Mosquito Magnet 1200MM Pro Trap

by Mosquito Magnet

Product Details

• Item Weight: 52 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 53 pounds
• ASIN: B000140B68
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,536 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 1, 2004

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Possible problem at high altitudes--beware, June 23, 2004

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Looking for directions... (Longmont, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mosquito Magnet 1200MM Pro Trap (Electronics)

We bought the Mosquito Magnet Pro Plus because we live next to a swamp, and I wanted the latest, greatest device to deal with our West Nile virus bearing 'skeeters here in the Colorado Front Range. The unit arrived, and seemed solid and well designed. The only problem was that the thing would NOT stay running. If you check the manual and the troubleshooting info at the American Biophysics website, you find that aside from the possibility of contaminated propane, there is not much help for this problem. Nonetheless, we tried 4 different propane tanks, using the presurized cylinders to clear the unit, the reset gizmo to clear the tank and regulator. All of it was to no avail. So finally, I contacted AmBioPhys, and they immediately agreed to send a replacement, and have UPS pick up the first one. The second one arrived, and after running for 12 hours, it began to do the same thing...would not keep running. So, I called them again.

This time, I got a more competent tech support person, and we discussed the possibility of the altitude in Colorado being an issue. This seemed feasible since there are things like heat sensors that will shut off the unit if they are not hot enough, and, at elevations, the propane does not burn as hot. Well, ABP is not sure whether it's an issue, but they proposed sending me 2 Liberty Plus units in replacement for the Pro Plus, since it's calibration is somewhat different than the Pro Plus. They sent one immediately, and it is working fine. The second is on the way.

Note that the Pro Plus DOES catch mosquitoes, but, they escape when it turns off, so it's pretty much useless, at least for me. During all this, I asked ABP whether they are having a lot of problems with the Pro Plus, and they said that they are not, but you have to wonder, given that I got two units that would not work.

Anyway, their support was acceptable, but I've lost nearly two months of killing the little buggers while this got sorted out.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars does kill mosquitos, but hard to keep running, July 13, 2004

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This review is from: Mosquito Magnet 1200MM Pro Trap (Electronics)

It would appear that American Biophysics needed to do a better engineering job. My unit started and ran smoothly through the first propane tank. When it came time to replace the tank, however, I was unable to get the unit to keep running after it started. This became a time-consuming endeavor, trying different propane tanks, repeatedly trying to reset the tanks, using the CO2 cartidges, etc. The people at the propane company, who purged my (second) new tank, seemed to have heard a lot of stories similar to mine. The company did agree to replace my unit with a new one.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 1200 Mosquito Catch and Release Magnet, July 7, 2004

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Authorized Rep Superior Blasting "boomer" (Wapato, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mosquito Magnet 1200MM Pro Trap (Electronics)

I bought two of these machines. Had I known of the difficulty in getting one of them to work I wouldn't have bought them. Also, their tech support is that in name only. You call and you're lucky to ever hear a live person on the other end of the phone. I have yet to hear or talk to one. If you leave emails they are responded to automatically. I have replaced and recharged batteries, perged tanks, switched tanks,quick cleaned the thing , covered the little vents on the sides so that the wind won't blow out the flame, and all for nothing.It won't ignite the gas to make the flame to attract the mosquitos.
One machine took a little effort to get going and is working fine. The other one is the Mosquito Magnet from hell.
If they only had good tech support like Gateway or Intuit that would make it all OK, but as far as I am concerned this thing might as well be made in China, and the tech support would come in Chinese. For this very reason I wouldn't buy another Mosquito Magnet. One would think that for almost $1,400.00 you would get more than a recording. And to think that I bought two of the things.