Mosquito Magnet MM4200B Patriot Plus Mosquito and Flying Insect Trap and Killer - Protects Up to 1 Acre, Black

The media could not be loaded. Incorporated as part of my no-seeums 2-year mitigation plan. Close to the swamps of Georgia and with a pond in the backyard, no-seeums, mosquitos, biting flies, and other vampiric insects are a part of life. One tool will not clear them out. Our no-seeums are in pure form this year... clouds of dive bombers half the size of fleas with a big bite that lasts. Bought the Mosquito Magnet as a declaration of war. The Dub-Ms bring the high C02 levels and attracting heat. I have a nearby zapper as a light attractant in case the bugs don't get pulled into the MM trap and one additional CO2 maker with DynaTrap (light, CO2). There is a noticeable difference. This is only part of the picture. Added fish to the pond that eat mosquito larvae (still need to add a fountain to help with aeration), looked for sitting water to dump out, and adding bat boxes in the future. While MM is not the silver bullet, it is a contributing participant in the dwindling population of no-seeums in my immediate area.Downsides - I can not tell if I have propane or not, so I have to buy a gauge. It costs more to run - it takes propane and electricity. Extra prep to distance from house (long small wire with unique connector; no battery/solar option).I dropped in a video of the no-seeums caught from 2 days of running. While there is noticeable less getting bit, we'll run it for the duration... through the summer and try to think the herd generation by generation. Worth it for us. Good luck!

Spring 2024: Stored properly all winter. Now will not operate. On Start Up, seems to start normally then after a bit, the light goes to Fast Flash again. Called Tech Support. Turns out I needed to buy CO2 cartridges and an adapter ($80!) to 'blow out' the unit after each propane tank change. Can find NOTHING in the Owner's Manual or online about that. Bought the Adapter and Cartridges. Didn't halp. Now I'm waiting (2 hours so far) for Tech Support to return my phone call. UPDATE: Customer Service finally responded and they did give me a Free Shipping Label to send it in for service. Diagnosed as clogged with carbon because I had not used the C02 cartridges to flush the system last Summer and when storing for Winter. DUH!!! There is nothing that tells me I should have done so! At least they are again repairing the unit under warranty - after I had to prove date of purchase. THAT DIDN'T WORK EITHER: Shipped back for service again. Two weeks later, unit returned AND STILL DOESN'T WORK. Same problem, starts then goes to Fast Flash. Corporate Customer Service of no help. Refuse to replace the unit, wanted me to ship it a THIRD TIME to a DIFFERENT Service Station. Called the original Service Station, they say it had worked normally for 50 hours in their shop. Suggested the ONLY possible problem could be a bad Power Supply. Called corporate again, they FINALLY agreed to send me a new Power Supply Unit. We shall see. MORE TO FOLLOW.FALL 2023 ADDED: In use for over a month now and I am not sure it does much of what it is supposed to do. Very few insects are in the trap. We DO have fewer No-See-Ums it seems, but I'm not sure that is due to cooling weather or this thing finally taking effect. Let the return window close or I might have returned the damn thing. Called Tech Support, they had me send the unit back for service. Told it had a small problem they fixed, by return date, weather had cooled and mosquitos had ceased to be an issue. Stored for Winter.

Here’s what I have caught in 3 months. Literally thousands. We’re still getting chewed by mosquitos though in SW FL. I have it placed far from our home but starting to wonder if they are coming from far and wide because of the magnet. For the sake of a review it does catch mosquitos and pretty much only mosquitos. I posted 4 photos which show each time I emptied the unit over the last 3 months.

The Patriot Mosquito Magnet does an excellent job, killing a rounded sandwich bag full of dead mosquitos. However it would not restart after the first two propane tanks (40) days! My previous Liberty (MM) lasted 15 years and thru maintenance I kept it running before it finally gave out! I think the Liberty finally stopped working because the catalytic converter was spent. The maintenance is not the fault of the Patriot (MM), it is the fault of the propane. Propane is a dirty gas and over time it will plug the burner orifice with a tar which in the presence of heat does not flush out with the "Quick Clear Maintenance Cartridge". I feel these cartridges are a waste of money. You must disassemble the (MM) to remove the burner nozzle and soak the parts in lacquer thinner for 30 minutes. You must remove the cover screws, unscrew the base of the (MM) and lift up enough to remove the fuel valve, unscrew the fuel valve hose and finally remove the burner nozzle. Disassemble the fuel nozzle and soak in lacquer thinner. It took me 1 hour but the next time it will be only 30 minutes since I will know how to do it. Also, to save time, all screws were put back lightly, not tight. I did not reuse the screws on the cover because I want to just lift it off. It will not blow away. After all this, I pushed the start button and away it went for I suspect another 40 day operating period. As I said, you must learn how the (MM) works, how to take it apart, clean it and reassemble it. You have to void the warranty to fix it yourself. The warranty will finally run out anyway, you might as well learn how to fix it yourself from the start. If you do, you will be rewarded with many years of killing thousands of mosquitos! Obviously in addition to cleaning the (MM) the following parts may fail with use: the igniter, temperature sensor and the plug in power supply (12v). The key here is to avoid shipping the (MM) for repair. It will eat you alive with repair charges. Good luck, Ed