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Graney · Joined: 02 Dec 2007 Posts: 81 Location: East Clare

I seem to remember there was an old post about a midge hoover.

Does anyone have the details of a supplier and, perhaps more importantly, do they work?

Camile · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

Hello,

Blowin is the man to talk too .. he has one of them machines ..

And here is the thread where he talked about it:
http://countrytalkandtips.myfreef...bout1000.html&highlight=midge

Camile

blowin · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:14 am Post subject:

Hi Graney ,
The machine I use is made by Texol and called "Midge-It" . The original distributor has retired but I think these guys have taken over :
Oysterbed Solutions 087 621 3824 / www.oysterbed.ie / midgemagic@oysterbed.ie

Mine is an early model and there seemed to be quite a bit of misleading advertising in the industry when I first looked into it so it might be worth shopping around .
Main lesson I learned is that you want a MIDGE trap , not one which is designed more for mosquitoes , and the size ( and therefore price ) does not necessarily make much difference to catching power .
Monthly running costs are about 30 euro for a cannister of gas plus another 10 for the pheronome . Certainly not cheap and they won't eliminate all the midge but can make a huge difference -- as in making it tolerable rather than an absolute nightmare to step outside the door .
There are a couple of other considerations . Please feel free to pm me with your phone number if you would like me to ramble on about them
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