Customer Reviews:
 A bat buffet! August 6, 2008
I do love this bug zapper, but I noticed there weren't as many dead bugs around it as I thought there would be, seeing as we have a heavily wooded property complete with creek (lots of bugs!). One late night, almost midnight, I went out into the side yard with my dog so she could do her business, and saw BATS flying from the woods and zooming by the bug zapper, then back to the trees again. The bats were picking off the bugs that were attracted by the bug zapper! How cool is that?!? I am such a city kid that I made myself a cup of hot cocoa and sat by the back door with the porch light on, just watching the bats go back and forth. Since that evening, I've seen the bats almost every time I happen to go outside late at night, so I guess my bug zapper is doing well to keep our local bats fat and happy. (I'm glad to say the bats are in no danger from this zapper due to the grid guard, btw.)
I've had this 80 watt model for over 3 months now, and it works beautifully even though it's exposed to the wind, rain, and hail. Depending on how warm the weather has been, I'll take the leaf blower to it to clean the bug zapper every week or two. With the leaf blower, the bug zapper swings around wildly, but it doesn't damage this sturdy bug zapper! All bugs come off easily.
I also have this zapper on a light-sensitive timer, so it comes on at dusk, and off again at dawn.
If You Fly You Fry August 5, 2008
What more csn you ask for? This product does what it claims to do and does it in spectacular style. As I write this I'm still listening to the sounds of things not having a good night. I own a lowly Lowe's bought Stinger 40watt model and this is like comparing a ladyfinger firecracker to an M-80. Pop goes anything. Yes it may kill friendly bugs, but at 1 A.M., is there such a thing when you are trying to sit outdoors and have some quiet time? I'm ordering 3 more to surround my home. Even during the tropical storm winds we got from T.S. Eduardo in South L.A. it was doing it's part. Well worth the money
Works as promised July 22, 2008
This product works very well. After reading reviews, I decided on the 80 watt vs a smaller model, because our yard sits in the middle of 60 acres of pastureland. Grasshoppers have a hard time getting into the middle,although very attracted to it. But if they make their way in, they do fry! Has really reduced the insect population in the evenings.
Very well worth the price; works like a charm July 22, 2008
This zapper is incredible. I had some trepidation because I read zappers aren't very effective with regard to mosquitos but this one certainly is. It kills hundreds of bugs each night and they drop effortlessly through the bottom. A well-made, well-designed product that gets results.
 Flowtron and Stinger electronic Insect Killers July 21, 2008
I live on an island in a Louisiana Lake. From sundown to about 10:30 PM, the mosquitoes are "horrendous". I usually have 4 "bug lights" going at once. They are all Flowtrons, due to the better grid system. I have tried Stingers, but the grids "stop up" due to the bugs not falling free from the grid.
Over the past 20 years, I have bought about 15 "bug lights". Sears( probably made by Flowtron), Stinger, and Flowtron. The Sears and Flowtron are the best, due to the grid system. I have one Sears light that after 10 yrs is still going strong, it really "zaps" the bugs and NEVER chokes down. The transformer puts out 5600 volts and 9 ma. Most bug lights now days only put out around 4000 volts.
Flowtron's main problem is the weak transformer, it is weak in that it does not have a high enough voltage, and it "burns out" easily. I actually buy Stingers to take the transformers out and put them in my Flowtrons. In the past, you could get parts (transformers) from Sears, but, they do not sell the zappers any more. I can not find a source for the 5600 volt transformer either.
Anyway, Flowtron, with weak transformer, is still the best we have...
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