As I sit here listening to the sweet sounds of those menacing, miserable little flying  blood suckers being ZZZapped, I wanted to write a quick review.  I ordered this bug zapper because I was thoroughly disgusted being tormented by mosquitoes whenever I ventured into my backyard.  I've been doing extensive yard work over the last month or so and I have been bothered and bitten so much that I was desperate to find a solution.  I knew it would only get worse and worse as the summer progressed.  Early morning and evening ( really starting late afternoon) is of course the worst time.  Which coincidentally is the time gardening here in New Orleans is even remotely tolerable due to the heat and humidity.  I started carrying OFF spray with me and it helped....as long as I sprayed it as a shield around my body every 20 seconds, choking me and inhaling God knows what chemicals into my lungs.  I also rubbed all kinds of lotions over me that promise relief.  All of that helps but really it's just a band aid on a gunshot wound.  I wanted to try to eradicate the little suckers.  I came to Amazon looking for bug zappers.  I found this Flowtron with almost 2000 (!!) reviews with an average of almost 5 stars.  I ordered the one for 1/2 acre ( I just needed for my backyard which is about 50'x 150').  It came within a few days and I couldn't wait to plug the thing in.  It comes with one cartridge of Octenol and I stuck it the bottom of the zapper.  The instructions say not to place the zapper within 25 feet of human activity but we won't be outside much in the summer ( too hot and humid) so I ignored that instruction.  The cord is short so I used an extension cord and put it at the end corner of my patio on top of the BBQ pit.  It started zapping away at dusk and never stopped.  I couldn't wait to see the all the little corpses in the morning and I was not disappointed... I had nice little pile of dead bugs!  When we do brave the outside to the patio, I'll hang it from a shepherds hook out in the yard to avoid attracting the blood suckers near us.  Another benefit is that I don't have 50 bugs flying to my house as soon as I open my backdoor to let our 3 dogs out during the evening.  I unplug it in the morning and turn it on in the late afternoon.  I'm thinking I'll put a timer on it to make it easier.