Awoco 36" FM-1209T 1100 CFM Slim Indoor Air Curtain w/Remote Control and Magnetic Switch, Powerful, Quiet, Small Body, Light Weight

We bought this to help keep flies and other flying insects out of the house. Installed it on the outside on our covered porch. Love it.

When we grill or use the smoker, the flies cometh to the patio in force in the summertime. When we have guests over to swim, the back door is constantly opened and closed giving the little bastardos an opportunity to get in my house. My non-adult kids are the only sycophants not paying rent allowed to loiter around here. Therefore, I was looking for a way to thwart the unwelcome guests. My choices seemed to be a penny in a bag of water hanging over the door, stinky bag to lure them elsewhere, or an air curtain. My wife was not OK with the bag o' water as apparently it has an "undistinguished" appearance about it. So we went with the more modern technology of blowing a bunch of air at them to keep them away.Install was not too bad but I did have to first install a piece of wood (used a pressure treated deck board) over my brick (one pic attempts to show this) due to having some bricks that were slanted when laid for aesthetic purposes. The deck board gave me a level, yet still solid base to attach the curtain mounting bracket. Note: the bracket has to be perfectly centered over the door as the pre-drilled holes for the mounting/holding screws don't give you any wiggle room to tweaking the curtain to the left or the right. Although, if you didn't or couldn't make this perfect, you could drill your own holes in the bracket where you needed. Additional side note: I went into the brick with lead anchors that I put some gorilla glue on first and then TapCon type masonry screws (after glue set) with a hex bolt type head so I didn't have to worry about possibly stripping a phillips head. Unit lifts on to the top of the mounting bracket and then the screws at the bottom hold it in place.Attaching the magnetic switch wires was pretty simple. You can tape them, use wire nuts, or the crush type wire connector thingy that I'm not sure what the name is which is what I used. I had to elevate the door sensor to get a close enough connection but a quick cut of some left over luxury vinyl flooring was perfect for such. Then screwed it to the door and used the included adhesive for the door jam sensor. Works like a charm. The only thing thus far that I wish is that when you open the door, the curtain would get to full power faster than it does. It takes about 1-2 seconds for the air velocity to reach full power. Those could be precious seconds for satan's spawns to get in my house. The remedy: Tell the kids over and over and over again to please crack the door just slightly until the fan gets to high and then go outside or inside. Does that work? Of course not; they're my kids and I'm the dumbest person on the planet! Why would they listen to me? But that's what I do and while I don't know if it has a benefit, it makes me feel better...Hopefully the air curtain holds up. It's installed outside but well out of the elements due to our patio cover. No rain can get to it unless it's the apocalypse of rain storms. So far, it seems to do the job. For the money, if it indeed keeps flies out during high traffic in/out of the house, it's worth every penny to a guy that can't stand them getting into the house. I'll try and post an update after a few BBQ's with friends over (when the curtain is needed most...) to report more on the overall effectiveness.

Great product and installation was a breeze. Installed these over all door in the restaurant and heating and cooling is working way better as we keep the inside air in and outside air out. We also are enjoying the fact that flyingbinsect problems are greatly reduced!

I ordered this for my husband's father's day gift. We have had so many flies inside our house. So far it has helped.

Worked great for 11 months and then stopped. Supposed to have a 3 year warranty but there is no customer service number or website to contact.