Bonide Mosquito Beater, 32 oz Ready-to-Spray Insect Repellent, Kills Mosquitoes, Flies and Ticks, Long Lasting Control Outdoors

I used a cedar spray for years. I think it was under the trade name "pet safe" or something like that and it worked reasonably well. We live in the moutains of vermont in the woods and bugs are a way of life - even at late night when the no-see-ems come through the screens and give you a million bites while you're watching TV. I have sprayed my yard with this stuff about every 3 weeks and I am finding that it has significantly reduced the bug population. I've been sure to hose down the grass, shrubs, driveway, under the decks, and into the trees as far as I can reach.It is pretty indescriminate on what it kills - so I have not sprayed my veggie garden or the fruiting shrubs which were in flower. I have seen honey bees again within a day of spraying - bees travel quite a ways to their food source.I am getting ready to spray agin this weekend becuase the horse-flies are now coming out - ouch. It has been wonderful to be able to have the windows open at night (with screens) and not have a million no-see-ems come thorugh, that has been really pleasant. It is noticble that when I walk accross the street to my neighbor's I get bitten alive so it's definiately doing a wonderful job in my lawn. It's been ages since I have seen a mosquito. We have a really long hose so I try to cover about an acre with one sprayer moving quickly around the property.I does not smell so great - kind of chemically - it fades in about 4 hours.

I had been buying this from my local garden store because it works so well, then realized I could save $ by subscribing here on amazon. It kills mosquitos and keeps them away. Doesn't affect the bees (or wasps), so garden is fine. I don't spray over my garden and edible plants. But I have a LOT of trees in my big yard and bugs are a BIG problem. Love that this stuff doesn't reek of chemicals in the air afterward either.

I live near a swamp in Jersey so I cant be outside for more than a minute without getting bitten by bugs. I have tried 2 other backyard sprays with different chemicals and they lasted a handful of days. This stuff however works great. It reduces the mosquite population to nearly none, though there still are some stragglers. I do need to spray this once a week though as I can see it begin to lose its potency after 5-6 days, especially if there are heavy rains during that time. But I noticed the differece where I sprayed this in the backyard and the front doorway. I used to have to sprint to my car every morning through a cloud of mosquitos, feeling them bounce off of my face as I run, lest I get bitten. I actually got a mosquito in the eye 3 weeks ago and that was the last straw. Well now my yard is visibly less crowded with flying insects and I havent gotten a single bite since I began spraying this stuff. I do notice however that when I am taking the garbage to the curb, the bugs come at with a vengence, but in my yard, where I sprayed this stuff, they are almost not there at all.I only have maybe 1/10th of an acre to spray, and after 3 sprays I still have more than half a bottle left, so this will definately hold me off until winter. I will definintely be buying another 3-4 of these bottles some time before next spring. This seems to be the only spray that lasts more than 2 days when I use it.Update August 16, 2013I moved to a different house and I am no longer near that swap (thank god). There were no mosquitos at all until about mid May, and even then their numbers were small (only one out of 6 of us got a bug bite while sitting out at night). However it rained more this June than it has ever (according to Weather dot com at least) and then the mosquitos were inhibiting me from being outside for more than a minute, my wife mowed the lawn and came inside with 15+ welts from being outside less than 30 minutes. I now live in a suburb development and have about a 1/4 acre to spray. I once again tried the locally available stuff with that has Lambda Cyhalothrin in it, which held the bugs away for about 6 days before I got 2 bites. I then reordered this stuff, sprayed it liberally (went through half a bottle) and I havent been bitten and its been 9 days as of this writing. I want to reiterate what another reviewr said, this stuff does have quite the chemical smell, something very noticeable if you try spraying into the wind and it comes back at you. It does dissipate in a couple of hours, but its worth the 4 hour smell for not getting bitten for 2 weeks or more.

I have tried so many products before that were all highly rated and were supposed to be for the toughest. Some of them worked for an hour or two while others did not work at all. I think some of them may even need to be relabeled as "Wine or Champagne for mosquitos". One application of this Mosquito beater and my yard was mosquito free. Not only for the event on the night I sprayed it, but I went into my backyard the following morning without any mosquito repellant on and did not get one bite. I am sticking with this products.

When I purchased this product, I didn't know that I would have to attach it to a garden hose and add water. I didn't want that kind of spray. Also, I was led to believe that it was safe for birds, lizards, etc. and just repelled mosquitoes. It kills everything in sight. I find many of the bugs on my property very useful and don't want to kill them - the ladybugs that eat aphids, the dragonflies that eat mosquitoes, etc. Then the birds and lizards eat the poisoned bugs and I'm not sure what the consequences of that are, but they couldn't be good. I don't fault Amazon for this. I fault the Bonide company for not being more informative in their advertising of this product.

I live in Southern California and have an issue with mosquitoes, flies and fleas in the warmer months. I have outdoor cats as do my neighbors, as well as other small wildlife plus a vegetable garden. We don't get much rain so this lasts quite awhile and I get great results after one application (maintenance after that). I spray my heavier vegetation borders and paths. If you are an organic gardener, concerned for pets and pollinators then this is for you. The price is a bit higher because it is not full of toxic insecticides. Spray early morning or evening as sun sets at base of plants/ground level (not high all over plants).