Sterling NFT-D Disposable Fly Control TrapWith Attractant
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Sterling NFT-D Disposable Fly Control TrapWith Attractant
Customer Review: More a cautionary tale than a review
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this trap because I suddenly had a couple of dozzen rather smallish "houseflies" appear in my kitchen. The description clearly says For Use Outdoors, but if figured: Im an old guy; I live alone; my sense of smell isn't very good; how bad can it be?
Be smarter than I was. Believe the instructions. You really don't want to live with one of these things hanging in your kitchen.
But I did manage to leave it up for a couple of days. Turned out, the particular type of small fly that I had was not in the least attracted to it. Not a single one.
Again, the product description on Amaszon was correct. The trap is said to be intended to catch the larger sort of fly that you might find around a barn. I re-hung the trap outside, where it quickly attracted and killed a good number of larger flies that I hadn't even noticed in the area.
Meanwhile, I spent $0.99 for four coils of old-fashioned "fly-ribbon" of the sort your grandfather might have used. I didn't even know you could still buy the stuff. That got rid of my indoor flys in three or four days. I think mostly because they just blundered into it.
One more cautionary comment: Use good workmanship when you cut the round opening necessary to activate the trap. Work slowly. Use a sharp knife. Cut exactly ON or INSIDE the dotted line--not outside. Don't make any gash extending outside the dotted circle.
It isn't immediately obvious, but if you do a sloppy job of cutting the round opening, the trap will be useless. You'll see why when you fill the trap with water. It gets fairly heavy. If the hole you cut is defective, the trap will fall apart when you try to hang it. Mine didn't--but not because I foresaw the possibility.
I'm rating the trap five stars because I think it worked fine when used as intended. I considered subtracting a star because there was no warning in the instructions about care of workmanship during setup. But didn't do so because I figured that had I done a poor job of following the "cut on the dotted line" instructions, it would have been my fault, not theirs.
Customer Review: Best Flytrap, Hands Down
Summary: 5 Stars
I never dreamed that I would one day write a review of a fly trap, but this thing works so darn well that I thought I would be doing a disservice to others by keeping silent.
We live in a semi-rural area with a robust fly population, which proved to be a constant annoyance. It seemed that we couldn't open the windows or doors for even a short period without a squadron of flies invading our house. We tried a number of different fly traps (e.g., the sticky kinds) but to no avail. This is the first trap, however, that really works.
Within two weeks this thing was so full that the dead flies formed an "island" within the bag of water that allowed the flies that were still alive to begin breeding. That's when I decided it was time to change the trap. No joking, there were at least 500 dead flies in the bag. We are currently on our second trap, which is filling up more slowly, I assume due to a reduced fly population.
The only downside, as other reviewers have noted, is that the trap stinks once it is activated with water (The smell is exactly like that of an old dumpster), so you definitely don't want to hang one in your house. We hang our traps under our backyard deck and can rarely smell them. We have already noticed significantly fewer flies in our house. I think one or two more traps should do the job, at least until next summer.
In short, at four bucks a piece you can't beat these environmentally-safe traps for exterminating those flying annoyances around your house.
Customer Review: Terrific product!
Summary: 5 Stars
This fly trap is great. While it looks simple enough at first glance, read the directions before use--and definitely before attacking it with scissors. Plan ahead before preparing the bait trap--tie your string ahead of filling, and know where you plan to hang it in advance, away and downwind from outdoor living space. The bag is slightly awkward to maneuver after it is filled with water.
This advice came with a price in a home where our motto is "read the directions, stupid." First we cut the plastic too much, requiring surgical repair. Then we originally hung the trap too close to the patio, drawing flies and stench to the living area. While untying the string to move the trap to a better location, lost grip on the water-filled bag and it crashed to the cement, rupturing putrid liquid on the patio, clothes, shoes, etc. Keep out of reach of dogs, for they are drawn to the stink.
Second trap was masterfully accomplished by carefully cutting the bag, hanging in a pre-selected tree branch away and downwind from the patio, out of reach from the dog. The device is truly a fly magnet. We bought three of these traps. Within 24 hours, there are hundreds of flies in each of the bags! We are enjoying our mornings on the patio once again. We plan to replace the three traps with two new ones in about a week estimated from the sheer number of trapped flies in one day, and to interrupt the fly reproduction cycle. Very effective product. Recommend without hesitation.
Customer Review: Fantastic!! Fly Trap
Summary: 5 Stars
We never had a Fly problem until After we got the dog...
We clean the dog waste in the yard most every day but the flies are excessive. Opening the patio door for a BBQ would bring 10-20 Flies in the house.
These Fly Traps are Fantastic!
With 2 Fly Traps in the yard, the problem is cured. We leave the Patio door open for the afternoon for a BBQ and maybe 1-2 flies enter the house. A few flies are Manageable with a fly swatter...
We hang the 1st Trap in the yard 15 ft from the Patio and a 2nd Trap beside the Trash Cans on the other side of the house. I do spray the trash cans with insecticide around the lid to keep the flies out of the Trash (and assure they go for the Fly Trap).
In just an hour after hanging a fresh trap there are about 20 Flies inside. The Traps fill-up in 3-4 weeks and need to be disposed.
For Trap disposal, closing the lid of the filled fly trap does not really "seal" it very well. I take a 1-gallon Ziploc bag, put the filled trap inside and seal the Ziploc before trashing. Any Live flies will escape the trap into the sealed Ziploc. Also any accidental tipping/spilling (Yuck!) of the filled trap is avoided with a Ziploc.
Dispose of a filled trap Before the flies start breeding inside.
The Traps smell bad and 15 feet away from the Patio, downwind, seems optimal.
Customer Review: Better than Flies Be Gone
Summary: 5 Stars
Have used both this fly trap and the Flies Be Gone fly trap. My home is in high plains, with sagebrush and pine trees nearby, in a rural setting. Both fly traps capture literally hundreds of flies after a couple of weeks. Hard to tell if it's keeping flies out of my log home -- will know this fall when the flies are really trying to get inside to keep warm. I'm thinking the flies that are around my house now would be much more numerous without the traps. Do not put the traps next to your home, though. These traps attract from a large area and if the traps are next to your home they may actually attract more flies to your home. The traps should be at least 40 or 50 feet away from your home. The Flies Be Gone smells much worse than the Rescue Disposable Fly Trap and doesn't seem to work any better. It's also more expensive, so I'll probably just start using the Rescue trap. Also, these traps are so malodorous that they are not easy to dispose of. I don't think you want them sitting in your garbage can for very long. If you don't dispose of them in a thick bag -- such as the bags made for trash compactors -- your garbage is really going to stink. Spill one of these traps (especially the Flies Be Gone trap) somewhere while disposing of them and you will regret it for a long tme!