Katchy Midnight Indoor Insect Trap – Auto/Manual Mode – Blue Light & Fan Suction Catcher for Mosquito, Fruit Fly, Gnat, Fungus Gnat & Moth – Ideal for Kitchen & Indoor Plants (Black)

I have had my Katchy for more than three years. I was introduced to it in Vietnam when i was visiting family. I was very impressed and came back to the US and bought one myself. IT WORKS VERY WELL. It is best at catching small flies, gnats and great at catching mosquitos. I have found that it does not catch house flies well, but they don't really bother much. I even took it with me when I went to Africa for over a year. It really kept the mosquitos down. I know that people have said many negative things about this, but from my perspective almost all of what they complain about is user error or expectations that are unrealistic. Keep the sticky cardboard changed and place the Katchy in an area near an entrance or where it can be seen clearly by the little flying buggers. I like my Katchy.

In the heat and humidity of Florida summers, the gnats can drive one insane. This device has a steep price tag, and the description sounds a little exaggerated--like a sales pitch. But fly-tapes don't work--they catch 'em, but they are SO messy (touch one with the elbow of a shirt, and by the time you've gotten loose, the shirt is ruined). Sprays don't work that well--they can't keep up with the gnats' reproductive rate--and you toxify everything else in the room. So in desperation I tried the Katchy. It comes professionally packaged--reminding me slightly of an iPhone. But once out of the boxes, I became suspicious. It's just a blue (ultraviolet?) light over a vacuuming fan blowing on a circle of sticky paper. I thought, oh, no, this thing is for mosquitoes! I don't have problems with them. But I turned it on. I let it run for an hour or so, wondering if it would catch anything--that particular day there didn't seem to be any gnats (I had emptied all the garbage). I checked it. Happily the bottom is hinged, and with a click of the release, it drops down, revealing the circle of sticky paper. Five captures! I was impressed. I let it run for the rest of the day (again, this was a day in which the gnat problem wasn't bad), and I saw its sticky floor was sprinkled with a dozen or more, including other bugs. As a loyal American who respects tradition (and therefore never reads the instruction manual first) I ran the thing all day and night, then found out the instructions are to run it only at night! I don't know about that. I am not bothered by gnats at night. I am bothered by them in the daytime. The unit has two controls: manual and automatic (which means it turns on/off with sunset/sunrise). By now the sticky disc is carpeted with gnats (yahoo!), but if I let it turn off during the day, I begin to see gnats again. My compromise is this: I let it run at night, but if I see a gnat by day, I turn it on manually for a few hours. My only criticism is that it's quite large--hard to place both near me and near the garbage--I mean, I can live with gnats in the garbage until I take it out; its those that pester ME that brought the Katchy to my home. But life is good. The gnat problem is controlled. It remains to be seen how long this device lasts before wearing out. I does have moving parts. BTW, I've never seen a survey question for "Adhesion" before. Guessing it refers to how many bugs get stuck permanently on the disk (which implies past problems with escapees?), I gave it a 3 because I honestly don't know how many if any fly back out of it. As of now the sticky disc is covered with dead gnats and other bugs, and it's about due for a replacement. So far, it's great!

No Katchy Katchy, no worky. I have fruit fly's around the Kitchen sink and a plant across the room. I set it up near the sink for a week, right where they all like to fly around and annoy me, and it caught 1 fruit fly, I think it was by luck alone. Then I set it near the plant for a few days and it caught zero. I tried it in auto mode at night only, and I let it run 24/7 I don't think the blue light is attracting them, they don't seem to want to go near the thing, even though they can sit on fruit or a plant right next to it. I was hoping it would work but I guess its back to the drawy board to find something else that Katchee's fruit flys.

This is a powerful product that does its job extremely well. I've tried many different ways to deal with fruit flies, but nothing is as effective as this unit. It was so effective I got a second one, because we keep fruit in two different areas in our kitchen. I also bought one for my very elderly mother. The automatic setting is great, and when it's quite warm and we have not just fruit but farm stand tomatoes in fairly large quantities, I leave it on all day. It catches more than just fruit flies, too. Pantry pests, moths, flies - there are a variety of bugs that get caught in it! I would give it 5 stars if it were easier to clean. The tray that holds the sticky trap is easy enough to deal with, but the fan screen inside the unit under the light is ridiculously difficult to clean. I've been reluctant to remove the interior screws to remove the electric part of the unit for fear that once I do it won't work properly afterwards, so I use a variety of narrow implements to scrape out the dusty gunk that settles oni the grill and fan grate. But it's ridiculous to have to do this! It should be fairly easy to enable the top part of the unit to open, enabling a proper cleaning. The unit can't do its job if air can't flow through it! Apart from that, it's a very useful and easy to use item that we rely on nearly all year.

This product is the only thing that actually works to catch bugs in the house. Prior to getting it, I'd tried everything to remove those tiny pests from my home, from DIY solutions to the best rated bug catchers I could find, and the most I ever snared was one fly. Then I stumbled across this. I've had this product running in my house on automatic mode (which means it switches on when the light in the room gets dark enough) since September 2022. It's now October 2024. This thing *lasts* and it absolutely obliterates the bug population! I love looking into the bottom at all the bugs stuck to the sticky pad, knowing they're no longer trying to get into my eyes, food, and reptile enclosures. A few things I have noticed over the last two years of use: 1. It does take a few days for the bug population to go down once you first set the device up. I live in a two floor home with a basement and while the flies do get everywhere, they're concentrated primarily around the kitchen trash so the device is on the kitchen counter near the trash. One device has been enough for my home, although a larger infestation, or one concentrated in multiple areas, may need more than one device. 2. Use manual mode with caution. I'm not sure if the bugs develop some sort of resistance to the light of the device if it's on all the time, but in my experience they stop being attracted to it when I use manual mode. If you set the device to automatic and let it turn itself on and off, however, it will continue to attract flies for years to come. So, if you do decide to use manual mode, pay attention to when it stops attracting bugs and don't just leave it with the light on all the time. 3. Pay attention to the number of bugs caught and the general stickiness of the pad at the bottom. Once it's no longer sticky, it will stop catching bugs and when the device turns off, they'll be able to fly right back out. How often you need to change the pad really depends on how many bugs are in your house and how dusty your house is (since dust can also get on the pad). Good luck, fellow fly fighters! May your quest to clear your home of tiny tyrants be as successful as mine has been!

It kind-of catches gnats and fruit flies. I saw more of them on the outside than in the trap. Which was strange given that the fan is advertised to suck them in the trap. Sticky pad was not as sticky as expected. I swear one of the little guys was moonwalking across the pad mocking me. The light wasn't too bright and fan wasn't too loud; which was nice for night time use. Honestly, apple cider vinegar and soap works better than this; just smells bad. Mosquitos were where not interested in this trap; used inside and outdoor.

I love this thing. I bought two a couple of years ago and they’ve been running ever since. I’ve already had to repurchase the sticky pad refills because they catch so many bugs. Setup was simple, and I leave them on automatic mode so they kick on at night. You really notice the difference, far fewer gnats and mosquitoes around the fruit bowl or kitchen. They’re a little pricey, sure, but the peace of mind and cleaner home make it worth it. Bottom Line: Quiet, effective, and long lasting. A bit expensive, but totally worth it once you see how well it works.

I don’t usually write reviews but I felt it was important to write one about this product. I just want to tell people it works. My apartment is near an area where there’s lots of mosquitoes. I’ve been trying to buy plants or sticky adhesives to fix the problem. Nothing worked except this. When I was looking at Amazon I thought I was gonna have to get one of those electrical bug zappers. The ones that are loud and sometimes have a smell when they fry a mosquito. And I saw this product and thought I would give it a try. It’s pretty simple it uses a light to attract mosquitoes and a fan to suction them into the trap chamber and in the trap chamber there’s adhesive bottom. It only works for one room, so using it for your whole house is not completely feasible. When I use it for one room it’s the master bedroom and make sure it’s very dark and put it in at about seven or 8 PM and leave it going until bedtime. Make sure the door is closed and nobody goes in and out of the room. The first time I used it it caught nine mosquitoes. Then later I realize there was one left in the room. I thought to myself oh my god this is great !!! It caught 90% of the mosquitoes. If it wasn’t for this machine I’d be sleeping with 10 mosquitoes biting me all night. So one got away, it’s not perfect but it does a really damn good job. Here’s how I use it for my small apartment, when I go to bed I take the machine out of the master bedroom and put it in the kitchen my apartment is only a total of 1000 ft.² which is small and I set up the device outside the bedroom. I make sure all lights are off. And in the morning I check the trap. Again it’s not perfect but in the morning there’s always many more mosquitoes caught. Everyone of those mosquitoes is a mosquito that’s not biting me. I hope this review helps