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Old 10-05-2004, 08:13 PM
GeneS
 
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Default Mosquito Magnet--We have one

Who has the best prices, if we decide to buy one?
Gene


"Chris" wrote in message
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Not that it matters a whole lot but Paul Harvey talked about the Mosquito
Magnet today on his broadcast. He speaks very highly of it. I know the
things that I've purchased that Paul Harvey has recommended in the past

have
always been good buys.

... still debating but getting closer to purchasing...
Chris


"Chris" wrote in message
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Thanks very much for the first hand account. I'm certainly still

debating
the purchase....
Chris


"ie" wrote in message
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We got one last year. I am a mosquito magnet myself, as was my

elderly
father, who lived with us at the time. It did not work as well as we

had
hoped last year but we also did not keep it operational all year,

(many
hospital visits and hospice care took over our as suggested, we let

it
run
out several times....and I'm not convinced we placed it properly.

We started out using the attractant but after reading further about

the
attractant and Asian Tiger Mosquitos. They say that it does not

attract
them, it repels them, and not to use the "octenol" if you have Tiger
Mosquitos. I noticed that the mosquitos that chase and bite me have
stripes, as the Tiger Mosquito is described, so we quit using the

"octenol".

Since Asian Tiger Mosquitos were imported into the US in some tires

via
the
port at Houston, I'm guessing most of this area has them.

We set ours up again a couple of weeks ago and have moved it a little

to
get
it more in between us and our probable sources of mosquitos...I'll try

to
remember to check back as we progress to see how it goes. On the

whole,
after last years results I don't know that I'd recommend buying one.

I
may
change that opinion later this year if it starts working better....


"Chris" wrote in message
...
Has anyone tried this product? It's pricey but comes with rave

reviews
including from the military. With my poorly-installed underground
drainage
of my roof downspouts every summer we get deluged by mosquitoes.

With
a
new
dog that has to go outside a couple of times a day and West Nile set

to
take
over, I'm considering shelling out the cash. However, I'd love to

have
a
local person's opinion, good or bad, first.


Thanks,
Chris