Mosquito Magnet Liberty Mosquito Trap MM3000

There's a much easier way to control mosquitos. Get a bunch of five-gallon buckets, put three gallons of water in them, add some dish soap, and finally spray some WD-40 on the water. Mosquitos will try to lay their eggs in the water, and will get stuck because the WD-40 breaks the surface tension on the water. The dish soap will take care of any larvae that do manage to hatch. Place the buckets around your property (high enough so that your dog doesn't drink the water - won't hurt the dog, but will give it diarrhea from the soap) and check them from time to time. You'll be amazed at the number of mosquitos that get caught.


My two cents   August 29, 2003
Lance Douglas (Orlando, FL)
103 out of 107 found this review helpful

I purchased this unit in June from Home Depot. It took 2 hours to assemble (and I'm pretty good at assembling things). It wouldn't complete the warmup cycle properly so I called their tech support line. The wait wasn't too bad for me but the result was that I had a defective unit. I opted to return it to the store rather than wait for the replacement. I complained to the manager about having wasted two hours and another trip to the store and he knocked off $25 bucks on the second unit. I complained because I had read several reviews from people that have received defective units and I think the dealers need to get a message that customers are not happy with quality of the merchandise from this company. Anyway, second unit has been working fine. It did start catching mosquito right away and I noticed a difference within a few days. It's quite fun to check the trap each day to see how many of the little blood suckers are in there. It is hard to get an accurate estimate because the do bunch up and dehydrate but you can see several still buzzing around inside the net and you can point at them and say - HA! For me, the results are proven by less mosquitoes biting or flying around me so I don't worry about counting. My other complaint about this thing is cost. You're dropping a pretty penny for this unit and then don't forget to add on the cost of the tank and the propane - another $40-$50. The propane lasts for 21 days and then you have to refill the tank. You are also suppose to replace the octenol cartridge which run you $20 for 3 (that's less than a three month supply), plus they tell you to buy CO2 cartridges (3 for $10) and run that through the system every second tank. So, doing the math, say a tank refill every 21 days runs you $15 (and that's cheap right now), $7 every 21 days for octenol, $1.50 for CO2, plus electricity - you're looking at upwards of $25 every 21 days in extra hard costs to keep the thing running. That's $35-$40 a month if you like to break it down that way. With that said, if that doesn't scare you off then give the unit a shot. It does make a difference. I won't say there are no more mosquitoes or no-see-ums but I can regularly go out in the yard for a few minutes and come back inside without any bites when before that would not have been possible. It's just hard for me to believe this company charges so much for this thing and then half of them don't work. That aggravates me, but mosquitoes biting my son aggravates me more.


Unreliable and short lived.   December 30, 2003
Tom Garrett (Seabrook, SC United States)
29 out of 29 found this review helpful

I have purchased 2 mosquito magnets that have both stopped working in their second season. These machines are too expensive to be this flimsy. Customer service is argumentative, and rude. A one year warranty is not acceptable for this price.


Don't buy the Mosquito Magnet   March 9, 2004
28 out of 28 found this review helpful

I am on my second unit: the first lasted one season and it took a whole season to get it replaced. They do not perform as advertised. I suspect them of stalling until the warranty expired and then offered a replacement for half-price. Would not buy another unit. Quality is bad; service is bad; they don't work as advertised.


Works well but unreliable   August 21, 2003
21 out of 21 found this review helpful

These units work well but are extremely unreliable. The catalytic converters fill up with carbon soot even when cleaned with CO2 cartridges. I have found the best of both worlds. The MM does a great job attracting mosquitoes but is not efficient at catching them. Install a bug zapper near the exhaust fan. The zapper and the MM work together to kill all types of mosquitoes. After two days the zapper looked as though there was fur covering it there were so many mosquitoes. American Biophysics needs to come up with a unit that does not break down. Four of us at work bought units in June 2003. All four units are broken and replacements units are taking 3-4 weeks to get here.