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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 10, 2006
Pros: Easy to assemble, works out of the box, very nice customer service reps.
Cons: Unreliable, very expensive consumables which cannot be purchased locally.
Summary: I purchased my SV-2000 at Sam's club in late 2005 to control mosquitoes in my back yard. The unit was easy to assemble and came with sticky tape and a chemical lure. Beginning in September, I ran the unit nearly continuously until May 2006. Despite
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Rated Show by the Epinions community May 9, 2006
Pros: Easy to set up and use (when it works)
Cons: Terrible customer service
Poor machine life
Summary: I also live in SE Wisconsin and this would have been the third year I have had the SV1000. The product worked okay when I first started using it. Although I went all out and did the lawn spray and an occasional fog. I am most upset with the fact that
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Apr 12, 2006
Pros: Does a great job at catching mosquitoes
Cons: Reliability questionable, only worked for one season before breaking down.
Summary: When this item worked it did a wonderful job of catching thousands and thousands of mosquitoes. The replacement lures are expensive. My unit wouldn't light properly the second year I used it. Contacted company to find out how and where I could get it
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Nov 15, 2005
Pros: It costs less to buy than most that operate on the same principle.
Cons: It doesn't work for long and customer service abandons you after warranty.
Summary: I bought an SV-2000 in June,2004 because mosquitoes are bad here in Houston and the price was right. Out of the box, it wasn't catching much of anything. Found out that since we have Asian Tigers, I needed to use Lurex as bait. That worked great, but
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Oct 3, 2005
Pros: Does its job very quickly from the start. Good instructions and easy to put together.
Cons: Fan easily obstructed, Instructions & manual not cover detailed enough, fuel Igniter plugs.
Summary: First, this is the greatest machine for reducing the mosquito population, including yellow flies here in North Florida. My problem started with a small green tree frog getting into the fan, keeping the mosquitoes from being trapped. I let it sit for a
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Aug 5, 2005
Pros: Reduces mosquito population, quiet
Cons: Expensive to run (1 propane tank every 2 weeks). Runs 24/7.
Summary: I paid $282 for my Skeeter Vac at Sam's Club (the price dropped a week later to $250 for the end of season sale). It is great at getting rid of mosquitoes, but doesn't really affect the deer fly population in my yard (bummer because those are the worst).
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jul 18, 2005
Pros: Great catch rate and cordless.
Cons: Expensive supplies and rather small net.
Summary: We bought our SkeeterVac Model SV-2000A from a local Sam's club for about 325.00 with 4 tac sheets and 2 bait blocks. We live right next to a wooded area and have had a fair amount of rain so far this year. Two nights ago my wife commented how bad the
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jul 9, 2005
Pros: Catches mass quantities of biting insects
Cons: Doesn't get them all
Summary: I just emptied the 'wave' trap of hundreds if not thousands of skeeters after a week on the current tank of propane. The sticky trap has hundreds more. I've also seen the sticky trap so full of yellow flies, I don't think I could have placed another on
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jul 7, 2005
Pros: It does not require an electrical connection to operate and reduces the number of mosquitoes.
Cons: It is a major hazard to other wildlife such as birds!!
Summary: We purchased this unit less that two weeks ago. It definitely reduced the number of mosquitoes and other biting insects, however, the black and white "fly-paper" that traps many of the bugs becomes grotesque over time. Then the unthinkable happened;
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 25, 2005
Pros: IT WORKS. Kills hundreds of mosquito's a day.
Cons: None so far
Summary: My neighbor just picked me up a Skeeter Vac at our local plumbing supply store. I live on a Pond/swamp and our yard can be terrible in the Summer as the Mosquito's can pretty much carry you away. Within a week you can actually lay on y hammock without
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 2, 2005
Pros: It really does trap a TON of mosquitoes when it works.
Cons: Very problematic in starting. Appears that the fuel flow gets clogged VERY easily
Summary: I purchased my Skeetervac from SAM's Club last year. It worked great initially and killed a huge quantity of mosquitoes. But by the 3 or 4th tank of propane, I couldn't start it anymore. I called the help line and they instructed me to remove the fuel
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Rated Show by the Epinions community May 3, 2005
Pros: Enjoy your yard or deck at night.
Cons: Have to buy propane gas when it runs out, as with a gas grill.
Summary: We also bought ours at Sam's Club last year and it did work great. It takes a few weeks they say to get the full effect. Make sure you do NOT look at the blue light, it can blind you it says, so watch your children.We have ours on the deck and enjoyed
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Rated Show by the Epinions community May 2, 2005
Pros: Works great, portable.
Cons: Trap doesn't kill skeeters so you lose a few when emptying.
Summary: Purchased the SV2000 at SAMS three weeks ago for $282. Set it up on my property near Sterling AK on the Kenai Penninsula. It finally warmed up enough to let the swarms hatch and this thing worked great. From Fri eve to Sun morning the trap was nearly
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Aug 22, 2004
Pros: Can't think of any.
Cons: Doesn't work, expensive, Blue Rhino customer service stinks, did I mention - it doesn't work???
Summary: I've had the Skeeter Vac for about 3 months now. I bought it for $199 at Target. They boast a full acre of protection - HA! It took awhile to find a good spot in the yard - first few spots no mosquitos were caught (but a lot of harmless flies) and we
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jul 29, 2004
Pros: Very effective on all mosquitoes and black flies found in Northwestern Ontario
Cons: Sticky traps are effective, but expensive
Summary: 24 hours after installing SV 35 our sticky tape was almost completely covered with black flies and mosquitoes. The bug drawer was half filled. I give the drawer a quick spray with Raid before emptying. Each day thereafter, the bug numbers dropped. We
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jul 23, 2004
Pros: SV-15 is $160. Works great.
Cons: Propane & trap expense. Tank heavy w/ no wheels.
Summary: Love it! Using it in a 1 acre front yard that has a large 1800 sq. ft. koi pond. Smaller model is cheap and uses less propane than the bigger model. Directions a little lacking but a simple design. May want to use gloves taking the safety paper off
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jul 10, 2004
Pros: Quiet operation, Easy to start/use, catches/kills Mosquitos! Sticky Trap and Octenol attractant easy to replace.
Cons: At $320.00, is still pretty pricey to combat Mosquitos!
Summary: I purchased a SkeeterVac SV-2000. I assembled the unit easily with no tools in about 10 minutes. I then started unit at about 6 pm and let it run all night. I checked unit at 6 am. WOW! One side of the sticky trap was completely covered by Mosquitos! I
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 17, 2004
Pros: None
Cons: It is an expensive, ugly yard ornament.
Summary: The product has been installed for three months with absolutely NO results. I called customer service(which is closed on Saturdays - when I tried to first install the product) to explore the reason and was told to remove the bait and it might work
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 1, 2004
Pros: None
Cons: Tack traps messy and expensive.
Doesn't catch many bugs.
Expensive to maintain.
Summary: Had one of these running for a month before it broke down. Over the month it caught maybe a hundred or so blackflies and three mosquitoes as well as many houseflies, moths, spiders and a wasp or two. After the first propane change the engine refused to
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