Black Flag(R) Window Fly Trap

Every year in summer, for no reason I can figure out, I get a minor infestation of house flies. I've tried, well and truly, to go the 'live and let live' route. For years, I've progressed from trying to open my windows and screens with lights off to let them out. Then I tried that, and for the ones who wouldn't leave, I got out the cordless vaccuum. This year, I did try the 'don't have to go home but you can't stay here' option, but I was just tired of it. So I got this item. The flies did kind of congregate around windows, but the windows they went to were dependent on what time of day it was. One constant was that they would consider my floor lamp a night club. So, I got this 3 pack, and put one of these over the top of my floor lamp (the floor lamp has a flat, round top over the LED lights). I will say this: Definitely use nylon/ latex gloves when installing these things. They are very easy to place, but you will spend forever trying to wash off any adhesive you get on you. After 3 days, no more house flies buzzing around. They were all stuck to this thing. Again, use gloves to remove, but they are completely effective. It's a little gross to dispose of the strip (for me, at least), but the minor gagging was a completely minor price to pay for having my house fly-free for the rest of the year. Sorry fly guys, I tried to go the 'live and let live' route, but you weren't having any of it.

Was a little hesitant at first, however I was quite surprised at how they worked

They work in a bottom corner of a sunny window, and sometimes they work really well. But sometimes one just won't hold the fly. I've watched flys land and just walk off. If it's only caught one or two flys after a few days, I'll replace it and the next trap works great. Seems about half the traps just aren't sticky enough.

Works great. I tried cheaper brand that didn't work as well. The other brand's adhesive didn't do the job, and I had a bunch of dead flies on the sill. This one has strong fly glue. No dead fly mess on the sill.

Worked very well for us. Flies come in through our doggy door because our largest dog has an annoying habit of walking outside and pausing to assess things, with the dog door flap still resting on his backside, a habit that our smaller dog has started to copy. That leaves a wide open spot for flies to travel into our living room and kitchen. I can easily get the flies on our sunny kitchen window (with a damp old sponge) when they land to sunbathe, but it's hard to keep track of what's happening on the living room windows. The window fly traps have really helped catch the stray flies that land in the living room. I recommend that you first note where on your window the flies are tending to conjugate and put the traps there. The traps I just randomly stuck on the windows aren't catching nearly as many flies as the traps I put very deliberately in position near the window sill, where I had seen flies land before. These traps wouldn't work to catch ALL the flies that wander into our house, but they certainly help enough that we're going to be sure to have a couple sets on hand every summer/fall. Easy to apply. Easy to remove. Tool required: fingernail.

The window strips seem to be just 2-sided pieces of scotch tape. Flies fly all around it and crawl around it and somehow never manage to crawl or land onto it. For all I know it might repeal flies. Sure they are cheap but the value is zero.

They work pretty good

We had a huge fly/gnat problem at our old apartment because our windows were not able to close all the way due to a broken frame. For months, flies and gnats would come in, and it just got way too out of hand. I bought this trap to stick in near the crack of the window and I would say that it did help with the problem... somewhat. I saw several flies stick onto the trap, but not nearly as much as I would have hoped. I think it could have more scent or something to attract them better. But, it was very easy to apply and remove... so that's always a plus.

Import sticker data is all rubbed off. Actual product carton was damaged and product had black fungi in corners. Rs 500 plus 100 shipping for this old stock and just 4 individual traps is too costly.