Katchy Original

The item arrived broken :( I am SUPREMELY disappointed because I was so excited at the thought of having an effective method to combat my nemesis that is the mischievously thriving fruit fly colony which plagues me, and this item arrived this morning broken. :( The blades of the fan internally are not connected and are banging about inside. Though I don't normally pay full price for things unless necessary (I either wait for a good sale or use applicable coupons/promo codes), I took the plunge on this purchase due to my need for a competent and efficient resolve combined with it's GLOWING reviews! First, I had to wait 9 days to receive the item, which I wasn't happy about, but not upset either. I have literally been checking tracking daily and looking forward to it's arrival. Then it arrives *HAPPY DAY*. I opened the package, removed the unit (felt/heard something odd but didn't think too much of it at that moment), reviewed the directions, plugged it in and although the light came on, the fan did not. I thought maybe I need to press a particular button or what-have-you, so I re-read the directions. Nope, it should be automatic. So I then began inspecting the unit and realized the fan blades were not connected. I then even looked for a way to open the unit without busting it so that I can fix it myself (I'm incredibly handy and that's how much I wanted this to work!). No go. I could probably open it up, but then it wouldn't be returnable. Ok, so THEN I go to the item link on Amazon and as of earlier today, it said "This item is currently unavailable" followed by something to the effect of 'and we don't know if or when it will become available'. I attempted to contact the seller to no avail. My only viable option was and is to return it. I don't want to return it for a refund or leave a bad review. Rather, I want the working unit I paid and patiently waited for. Errrrr. I decided to go about my day knowing I'd come back to this later and here I am. ... I pull the item up this evening, it is in fact available again, but instead of the $39.79 price I paid 9 days ago, it is right now (6/15/2018) listed at $54.49. Whaaaa?? So I am leaving this review in hopes that the seller will contact me and make good on my purchase, at which point I would update my review to reflect the working conditions of this seemingly enigmatic device. In summary, this 1 star review encompasses only that the item arrived broken and therefore did not operate as intended. A working unit may very well be worthy of all it's positive reviews. And maaaaybe even the new $54.49 price. I hope I am a unique case. I also hope this review was of help to you. Update 6/17/18: The seller contacted me today apologizing for my inconvenience and explaining that Amazon is responsible for the damage done during the shipping of this product. I responded immediately that I appreciate the response and although I completely understand that Amazon assumes the shipping responsibility, I am also concerned that I cannot repurchase a working unit at the price I paid 2 weeks ago. I inquired how this can be rectified, stating that I fully intend to update my review according to their level of service and the actual benefits of a working unit. And now I await their response. Honestly, if I have to repurchase at the higher price, I won't and I'll leave my review star at 1. It's not the price as much as the principle. Products can be damaged in shipping, that's understandable. But the seller is also responsible for commitment. So I'm really hoping they come through with a reasonable resolve that honors the price I paid for a working unit. I'll keep you posted. Update 7/1/18: The seller not only replaced my originally bought unit, but included extras as well. They have been extremely diligent in correspondence and I can honestly say that I am not only satisfied, but impressed. With that said, I would not have altered my review to 5 stars for customer service alone. ...these units works amazingly! The home I live in was built in 1924 and does not sport insulation the way a new home would. So pests are/can be/were a problem. The units do in fact attract flying things very well! The sticky pad of results had 2 bugs I didn't know I had and don't recognize. I am extremely happy with my purchase! And may very well buy more. The unit itself is aesthetically pleasing and is relatively quiet. Night is the best time for results since that's when it's darkest and the bugs can 'see' the light. The blue light transitions in brightness, which is even more effective in attracting it's prey. I'm changing my review from a 1 star to a 5 star. I saw other reviews stating it was a flimsy design. I do get what they're saying, but how thick must this unit be to rectify that?? It works as intended and looks good doing it. The bottom is easy to open to check and/or replace the sticky pad. There are only 2 buttons so it's super easy to operate. And it doesn't look like a bug catcher at all. No one would know. So I feel it's 'flimsiness' (is that a word?) is of no concern. As long as it performs, who cares how heavy or thick it is? This is 5 stars from someone who had to work for it. I hope this review helped you! Happy bug hunting :)

I live in Florida and get multiple fruit-fly invasions every year - especially when it’s wet and hot. Plenty of them hitchhike in on bananas; the rest just walk in from outside when the humidity spikes. Wet bait traps always worked, but they were slow. I looked at the Katchy (and every competitor) every time the flies showed up and kept refusing to pay the asking price. It’s a plastic cylinder, a small fan, a UV LED, and glue boards. Not exactly rocket science. This summer the flies finally won. I bought one. Setup takes about thirty seconds: drop in a sticky pad, snap it shut, plug it in, hit the button. I parked it in the passthrough between the great room and kitchen and left it running. After 48 hours the first pad was completely covered - flies were still flying inside the unit because there was no more sticky real estate. I started changing the pad daily after that. Photos for Days 1–2, Day 3, and Day 4 are attached. It’s quiet, effective, and the UV + airflow combo actually works. I still think the price is aggressive; I’d buy two more tomorrow at $30. For now I just rotate the single unit to wherever the flies are concentrating. Verdict: Works as advertised, quiet, overpriced, and still worth it once you’re under siege. I can’t vouch for other insects, but this is a fruit fly terminator.

Arrived promptly, easy to use and easy to clean out. Fairly quiet operation-has the sound of a computer fan running on standard setting. We have an electric racket that we were using to take out the house flies but the drain flies were too small and flew through the wires for the most part. We have a large expensive bug trap but it is noisy and does not seem to attract the little flies, or they are too small to be zapped by it. Set up the Katchy bug trap and filled a glue trap within 24 hrs. from the greenhouse. Even got a couple house flies. The problem is not gone and we switched the sticky pad out when the numbers seemed to be increasing again. The sticky part wasn't 100% covered but it seems to max out at about 3/4 full. When I opened the machine several tiny flies flew out since they were able to hang out on covered areas. The new sticky pad immediately caught some but it has slowed down from the first round. Playing around with setting it under the overhang of a cabinet to see if a darker area is more effective. While the trap did not rid us of the problem it seems to be making a sizable dent in the issue. Most effective trap we have found for the tiny annoying things that are not attracted to fruit fly bait and are too small for a standard bug zapper. *Edit* Added a pic of the sticky paper after 3 days of 24 hr operation on standard setting. This amount of coverage is the point where new bugs fail to stick. Opened the trap outside to change the sticky paper. We put the trap back in the window, it seems to work better there for us. *2nd edit* still use two of these-one in the green house and one by the back door in spring/summer. This is particularly good for mosquitos, gnats, fungus flies, fruit flies and small moths. It will not lure 100% of them but does a good job taking down the population like in the greenhouse picture included. It is okay for house flies but many do not get stuck so if that is your biggest problem then this is not the trap for you. It will not hold anything bigger than a house fly for sure. The light began to fade the 2nd year so you might consider this a yearly purchase if you use it continuously like we do. Power outages will shut off the trap and you have to reset.

TL;DR Buy a hand vacuum for $20 and a $20 present to yourself so you can put up with hunting the bugs yourself (instead of buying this item... if the bugs in question are moths). My picture misleadingly shows a lot was caught, but this was a span of over 21 nights. (Arguably I should change trap out often, but you’d have to read on before you try making that point.) So I’ve got a moth problem. Lots of moths + kitchen area x many weeks = annoyed me. (Sorry, pun was just there.) I’ve tried a variety of ways to have this product work well. Left it near food or problem areas, kept the place dark so only light source is the UV, stuff like that. I even tried shoving a live one above the fan (after a while you learn how to catch them by hand) and clasping my hands over it so the only way the moth can move is where the fan is sucking in... I peeked in from the gaps between my fingers and it was just chilling on the plastic fan guard. If it chose to fly it would probably get sucked in but it just started crawling on the guard trying to escape without flying. I had to startle it into flying a couple times before it finally got sucked into the trap. (The first attempts had it land back and grip onto that fan guard so maybe it wouldn’t get caught even if it did try to fly) I tried giving it over a week to see how effective it was at catching anything (Manual says it is effective with moths), checking periodically. After a few nights I had about 4 or 5 caught moths. I resorted to using my dirt devil hand vacuum ($20) and within a span of 3-5 hours with occasional 30 second vacuuming, I caught more than 4 times the number of moths than the trap did (in ideal conditions for 3 days). I kept observing the next few weeks. And no, I don’t have those large moths that won’t fit through the guard. The product concept is sound on paper but actual execution falls short. This is probably ideal for smaller-lighter insects like gnats, but “can still catch” stuff like moths from time to time. If this item was for like $20, I’d try to self-argue the efficiency issue with the device being a passive way to catch things. Maybe even get a second one in hopes of bettering the catch rate. But at $40 for one with this abysmal success rate... Here is the math: My picture has 25 moths, caught in more than 3 weeks of nights, generously averaging to a little above 1 moth caught per night. (That’s about the same rate as the first 3 nights as described before.) I’ve tested the adhesive after taking the picture and it is still quite sticky and some of the recently caught moths are still moving so it’s not as if it can’t catch anymore due to poor adhesion (but I’d probably toss it after a few more days tops, just in case). Some baby fruit flies were also caught but even the manual says the device can’t be used for adult ones. The rating system is also pretty bad. Easy to use, thickness, and adhesion. Easy to use is deceptive; still gave it a 5 since it was simple but as mentioned, does the intended job poorly. Thickness? Really? Maybe it means how visually discreet it is? I don’t want to give good/bad ratings over a misunderstanding. Adhesion, small bugs that get stuck stay stuck, but only if caught; 5 rating, but again, kinda moot if things aren’t caught often. (The only thing I didn’t follow in the manual was changing the sticky trap frequently. If I did, I’d be going “Woo, 3 moths... time to change the trap”) The manual claims this to be effective against moths but that seems to be a lie... or they had the gnat sized moths forcibly crammed into the trap in their testing facility.

I purchased this plug-in fly catcher mainly to catch houseflies. I’ve been using it for a little over a week, and while it has caught some very small flying insects, it has not caught any flies so far. The unit is easy to use and operates quietly, but it hasn’t been as effective against flies as I had hoped. It may work better for gnats, fruit flies, or other tiny insects. Overall, it’s an okay product, but if your main goal is to catch regular houseflies, your results may vary.

Does an excellent job! I left the windows open without a screen for a few hours and a bunch of gnats got in the house. I ordered this insect trap. It has not only grabbed the gnats, but also mosquitos. No little flying thingies in my house anymore! I turned it on and left it in the middle of the kitchen island during the night. Worked like a charm. No chemicals, no odor. Relatively small. Looks cool. Might be a little louder than I hoped, but for the price and the nice looking design, I would give it 6 stars -- which is more stars than I can give. But it's not 'loud'. So, with the little bit of noise, that knocks it down to 5 stars -- which is the most stars I can give. If this breaks after 3 years, I'm buying another.

I've been using Katchy for the past three years and it has greatly helped my family sleep with more peace of mind by catching mosquitoes at night. Two days ago it got very warm and we opened our living room windows, only to later discover several aggressive mosquitoes pestering us during the daytime. I researched it and they were aedes mosquitoes from Asia and, unlike the mosquitoes we are familiar with, they operate in the daytime and are very aggressive. Their aggressiveness during the day allowed me to kill some of them by spraying them with rubbing alcohol whenever they got on my skin. Then at night I turned on Katchy as usual, and in the morning there were about fifteen of them trapped inside (contrary to what Google AI said about them not being attracted to ultraviolet light)! It seems like most of them are gone, but even this morning Katchy caught four more. I highly recommend Katchy for keeping mosquitoes in check.

Works great. Nothing worse than getting a mosquito in the house, and in 3 days, we've trapped several along with tiny biting gnats, small moths and one house fly. As stated in description, not really for flies, but any dead mosquito makes it worth it for me.

The charger provided with the item is not EU compatible. When I use some other charger that I have, UV light and fan works but couldn’t catch a single mosquito in a dark room with more than 10 mosquitoes for several days.

This works perfectly, it actually helped us get rid of our fruit fly problem in our kitchen. When I opened the device after 1 week, I knew where all the fruit flies disappeared to hehe.

Great for small flies

cet appareil est livré avec le mauvais appareil électrique ! Nous sommes en France, PAS aux États-Unis!

Would prefer to have more than 5 stickers for the base, because it gets full really fast and now I have to try to find these stickers in the market and I don’t know where from..supplier should have it as an option when you buy Katchy to be able to buy more of these as they are essential for the use of the product.