Fruit Fly BarPro – 4 Month Protection Against Flies, Cockroaches, Mosquitos & Other Pests – Non-Toxic & Portable for Indoor & Outdoor Use

I own a large flock of parrots and I have plenty of dogs too. Even when I try to keep up with cleaning if I get a gnat problem, it can really spiral out of hand. My sister introduced me to this product and at first I was very wary due to it being a time released vapor and I did not know how my birds would react, but I am happy to say one fly bar in the bird room was all I needed. My flock is okay And very happy to not be overwhelmed by gnats in their cages. There’s nothing odd with them behaviorally and I especially checked the ones that are closest to the bar and they are fine. This stuff literally works overnight. Within hours there is a decrease in gnats and in days they are completely eradicated. There are no new gnats breeding, even on droppings, garbage cans, and any flies that make it into my home don’t make it to the next morning. I am so satisfied with this product that I raved about it to my other parrot owner friends and they too are loving it! You can look up the MDMS for peace of mind, but as long as you do not have large quantities of this fly bar in an enclosed area, your birds will be okay. I have seen similar products since from more well known brands but they do not boast mess free vapor while this does so even though these are pricier I will still stock up for my fiddos! Don’t overthink it, I tested it for you. Just grab it!

So I had a huge gnat infestation. I had black drain flies everywhere in my house since the beginning of May of this year. They were coming out the drains and the vents. I did everything to get rid of them including vinegar, sugar, salt, boiling hot water, drain cleaner, green gobbler, NOTHING HELPED...These little suckers breed every 24-48 hours, so the more I kill, the next morning it's triple gnats everywhere in EVERY room. Kitchen, hallway, bathrooms, bedrooms, laundry room, living room, office room. They were in every room and on the walls like crazy!!..I was doing over 13,000 steps alone each day killing these things EVERYDAY and EVERY MINUTE!!!...I was at my whits end. I was able to do some research and came across this bar. I was super skeptical, and very pessimistic, even after I read the reviews. I decided to purchase 5 of these bars thinking that it was too pricey and not going to work. When they came in the mail, I put one in the hallway and two in the kitchen 30 feet away from each other, one in the laundry room and one in my office. I usually see the most activity in the kitchen, hallway and laundry room. After 6 hours until the next day, I have only seen one or two gnats in the kitchen, none in the hallway {maybe one or two if that}, laundry room is about 5 a day compared to 30-40 each day, my office I see about 4-5 each day compared to 20-30 each day. I brought 3 more for my bathroom, one in my sons bathroom, and another one for the laundry room. **THEY DO WORK** I am able to get my house back to normal and not see the those nasty black gnats in everyroom like before. I also brought the yellow butterfly sticky traps and it works wonders along with the bar. Stay consistent and patient is the key!

"You could mention easy to use, value for money or longevity" -- Amazon's suggestion for this product review Per the back of the product package: "If this product is used within homes, use only in closets, wardrobes and cupboards." More generally, it can be used in "garbage rooms, lavatories, floor drains (to sewer), entries and vestibules, offices, locker rooms, machine rooms, boiler rooms, utility equipment, garages, mop closets and product storage (after canning and bottling)." "This product may be used in non-food/feed areas... DO NOT use in areas where people will be for an extended period of time." Seems like it's probably not a good idea to use this product in the home. What if I go for broke and put it next to a window that I like to keep open at least sometimes? "Place... away from windows.... [as] drafts, weather and other conditions may affect performance." The above quotes are from the back of the package. As for the novella we are given to read on this product's Amazon page, buried near the end is this handy little warning: this product should not be used in areas where people spend more than 15 hours per day. You mean, areas like my freaking HOME?? That's a deceptively important warning that I totally failed to notice before buying this product. The active ingredient in this product is an insecticide called dichlorvos. According to Wikipedia, dichlorvos is a neurotoxin that also damages insect DNA. That seems to be how it kills insects, but it has been shown to affect higher-order animals, as well, including humans. "Acute and prolonged exposure may lead to death, genotoxic, neurological, reproductive, carcinogenic, immunological, hepatic, renal, respiratory, metabolic, dermal and other systemic effects. Its toxicity is due to the ability of the compound to inhibit acetyl cholinesterase at cholinergic junction of the nervous system." ("Dichlorvos toxicity: A public health perspective", Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu and Iwara Arikpo Iwara). Prevalent in urban waterways, each tenfold increase in organophosphate metabolites (like dichlorvos) is associated with a 50-70% increase in the odds of ADHD in children. (Wikipedia) The DHHS says it may reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen. The EPA has revised the acceptable use parameters for dichlorvos down multiple times, and the EU has banned it outright. The Washington State Department of Health issued a warning about the chemical called "Pest Strips with Dichlorvos." They wrote, "Organophosphate pest strips (strips that contain dichlorvos) are legal, but we are concerned they are making people sick, especially if they are not used according to their directions. We are working... to improve warnings... and make the restrictions about occupied areas more clear on the product label. The strips should not be used in general living or sleeping areas. "The label also says the pest strips can be used in vacation homes, cabins, and mobile homes - but only if “unoccupied for more than four months immediately following placement of pest strip."" (end quote) I have two young children in my home. Thank goodness that I am assiduous about reading the instructions that manufacturers provide on their products, or I would have exposed my family to a carcinogenic neurotoxin that was never supposed to be in home in the first place. And I'm not the only one. Reading the Q&A's, it's evident that many people who have bought this product are completely oblivious to its risks, meaning they did NOT read the manufacturer's instructions. For example, somebody (apparently trying to piece together how a product with so many restrictions could possibly be meant for home use) asked if it would be effective throughout the home if placed in a closet. One after another, other customers responded, "Why would you do that? I put it here and there and everywhere in my home! It's great!" I can't blame them. We've gotten used to a corporate world that looks out for our safety -- if only at the behest of the federal government. Like others, I bought this product assuming it was safe for my home simply because it's on Amazon. I assumed, without even thinking about it, that if a commercial/industrial-use product with only a handful of safe residential applications were to be sold on Amazon, this would be made very clear in the product title alone, not to mention the subsequent text and images. Other sellers are careful not to mislead and disappoint buyers about much less serious things. We should all know better than to totally cede all responsibility for our own health and welfare to regulators and businesses. I hope somebody reads this and buys something else.

I have been fighting fruit flies and gnats for over a YEAR. I have tried everything from hot water and liquid bleach down the drain to removing plants and there is absolutely no food out ever, but they'll swarm your dinner plate or glass before you can even finish eating. I am stumped as to WHY they insist on living here except to utterly drive me insane. I have the sticky things in the outlets and even the Katchy device. They all work great trapping what they can, but STILL the gnats and fruit flies have prevailed. I finally discovered this product and I was skeptical - even scared with the warning, but I am/was SO desperate, I decided to give it a try. After the first 24 hours there were 1-2 flying enemies, but it has been almost 2 weeks and not a flying enemy in sight! NADA! Even the sticky devices have had a much deserved vacation from being covered in insect carcasses. So now for the downside: These gadgets have mad crazy warnings on them of being carcinogenic, but mind you, I have opted to take the risk out of pure, maddening desperation. Yes, I have it in the kitchen and bathroom... Hopefully, I will be able to move them before they cause me any harm, but I had to do what I had to do. So, if you're desperate and will to take the risk, they WILL work. Side note, another reviewer who obviously didn't read thoroughly complained that there were no insects stuck to the bar fly pro. This is NOT a sticky trap. This releases some deadly gas (hopefully not enough to harm us humans) that kills off the insects by attacking their neuro system or something, so use them sparingly and move them to the recommended areas when the coast is clear or just follow the directions and see if you have any luck. I'm just happy to have my home back for now. Good luck!

Please read the product instructions and warnings before purchasing this. It is not safe for use indoors. I wanted something effective that I could use in my kitchen, but it says it should not be used in a room where people spend a lot of time. I placed it in my dumpster instead.

These little bars / strips have proven to be quite effective when correctly used, and seem accurate in their advertised longevity. I’ve gotten to see a bit better as the weather cools and remaining flies in the area, of which there are many due to restaurants’ dumpsters, etc. has sent them in search of warmer hangouts. It almost seems a tradition to fight them off late summer / early fall. At first, without really any flies to worry about, I just placed it kind of randomly. Note, there’s one top review that acts like you can place it no where - you can see the instructions yourself in that pic. “Not the kitchen” doesn’t mean “just closets”, as it lists stuff like offices and bathrooms as okay areas. If you have a fruit fly problem centered around the kitchen, cleaning and drain treatments are probably your answers, along with some traditional traps. I keep a couple of the decorative looking traps in the kitchen area to very good effect. This time I’ve had a strange issue where they seemed to keep coming from a single bathroom. I did what I could to treat the drains, and ultimately I don’t know what the cause was, or if they were actually drain flies, though they didn’t look it. Anyway, placing this had pretty quick results. The key is that unlike most “strips” its primary action is not simply stickiness. It does seem sticky as a couple flies have gotten stuck on it over the months, but it’s basically an area-effect killer. I don’t have much issues with house flies though occasionally one will get in, they of course are very much drawn to the bathroom. I was surprised to find one, then another dead right near this. Upon closer inspection, some fruit flies also lay dead in the general area. That’s pretty effective, I don’t know if it was just flying by or landing on it that did it, but it clearly worked fast. Realizing how it works, or at least that it wasn’t based on stickiness, I put it over a liquid lure, and the 2 pretty much immediately took care of business. I haven’t been bothered since. The price is high, but these do actually last, unlike the apple-shaped traps, which work but IME evaporate within 3 weeks or so, and don’t come with enough liquid to refill (and if I did half as much they’d evaporate even quicker). The liquid lure has been more effective for that style, whether put in a decorative glass trap or just some plastic cups. It already has something in it that reduces surface tension, eliminating the need to add soap, which, if chosen wrong, can be a deterrent. The lure liquid also doesn’t require the funnels or plastic wrap tops, either in directions or in practice, flies just go for it and get sucked in. Not all will go for the traps though, and this seems to handle the more “cautious” intruders. Living in the city, fruit flies are a yearly issue - even if I manage most of the summer without seeing more than 1 occasionally, unless you live as a shut in, more than 1, or one carrying eggs, will always get inside the house, and that’s been the case repeatedly. I imagine it’s the proximity to a main street - sharing a back alley with the restaurants etc. at that - that keep them around the area. Like many, I’ve used the old apple cider vinegar trick instead of the pre made lures, which does work if there are no desirable food sources but does require the soap addition, as well as a funnel or other physical one-way trap, but struggles if you aren’t extremely vigilant about taking all food waste out daily, watching what goes in the disposal, etc. For many that is easier said than done, and I hope most don’t have to discover a freshly laid batch - the stuff of nightmares (Though admittedly satisfying to coat in bug spray and throw out, knowing you’ve snuffed out a potential outbreak, given how 2 quickly becomes 20 which can become.. a lot, which nobody wants). In places like restaurants or just houses with kids etc., avoiding any food waste can be difficult, especially as at least here, fruit flies seem adapted to survive off anything from their namesake fruit to dairy products, random drain gunk, and god knows what else. To be sure, a thorough cleaning is necessary to start getting rid of them if they appear, but is not likely to completely get rid of them with multiple people/bigger house or anything like that, as well as restaurants, bars, etc., where they can hurt business, cost money (especially in bars that aren’t gross that would have to throw out any liquor they get into, as its an attractant), and all the rest, even in a well run place The specialized traps and lures do their part, as I said, but this is actually cheaper for the amount of time you get out of it. I don’t know if they’d work alone, but a couple can help get rid of any very quickly, as well as any other flying intruder I’ve seen. I still think there should be an extra 1 or 2 for the price, but it’s still a good product.

Not really sure what happened but the second round isn't working like the first time. So the first time, e had a petty bad infestation, swarms, just picture that. We went on vacation, came can and, disgusting. Nothing else could kill the the small ones, so they just kept hatching. Even putting bleach in liquids, etc. So we bought these. It was incredible how fast all of them died the first time. It only took two hours to kill most, and by the next day, all of the flying bugs disappeared. We didn't see any for the entire 4 months. But when they wore out, there was a few that came back. We ate sure there are some coming from outside, and some from the drain but we live in a rental, so there's only so much we can do. So we bought another three to place in the same spots. There weren't even that many, but the Barpro worked so well, we wanted to continue to live without gnats. Maybe because there aren't very many, I don't know. Many we got a bad batch. We went ahead and put out the vinegar bait, which is fine. Maybe we'll try these again if we have a bad swarm. Hopefully e won't. 😉 I still think these are amazing and worth a try.

I for some reason had a drain fly infestation and tried everything to get rid of them. All the diy recommended methods spraying them with rubbing alcohol, green gobbler, apple cider vinegar traps, salt and boiling water down the drain etc. I was determined to do away with them no mater what. I bought this fly strip and after 12 hours these little @#$@ were still swarming. I was so disappointed but after about a day they disappeared. I’m still skeptical but now 10 days later I haven’t seen a single fly It could be a combination of everything but I do believe it was this fly strip. Fingers crossed. lol.