How far away from your living space do you have to hang them? I live in a city and worry that my backyard isn't large enough to escape the smell!
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I dont think they will work for you. I hang them on the fence by my manure dumpster. Once they get ripe, I can smell them from at least 100 feet away. Since I live in a rural horse & cow neighborhood, it just blends in with all the other animal smells. The other problem is, they attract flys. Flys from all over will smell them and come to them. That works for me because the bags are hung out by the manure dumpster and they are killing flys coming from all my neighbor's houses too. If you are in a normal city neighborhood, it will probably be too stinky and gross.
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The smell is not constant, it depends on the wind, and if you can tolerate a sniff once in a while, you will be rid of flies in no time. Amazing. I keep being amazed every day, the product has not expired and I have had it up for a a few months. Happy.
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I would put it towards the back of the yard. I started out putting mine close to the patio and moved it farther away. It will attract the flies, so you don't want it close to where you are sitting. So the smell doesn't travel too far, but the flies will be drawn to where it is. They work well. I have been very pleased
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We have ours hanging from a large bicycle hook from a beam on our deck roof. I know we unplug it and clean the dead bugs of at least once a week too.
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If you want to keep them from moving, you can run a bead of spray foam around the baseline I did. I also placed insulation around it to prevent me jostling it out of place. I like to keep the top easily accessible so it can be found later.
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I've not had any problems at all. But I don't have them touching my home. they hang from my balcony railing. I love them. They don't get hot either.
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Sun them! Sounds weird but it worked when my inserts smelled gross. Lay them in the sun for a few hours. Takes ANY smell away!
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I hung ours on a door that is a walk in closet. It's in the closet so I notice no smell. Try fabreezing the inside or using dry cache's of your favorite potpourri.
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That's mainly what I bought them for and I think it would stick with no problem but I couldn't get past the strong chemical smell. I aired it outside for 3 weeks then just gave it away. I couldn't have it in the house at all. :(
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I did't hang them anywhere, I followed the instructions only, and put both egg cases into the 'habitat' sack. I placed them on a sunny window sill and let nature take its course. About the time I began worrying nothing was happening, I found oodles of baby mantis' staring back at me through their 'window'. GOOD LUCK
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The smell is not a problem to me, it goes away quickly. For a washer or dryer they should work pretty good. I was using them for a roof-mounted air conditioning unit and they helped a lot.
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I was outside my friends home talking with him and snuck a spray or two onto the wall, despite it being a windy day it smelled pretty bad, not as much as it lingering indoors but noticable. I woukd not know about soraying it directly into the air. It smells so horrible i wouldn't doubt it.
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Hi Nancy,I have 7 of these in my home. I wish I could smell them but to me their smell is almost nothing. So I guess I can say the scent will fade.
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BUYER BEWARE! Yes, they may have an odor. This is because the product is basically home made. It is made in somebody's backyard. No certified facilities, nothing. Look them up. Google them for yourself. It would not surprise me if the smell you were sensing was mold due to inadequate processing. You just never know, unless your product comes from a name brand and a legitimate lab.
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You wouldn't want the smell in your home. The smell is what attracts the fly's. It's for outdoors use.
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You can hang it in any enclosed space. I don't think it would be effective outside the front door , but the spray does kill moths and flies that land on the surfaces I spray outside
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They have a hook,which could hang from a stiff wire or slender rod. You might be able to close the hooks up with a pair of pliers to form a circle if you wanted to.
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If you can put up with the smell. I had mine about 20' and depending on the wind you got a nasty smell
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Yes - they smell. OK for garage, but in a small room, you can't put more than two or you will notice.