it is better to have half the cartridge stuck well, than all of the cartridge stuck poorly. Since I started doing this, I have not had any cartridges falling off before it was time to change them out.

There was a time one Summer ago, my backyard was infested with so many Mosquitos. They were swarming around due to the damp spots on some places where it loves to live and hide. It made it really difficult for me to enjoy the outdoors because of this. I always get bitten by many of them. I started buying one of the Flowtron Mosquito lamps for outdoors and place in under my awning and turn it on during the night time. I hear zaps constantly, letting me know that this is working, and it sure did. However, there was a point in time, where it had had less zaps than before, and I knew I had to buy replacement cartridges. It is where the Flowtron MA-1000 Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridges had made it possible to replenish the attraction of the mosquito to the lamp and before you know it, zap them. These cartridges saved me from getting bitten many times. There are times that I do inevitably still get bitten by them, but nowhere near as much as I had when the Flowtron wasn't around. These are direct replacements of the Mosquito lamp and they work a good amount of time. Lifespan of it varies depending on environment and the placement of the lamp. To hear the satisfying zap one by one just makes me feel at ease that these mosquitos will not stand a chance. Cleaning the Flowtron, is another story. Just because you zap them, their "leftovers" are plastered and stuck onto the lamp, and you have to occasionally you have to clean them or else the attractant will not reach far enough to attract the mosquitoes and the zap wouldn't be efficient.

Excellent for attracting more mosquitoes

It’s always so upsetting to me how every summer since I purchased my zappers , (which one is supposed to cover over an acre and I have two in my court yard ) I spend so much money on the cartridges and I still get eaten alive . Sometimes they attract more bugs that deterring the problem such as Beatles . I find the cartridges on the ground ruined unless I use my own adhesive tape , and they just should be so much better for the hassle and the price . I feel terrible when the geckos get murdered violently by these contraptions, I wish it was the mosquitos . Living in Florida it’s such a terrible problem ,but different times of night and weather have made me think they work sometimes , but seeing the pattern it’s just that ... based on rain and different temperatures rather then the product .I am going to do a major clean on the zappers use brand new cartridges one more time and if anything changes , you will be the first ones to know , but unfortunately this won’t be the first time so I’m not expecting a miracle, although what I wouldn’t do for one . Mosquitos are the worst !

Always does the job

Works as advertised

There is a nice little spot on the bottom of the Flowtron zapper for this cartridge. So I followed in the instructions and put it where it belongs and put the zapper on the pole. A few minutes later I noticed the cartridge laying on the ground. So I had to try and re-stick it, but when you do this, the wrapper is already off so you make your hands smell like mosquito attractant, which isn't a good thing. If your zapper is high in the sky like mine, it's a pain to get the zapper down and re-stick the cartridge only for it to fall off again a bit later. For some reason after about the 3rd re-stick it held. 3rd time is a charm I guess. I think the next time I put one in I might improvise something with zip tie, or some tape to keep it in there. Did it work? Well I suppose. I like to have people over on Friday evenings for some grilled food and fire pits. So I spray the Cutter Back Yard spray a few times during the summer season, use Citronella Tiki candles, and some people use personal spray just for an extra level of protection. The Zapper is just another level of defense. So I have no idea if this was working or not,because of my other extensive counter measures. I will say that there were several mosquito kills and I personally without using personal spray took only 2 or 3 bites, but after an entire evening outside, that's not bad. One day I didn't bother to replace the cartridge and it seemed like the number of mosquito kills went down. That could be that there were just fewer mosquitoes because of my spraying the yard for bugs, or it could be the cartridge really works. I guess, I'd say try it both ways. See what works best for you. My Flowtron zapper came with one to try out, but it would be worth the few bucks to pick one up and try it just to see if you get more kills.

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