Red Top Fly Trap x 2

I keep chickens in my garden and over the summer have seen a problem with flies. After doing some research I saw these traps recommended so decided to give them a try. I have not been disappointed. The instructions are clear enough and once in situ it works wonders. The mixture at the bottom stinks though, reminds me a bit of a carrion smell so certainly not something you want inside the house. I was unsure whether the location of the trap would be suitable as the flies seem to congregate above the chicken house (in the sun) but I had to hang this in the tree. I can say that tis has not been a problem at all. After about 2 weeks in place there has to be a good inch of bodies in the bait bag! To explain how the trap works: You mix water with the bait in the bottom of the bag then attach the red 'plate' to the top of the trap (this seems to be to prevent larger flying insects such a bees being caught). You then hang the trap somewhere and the flies are drawn to the 'attractively scented' bait. The trap contains a wire mesh inverted cone which means the flies can get in but struggle to get back out, they eventually tire and drown in the bait. So, if you're looking for something to use outside, where the smell won't affect you, this is the thing to buy! Very, very affective and very easy to use.

Genocide is the right word. Mine catch thousands and thousands. These are very simple and highly effective. You mix the warm water with the bait powder and then pour this in. Leave it to hang in the sun with the cap closed for 24 hours. By this time flies are probably being attracted to it already. Then you move the cap to the open position and leave it do it's work. It has a mesh funnel which the flies can crawl down, but not back up. Once they are in, they are trapped. And as you catch some, and they start to decompose, it'll bring more. These do smell, but if you can keep it away from the house - they recommend 15m, but 10 seems to be okay, unless the wind blows the odour through a window - I have found it to be fine. The dead flies can be used as compost, or just put in the bin if you prefer. But it is best to wait for them to dry out a bit. They really need to be in the sun, so they warm up and the odour can be picked up by the flies. We notice a huge reduction to the numbers of flies in the house. They last for a couple of months at least, but I usually just hang another and let the first one catch a few more while the second gets up to speed.

Trap managed to kill not all but several million of our summer flies in the garden, couldn't put too near the house as the smell was horrific. Best traps we've used and will be getting some more in the spring....

Sceptical before I bought it , however it is incredibly good at catching flies. Stinks if downwind so follow instructions on positioning it away from the house. Can't recommend it highly enough. We are near livestock so we get a lot of flies, far less now!

I put 4 of these up a couple of weeks ago, without much hope to be honest, and then forgot about them. I went back to check and was amazed - 3 of the 4 had i would estimate about 2 pints of dead flies in (yuk) and several of their friends in there, to be joining them shortly! Oddly the one I had the least hope for was the most successful - in the middle of a tree and not in direct sunlight. I will be getting another 5 to spread around and see how many more of them I can get. We live near a cattle farm which is probably be the source of them. Very highly recommended - it seems to me they don't need to be in such direct sunlight as I thought from the instructions, but it has been warm so maybe that's what helped. Also it only seems to kill the horrible flies, bluebottles, house flies, not the bees, butterflies, etc. There aren't really any downsides, apart from they seem to smell, but only a little, to attract the flies, so I wouldn't put them too close to the house - but I consider that a worthwhile trade off. And disposing of them, but I would rather have a bag full of dead flies than the sods flying round my house and garden. And it is supposed to be safe to empty into the compost heap, there are no nasty chemicals involved. Brilliant, an excellent product.

Oh my! We moved to a house on a working farm, and as spring arrived so did the flies. We were invaded, scores of them in the house, and it was very distressing. We bought an electrocuting light, and various other things to help in the house - but they were arriving as quickly as we could exterminate them. I had a look online to see if there was anything we could do to stop them coming in in the first place, and discovered this fly trap. Having read the reviews we decided to give it a try. Reviewers said it was smelly, so to keep to the instructions of having it far from the house. We are not able to put it above head hight, due to our situation, however we have put it near the end of the garden. After 3 days it began to attract a fly or two, and I was not sure if it had been worth it - however, after a week the flies were literally lining up to enter - watching it just now, every 10-20 seconds one or two flies were entering, and once in they just can't get out. The smell... well, it is like drains, but is very faint (having said that, of course it could be more unpleasant on hot days, I don't know that yet), I was standing just next to it and it there was a whiff or two , that is all. (The macabre fascination that watching it holds is surprising, I must say!) And most importantly... are there less flies in the house? Absolutely!! Now we have just a "normal" amount, the occasional fly in the house, which the electric fly killer deals with nicely. I am hugely pleased with this product.

Great as always

Wow. Just... wow. I was not optimistic when I ordered these as I didn't think I'd be able to adhere to the instructions. Place in full sun. Well, that was a joke right there. In the UK? Place at least 15 metres (if I recall correctly) from the house. Nope. I don't have that much garden. Place between where flies are likely to breed and the house. Nope. They'd have to compete with the bins. Place at head height. Ah, now that I could do. First of all - do the setting up outside. Don't even open the sachet indoors. It stinks. Second - check, if you can, that it doesn't leak. Mine had a pinhole puncture and I didn't discover it until it had been up a day. It was replaced without too much demure - I had to show photographic evidence but the new one was soon delivered. Day one - a couple of flies. Day two - half a dozen. Ten days - I'm not kidding there's a layer of dead flies 3cm thick at least. Does it smell? Well, yes, a bit like the bins but even on a warm day you'd have to be within arm's reach to smell it. Definitely recommend - as long as you get the Red Top product and not an imitation