TL mentioned the product by Coleman.......not sure how well it works, but it is funny, cause the company I used to work for is somehow involved in that product. The theory is that mosquitos are attracted to the CO2 that comes off of your breath and skin. That is there trigger to attack.
The Coleman product produces CO2 to attract the buggers to a bug zapper. The CO2 is produced using catalytic combustion of propane or butane. The fuel burns catalytically, producing CO2 and water vapor. The CO2 is supposed to attract the mosquitos to the device, and then they get zapped by the zapper.
I helped work on the design for the honeycomb catalyst that is used in the combustion unit. While I whole-heartedly helped with the project, I was leary of the premise of the device. Sure, it may attract them, but your breath and skin will as well, so what is the point? It is sort of like throwing the seaweed and crabs up on the beach so you won't get anymore on your line........
But they must be selling well, since right before I was laid off, one of my last projects was to devise a way to produce 40,000 of the catalytic honeycombs a month for less than $0.50.....which I did, but they never found out the way to do it, since they shortly thereafter gave me the ax, and the only documentation of the method is currently in my brain.....
Mr. Kav - SHUT YOUR TRAP!!!!!!!
