SkeeterVac Replacement Cartridges

IF placed properly the SkeeterVac (and associated TacTrap) works very well. (The SkeeterVac needs to be upwind and uphill so that the CO2 flows across the area you want to protect and away from you. Otherwise it won't work properly and your catch rate will be low.)TacTrap PROS:The TacTrap (which is sorta like a huge piece of flypaper) is an important subcomponent of the SkeeterVac - not just to help trap mosquitoes but many also other biting insects and pests. Indeed the TacTrap is particular effective in my yard in catching: horseflies, house flies, no-see-ums, gnats, and flying cockroaches.The TacTrap is one of the big advantages that the SkeeterVac offers over the Mosquito Magnet. I have both, and the SV and the MM have separate pros & cons. (Both have the fan/screen trap subcomponent.)I used to pooh-pooh the alternating black and white stripes on the TacTrap until I visited the Florida Everglades. The mosquitoes liked landing on the white & black speed limit signs - so much in fact that in places they were so thick we could no longer read the numbers! But besides that indirect evidence that it works, I have practical real-life multi-year experience in owning a SkeeterVac to know that the TacTrap does its job, and does it very well.Duration of the TacTrap varies. Generally I change it out with every propane tank swap, but in the hot dry summer months I have gone a couple of months before needing to put up a new one. However this spring has been a particularly bad one for horseflies - the TacTrap probably snagged 200+ in just the last week alone and so I'll have to swap it out for a new one this weekend. But that's what I bought it for - only one horsefly went after me and within minutes I saw him get stuck in the trap. (He shoots he scores!)TacTrap CONS:A couple of times each season my SkeeterVac's TacTrap catches something I wish it wouldn't, e.g. a lizard, and I've also seen feathers from a baby bird, etc. Obviously a trap of this nature is nonspecific in what sticks to it. Fortunately most harmless critters usually just ignore the whole unit.I find it helps to have two people remove the protective film covering the glue. Otherwise the TacTrap wants to curl back up and stick to itself. You'll never get it unstuck if that happens and the TacTrap will be ruined.One box I ordered had glue on the protective film itself, making the product unusable. It was one big sticky mess. Clearly a manufacturing quality control error. However that was only once; the other times have all been fine.It would help A LOT if the TacTrap were 1/8 inch longer. The TacTrap just barely fits around the SkeeterVac's circumference and the tab/slot that is supposed to close it is hard to fasten and stay closed. After tearing the TacTrap film many times trying to get and keep it closed, now I just resort to holding the two ends together with a small piece of duct tape. Pity - I guess they're trying to save a couple of pennies per unit which I'm sure is important to the company in aggregate, but to the customer it causes significant aggravation.I buy and use this stuff every spring/summer/fall. It works and works well. Buy it if you own a SkeeterVac to significantly complement the fan/screen trap. It should be a five star review however due primarily to the length issue I have to downgrade it to four stars.

This was a replacement so, of course, we had used it before. Works so good and will continue to use on our SkeeterVac.

it gets nasty with bugs, but there not biting me.

works well

The best...they work...

This and the Skeeter Vac itself work. What more can you say?

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Mosquito machine is the best