Flowtron MA-1000-6 Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridges, 6-Pack

There was a time one Summer ago, my backyard was infested with so many Mosquitos. They were swarming around due to the damp spots on some places where it loves to live and hide. It made it really difficult for me to enjoy the outdoors because of this. I always get bitten by many of them. I started buying one of the Flowtron Mosquito lamps for outdoors and place in under my awning and turn it on during the night time. I hear zaps constantly, letting me know that this is working, and it sure did. However, there was a point in time, where it had had less zaps than before, and I knew I had to buy replacement cartridges. It is where the Flowtron MA-1000 Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridges had made it possible to replenish the attraction of the mosquito to the lamp and before you know it, zap them. These cartridges saved me from getting bitten many times. There are times that I do inevitably still get bitten by them, but nowhere near as much as I had when the Flowtron wasn't around. These are direct replacements of the Mosquito lamp and they work a good amount of time. Lifespan of it varies depending on environment and the placement of the lamp. To hear the satisfying zap one by one just makes me feel at ease that these mosquitos will not stand a chance. Cleaning the Flowtron, is another story. Just because you zap them, their "leftovers" are plastered and stuck onto the lamp, and you have to occasionally you have to clean them or else the attractant will not reach far enough to attract the mosquitoes and the zap wouldn't be efficient.

Flowtron MA-1000-6 Octenol Mosquito Attractant seems to do as directed. It seems to attract moths and mosquitoes as advertised. I have not had it long enough to know for sure if it works or if it is worth the price. What I do have an issue with is the wording on the product information page of the Amazon.Com web-site. The ad on your web-site states that the product remains active for up to 3 months. I took that to mean an order of six cartridges would add up to be 3 months per cartridge for an approximate total of 18 months (1 ½ years). So, I bought a box of six cartridges. When I received the product the container says to replace cartridge every 450 hours (18 ¾ days). That means that the total box of six cartridges will last a total 112 ½ days (3 ¾ months). I feel that the ad was a little misleading and it gave me the impression that it would last six times longer. I was quite disappointed when I realized just how much I paid for only a total 3 months supply of mosquito attractant. I can see by the numbers where the confusion lies. The total container is the total 3 months specified in the information page on your web-site and not 3 months per cartridge. Anyway, I do understand the mix up but I'm not too happy about it... David B, Marcola, Oregon

This review is to offset my original review. I called FlowTron. These are legit—they were able to look up my order from the Amazon order #. They are replacing the defective mosquito attractants-since the ones sent did not work AND I reported it before the 30 days for return was up. I have had them in the past and they do a great job of calling in mosquitoes to the zapper.

I was skeptical this would work to attract mosquitoes to the Flowtron bug zapper. After all, mosquitoes are primarily attracted to heat, CO2, and moisture - in other words bodies and their breathing. They care not one whit about lights, so I wasn't sure the Flowtron Octenol would do anything to pull mosquitoes in. But the Octenol does work. It has to - there is nothing else about the Flowtron that would be of any interest to a mosquito. Yet, once a week when I use a small twig to clean off the electrified rails of bug parts, there is no shortage of clearly identifiable mosquitoes fried & stuck to the rails. The makers of Octenol claim that it mimics other scents in human breath that mosquitoes like; the proof of the pudding is stuck in my trap every week, so they made an empirical believer out of me. Alas it only attracts the night-flying black mosquitoes where we live. I'm grateful for that, which is why I gave it 5 stars. And as final proof we can go out in our yard and on our deck and not be bothered by mosquitoes at night. The daytime is another story however. We also have the day-flying Tiger mosquitoes around here, and clearly the Octenol is doing nothing for them as they bother us during the day. But the Octenol doesn't claim to attract Tiger mosquitoes which is why I'm not taking off any stars. Lurex is advertized to work on the Tiger mosquitoes; alas Flowtron doesn't sell the Lurex bait in a form factor compatible with their trap. Nevertheless, I'll take mosquito-free evenings, and be grateful for that. FYI I change out the Octenol cartridges once a month; that seems to work fine. They have a double-sided piece of sticky tape in each individually wrapped package, which you can use to mount the bait underneath the Flowtron trap.

It works, but would like more in one package.