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

This is the second Magnet I have bought. The newer ones are much better than previous generations. They fire right up and do the job. Notes & a mini FAQ: *Do you have to change the propane tanks every 21 days? - Yes. The propane is fuel that generates the CO2 used to attract the skeeters. *Doesn't changing the propane get expensive? - Expensive is a relative term. Price a tank at the local stop & shop and see if your budget can support it. *It used to catch lots of skeeters & now it doesn't. - That's because once you break the cycle of mosquitoes breeding, there will be fewer of them to catch. *I'm using it but there are still mosquitoes biting me! - The Magnet is not a cure all. Have you cleaned your gutters? Raked up old leaves? Gotten rid of standing water? And what about your neighbors...if their gutters haven't been cleaned of old leaves in years, the mosquitoes are still going to keep breeding! And make sure you you use the correct lure for your area. *It only worked for "x" seasons! - These machines require maintenance. Make sure you use the CO2 cartridge to blow out the device each tank change. Have the machine serviced (each year is recommended, use the Googles for a place in Texas I use.) *I don't like seeing a propane tank just sitting out in the yard! - Get a tank cover. They're cheap, last several seasons, and are like $10.

After getting off the phone with Mosquito Magnet customer service, I had to get on here and write a review. Like most of you reading this now, I came on amazon and specifically searched for the mosquito magnet. I read all of these one star reviews but the mosquitos are so bad where I live in South Florida that I felt like I had no choice but to order this product. The product arrived and I was beyond impressed with how effective it was. Within two weeks the mosquito population on my property was noticeably decreased. Places where I couldn't hang out without being attacked by mosquitos now all of the sudden were clear of mosquitos. Again, I was and am extremely impressed. Unfortunately, (and this is a reoccurring theme in the reviews) after having the Patriot Plus for less than two months, it randomly stopped working. I watched videos on read the instruction manual, watching videos on youtube, and even called customer service. After wasting an hour on the phone with three different associates on three separate calls, the best they could do was send me a prepaid shipping label to have the unit "repaired." This is where the one star review comes in: You would think that the company obviously knows it has a serious quality control problem. The negative reviews on amazon alone make this point. When you spend $350 on anything and it doesn't work within the warranty period, the solution is easy: send a replacement product to your customer asap. Now I have to send the product back for repair and here's what is frustrating...all of the progress I've made on my property by having the mosquito magnet will no be lost and I will have to start over. It takes about 4 weeks to break the mosquito cycle where your property becomes more or less free of the insects. Now that I have to return the product for repair, I get to start the process all over again whenever/if I receive the repaired product. The way this company handle reoccurring quality issues with their product is unacceptable at a $350 price-point. What is so upsetting is that the product when it is working, is amazing. This isn't rocket science Mosquito Magnet...fix the reoccurring quality issues and all of the sudden your company will become more profitable because you won't have to deal with all the returns and bad reviews. It's upsetting to see such an effective product, only to learn that the quality is crap. It makes me want to find investors to buy you out and get the right quality control in place.

Mosquitos have only been a problem in Newport Beach for the last couple years when Asian Tigers moved in, always biting your ankles at any time of day or night. We tried several traps and other items to keep them away and finally bought two real traps, Mosquito Magnet and Biogents w/ CO2. We have one set up on each side of the yard about 20 yards apart. Biogents runs on CO2 and catches a lot of mosquitos, I think quite a few more than the propane based Mosquito Magnet. In the pics above you can see there are still 20-30 live mosquitos in the Biogents trap that have been caught in the last couple days and loads of dead ones from over the last month. The trap of the Mosquito Magnet only has a couple of live ones but it too has killed hundreds over the last month. Kind of hard to see the dead ones in both traps in the pics but must be around 1,000 combined. So Biogents catches more here at my house. Only issue with Biogents is the cost. Both items are around $300 but the Biogents uses a CO2 canister that costs over $100 and costs $35 to fill which lasts about 5 days with a 10 gallon tank (around $200 per month). Mosquito Mag uses propane so buying the tank is only $40 and $22 to fill up PLUS it lasts a full 20 days and you can find propane anywhere (around $30 per month). The convenience and cost to run the Mosquito Mag is much easier to live with over a longer period of time and it does do a good job. If you can afford the CO2 Biogents and have easy access to refill CO2, it kills more. I'm going to keep running both until we clear the area then might just keep the Mosquito Mag running long term, bringing out the Biogents if we notice more mosquitos again down the line. Either item is great and way better than anything else we tried. Very satisfying to see 1,000 mosquitos in the trap versus biting us inside and out.

We purchased the Mosquito Magnet in April to have it running by the first week of May and followed the directions precisely. It has been running for 24 hours a day 7 days a week, new propane when then tank ran out and replaced the Octenol every couple weeks and ran the quick clear nitrous. After the first couple tabs of Octenol were replaced and no mosquitos were in the trap, we ordered R-Octenol thinking we had a different mosquito species in Maryland. It is now the end of August and the Mosquito Magnet is the biggest waste of money. Not a single mosquito was trapped - the photos attached show our basket that has NEVER been emptied or replaced with the backup basket suggested by other reviews. My biggest gripe, besides the fact the Mosquito Magnet did not work at all, was you have to purchase every little item it needed to run smooth instead of including it with the MM and charging a little bit more. For example - Mosquito Magnet Quick Clear Adapter -- this part looks like it would of came in the box but you have to purchase separately along with the quick clear Nitrous Cartridge, at least one or two should of came in the box to get you through your first change. If you don't read the reviews you would not be prepared to properly take care and clean the MM. (In our case it didn't matter because not a single mosquito was caught.) I've attached photos of our backyard or as we like to call it mosquito heaven. We live near the bay, have lots of vegetation and cannot go outside without being attacked by mosquitos. We were hoping the MM would help cut down on the blood suckers, especially since a few of our neighbors have a spray service come out every couple of weeks. The pictures of the basket show you that it is EMPTY, let me remind you the machine has been running since the first week of May and has had 2 types of Octenol... we live in upper Maryland by the bay, both Octenol and R-Octenol should of worked in our zone. We were told it didn't work well from an acquaintance but we never expected it NOT to work at all!! We live in mosquito alley and wanted to lighted our mosquito population, I think next year it will be better to bring in a squad of bats and dragon flies to get the job done. Do not waste your time or money.

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

I have been using Mosquito magnets since they came out, one of my units has a 2001 date on the burner, so they have been around for awhile. But those are finally getting to the point of hard to find parts, so I decided it was time to replace one with the new model. First thought: Easy to assemble! The base is simpler, which is fine, the unit is stable, and it went together in about 3 minutes. Second thought: Very big net box and excellent airflow routing. The old Liberty had a smaller net and I don't think its fan was as good. This one has excellent airflow and when I hooked it up to a propane tank it started right up. Third thought: It works! I let it run overnight without any lures (other than a UV lamp) and this morning the net had a nice little bounty of small and large mosquitoes. And a few small moths. What I have learned over the decades is putting a small bug zapper on the ground under the intake attracts mosquitoes very well. Putting it low keeps the zapping of beneficial insects to a minimum and does the job of bringing mosquitoes into the area of the trap. Once there the carbon dioxide/water vapor convinces them to go into the trap where they get sucked up into the net. Oddly enough a black plastic garbage bag also seems to attract them. Go figure. The pictures show the catch after 12 hours of runtime including overnight. Anyway, I put in an Atrakta pouch (The dynatrap one) and will see how it does with the annoying Asian tiger day mosquitoes this evening. But it does seem to be working well, we shall see how it's doing in 20 years... :-) 1 week update: I put the lure in, and there are so many brown mosquitoes flying around in there! I need to get another net so I can pull one out, let them die, and empty it while the second net catches more. Impressive design.

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.

I've tried a lot of mosquito mitigation methods and finally broke down and bought the Patriot Plus knowing that I have Asian Tiger mosquitos which don't particularly respond to things like a Dynatrap and are particularly aggressive towards anything that exhales. The Good - As a lure, this thing REALLY works. Heat, CO2, and if you're using the attractant, stinky smell is really the perfect recipe for bringing nearby mosquitos in. If you look at the video (and the compression isn't too bad) you'll see there are maybe 50 mosquitos swarmed to the unit... It 100% works. The Bad - There are more mosquitos around the trap than there are inside it. For all the mosquitos it attracts, it traps very few. It's reasonable that on a given evening after a rainy week, there might be 10-50 mosquitos around the trap, and only 3-15 mosquitos IN the trap. So, it does work, but not very well, which is supremely disappointing. The fundamentals of this tech are there, just not executed well, it seems. My personal solution and one that's commonly recommended is hybridizing your pest control solutions. For me, that means that I place a nearby bucket of gunky water with mosquito dunks in it, the Mosquito Magnet lures them into the area, and then they all end up laying eggs in the dunk-water, breaking the lifecycle. I've also set up a box fan with a screen nearby, and it traps the mosquitos that the Patriot Plus doesn't. Again, this is a disappointing experience. For a product so expensive, you'd want it to work on its own, but what it does, it does well. Other downsides- The propane costs are as much or more than pest control services. My unit will run through a tank over the course of about 3 weeks and it costs me about $20/fill after taxes, and the attractant is $23 for a 3-pack, and each lasts 1-2 weeks. In consumables, this means you're spending about $100-$150/summer in mosquito mitigation, on top of the $350 for the unit. Mosquito dunks, in contrast, are very cheap and create a notable impact in time when used right or in tandem with this... Personally, I don't find the mosquito magnet "worth it" but because I have it already, I'll continue to use it.