Quiet Hybrid Spectrum Fly Zapper Electric Fly Killer Fly Catcher Fruit Fly Trap Bug Zapper for Home Indoor Insect Mosquito Killer Lamp - UK Plug

We have had our unit 3 months and it just stopped working! However, both bulbs had blown, putting in the spares it was back in action. Checking what to do and i see the specs for bulb life is 2,500hr which as ours has been on 24/7 is to be expected. It is a fact that 'special' spectrum fluorescents have relatively short lives and affordable LED just do not cut the mustard a these wavelengths.So that said our unit has done a fantastic job at a similar price as fly spray over that time. We have cluster flies in our old house which become zombie flies in the winter. Flying in your food, your tea, your face, into your monitor and then dying on your desk and all the window sills. This unit placed high in the landing/loft area has made a 90% reduction in annoying flies with most of them ending up in the fly tray which in peak time was overflowing once a week. Only downside is the zapping noise as they meet their maker and a baking smell from the fatter ones - our loft area is now the flies "The Green Mile" - haha!

I've had an electric fly zapper for a few years now but tend to have to replace them after a year or so. The last one I bought only lasted a year, I thought it was the bulbs so replaced them but it still didn't work. I came across this and decided to give it a go. Had it about a week now and I was wondering if it had actually zapped any flies as I had not heard the 'usual" zap. It is working and the zapper is so quiet you can hardly hear it much to husband and dogs delight who used to jump out of their skins with the last one when it zapped a bug!! Well worth the extra money.

The device varied in effectiveness depending on species. It was extremely effective at killing hoverflies. As soon as I turned it on in my loft, hoverflies appeared out of nowhere and flew directly into the grill. The UV lights are clearly highly effective at waking up and attracting this species in the nearby area.Due the size of the hoverflies, some would get caught in between the bars and catch fire, continually sparking. There is low risk of setting fire to your house, but I do not recommend turning it on and leaving it unsupervised. I would periodically clear out the grill with the provided brush, so the device would continue working effectly. Using this device for a few minutes every day for a few days, it cleared out any hoverflies that were remaining in the area. (I had been concerned if there was a nest in the area.)It was not so effective at attracting flies. As I had a skylight in my loft, the flies would continually be banging away trying to escape through the skylight, over a period of several weeks. When I turned the device on underneath, the flies would not find their way into it, heading above instead. I found it best to hang up the device away from a window, and turn it on at dusk, when it was darker outside, but while the flies were still awake. This was effective at attracting and killing a lot of flies. At last my attic fly problem was solved.

I'm inundated with tiny fruit fly type flies getting in the cracks of my window frames - This machine attracks and kills them.Unfortunately more + more get in every day, so as soon as they are killed more come in - it's very effective but wish I could find something to plug up the minute holes before they get in .Myself I can't even see the holes

We have been using this product for ten days in an area where there are many flies. This product does not work very well, only two flies caught. An absolute waste of money. DO NOT BUY!

This replaces an old unit which had simply packed up. This unit is used in the home and looks stylish, less industrial and is so much quieter and more effective than the old unit. I love it and so do the plant gnats until they don't![UPDATE 12 MONTHS ON FROM ORIGINAL REVIEW]Unfortunately this unit failed within 12 months even though I replaced bulbs at the 10 month stage. As it costs twice as much as a similar product with a higher customer rating I have now had to replace it that unit instead.

I had the pest control in for rats & mice a month ago... They poisoned them so obviously I have dead ones in the loft space and/or walls of my house. This has led to an Infestation of flies. I bought this and can say I'm impressed it works. A lot of flies are drawn to it, some aren't or just take a long time to get there but nothing is perfect.This is the tray after only 48hours of use. Admittedly, I've hand killed just as many as this has zapped but it's halving the work load!Cons - it's not quiet, you can hear the zapp... Good in my opinion though, shows its strong.Also another downside is the smell of flies being fried. Kinda smells like singed/burnt hair which isn't pleasant but liveable knowing the job its doing.Definitely worth buying, I'm thinking of buying another!

Due to it's mesh and electruction range design, the flies stick to the surface and stay there. Then the fly becomes a conductor and constantly gets electrocuted, then as a result it gets burnt and releases very putrid smell of burnt skin and gunk. This penomenon won't stop until the fly is fully burnt to crisp and it will make the room and even adjacent rooms to stink badly. I like how this zapper is a seemingly exclusive design not just a copy, but this mesh really needs to be redesigned and the range of the arc increased so it attacks the target before it lands on the mesh and gets stuck to it. This would probably make it more noisy, but honestly it would be still a better scenario than the flies getting grilled in my room and stinking so badly.