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Works as advertised. Not sure how some would report it doesnt work while other pics show countless dead flies, generally that should tell you youre doing something wrong.For one, its an attractant, but is not necessarily more attractive than actual rotting fruit or other less expected choice foods (dairy products in particular seem popular with some fruit flies, likely due to sugar content). Things like vodka can attract them but arent as strong, though wine certainly attracts them as well (And just because it smells like vinegar does not make it overpriced vinegar - if you arent convinced, go ahead and see if regular vinegar has any decent results - spoiler: it wont). The vinegar smell is simply the result of the chemical reactions that occur when fruits and sugars break down and rot, entering the fermentation process. Little wonder that wine also attracts them, or that it smells like vinegar, as even most white wines should smell a bit like vinegar if you have a sensitive nose. Since vinegar itself is not actually all that useful, though, it most definitely is not just that; If anything it would be apple cider vinegar based as thats the go-to DIY lure - apple cider vinegar in a cup with a pump of unscented dish soap to break surface tension, mixed in with a light swirl, and covered with plastic wrap secured with a rubber band on top. Poke some fruit fly size-ish holes in there, and voila. Id say the average DIY trap actually does not work as well as this alone though.Part could be that instructions do not ask for a covering. Some additive, like the dish soap, is obviously reducing surface tension because flies do not land on the liquid and fly off as they may with apple cider vinegar sans dish soap, they simply immediately become half submerged and will eventually sink, or do so rather quickly if you swirl the container a bit. Perhaps the apple cider vinegar method would work equally well with no lid of any type, though instructions always call for one online. As I said this does not though, nor does it require soap, its ready to go. I found it useful to fill up shot glasses and spread them around / top them off for evaporation, though a big bowl like in some pics makes sense if you identify a source of recently hatched flies, as it may be the first stop and decimate the entire population.As always, there cant be additional sources for them to eat and lay eggs or at best these will minimize the flies you see, to actually get rid of them entirely any food source should also go. That can be irritating for a restaurant but its is necessary and frankly gross not to. That includes fridges as they dont necessarily die in them, their metabolism will slow down but they can still get at food. Factory sealed air tight containers like a bag of chips, canned food. anything that a bug would not be able to get into is fine to keep, but most else should go.Finally, use hot water in drains or get the drain fly eliminator type bottle here, it coats the drain and does kill anything there, idk about the claims of multi-week action though. Boiling water works okay too in drains but you should avoid this if you are in a newer construction with pvc pipes like mindell instead of metal ones l, which can handle boiling hot water just fine. I have no idea if sub-boiling point water kills anything, but if youre unsure of the source its worth a shot. Outdoors can often be the source of flies if your windows are open often or dont seal, or your front door leads straight outside into a densely infested area etc. More commonly a handful of flies might get in and live off what they find to eat and multiply though, hence why clearing out everything is key. If nothing works just clean clean clean and keep a lot of traps out, theyll eventually go.Source: Studied drosophila spp. (fruit flies), theyre dumb creatures, had to deal with labs where they were selectively bred and examined (often waking up and flying off). If we had had any food sources it would have been awful, used various traps. I use this in summer at home and the Terrero apple lures / trals w/ clear side windows as well. Works as refill liquid for the traps also.Idk who could use these and get no flies yet have an infestation. unless you dont have fruit flies but gnats or something else. For a true fruit fly it works very well.

Flies are a seasonal abomination in the house. Other fly trap designs we tried had major drawbacks. Either they did not catch many flies, or they were super messy, or cumbersome to install & uninstall.These fly strips solve all those problems. The challenge of designing a fly trap that actually traps all the flies, instead of just a few of them, is solved with this product. Instead of trying to get the flies to go to the trap, put the trap where the flies are going already. Flies congregate on windows. Ergo, design a window-based trap. It seems such an easy-peasy concept, and yet the majority of fly traps/removers don't manage to grasp this basic idea.These sheets are peel & stick. Extremely easy to install. Clean up is not complicated at all (we remove with a paper towel). The sheets are transparent so they mimic the window surface & fool the flies into landing on or walking across the sticky face. Once caught, they don't escape. The sticky remains sticky for as long as you need & is not affected by the temperature in the house.If you have a really bad fly infestation problem, you should see noticeable results within 24-36 hours after installing these, and after about 3 days the vast majority of the flies will be trapped. Total removal will take somewhat longer, but I want to emphasize that 72 hours is the time frame in which you will get major results. Not instant but still excellent.Great product on all counts, from design to utility to effectiveness to price. Don't suffer from fly problems that won't go away because of ineffective, inferior products -- get this one.

This product works, extremely well. I never, ever write reviews for anything, but in this case I feel like I need to.My house has a bad problem with fruit flies during the summer months. And, this year, it's bad. Not only that, but now regular house flies joined in, and I had a ton of them flying around too. It was HORRIBLE.Bug spray helped, but it only helped in the moment. I could spray them all I wanted, and sure, it would kill them right then and there. But, when I sprayed hotspots, they'd all get startled and fly away. I'd kill lots, but plenty would also escape. And, after that, they wouldn't come back to that area for a while. But, in time, they would.I tried more than just bug spray, too. I tried many things to get rid of this problem. I tried using those apple shaped things, the ones you put the liquid inside that attracts and kills them. The first time I used it, it worked somewhat well. But, after a few days, and after enough of them were dead inside of the liquid, they stopped working. I kept getting new ones, but every time I used a brand new one, it seemed to be less and less effective.I tried the vinegar and dish soap thing, too. Pretty much the same outcome as the apple shaped things, except even worse results. Less attraction, less killing.I tried the nuclear option one time as well: bug bombing my home last summer. I purchased a few of those bug bomb canisters. I had to cover tons of surfaces in my home so the chemicals didn't leak into it, and then I had to cage up my cat and leave my home for most of the day, coming back myself once to open up windows to air the place out for a few hours. This absolutely did the job and killed 99.9% of them. However, a few things I dislike about this method. One, having to vacate my home for most of the day. Two, having to cover up all the surfaces of my home and be extra cautious when dealing with the entire situation. Three, the fact that it released a spray/vapor everywhere, hence why everything needed to be covered up. And four, but the worst part: They came back. It must not have killed them ALL, because in a few weeks, the problem was back. Unfortunate.If only there was a product that was efficient, kept working for a long period of time, didn't require me to leave my home or be extremely cautious when using it, didn't scare them away so they would go to the same places just to die, and was quick and easy to setup.Oh wait, there is. And this is it.This bug issue is a big problem. Well, it WAS a big problem. I say "was" because, thanks to this product, it isn't anymore.I had three main hotspots in my home: one in the kitchen by the sink, one in my living room in front of the couch on my coffee table, and one in my gaming room on my shelves.I ordered the five pack.The first two, I hung in my kitchen. I have a large kitchen, so I hung one at each end, one of which directly above the center of the hotspot there.The third and fourth went into my living room. This room is also quite large, hence why I used two. One, I hung from the light fixture that lights the room. The second, I hung right next to the coffee table a few feet above it.The fifth and final strip, I hung off of a nail coming out of the top shelf in the gaming room.Please note that the only reason I used two in any room was because these were decently big rooms. Be safe, don't stuff two or three of these things into your small bedroom.After the first 24 hours, I absolutely noticed a reduction in their numbers.After 72 hours (three days), however, they're gone. 99.9% of them. There's still the extremely occasional fly here and there, but at this point it's rare. And it's becoming more and more rare as time ticks on. Considering these last up to 4 months, I can rest assured the problem is gone. Like I said, my home only has this issue in the hot months, which these will be more than enough to cover.Normally, when I turned on my faucet, I'd see a bunch of fruit flies get startled and swarm around. I knew these things were the real deal the first time I turned on the faucet and saw 0 movement. Every time since then, I've looked as hard as I could for any movement when I turned on the faucet, and nothing. This is where the problem was the absolute worst, and now there's literally none of them there.This product is not a REPELLENT. And that's a GREAT thing. Why Well, if you're using this product, chances are, the bugs are already inside of your home. Using a repellent would not fix the problem. They aren't going to open the front door and leave your house because of a repelling chemical, they're just going to find somewhere else in your home to migrate to.With this product, the flies don't even know there's a chemical there. They think everything is normal, they behave totally normally. And that's what we want. The fruit flies still love my drain. But, if they go there, they die. Quickly, too. They won't just scatter and go somewhere else, they'll simply die. Bug spray will kill them too, but it will also make that area unattractive to them, so they move, and eventually return to that same area once the spray has worn off. So you spray again, and again. No more, not with this product. Hang it where you see the most of them, and that's it.I've had the product for a week now. I can absolutely attest to everything this product claims to do, except for how long it claims to last, which is 120 days (4 months). I haven't had the product long enough to confirm that claim for myself firsthand, but considering every other claim the product made I've seen to be true firsthand, I feel pretty confident on trusting this final claim.I can also report that I've had no ill effects to my own health. Nor has my cat, and I've watched him like a hawk. Interestingly, the same chemical used in this is used in flea collars for cats as well, which is right under their nose and mouth, so I'm not to worried about this product and the small amount it releases into the air in a time-released, controlled fashion. Like an air freshener.So yeah, I'd highly recommend this product. I'm just one of MANY reviewers who has claimed that they tried everything but THIS is the product that worked. And it's true.Note: I would try your best not to expose the strips to heat. Exposing the strips to heat can make the chemical release faster and in larger quantities, which is not good. I'd try to keep it out of direct, hot sunlight, and away from any other potential heat source.Cheers and good luck!

My fridge broke and over the weekend my landlord replaced it with a fridge that turned out to be infested with roaches! I have a service animal and the landlord's pest control company couldn't guarantee their chemicals were pet-safe. This was recommended to me by a friend.With no choice but to declare war on these kitchen infiltrators, I ordered a bottle at 6am while getting ready for work and I got SAME DAY delivery! I went home and with my battle plans laid out, and launched a ground attack at nightfall. The enemy roaches were quick to respond, sending out their fiercest and biggest soldiers at speeds only witnessed by the gods above! I sprayed every inch of Fort Kitchen, whereupon dozens of roaches met their rightful deaths, quickly and painfully, as I screamed at the top of my lungs and ran into the frontlines of battle, valiantly defending that which is my sacred home!Some say the battle lasted days, others say it lasted minutes. At the end of it all, as the peppermint mist cleared on the horizon of Mt. Trashcan, the casualties of war were made known to all. Dozens upon dozens of carcasses, belly-up in defeat...One fierce general escaped and retreated to higher ground in attempts to launch a sneak attack on Makeup Mountain in Fort Bathroom. My troops attacker with even greater ferocity, fresh off our victorous kills, and General Giant Roach was easily captured in the prison cell of Nearby Padded Envelope, whereupon he was unsuccessfully interrogated in a language of screams only the neighbour's dog could understand, before he was ultimately sentenced to a swift but humane death.The battles were tough and troops were weary as the night turned to dawn. But as the sun rose this morning, a clear message had been sent to all nearby rebels: Mighty Mint is an impenetrable force and if you ever find yourself under attack, you WILL come out victorious... And maaaaybe a little emotionally traumatized. But with the affordability of this product, you can still easily cover the cost of therapy. Also, my entire house smells like that chocolate peppermint patties. And who doesn't love to literally be able to smell their own victory ;)

Short review: works very well. Kills them on contact, does have a smell but its like a normal house cleaner or other natural cleaners, and does leave a greasy residue but its easily cleaned up. My 2 dogs arent bothered by it at all.Long review: Ive been in my current apartment complex for 5 years, no issues with any pests. I transferred into a newly renovated unit and first thing I see are roaches. I called pest control to spray but Im still seeing them. NOW I understand it can take time for the treatment to work but this is my first time dealing with roaches and I had no idea what to do or where to start, especially with my two dogs to worry about. Found this after searching for pet friendly pest control for roaches. Like the reviews said, it works quickly. It takes more than a few sprays to kill them but Im also impatient and tired of seeing and killing them at this point. The spray is greasy so the roaches slip around and stumble and then soon stop moving, this happens in mere seconds mind you. I know this product is for killing individual pests and not to be used as a barrier, but I spray all the baseboards and areas where Ive seen them for peace of mind, especially since this is safe around pets. So I of course noticed the strong/offensive odor some reviews mention. I personally dont find the smell offensive, its strong because I sprayed so much, but its not unbearable. Reminds me of other natural pest control sprays Ive used. The greasy residue is easily cleaned up and I havent noticed any staining on any surfaces (walls and some furniture). Ive ordered more since I dont think this problem will be solved in a couple days. One review I think mentioned about this not being as effective when it expires but Id probably use it as a barrier spray to help keep them at bay.