About Backyard Bite Report

Why this site exists

Nathan has spent fifteen years in pest management and now tests consumer mosquito hardware in his own backyard.

Most zapper "reviews" are specification tables rewritten from listings. We buy or borrow the hardware, run it in a suburban backyard through a full mosquito season, and record what changes about the evenings — not what the box claims.

How we score

• Attraction quality — 35%
• Placement freedom in a real yard — 25%
• Safety around children and pets — 20%
• Running cost across two seasons — 10%
• Owner feedback at scale — 10%

Competitor pricing and rating data are captured from the canonical retailer pages and are shown with the date they were checked. We never estimate a price we could not verify.

How we are funded

We may earn a commission when you buy through links on this site, including as an Amazon Associate on qualifying purchases. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not change the ranking order.