11-24-2003, 12:10 PM
Being a "little" more constructive than in my other replies to your postings -- I picked up my Coleman Mosquito Deleto at Lowe's. With a gift card rebate, it ran around $150.
Variations of the propane "powered" mosquito control devices were pretty common in the Metro Denver area this past summer. In addition to Lowe's, I saw them at Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot. Using "mosquito control" on a Net search engine brought up all kinds of sources. I'm surprised you apparently didn't know about them, as vocal as you are about your fear of this Colorado plague.
I'm not sure these devices require any type license or inspection in Brighton, where you live. They don't were I live which is the same county as you do. They don't emit any poison (unless you call CO2 or heat a poison). They, in fact, don't emit anything that kills even mosquitos.
What they do is attract mosquitos by emulating a warm-blooded animal. The small flame inside (that's what the propane is for) produces heat and CO2. In the Coleman unit, the flame also causes emission of a chemical mosquito attractant. This combination of heat, CO2, and chemical attractant supposedly fools mosquitos into thinking the unit is a big warm-blooded meal and they fly to it. The units have some method of trapping the mosquitos when they fly to the unit. Coleman uses a sticky trap while others use a vacuum system. The vacuum systems need an AC connection to run the vacuum. Once trapped, the mosquitos eventually die. The vacuum units supposedly are more efficient, but cost significantly more. Propane usage on my unit was over two months for the 20 lb. bottle.
Coleman tries to counter it's less efficient trapping system by including a small battery-powered unit which emits a mosquito repellant. This unit is placed near the area people will inhabit while the trap is placed away from the people area. The repellant unit is supposed to handle about 100 square feet. In the event the people area is more than 100 square feet, additional replellant units are available for about $12 each.
The units, including the Coleman I got, are fairly bulky and heavy -- somewhat like a barbeque grill. The Coleman has wheels for movement. Movement of the vacuum units is obviously somewhat limited because of the need to supply them with AC power. Coleman does sell a small Deleto unit using one lb. propane bottles which can be used on picnics and camping.
I'm really not sure how good the Coleman is controlling mosquitos. I didn't have a mosquito problem once I fired the unit up, but I didn't have much of a problem before. My problem was biting flies!! There were some mosquitos caught on the sticky trap, but even better, the trap also had a bunch of flies!!
I don't know where you got the idea that you, yourself, was safe because mosquitos, "wouldn't dare bite an old fart like me." If you read the papers like you profess you do, you would have read the majority of the deaths were "old farts", that is if your "old farts" include women.
As for the published statistics, you also should have read that the high number of Colorado infections, compared to other states, was probably because Colorado was reporting even the minor flu-like and body ache cases while many states were not. I assume, however, all states were reporting their West Nile caused deaths, of which Colorado was admittedly high, but like you say, you really can't trust government to tell the truth. If government tells the truth, like Colorado apparently did on our West Nile cases, people would get all upset, like an ex-Texan I won't identify. Our (Colorado's) problem could be Colorado attracts mosquitos, just like it attracts Texans!!
I have to say, I'm a amused by your stance against the "do-gooders" who don't want their governments to spray for mosquitos. I say this because I read your posting where you billboarded your environmentalist efforts to stop operations of a gravel pit. I'm guessing the people that had to pay more for their gravel because it had to be hauled further than if the gravel pit you stopped (at least that's how you made it sound) was able to operate or the people who were put out of work because their workplace was either closed or didn't open would put you as a "do-gooder". It appears who is an "environmentalist" and who is a "do-gooder" depends on whose ass is gored, or is that who's ass is stabbed by a mosquito?
Sorry about the digs, but I did say I was only going to be a "little" more constructive this time.
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Variations of the propane "powered" mosquito control devices were pretty common in the Metro Denver area this past summer. In addition to Lowe's, I saw them at Sam's Club, Wal-Mart, and Home Depot. Using "mosquito control" on a Net search engine brought up all kinds of sources. I'm surprised you apparently didn't know about them, as vocal as you are about your fear of this Colorado plague.
I'm not sure these devices require any type license or inspection in Brighton, where you live. They don't were I live which is the same county as you do. They don't emit any poison (unless you call CO2 or heat a poison). They, in fact, don't emit anything that kills even mosquitos.
What they do is attract mosquitos by emulating a warm-blooded animal. The small flame inside (that's what the propane is for) produces heat and CO2. In the Coleman unit, the flame also causes emission of a chemical mosquito attractant. This combination of heat, CO2, and chemical attractant supposedly fools mosquitos into thinking the unit is a big warm-blooded meal and they fly to it. The units have some method of trapping the mosquitos when they fly to the unit. Coleman uses a sticky trap while others use a vacuum system. The vacuum systems need an AC connection to run the vacuum. Once trapped, the mosquitos eventually die. The vacuum units supposedly are more efficient, but cost significantly more. Propane usage on my unit was over two months for the 20 lb. bottle.
Coleman tries to counter it's less efficient trapping system by including a small battery-powered unit which emits a mosquito repellant. This unit is placed near the area people will inhabit while the trap is placed away from the people area. The repellant unit is supposed to handle about 100 square feet. In the event the people area is more than 100 square feet, additional replellant units are available for about $12 each.
The units, including the Coleman I got, are fairly bulky and heavy -- somewhat like a barbeque grill. The Coleman has wheels for movement. Movement of the vacuum units is obviously somewhat limited because of the need to supply them with AC power. Coleman does sell a small Deleto unit using one lb. propane bottles which can be used on picnics and camping.
I'm really not sure how good the Coleman is controlling mosquitos. I didn't have a mosquito problem once I fired the unit up, but I didn't have much of a problem before. My problem was biting flies!! There were some mosquitos caught on the sticky trap, but even better, the trap also had a bunch of flies!!
I don't know where you got the idea that you, yourself, was safe because mosquitos, "wouldn't dare bite an old fart like me." If you read the papers like you profess you do, you would have read the majority of the deaths were "old farts", that is if your "old farts" include women.
As for the published statistics, you also should have read that the high number of Colorado infections, compared to other states, was probably because Colorado was reporting even the minor flu-like and body ache cases while many states were not. I assume, however, all states were reporting their West Nile caused deaths, of which Colorado was admittedly high, but like you say, you really can't trust government to tell the truth. If government tells the truth, like Colorado apparently did on our West Nile cases, people would get all upset, like an ex-Texan I won't identify. Our (Colorado's) problem could be Colorado attracts mosquitos, just like it attracts Texans!!
I have to say, I'm a amused by your stance against the "do-gooders" who don't want their governments to spray for mosquitos. I say this because I read your posting where you billboarded your environmentalist efforts to stop operations of a gravel pit. I'm guessing the people that had to pay more for their gravel because it had to be hauled further than if the gravel pit you stopped (at least that's how you made it sound) was able to operate or the people who were put out of work because their workplace was either closed or didn't open would put you as a "do-gooder". It appears who is an "environmentalist" and who is a "do-gooder" depends on whose ass is gored, or is that who's ass is stabbed by a mosquito?
Sorry about the digs, but I did say I was only going to be a "little" more constructive this time.
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