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★★★★★
10's of thousands of bugs were harmed in the making of this review.
I've owned this product for over a year now (452 days according to Alexa). I live in coastal Georgia in the country, so think 'lots of bugs'. I bought this little killer because it's fairly dark where i live and a tremendous number of bugs are drawn to any light source, even shaded windows of rooms with a light on, so that at night every insect imaginable was crawling all over the house. My property is about 0.8 acres with the house about centered, so a large front and back yard. Since I like to spend evenings on my back patio I placed the unit near the back fence, probably 60 to 80 feet from the rear of the house. The immediate result was a significant reduction in six legged varmints attracted to the back lit windows. The first several weeks were a continuous chorus of flying fiends frying. I noticed a reduction of pests within a week of installation. I'm pretty sure even my neighbors, who tend to keep their outside lights off at night, probably noticed a difference, too. I started out with it on a timer set to approximately dusk to dawn, but the timer failed after about a month or so. Since then I have just left it on 24/7 (it's only 40 Watts). I like to write reviews after I've owned a product a while to see if and when it fails. I'm writing this because the bulb just burned out. If Alexa got the number of days correct (she seemed pretty sure of herself), then the bulb lasted over 10,000 hours. This is a year in a climate that destroys most outdoor items pretty quickly. Extreme UV from sunlight, heavy dew almost every day, severe outdoor mold, cold (it gets cold here, it just doesn't last long), lots of rain, and one hurricane, and the only problem is a burned out bulb after 10,000 hours of continuous operation. Yeah, I think 5 stars are earned.
Note: 10's of thousands of bugs were harmed in the making of this review.
Edit: I did the math and decided to add a new timer. This one got good reviews: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00002NB2X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and the math says, at 12 cents/KWH (the national average), that it will pay for itself in 3 months using the 40W model. If it also extends the bulb life then the savings are even greater.
August 2017 · Patio Lawn and Garden · verified purchase