okay so today we're talking about a bug zapper these things are super popular
especially with the warm weather coming this one's by kapas it is rated for
commercial use indoor or outdoor and it is U L rated and they show the
different bugs that it's supposed to kill and that's something then I'm going
to talk about in this review we're gonna zap some bugs and look at them
afterwards UVA bulbs attract insects we know that
if you're around the light outdoors especially in the summer porch light
something like that they are everywhere UVA bulbs attract insects to cylinders
they misspelled cylinder they're hmm this one comes with its own hanging
bracket it's a nice heavy-duty metal bracket that you can mount on a post or
something and I did not use that but I'm showing it to you and here it is the Kapas
is ul listed bug zapper this comes with a nice long six foot cord
my other one by flow tron has a little short pigtail cord on it and i got this
because my flowtron bulb died for the third time so I'm looking for something
else this thing's heavy built and I like this kind of gnarling here built into
the top nice thick plastic on this housing and it's cylinder shaped the
flowtron that I have is shaped like a square and the bottom piece comes off
here this is one part of it I wish they had changed I'd like to leave that
bottom open so the bugs fall through and of course they're screws on the top if
you ever have to replace this housing this thing is 14 inches tall so it's
good size and it does have a good weight to it it's about 10 inches in diameter
also so if you're worried about the space and this is that heavy-duty
bracket here nice heavy metal material comes with the screws so you can put
that in again I did not use it but I just wanted to show it to you now we're
gonna take this bottom plate off you know you can't leave this bottom plate
off because this plastic piece activates that switch which is on the right there
at the three o'clock position that silver metal piece there ran in through
the u-shape you push and it clicks a switch it turns it on and off so if you
put it on backwards it's not going to come on there's a
little piece of plastic that sticks in there and I'm just showing you the
screws that hold it in place there's only two of them and there's a hole in
the middle there so you can anchor this so if you needed to do that and inside
there's another plastic insert with two screws Phillips heads I highly recommend
you get one of these canned air dusters because you're gonna be able to blow out
the bugs with it super handy and then here's the plug for your light bulb it
has a foam pad on one side and of course we're looking at the bottom here again I
wish they made this so that I could leave it open but you just can't I like
the bugs to fall out I don't want to catch them in that little bin when you
look at the light bulb it seems broken it's kind of flimsy and it moves a lot
here in the housing but that turns out is normal and the bulb works just fine
and it has a threaded screw in ceramic receiver right there just screw it to
the right and tighten it right up and then put the plastic pieces back in they
give you this little brush for sweeping out the bugs I don't want that I'm using
air here it is outside hanging on my clothesline and it is a little cool
today when we're testing it so it's in the 60s the warmer the day those hot
summer nights for example you're gonna get a lot of bugs and I'm gonna show you
how this holds up in wind and rain as well there it is it does not hum it's
nice and quiet the light of course is going to attract the bugs some of the
other bug zappers offer different lures for insects lures for mosquitoes highly
controversial whether or not they attract mosquitoes we're going to test
that out and here it is at night and the bugs are coming to it again if it was
really warm there would be more bugs and I'm gonna test this over a period of
days of course and we're gonna show you the results what kind of bugs does it
zap that's the big question here and here they are there's a lot of mayflies
in there some other kind of flying mosquitoe type bugs there aren't too many
moths in this collection group I did get moths several days later we're gonna go
over that and look at this thing it is jam-packed with bugs
so it's working it is zapping them I think it out my little air duster there
and I cleared it for another wave of bugs here and again when you use the air
duster it just blows them right out of it you don't have to pull that bottom
plate off each time but there is a huge cluster the more bugs that build up the
less powerful the zapper is going to be because they're all drawing on that
electricity you notice these are alternating bars they have to contact both
bars to make it electrocute them and what happens to them after you zap em do
you just throw them away nope watch at the end of the video and I'll show you
what you do what do you feed dead bugs to you feed them to Birds of course and
here we go wow it really loaded right up so but you notice there aren't too many moths
here the may flies and so on we're gonna get a bunch of moths in the next round
that's for sure and for those of you who are enjoying sitting outside and you
just want to hear your bug zapper zap bugs this is great for that
I think it's gonna last a long time it does not draw much power
I think it's pulling about 40 watts and that's it keeps fingers out oh the other
thing is large moths came up to it they can't get in so if your worried about your
Cecropia or Luna moths and things like that Luna moths then they
don't get in they can't be injured so that has a nice protective guard there's
plenty of distance between the outer shell and the inner active electric bars
there and of course the light bulb itself does nothing but attract and it
does not do any zapping itself it's that metal grid in the cylinder not allowing
it there and there's a plastic spacer that they are passed through so you
don't worry about these things touching and shorting out this is ul listed
underwriters laboratories if you're buying anything electric electronic or
whatever you want it to have a ul rating here we are
high winds let's see how it holds up it just hangs there so that cylinder shape
is a big benefit it is physically pretty heavy so it doesn't swing around a lot
and how about the rain yeah that housing cover over the top there keeps the rain
from going in and interacting with the electric grid there I did set it out and
turn it on in the rain just to see if we could get any zapping if there would be
any shorting and there isn't so this thing is definitely pretty good for
being out in the open and even without being under an
over hang of a building for example and I'm impressed with it I have to say
let's get inside and see what kind of bugs we got oh look at that I'm a
beekeeper so it did not hurt my feelings at all to see that the moth here is a
wax moth these are wax moths they lay their eggs
on my beehives and then of course a little wax worms get in there and they
eat the wax comb and look at that thing right there that is a caterpillar moth
so the tent caterpillars if you've ever seen those on your trees so when I look
at this pile of bugs and we see all the different moth species that were caught
we found potato tuber Moths clothes Moths meal moths milkweed Tiger Moths were in
there and sod web worm Moths so I have to tell you I'm not too unhappy with the moth
collection here every moth that I found inside this zapper is definitely doing
damage to plants and now my chickens catch moths and eat them if they're down
in the grass but look at all these bugs and there were some mosquitoes in there
I wouldn't consider this a huge front liner for zapping mosquitoes there were
only handful of mosquitoes and what drew them to the light is anyone's guess
but it definitely killed some and what I really am happy with is the fact that it
does take out these wax moths of course a healthy bee hive isn't going to be
taken over with wax worms anyway but the good news is it didn't zap anything that
I personally consider beneficial if you see a bug in that collection laying on
this table and you identified that as a hugely beneficial bug you've got some
information about them go ahead and write it down in the comment section
below the video be interested in knowing that look at this white moth this is a
yellow woolly bear moth so of course that thing Woolly bear caterpillars
which go on the garden and of course attacked some plants here's my cleanup
crew I'm gonna feed these dead bugs to the chickens and in fact if it had an
open bottom where I would be hanging it I would just love to put this out
and leave the bottom open and the chickens when they get out of the coop
every day would just run out there and start eating these bugs and they clean
them right up they go after the moths first no big surprise there but they eat
them all everything from the little mayflies right down to the mosquitoes
that we got great animal protein that ones and him there is getting herself a
moth and the moths that I found inside of it every one of them was a species of
moth that does a lot of damage potato tuber moths are you kidding the clothes
moths my wife was not at all happy when I dumped that on our dining room table
and I hope you enjoyed this thanks for watching there's links in the video
description if you're interested in the zapper or the can of air let me know if
you have any questions at all thanks for watching