Thanks - yeah we're right next to swamp land in New England. So like right now trying to do some spring gardening it's the small black flies dive bombing my eyeballs. Then in a few weeks we'll be getting mosquitoes in droves. Then in June/ July we get the deer/ horse flies. I have used a box fan when we're just sitting on the back porch and it does work ok but trying to do anything else active in the backyard especially after sunset, forget it.

I'd hate to buy a nice new backpack fogger just to be disappointed with the results. We got a dynatrap and even though it trapped a decent amount of bugs, felt like it didn't do much for the overall mosquito population.

Like you said it's a constant game of cat and mouse. Huge PITA but just trying to have the backyard a bit more enjoyable.