Well, I learnt something useful today. I had never heard of the vinegar and dish soap method. Seems to be a winner for fruitflies. I'll be setting up one. Thanks!
@KarenMacDonald-mj5wk5 ай бұрын
I use it all the time, it catches everything flying and crawling love the product , it’s better than smelling vinegar all the time my opinion
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
I’m so glad it works well for you! I even tried a test where I put away all my vinegar traps for three days, made sure we had absolutely no scraps out or anything to attract flies. Still only caught a handful of them. 🤷♀️
@dalesorenson57435 ай бұрын
It works great for me.
@ashantijones61684 ай бұрын
Thank u I made the vinegar and soap traps and put them all over my apartment they are dying so fast I was going to order the plug in traps so thank u so much for this video I'm go stick with the vinegar
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse4 ай бұрын
That’s great to hear! 🎉🎉
@kiaazin31015 ай бұрын
Great review…..I didn’t catch one fruit fly but the bowl of vinegar and soap caught many
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
I’ve had a few people comment about how it works great for them and then a few say it didn’t do any better than mine. I wonder what makes the difference.
@robinwood89535 ай бұрын
I had fruit flies all over my kitchen and bathroom (wherever water supply was) and I plugged in my Zevo. It worked wonderfully! Within 2 days they were gone. Zevo even caught flies! Sorry yours didn’t work but I give it a 10 out of 10!
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
That’s wonderful! It’s a bummer I’ve been seeing such mixed reviews. For some folks it seems to work great and then for some like me it doesn’t do much at all. I wonder what the difference is
@robinwood89535 ай бұрын
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse might want to check the sticky pad. They might be old and bugs won’t stick to it.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
@@robinwood8953 They are sticky to the touch and new out of the box. 🤷♀️
@robinwood89535 ай бұрын
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse LOL! Maybe your fruit flies are smarter than the ones here! I’ve even caught flies and moths so I don’t know why yours didn’t work! Do you have lights on around it? I didn’t catch anything until I turned all lights off, even the night lights.
@tomlidw4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the review. Good job
@leebredahl62144 ай бұрын
Mine is covered in dead flies and nats. I love it
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse4 ай бұрын
I’m so glad it works well for you! So far in the comments it has been a mixed bag of working great for some and not at all for others. 🤷♀️
@iljc4life3165 ай бұрын
So, the moral of the story, apple cider and dish soap works best for fruit flies. It also works faster and is less expensive. Thank you for sharing your experience with Zevo.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
That about sums it up! At least in my experience. Some folks have said it works great for them.
@Nunyabidnuz4 ай бұрын
No I tried that but Zevo saved US....
@loucatozzi76565 ай бұрын
We bought one of these when we a "bloom" of flies appear in our kitchen a few months back. The ONLY thing it is good at is being a nightlight. The cool blue glow lights up that entire end of the house but has never caught a single house fly.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
I’m glad I’m not the only one! I had a few people on instagram say it works great for them so I thought maybe I just had a dud.
@Lola-gl9rl2 ай бұрын
I love my Zevo it works great on regular flies. BUT I bought some different refills and they didn't work at all. So I may use both.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse2 ай бұрын
So glad it works for you! Good to know about the refills.
@stoneyjonez3 ай бұрын
Damn I wish I saw this before I bought one lol. I'm definitely trying that vinegar mixture.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse3 ай бұрын
A lot of folks have commented that theirs works great! Maybe yours will too. 😊
@CatmandoTNR5 ай бұрын
I have the tabletop and wall style units. The old fashioned fly tape works much better on common house flies.
@TravisJ-e9w2 ай бұрын
You used the vinegar method alongside the Zevo, of course they will go to the vinegar. Use the Zevo by itself and then give a review. For those who do not want to use the vinegar can use the Zevo. Thanks.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse2 ай бұрын
I’ve answered a few comments on this topic. I actually did do that and should have included it in the video. I so wanted the Zevo to work that I made sure our kitchen was spotless, hauled all the garbages, dumped the vinegar traps, had all the lights off, and just the Zevo in my most fruit fly ridden place. Then we were gone for the weekend. Came home. Same result. It barely caught anything. I also think showing Zevo vs vinegar makes sense. It still shows which is more effective when comparing the two in the same circumstances.
@aperson1181Ай бұрын
What are the ingredients and "proportions" of that DIY trap solution?
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouseАй бұрын
I fill a short cup about halfway with vinegar. I find regular white vinegar works best but other kinds will work too. Then do two pumps or squirts of dish soap, swirl it around a little, then leave on the counter.
@MrsSanctified843 ай бұрын
Mine worked great! Try keeping it in a dark room.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse3 ай бұрын
Tried that too! I should have been more thorough in the vide of all the things I tried. I used it for a week with no other traps at all. Tried it in different rooms. Tried different outlets in the same room. Had it with the oven light on, without, etc. No difference I'm sorry to say. Quite a few folks have commented though that it worked well for them!
@catherinerose16075 ай бұрын
Yes, it’s crap! LFSYS Window stickers are working well for me and I have tried everything. I put the stickers on my fridge and mirrors too.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
Good tip I’m going to try them!
@catherinerose16075 ай бұрын
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse I hope it works for you! I still see them flying around here and there but the population is way less.
@HuntingViolets5 ай бұрын
Where was the sticky part they get stuck on for Zevo? I use Sten and it works pretty well.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
It's between the wall and trap, if that makes sense. So the back side.
@jordankay85785 ай бұрын
The bowl off vinegar and soap does not work.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
I recommend a short wide glass, apple cider or white vinegar, and about five pumps of dish soap. I’ve caught HUNDREDS if not thousands of fruit flies this way over the years. You can see the example in the video how many it caught in just one evening.
@jaysbaby20125 ай бұрын
It's all about location, location, location.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
I tried four different spots around my kitchen and sadly same results everywhere. Even tried in the bathroom when they were bad. I really really tried to give this thing every chance to work well and it just didn’t do the trick.
@yukonsmomma35626 ай бұрын
Can you try again without using the apple cider vinegar and see if it is effective when it doesn't have "competition" for the fruit flies? I'm curious because I was thinking of getting one also.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse6 ай бұрын
I actually did! For two days out of the five I didn’t have any of the vinegar out there to see if it would perform better. Not much of a difference.
@yukonsmomma35626 ай бұрын
@@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse Thanks for responding. I'll be going with the old fashioned option!
@mrogers23456 ай бұрын
My Zevo traps are disgustingly full. They turned their noses up at the vinegar lol. Zevo is catching everything(eww it’s so gross). I moved south and yes when I was in MN Zevo was meh. I ❤ low waste products, but it’s not easy to combat the explosion of creepy crawlies. I am gonna have to try the a c v again, maybe in the fall.
@nigelstrangeways73305 ай бұрын
Maybe you should have done the test separately instead of testing both in the same room at the same time. Granted that fruit flies and other flys are attracted to odors and maybe more so that to light but, how about another test of the zevo by itself.
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse5 ай бұрын
I actually did that too! Should have mentioned. We went away for the weekend. Cleared out all the vinegar traps and had absolutely no food for them anywhere. After three days of the Zevo plugged in and no where else for them to go it was pretty much the same.
@Nunyabidnuz4 ай бұрын
We were infested with gnats n drain flies, zevo saved US within a week GONE!
@RoughandTumbleFarmhouse4 ай бұрын
That’s wonderful to hear! I’m so glad others have had better luck with it than I have.
@ashantijones61684 ай бұрын
O ok thank u much I guess I will try them
@Mangos683 ай бұрын
Garbage doesnt work
@bossman35875 ай бұрын
I was watching the commercial and they used fake flies 😅 false advertising