Despite the availability of less expensve, aftermarket replacement bulbs, I've stuck with the DynaTrap brand because they work.

We live in a small, heavily-wooded community in the middle of a wildlife refuge and along protected wetlands. We get bugs! This year, the no-see-ums were brutal, I'm assuming because of all the spring rains we had. Almost anywhere you go in our neighborhood you're going to get bit...except on my porch. The reduction in biting flies is very noticeable.

To me, it's worth an extra buck or two to have this level of comfort and if you spread the cost difference out over the summer "buggy months" you're only talking pennies a day difference between the DynatTrap OEM bulb and a generic aftermarket bulb.

I'm sitting comfortably on my porch typing his and I can actually see my neighbor, a few houses down the road, swatting at the bugs.

These work!!! I had my 2 units 2 yrs before using them; this year we had record numbers of mosquitos, including lots of the large striped black ones. Even with wearing insect repellent, we were getting multiple bites soon after siting or walking outside. I wish I'd used these in prior years - they are awesome!! And no chemicals or zappers! Our property adjoins a seasonally swampy area, and these work!! Reviews recommended leaving them up for a few weeks before expecting noticeable reduction. By the 2nd day, we noticed substantial reduction. We've had them up about 5 days. As expected, we still have mosquitos, but noticeably fewer every day. We plan on leaving them up all season, and are ordering a 3rd unit. Next season, we should see even fewer; we dump about 1/2 cup of mosquitos every other day, and those will NOT be reproducing for next year. And we will hook up the units much earlier in the season. Looking forward to being outside & enjoying our yard this summer!!

As other reviews caution - these units work by drawing mosquitos to the unit; and they do a great job of attracting mosquitos to their destruction - so don't put them close to where you si, putting yourself in the path of the mosquitos en route to the unit

Best for indoors even close to people. Low noise, pro bugmane and no toxic debris exploded into the air. I placed something in between the uv LEDS and anyone's eyes to block direct view of dangerous uv light. I plug it in to a surge protector to help prevent surges from killing it and to extend its service life.

First, let me start off as saying, this is a great product. In fact, I have two Dynatraps. It catches lots of bugs and keeps the yard mostly bug free. There are two issues with product. One is, the replacement bulbs are a pain to change. You have to go up under trap (fan) and unscrew 4 tiny screws and then inside, bulb is held in place by another screw with a tab. It's not difficult, but you have to change the bulb every 3-4 months,( I use it for 8 months) and the unit is plastic, and taking the screws out several time, does strip them. There needs to be a better design for bulb replacement. Second issue is, the pole. The pole is great for hiding most of the electric cord. However, on one of my traps, (4 years old) the middle plastic bracket snapped off. The electric cord is threaded thru the pole. There is no replacing it and there is no way to feed cord with plug thru the pole. So it is useless. I have a dynatrap that works when plugged in but cannot use it because it is attached to a broken pole. It would be better if there was a way to get the cord with plug out so that I could just hang the Dynatrap on a hook. That said, I do like this product and am buying a new Dynatrap. However, I will be purchasing the one that I can use a sheppard's hook with.