| | |  | WATER GARDENS AND POND ... | Home » » Mosquito Magnet MM3200 Independence Mosquito Trap | | | | | | | Description: | | The NEW cordless Mosquito Magnet® Independence has been designed for the homeowner who needs to protect up to a 1 acre area. Its one-button operation and easy assembly make using the Independence simple and convenient. With 4 “C” batteries (included), no external electrical power is needed, allowing placement of the unit away from the family area yet near the mosquitoes' breeding and resting areas. This proven mosquito trap features patented Counterflow Technology to help you protect your family, pets and guests from pesky, biting mosquitoes, including those that may carry West Nile Virus, Encephalitis and other mosquito-borne diseases. Other biting insects that are trapped include midges, no-see-ums and black flies. Backed by 360 degree Consumer Support. | | | Features: | |
• Cordless mosquito trap that covers up to 1 acre
• Patented CounterFlow technology lures, captures, and controls mosquitos
• Operates 24 hours a day for optimal performance
• Mimics the human breath by converting propane into CO2
• Backed by Mosquito Magnet's 360º consumer support
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 29.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 17.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 33.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 30.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 24.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 21.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 19.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 33.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Agree with the other postersJun 11, 2010
Mine was dead straight out of the box in June 2009. Mosquito Magnet repaired it under warranty in about 2 weeks total turn around time; said it was a thermistor problem. The next season May 2010 it was dead again after sitting for the winter. Again I had to mail it back to Mosquito Magnet - which was still under warranty and took 4 phone calls before they relented - they pay for the shipping but you have to package it and box it up and drive it to a UPS drop-off point. I just paid the UPS store 16 bucks to package mine. It is now set-up and working again; however, it just isn't sucking in the mosquitoes. I have the Asian Tigers in my area (Atlanta) and the fan seems a bit slower on the unit than it was last year. I think the smart mosquitoes are able to actually fly out of the airflow created by the fan. I see 3 or 4 mosquitoes next to it every time I check it but after a few weeks there are less than 10 total in the trap. The fan just seems to weak / low flow to actually pull anything in and keep it there. In addition to the purchase price the trap is very expensive to operate. Consider propane, batteries, lurex, nets, CO2, 2x returns, wasted lurex & CO2 (opened when trap was broken) - my operating cost has been about $45 / month. Considering my units apparent 2 season life span and the original purchase price this is about $150 / month total cost over 2 summers. For that much money you should consider alternatives such as a local pest control company.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Biggest rippoff ever, biggest piece of junk everJun 02, 2010
Didn't work straight out the the box blinking orange lights constanty. Changed batteries changed tanks purged it, got it to work for 15 minutes. After messing with it for 3 days, no go, Keeps giving me the blinking lights, Customer service does NOT exist. it collected 3 mosquitos in 3 days. STAY AWAY. The $25 light at HD collect 3 inches of bugs during the night. Wew should get a class action suit and get our money back. What a waste of 650 bucks.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
works but briefly and then very unreliableSep 06, 2009
This unit works effectively after it has been going for a few weeks. Unfortunately, the quality control is terrible. Within 2 weeks to 6 weeks the unit won't restart and I get a double flashing red light indicating a thermostat problem. The manufacturer will gladly take the unit back and repair under warrant, but this involves packing and shipping it and not having its use during mosquito season. Rather than do that, fortunately, Home Depot's return policy is extremely generous and I have returned two units so far and the current one is now not working. I am about ready to give up on this product. Its a shame that the manufacturer just doesn't get it!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Let the buyer bewareAug 17, 2009
On July 17, 2009 I bought a Mosquito Magnet Independence. I set the unit up according to instructions and used a brand new propane tank. The unit started up with no problem and worked very well catching hundreds of mosquitos every day for 8 days until the unit shut down for no reason. I started it up again and after several tries, it seemed to be working fine. After two days I went out in the morning to find it had shut down again with plenty of gas still in the tank. There is an LED which is supposed to be orange at warmup and then goes to green upon reaching operating temperature. Upon restart, the LED showed orange but would not go green and instead would shut down in about a half hour. After dozens of unsuccessful tries at restart, I contacted phone support and reached a barely understandable customer support woman had difficulty understanding my problem and finally told me to disconnect the battery pack and re start in 1 hour to reset the unit. No effect. still would not.
start. Again called customer and was given a repair number to send the 2 week old $560 unit back for repair.
I returned the unit to HOME DEPOT who were terrific and gave me an exchange for another brand new unit. Started the new unit and it worked fine for exactly 7 days when overnight it shut down for no reason. This unit would not start and before I smashed it in frustration, I returned it for a full refund.
I then e mailed a critical report to Mosquito Magnet and evidently they could not have cared less since they never responded.
As an aside, I was in my local LOWES and asked about the product and was told unofficially by the Garden Shop Manager that they no longer carried the product because of multiple similar startup problems and returned units.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
worked 11 daysAug 02, 2009
Mine was similar to the experience of others here, and the new unit worked for 11 days then gave an overheat trouble light. All attempts to restart then resulted in an electrical malfunction trouble light. It caught probably 50-75 mosquitoes in those 11 days. I didn't have enough confidence in it to go through the warrantied repair process. I consider it a near-miss of completely losing $600, and as it is I have $75 (cleaning cartridges and lurex) of supplies I'll never use.
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