# SkeeterVac

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 30, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711 "2008-06-30T00:01:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711/1 "2008-06-30T00:01:50Z")

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Am I allowed to ask a question about a specific brand/item?

If so, does anyone here have any experience with a SkeeterVac or similar device?

The mosquitoes are bad here this year and I am considering buying one. Going online I can read many favourable reviews, but I would trust a Doper recommendation more than any other.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711/2 "2008-06-30T02:09:40Z")

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Yep, you’re allowed to ask. But I think your thread will do better in IMHO than it will in Cafe Society, so I’ll move it there for you.

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711/3 "2008-06-30T04:44:22Z")

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We were looking at a Mosquito Magnet. A customer of mind had an overabundance of mosquitos in their heavily wooded back yard. They were thrilled with the results of the Mosquito Magnet. They’re just so damned expensive that I wasn’t going to get one without a little more “evidence” than that.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711/4 "2008-06-30T05:00:49Z")

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[QUOTE=Ruby]  
We were looking at a Mosquito Magnet. A customer of mind had an overabundance of mosquitos in their heavily wooded back yard. They were thrilled with the results of the Mosquito Magnet. They’re just so damned expensive that I wasn’t going to get one without a little more “evidence” than that.  
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You might want to read [this.](http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/mosquito-magnet-question.html)

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**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skeetervac/454711/5 "2008-07-01T04:19:25Z")

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Wowza. Good find, **Czarcasm**. Thanks!

Other than the poor record of Mosquito Magnet, is the science behind the technology sound?