Side by Side Comparison of: Dynatrap vs Mosquito Magnet

I live on 80 acres in an area of Kansas with a high water table, a nearby large pond, and lots of standing water there's no hope of draining. We are always inundated with mosquitos. Nothing has worked to even reduce--much less eliminate the problem. I was about to spoil my great view by screening in my deck when I saw this product at a friend's house. They spoke highly of it so I decided to bite, so to speak. I had my doubts for the first week, but now that it's had time to get established I'm now sitting on the deck for the second night in a row in shorts and a t shirt and have seen ZERO mosquitos in the over two hours combined I've been out here. Can't give this thing a high enough rating!

 We used this along the river where we camp and it worked phenomenal. It caught mainly river flies but we haven't tried it in a residential area yet. Here is a video (which doesn't quite do it justice) and a photo of the number of bugs collected after about 4 hours.

Works better than I expected. I saw all of the mixed reviews and almost didn't buy it, but the wife told me it was worth trying. We live on only a third of an acre, but we back to a pond and large wetlands area.Just before we plugged this trap in there were easily a hundred mosquitoes sitting on our back windows at any given time, day or night. Following the instructions we hung the trap on a four foot post about 30 feet from our covered patio, near the windows in our bedroom where it is cool and shady as well as upwind of the pond, added a small packet of attractant, plugged in the trap and let it run for a couple of weeks. After a week there was a noticeably smaller population of mosquitoes, and after two weeks of running constantly we're down to only a couple of mosquitoes visible on the windows. There has not been much of a change in weather over the two weeks, so I can only assume that this trap is the cause of the vanishing mosquitoes. There are many other flying bugs in the trap, which I guess is a necessary evil, but worth it to me.Overall I'm very happy with the trap and it will make the use of our back patio much more enjoyable this summer.

Honestly I wasn't sure about the effectiveness of this product, because it wasn't catching a ton of mosquitoes and we have a very bad mosquito problem. The trick is to find the sweet spot of your yard. I moved it around and finally found a spot that was perfect and caught several hundred the first night. Now, I LOVE this thing. I'm thinking about getting a second one for for my side/front yard, because we have such a problem. The picture shown is 2 weeks worth of mosquitoes, moths, flies and other flying bugs caught.

This works very well. I live in the worst area I've ever been in (including deep woods camping camping) in terms of summer biting insects. I bought the land during the winter so didn't know how bad it would be - lesson learned. I bought this to try to get some relief from the constand deluge of hungry mouths every June-August. It totally works. A few things you should know though:1. This needs to run sort of constantly for a week or so to really clean the area out of everything. During that time you really can't turn it off without releasing all the caught insects from the trap below. The flow of air from the fan is the only thing keeping them from escaping - the spring loaded doors do not work - at least not completely - to keep the insects in. The insects are essentially killed by dehydration - which is cruel... but after a decade of being eaten alive, I'm open to a little cruelty to get some of my yard back. If you DO want to turn the unit off, you can fill a water sprayer with water and spray the lower cage with water to immobilize everything inside giving them wet wings. Then you can pop the trap off and crush the inhabitants... this might also be more humane that allowing them to die slowly anyhow. But if you do turn it off with live insects inside, they WILL fly away - at least the small ones, which are generally the ones you actually wanted to catch.2. This WILL catch all sorts of moths, little ones, medium ones, big beautiful luna moths... If you have a problem with that, this unit will be an issue for you. At night, the moths are attracted to the UV light like moths to... a UV light. They'll fly in and you'll dehydrate them to death in droves. The best solution that I've been able to come up with to get around this is to put some wire lath around the top to prevent entry to larger moths. I did this and it kept the big ones from being sucked in, but the small ones still of the way of the mosquitoes.Aside from those two notes, I highly recommend this device if you want to clear out a large area of biting insects. I hate junk products - this is NOT a junk product.

Very good bug trap. We had an extrodinary year for mosquitos this year and this insect trap did help. In the picture you will see moths. however I looked through the the trap and discovered that for every moth there were about three mosquitos . This is a much better way to cut down on the pest population than to poison the air we breath with insecticide .

I think it's working. So far, the mosquitoes seem to be less in the back yard. This is the first season I have tried to the Mosquito Magnet.

Works great. Traps mosquitoes and destroys them. We see a definite (and big) drop in the mosquito problem.

This works like a charm with our mosquito magnet. It lures those mosquitoes right to the mosquito magnet and traps them by the thousands. We live in the deep woods with a swamp across the street from our house. We could never sit out on our patio without bug repellent. We are now able to enjoy our patio repellent free. It is so nice to be able to sit outside without swatting mosquitoes.

Becoming difficult to find in stores, but we love our Mosquito Magnet and use it all summer. Good pricing online and convenient.

I live in the Florida Keys and run a mosquito Magnet 24/7. There is a huge difference when I don't have a fresh Octenol installed.

This product (Octenol) works with all models of the Mosquito Magnet and with many models of the SkeeterVac. I have found that it does seem to increase the catch rate of the night-biting mosquitoes over just using the CO2/heat/moisture of the MM/SV alone. However you'll need Lurex (Mosquito Magnet LUREX3N - Lurex3 Attractant, 3-Pack) for the daytime-biting Tiger mosquitoes so unless you have multiple traps around your yard (as I do) you'll need to pick & choose which type of mosquito is most prevalent in your area. (I read elsewhere that Tiger mosquitoes are actually repelled by Octenol so sadly you really do have to pick & choose one.)Oddly, on my SkeeterVac's TacTrap (SkeeterVac CPSX000021 TacTrap Replacements) I've discovered that other pests seem to prefer either Lurex or Octenol too. Flying cockroaches, for example, are most commonly trapped in my SkeeterVac TacTrap running Lurex, while horse flies and house flies seem to prefer getting stuck in the SkeeterVac TacTrap running Octenol. Gnats and no-see-ums get stuck both places and/or vacuumed up into the SV (Blue Rhino SV3100 SkeeterVac Mosquito Eliminator, 1-Acre Coverage) or MM (Mosquito Magnet MM4100 Patriot Mosquito Trap) fan/screen trap.

We have two a DT1775 and the DT2000DX. Both have caught a lot of moths but still a lot of mosquitoes around. It is hard to say how good it is. Hopefully the cycle will get broken and less bugs around but we are near standing water and still hoping it will get better.

This unit quit working a few days after I could no longer return it. It was effective while it was working. I wish the seller would warranty the product.Contacted manufacturer about parts I believed I needed for repair, told them the prime return window was up just before the unit quit. THE MANUFACTURER, NOT THE SELLER, sent a new replacement unit to me. If it doesn't work I will change my review again.

We have two of these one on each side of the house on my wrap around porch. They are a bit loud if you are with in 30 feet, I can hear them inside my house in the room near them. I didn't have a huge mosquito problem but this all but eliminated them with in the two acre clearing for my house. They are still out there beyond the range and you know it when you out of range with is about 100ft. The only cons it does not work on flies, or wasp. It does attract months and that is the majority of what I get or at least can see in the trap. Spiders are also attached to them because the attract the bugs. I treat the area around them with a residual pest control to control the spiders. Overall these are the best solution I have found and we eat outside almost every night.

We put it out late in the season, so we were already inundated with mosquitoes. It's certainly full of moths and other flying insects. Not sure about mosquitoes. I haven't emptied it yet to get a body count. My neighbor thinks we have fewer, but are still getting bitten and sucked on. Plus with a pond next door, we get a fresh crop constantly. Looking forward to starting the season with it next year for a true test. I do like the baffle they put in it to keep live pests from escaping when you turn it off or it loses power.

Does a great job collecting bugs but difficult to dump bugs into bag without losing those still alive.

I have half an acre that backs up to a small creek, so mosquitoes are a problem. Bought this dynatrap and following the instructions put it on the other corner of the house away from our patio (still within line of sight). I've had it for about 3 weeks now, and while I don't turn it on all the time, I do turn it about 24 hours before the weekend or whenever I plan on staying out on the patio. I would say that there has been a decrease of about 80% in misquito activity (ergo 4 stars). Most of the time there is just a couple that remain that are annoying, but before it was awful. Flying insect activity is also almost gone as well.I also really like the fact that I don't have to buy propane tanks. For me it was a worthwhile investment.

The mosquito magnet is a flawed invention, but the octenol is good

Too early to tell. Seems to be working.

We just have Nat's, so wasn't amazing like I had hoped. But worked good.

Great if you have a Mosquito Magnet and it is placed right in your yard.

Item as expected and a much better buy than purchasing at my local home improvement store. Will reorder again if price remains consistent.

When I ordered this product the picture and the desctiption was a 2 month bundle which includes three of each octenol, cartridge cleaner and replacement netting for mosquito defender. What I received was a 3 pack octenol. I contacted seller through amazon to return item. Since then they have changed the picture and description to just 3 pk octenol. Amazon resolved situation. Gatzies was disappointing. I felt that it was a scam getiing what I got and not what was described. The product is excellent. The company not so good.

While it does attract most of the flying insects in the immediate vicinity, it certainly doesn't take care of all the mosquitoes nor does it cover an acre.

Had item 1 week then the bulbs went out, bought new ones seems to be working better now, new bulbs much brighter. Not worth the hassle to return for new bulbs $15.00. We will see how these do. Other than that seems to be working fine now. I will update later.

The quality and price are good. It needs little attention. But I had bought it mainly for mosquitos and they were not eliminated.

It worked great in the beginning but it seemed the bugs weren't attracted to the light after awhile. My bug zapper seems to work better.

This gadget is made with good quality materialBut . . in my case, it caught a tons of moth and some other bug. But it caught just 5 mosquito the whole summer !!I tried adding mosquito lure without success. Now cleaned up and kept in the shed for winter. Will try again next year.

In just a few weeks, the Dynatrap collected a bunch of months , Japanese Beatles, a couple of wasps, and an assortment of other bugs. I couldn't see evidence of mosquitoes ( but it would be difficult to see those bits anyway) nor was there a decrease in the number of mosquitos in the yard. I don't think the CO2 is enough to get the mosquitos to come. I stuck on a Mosquito Magnet lure (octanol) but that didn't seem to help. I am hoping it helps with winter moths. I may try a CO2 generator (yeast and sugar water in a soda bottle. But the Dynatrap did not do the job for mosquitoes

I couldn't tell if it worked or not. i still got bit a lot. I don't think I will buy anymore.

Works well to attract mosquitos the first week, then it quickly loses its effectiveness.

they help but aren't necessary and the wrong fit for our mosquito magnet

Competitor product may last longer. This one is good for a month.

Delivered as expected and product is as described, but nothing above and beyond my expectations.

I no longer catch as many mosquitoes as I did three of four years ago. The mosquitoes haven’t vacated my property I am just catching fewer of them.

Disappointed. Bought it over a month ago for a small 20x20 work shop in Winter Springs FL. I do a lot of metal work in there. I'd always have to spray the backs of my arms before I bought this. That's where the mosquitoes always nail me. I was happy when it came in the mail. I thought to myself, alright you little bastards. Here's your new night light. I hung it in the best spot. It runs day and night, catching a lot of flying things that never bothered me. But the mosquitoes are laughing their arsses off. If I don't spray my arms, I still get nailed. I don't have any water laying around, so I don't know where they're coming from. My opinion is, the only thing that works is the HYPE for the Dynatrap DT2000XL Insect Trap. Wasted my money. I give it two stars, because I feel generous today.

This seems to attract and trap all bugs except mosquitoes. I positioned it 30 feet from my deck and pool. I've seen no reduction in mosquitoes. I would have been better off with $150 dollars worth of bug spray.

I had high hopes for this unit. I put it out exactly 4 weeks ago. Checking on it several times each week and moving it depending on where it might catch more mosquitoes I ended up cleaning the unit and returning it back to Amazon. It caught a TON of gnats and a TON of June Bugs but didn't catch more than a half handful of mosquitoes. I'm willing to purchase a smaller unit to test if it's a little early in the season for Houston. I'm just not willing to risk $150 to catch a small number of these devils.

Sounds like chains being dragged down a metal hallway. No mosquitoes in the trap, only moths. Am ordering the attractant today to see if MAYBE that will work.

worked great for one season and then stopped working. doesn't seem like it can handle the rigors of being out doors in the weather.

Seems to attract more moths than mosquitos. One of the two bulbs went out in 3 months. Perhaps there is something better.

No sticky to stick them on bug zapper

Not sure how other mosquitoes react, but the ones here in Alaska are not attracted to this stuff at all!

It does not work. Most of the reviews were five star people were claiming that it was catching flies and mosquitoes, some people are saying that it did not work on mosquitoes, let me tell you it doesn’t really work on flies either. I had it running for two month non stop. This is all I got. Sticky paper catch more flies than this speedy paper weight. I bought it because we live in the city and keep few chickens for fresh eggs. As everyone knows that chickens attract flies. Too bad it didn’t work as advertised. Should have listened to my wife.

Kills moths and that's about it

Useless. After 3 weeks all it does is catch moths. No mosquitoes in basket at all, they are too busy biting us.

Did not change the pesky mosquito problem in our yard!

Did not capture any Mosquitos, they flew around the unit and never went in.

This was very disappointing. It claimes to eliminator insects for 1 acre. We used it on our patio and were still being eaten alive by mosquitoes. We had to purchase citronella candles so we could sit on the patio. It seems to only attract moths. Very disappointed.

Mosquito Magnet did not work although I used all their brand products and changed them every time I refilled the propane tank.

Used this with my Mosquito Magnet and after 6 weeks of use (using 1 package plus a whole bbq-size tank of propane every 3 weeks), I had only about 2 dozen mosquitoes in the trap. They were still feasting on us humans and sitting outside once evening approached was not possible. Very disappointed with the Mosquito Magnet overall (and it was expensive!).

This product must have been sitting around for a while on the shelf because when I opened it for use, there was hardly any smell to attract the mosquitoes.