Customer Reviews

Victor M502 Disposable Fly Trap

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3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

I live in Panama and for three or four months each year we have fly season. I mean flies like you have never seen in your life. I hung several of these traps outside my house and in just a couple of weeks I had at least 4 or 5 inches of dead flies in each one. I don't know how many that is but it probably a thousand in each trap. I got a lot more than most as we have Toucans and parrots in cages outside and they attract a lot of flies. Be sure to keep them at least 30 feet or so from your house so that the flies stay away from your house. Plus the traps have a highly unpleasant odor for people but the flies love them.

We put this on our patio to keep flies out of the house when we use the back door, and it has really worked. No flies at all getting in now!
04-20-11 UPDATE: Stilll using these every Spring & Summer for a "no fly zone" around our patio. These work the best of all the fly traps we've tried!

Bought this to cut down on the amount of flies on our back porch. Within a day it was a quarter full and practically to the top in a week. Worked so well we'll be getting several more. Substanially cut the amount of flies around the porch and house.
Extremely easy to use.. Just take off lid.. pour in dried attractant, add water to line on cup, snap on lid, fit on the second lid and hang. Instructions say it takes a few hours for attractant to activate so you don't have to worry about smelling up the house. Comes with everything you need.
We hung ours about 25 ft. from porch and as stated was full in a week.
You actually probably could reuse this trap if your not too squemish about dumping dead and dying flies and cleaning the cup all you'd need then is more attractant. We just took down the trap and tied a plactic grocery bag around it and tossed the whole thing. At 5.99 not that bad of a loss but we'll probably move up to a larger size seeing it worked so well so quickly.

This product works exceptionally well-you will catch more flies than you ever thought you even had. HOWEVER-beware the smell! It will start to REALLY stink-like feces-when it is only half full and from feet away. DO NOT just toss it into regular trash or containers that are porous like plastic garbage cans because it is very hard to get the smell out. Bag it-double bag it! in plastic to get rid of it before adding to trash. So you only want new ones anywhere near where you sit-or eat-like a patio.

I would not stop using them due to this though because as noted-they really work. But is why we changed from re-usable ones to disposable ones.

Unlike similar products of several other brands, this fly trap is one that really works. I hung the unit from a hook in my garage ceiling two days ago, and there are already two inches of dead flies on top of the water. The bait is somewhat smelly - vaguely like liquified barnyard manure - so it's best used outside of living areas.

The Victor M380 and M502 traps are unreal -- total fly genocide. Pretty stinky, but I can only smell it if I'm right nearby (within a few feet).

I just uploaded some photos. Be warned: they're pretty gross. But they show how effective the M502 is as a chamber of doom. I shot them after maybe a month and a half of use, just before I threw it away.

Pro tip: the water can evaporate, so splash a little water in the top after a week or two, and then spin the trap a few times to mix it in. Really kicks the aroma back into high gear and gets another couple weeks of life -- I mean death -- out of it.

Fantastic product. Smells like all hell, but once I hung it OUTSIDE my garage, the flies couldn't seem to get in it fast enough.

I have used the fly traps before. They work really well. I have horses ,so i have alot of flys.

Ecellent. Very easy set up and it started to trap the flies immediately. We caught dozens of flies in just a few days. And it isn't even placed where there are many flies around. Would purchase it again.

These fly traps get 5 stars, except that in our Texas heat they evaporate too quickly. I'm going to try the gallon size and see if that stays effective longer for us. We can't live outdoors without these!!