BLACK+DECKER Bug Zapper Electric Lantern with Insect Tray, Cleaning Brush, Light Bulb & Waterproof Design for Indoor & Outdoor Flies, Gnats & Mosquitoes Up to 625 Square Feet

With a toddler in the house, we don't want some mosquito with West Nile virus making the little one sick. So we got this to take care of the nasty bugs. It works too. There is an old saying that "to make a red neck happy, give him a bug zapper to watch and a six-pack to drink." As my son said upon hearing that, "Dad, it isn't just red necks. Everybody likes to watch bug zappers." I can't speak to the entertainment value of this equipage (to my dismay, I don't have the leisure to watch bugs die) but it certainly slays the bugs. That counts for me. I like this so well that I might just get another on for the front porch. Who knows, I might want to sit there sometime and not get bit by a nat.

I've been having a gnat problem indoors that I am trying to eliminate. I purchased this zapper because it was supposed to be usable both indoors and outdoors, and great for gnats. The first problem is that the manual only specifies outdoor use, and all throughout the manual it alludes to the fact that this is a serious fire hazard that shouldn't be used indoors. Part of what is listed as being a fire hazard is the cord. It says in the manual, "To reduce the risk of fire or injury, only plug into a properly installed outlet," alluding to the idea that it isn't safe to plug into an extension cord. If they didn't want it plugged into an extension cord, then they shouldn't have made the cord a whopping six inches long. The cord is so short, and so rigid, in fact, that I tried plugging it in and sat it on the counter where the plug is directly in line with the cord, and the cord won't flex and is apparently heavier than the lamp because it makes it immediately want to topple over. You pretty much have to hang the lamp to be able to use it, which makes it even more of an eye-sore than it already is in your house. Additionally, they provide a chain to hang the device with, but don't provide an eyelet or any similar hardware to even hang it. Not to mention, if you do hang it, you are back in the same boat of not having enough cord to do anything with. The chain is significantly longer than the cord, and how many people do you know that have a "properly installed outlet" on their ceiling. The part that irritates me the most is that the thing doesn't even work. I placed it in an area swarming with gnats, and immediately I watched them start flocking to the light. I expected the zapper to start killing them, but nope. They fly right through it. I watched them bump right into the metal grating on the inside that is supposed to provide the shock and just keep flying. I thought, "Well surely it's doing something and I'm just not seeing it." I waited several hours and then checked the collection tray to see if it was doing literally ANYTHING, but there was not a single bug in the collection tray. These are gnats and it can't even kill those. If you are intending to buy this for mosquitoes, you'd be better off to find something else before the mosquitoes laugh you out of the barbecue. I, being the gullible idiot that I am, bought two of these things thinking I could put them on both ends of the house. Now I'm stuck here with two fire hazards that literally wouldn't harm a fly.

Very good product

This unit works quite very well, mine lasted 3 yr (2023-26), the bulb blew out after almost constant 24/7 use for 2 years. (I don't know if they have updated/improved their model, but) 2023 version of this product do have a shorter than ideal cable, and if you have any around, it would be wise to apply some Vaseline on the cable and at the base of the chain.

Update to the original review: This thing HAS zapped a few bugs now that I left it plugged in overnight and it's the ONLY light source in the area. If there are other lights around the flies aren't exactly flocking to this zapper. Upped to a 3 star rating... but it still doesn't perform as well as my old zapper. Original review: This 'bug zapper' appears to be built well and is easy to deploy... but it's not 'zapping' anything!?! We've been getting house files every time the weather warms up a little and they are quite annoying. A few years ago I had another zapper that worked great but it has been misplaced in the basement somewhere. So I figured I'd just get a new one. This one from Black & Decker showed up quickly and I put it in a location where the flies gather. So far it hasn't zapped a single fly. I have to resort to getting the vacuum cleaner out and sucking their little butts up. Not sure why this thing doesn't zap 'em but it's a disappointment. Luckily it wasn't expensive so I'm not out a whole lot.

This is just as described. It has been working great. A must have for outdoor patios.

Don’t kill bugs that well

We bought this in May 2023, and I've waited until mid-August before writing this review. We're pleased with its results. It was in early May 2023 that we were outside for an evening, and my wife was bit 10-12 times in the back of the neck (looked like chicken pox for 10 days). We ordered this zapper the next day, left it on for 3-4 nights in a row, and then we checked the removable tray. "Those are the ones that got me," my wife said, recognizing their carcasses. Here we are in mid-August 2023, and we've run this device a couple nights a week every few weeks. We've had no problems with mosquitos this summer. For us, all the bug bits have fallen/collected into the removable tray. We hang this zapper on a plant hanger over a part of our yard, but we've kept the removable tray to see evidence that it's working. See for yourself (photo attached). This photo is what it collected after maybe 12 nightly cycles.

We used it for the first time last night. We saw 2 victims in the morning - both are flies. It works for flies but not small fruit flies or moths. So far we are happy with it.

Bonjour, Attention, la prise de courant n'est pas conforme EU, il faut acheter un adaptateur. Et visiblement, celui ci : https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0BR7KGZPK/ ne fonctionne pas vu que cela a grillé le matériel. Très déçu par l'achat.

Not good

Más de 2 semanas de instalado de forma continua en dónde las moscas y ni una sola mato., en el fondo le puse vinagre, refresco, comida y nada hizo que se hacercara. En fin Mala compra mía.

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