RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap, Green, 2 Pack
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I am buying these for the third time and using them for the 4th year. I need to describe my property, where I put them, and how to dispose of them easily.\nI live in marshy, bayside Maryland in USDA zone 7B/8A. We back up to protected tidal wetlands, which means--and these are just the pests with wings--982 species of mosquitoes, flying ants, gnats, biting and non-biting midges, and flies. So. Many. Flies. Black flies, houseflies, horseflies, sand flies, corpse flies. Every kind of fly except greenheads (although I killed one last year so they\'re coming). We have a beautifully landscaped backyard and inground pool, which we couldn\'t even use during certain times of the day because of the flies.\nAnyone who\'s reading this has a fly problem, and you know where there\'s one there\'s quickly a million because he tells his friends where the good eatin\' is, whether that\'s your garbage can or your dog\'s poop or your saltwater pool or YOU and your tasty blood meal.\nThe first year we had the pool, it was almost unusable in July and August because of the flies. I put these up at the end of August and they did cut down the population a little bit, but it was too late. The next year, I found these in the shed in May after a swarm came after me and put them up. Worked, but still too late. Last year, on a nice March day when I was outside battling the carpenter bees and putting down Preen and Sluggo, I decided to hang a fly bag too. Pre-emergent, prophylactic. Well, it worked PERFECTLY. No flies all year! See, it\'s an exponential number of flies if you don\'t get them early in the season. If you wait until May they\'ve already bred and laid eggs at least three times so you\'re going to be dealing with 3X as many in May as you are in March. Stop that cycle early.\nNone of the videos state that you have to place them at or below 5\' (or at the level of the thing they are there for in the first place, whether it\'s a compost pile or livestock or you and your outdoor barbecue and picnic. Flies are garbage eaters and are attracted to rotting things on the ground, not 10\' up. You HAVE to hang it low enough that they want THIS more than they want your compost pile, and it HAS to be in direct sun for at least a couple hours to really crank up the stench. If you live in a windy area, 20\' away from where you congregate isn\'t enough; a gentle breeze will send this hot garbage flypocalypse right at you.\nOk, so let\'s talk about disposal. I am one of those "easily disgusted" people (it\'s a thing, look it up) and I knew from the outset I could NOT deal with getting the full bag [shudder] and closing it [vomit] OK OK I\'m fine it\'s fine [retches] Ok so [clears throat] so I knew I had to devise a plan in advance for the disgustingness that was sure to follow. I hung it from a branch in the woods behind my fence on a long S hook made for hanging basket plants. The first year I didn\'t realize I could not easily slide the thing off the end of the S hook--I thought a tight fit would keep it from falling or being blown off by the high winds we get here-- and I barfed a couple times trying to screw the top on before getting it off the hook and putting it in the "grocery bag" someone here suggested.\nYeah, screw that. Here\'s what you do. First off, before you open and fill it, use an O-ring, or a carabiner, or anything sturdy and circular-ish (I use old keychain holders) and put it through the hanger hole. Maybe use a zip tie, just make a circle. Don\'t use wire though, seems like a great idea but that thing will bend and twist and you\'ll be worse off than using the dumb hanger it came with. Just trust me. So then figure out where to put it and hang up your S hook. Cut, fill, open, hang by the circle-ish thing you attached. Done. That was the easy part.\nFast forward to 3 weeks to 3 months later. Now it\'s full and how in the world are you getting that disgusting flypocalypse down and putting up another one?! Well thank the lord you listened to that crazy \'easily disgusted\' woman on Amazon who told you how to attach it for easy removal! Now all you have to do is wait for trash day, get a 3mil contractor bag and a six pack. Holding your breath, slide the O-ring off the S hook into the contractor bag beneath. Slide another fly bag you already prepared like the last one onto the S hook. Don\'t look at it. DON\'T. JUST DON\'T. You\'re holding your breath so hurry! Tie contractor bag the best you have ever tied a bag ever in your life, and put it at the curb right before the trash truck comes. Go out to your deck and drink the six pack (for a job well done, friend!) while ordering more of these from Amazon.\nP.S. Yes. It stinks. Like a skunk with 12 butts, run over by a truck, 5 days ago, that a turkey vulture ate then regurgitated, in August. Hold your breath. Better than flies.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Okay I’m going to set the record straight here bc when I was looking to buy these, I was hesitant from all the overly dramatic reviews about them smelling like a rotting corpse and whatnot. Maybe I’m desensitized from changing my twin toddlers’ poopy diapers but it’s not even that serious guys. I live in a suburban area and I hung one right on my patio about 3 feet from the back door and the other on my tree in the front yard maybe about 6-7 feet from the front door. Yes, they have a little funky smell but it’s nothing like what the ppl in the reviews are describing. The flies are so bad this year bc we are near a bunch of farms and combined with the Texas heat, we needed something more than a flimsy fly stick and this is doing the trick. Within an hour there were 6 flies in the front one. We also put the CatchMaster fly strips inside the front window for the ones that slip in when we’re going on and out the front door, and it already has 12 flies on there. Please do not be turned off by the overly dramatic reviews about the smell. These things WORK!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "As soon as I got them in I put one out on my deck and within 10 minutes it already had one fly in it. 4 hours later and there are about 20 in there.\n\nFor some reason my backyard deck area had many flys buzzing around day and night. I needed something so figured I would try it out. Being that a majority of them fly close to the table I hung it up on the back of one of the deck chairs and dropped the back vision down. It started to work immediately attracting them. The fly count nearly doubled around me. But just a couple hours later, there's only a few flys around. I'm outside so not expecting 100% capture rate. I also hung one of those cheap hanging stick traps right next to it for the stubborn flys that wouldn't go in the trap and it caught a few of them as well.\n\nGoing to leave it low on the chair for tonight then move it a little higher on the tiki hut for fly maintenance. Very happy with it and would recommend it to anyone with a fly problem.\n\nFyi, it kind of stinks so not sure I would use this indoors long term.\n\nEDIT: Changed to 2 stars. As stated above, it does catch flies, it does have a stench to it, but it gets worse after a couple of days. Here is additional information. As stated, I moved the bags away from the deck area, roughly 20 feet for one and the second about 50 feet. That same day, those bags were filled with flies flying around inside the bag and flies flying around the outside of the bag. Within 2 days, there were maggots forming in them and there were alot. The maggots actually ate through the bag small holes and the water mixture dripped to the ground. This attracted more flies, near the ground and not the trap. The stench from these things when downwind was worse than roadkill sitting out for days being hit by the sun. The flies in the area intensified greatly because the trap was not only catching them, but attracting them but there was so many the trap can only do so much. This product is good for maybe 4-5 days before you have to get rid of it. I bought a couple more instantly from my first impression of them but think I am not going to put them up.\n\nI don't think that I would recommend this for any home or barn use. I think this product would be better suited for short term relief like in camping situation. If your camp area has flies, like most public camp grounds, putting one of these up 20-30 feet away from your camp for the weekend or week, might reduce the nuisance."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "These things work!!! I'm working in Kuwait and this place is absolutely infested with flies. They swarm everywhere, it's completely disgusting. We've killed hundreds and hundreds with fly swatters, we built screen doors for our building, but nothing was stemming the tide. So I ordered a couple of these and hung them up last night before I went home for the day. I came back this morning to find clouds of flies swarming around them almost fighting each other to be the first in the funnel.\n\nSo within 24 hours, there are already enough dead flies in the trap that the living are walking on a solid mass of the floating corpses of the dead. Hopefully the little demon bodies will sink to the bottom as soon as they're saturated with water. Meanwhile scores more are still stuck inside climbing the walls trying to find a way out. After weeks and weeks of being swarmed with these disgusting little creatures, this is glorious.\n\nSo for the practical part of the review: The bag is self-contained, you will need to cut out a small hole in the plastic on the top (clearly marked), pull the yellow out a bit, and then pour water into the bag until it reaches the fill line. There is a baggie of bait powder inside that dissolves in the water. I added warm water so it dissolved quicker. The top of the yellow handle has a hole to hang it with, but you will need your own string or a nail.\n\nSo in summary, these things are killing TONS of these flies. I'm so impressed that I'm ordering a couple more so I can keep this genocide up as long as I'm here.\n\nAnd I've attached a picture, don't mind the low resolution, I'm using my beater phone and it's hard to see through the bag due to the markings as well as all of the flies inside. But you can see the solid black mass of dead flies floating in the water as well as the doomed clinging to the walls. Buy these, you will not be disappointed."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "They do a great job.. I have some A-hole neighbors that say i leave dog poop in my back yard all the time (which I don't) and every time they are in the backyard BBQ, having a loud pool party and BBQ'ing, they blame me for the flies that come around.. Really? BBQ doesn't do it? kids have eaten plates of food on the tables don't do it? Anyways, so to be a satisfying neighbor to their complaint. I went ahead and purchased a few of these... LOL NOW they are really having something to complain about, because I hung 4 of these on my fence just on the other side of their patio/BBQ area where they sit.. HELL YA it does it job!.. It brings so many flies around for my neighbor to handle that I am sure he will never complain again. this is like putting honey out for a bee.. this is the holy grail of fly attractions.. i love it because now he has to deal with all the flies in that area.. best product I ever bought to shut my neighbors up. OH BTW! it also has a foul smell to it like a rotten potatoes at first.. For me that was a plus because my neighbors are down wind and get to deal with the flies and the bad smell. The product will absolutely attract the flies. Your welcome neighbors!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The flies have been really bad when I've been trying to paint in our garage, so one evening the garage door was closed and I hung one of these off of a storage rack in the middle of the garage. The next morning while I'm getting ready for work, my husband runs in the house puts his head in the bathroom sink and starts washing his hair and arms??? I noticed the HORRIBLE smell and figured out what had probably happened... He had NO idea how he opened the garage and something started dripping on him while he was getting in the car, so I didn't know whether I should tell him I hung the fly trap thingy without thinking the garage might hit it when you opened it and spill all over, or just not say anything!!! bahaha After you put water in those things, they smell like millions of dead fish or a dogs anal gland. SOOO gross, but work great! So now, we have flies all over our garage even worse. bahahaha\nJust wanted to share, and be careful where you hang them! lol"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The smell is awfull and it actually attracted more flies than before. Other thing is that it does not kill the flies, so the flies are alive inside the trap and they reproduced, so the bag and was full of flies and larvae. Although the flies cannot escape from the trap, the larvae did escape. SO, I had more flies than before and larveae everywhere!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I live in Northeastern North Carolina. My property backs up to a nature preserve that is filled with giant horseflies, houseflies, wasps, mosquitos etc. The biggest issue I knew that I would have when moving here was the horseflies. They are gigantic and are attracted to my white car. They will buzz all around your ears and face, and they will bite you. They are nasty creatures. I am pretty much have a phobia of flying insects, but I've learned to just avoid them. Summer rolled around... and the horseflies started swarming my car every time I had to get in or out with two kids in carseats plus groceries. It was a total nightmare. These fly traps saved my summer! I can now get my kids buckled in or out without freaking out in a swarm of disgusting, biting horseflies. I also keep my grass short, put trashcans very far from the house, and pressure wash often. That said, the fly traps have made all the difference. I have one in the front yard about 15-20 feet from my vehicle - hung to a tree with a zip tie. The other is diagonal across the property in the back yard. I have not had 1 horsefly approach my car or outside shower area since hanging these. I plan to keep putting them up every 3 weeks or so. They fill up like crazy. It is nuts how well they work. I haven't seen if they've actually caught any big horseflies, but they deter them. I can seen hundreds of small flies inside. Thank you for this product. It's been such a blessing. And for making them safe, affordable, prime shipping, and easy to use. Happy customer."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' In 2020 I went to order my usual brand (you know the one) of fly bags for our urban chicken yard, only to find that they had tripled in price. We all know that many products have followed that same path during the pandemic, be it from supply chain issues, production issues as a result of being short staffed or just plain old price gouging. Whatever the reason, I was not about to break the bank for fly bags so I started scanning for a new brand. Let me just say that I have been unbelievably impressed by these bags! It is insane how well they work! A picture speaks 1000 words so check out my photo and if you are still questioning whether or not to purchase this brand then check out my video! Yes, they smell terrible but that stench is the key to a fly’s heart… place them down wind. And most importantly, place them where they will receive sunlight. I cannot stress that tip enough! It is printed in the instructions on the bags and it truly makes the difference between catching a half dozen flies versus catching 12 dozen flies! I speak from experience on that so follow the instructions and hang your bag somewhere sunny. These are the holy grail of fly bags. Buy them now!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have used these for years. Usually use two during a hot summer season. They will fill up with flies.\nIf I use them this year, I can often skip the next year because it decimates the fly population for the season.\nI see some negative reviews that I just can\'t believe. How stupid can you be!\nInstructions for the first time user:\n1. DO NOT PUT IN THE HOUSE!!!! Unless you like the smell of dead dog. But unfortunately, that is what attracts flies! Not the smell of flowers! It is the smell of rotting meat.\n2. Fill with water, and massage the container to mix. BUT DO IT OUTSIDE THE HOME!!!!\n3. Hang from something like a low tree limb ABOUT 30 FEET FROM YOUR HOUSE!!!!\n4. It does not start working until about a week or more. For those reviews that gave it one star because it didn\'t catch flies in the first 24 hours, wise up! Its got to get good and smelly!\n5. Yes, it does attract flies from around your neighborhood, not just the "invisible" boundary around your house.\n6. Keep checking the water level. Add more water as it slowly goes down over the weeks.\n7. It will often catch carrion beetles, hornets wasps, and all types of flies. Any insect that likes rotting food, it will attract.\n8. When it gets over half full of flies, just push down on lid, and put into a separate plastic bag and ties it up. Throw in outside trash, not inside house trash!\n\nThis product will slowly decrease the fly population around your home. You want to know when you will really notice? Wait until next spring/summer and you will say, "Wow, I can grill and not a single fly pestered me!"\nI use them every year. I wish the county or state would set these out around the neighborhood to keep the fly populations in check.'}]