Contech CRO101 Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Contech CRO101 Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler
Customer Review: Scarecrow Sprinkler 1; raccoons, 0
Summary: 5 Stars
I was really upset when I discovered that a posse of raccoons had discovered a corner of the yard that I had just gotten around to cleaning out and planting. I didn't want to the kill the buggers; I just wanted them to discover some neighbors' property which would offer them the privacy they craved. When cayenne pepper didn't work, I feared my only option might be to trap the critters and drive them to the other side of the mountains. The Scarecrow Sprinkler seemed like a compromise: cheaper than a trap and kinder than rigging up giant spring hammer that would clunk them in a cartoon inspired fantasy. The raccoons fell into the sprinkler trap the first night: I could see the line of water; there was no evidence that they had settled into my yard with their reading in the loo. The second night it was also activated; after that, even though I keep it set up, they haven't returned. Score: Scarecrow Sprinkler 1, raccoons, 0. As other reviewers point out, you will spray yourself until you get the hang of using the device, and you might be alarmed with the plastic spike that I'm sure will break long before the battery wears down. Until I see the raccoons sneak up behind it and turn it off, I think it's a humane and easy solution to dealing with neighborhood pests.Customer Review: First one died, but........
Summary: 4 Stars
I received the first Scarecrow back in the middle of April 2010. Got it set up and it did a great job.
However, the day before yesterday (5.14.2010) I went out to work in the yard and decided to test it. Nothing. Nada. Zilch! So, it just died. I am combining in my review something that new customers to Amazon need to know about and that is Customer Service. After I found out the Scarecrow bit the big one, I decide to look up the purchase and was able to do a Defective claim right on the website. Before even 15 minutes had elapsed from finding out the Scarecrow was inoperable I had. 1) Put in a defective claim. 2) Gotten an RMA bar code to include with my shipment back to Amazon AND 3) A shipping lable to place on my box. 4) Boxed it up with the RMA. Put the shipping label on and was heading out the door. THEE best part was that Amazon went ahead and shipped my NEW Scarecrow the SAME DAY and I got it from FedEx the NEXT DAY! That was an excellent experience! If I wouldn't have shipped my defective one back before the 17th they would have billed me for the 2nd one, but I wanted another anyway. If you have a problem make sure you try a new 9Volt battery......AND take the new one out if you have to ship it back...that was the only thing I forgot to do.
Customer Review: Not tonight, deer!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the ONE thing that actually kept the deer out of our garden all last Summer. All of the various repellents, sprays, dangly-things, and even electric fencing, only held Bambi and Bambi's mother off for a week at best, then they would either get used to them or (in the case of fences) just jump over them.
They can't seem to get used to this Scarecrow though - I guess it's just too unpredictable for them. It held them off all season and I actually got veggies from my garden, whereas my neighbors got nothing but deer-droppings.
So I'm here to order another this year, to protect my flower garden as well. (I'm also considering using one to ward off pumpkin-stealing pranksters at Hallowe'en - that ought to be a good "treat"!) Oh, yah- that reminds me: don't set this device up where the mailman has to cross its path. Mail carriers can get a little grumpy about being squirted with water out of the blue - go figure... :)
--- Just editing this a year later to add: Not only is it still working (imagine that: getting an electronic product out of the potting shed after winter is over, putting in new batteries, and it STILL WORKS!) but the deer are also still completely put off by it. Can't ask for better than that!
Customer Review: I feel sorry for the mailman, not really. hehe!
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this product because of random dog poop in my small front yard. I find it deplorable that people would let their dogs drop a deuce on anyone's lawn, much less a neighbor. I tried various things and nothing worked, the usual sprays, ammonia, and I even got to the point of taking the poo and shoveling it into the street, so the owner's would have to walk on the mess themselves. Frankly, I was getting tired of stepping in dog crap when mowing the lawn or just walking to get around the house.
I installed the scarecrow in about 10 minutes and had it working great. Just trying to get the right spray projected in the right direction is probably the most time consuming but not difficult. I think it's a cool deterrent, I've already got a kick out of seeing people trying to bring their dogs to poop and once the scarecrow goes off the dogs looks baffled and the owner just walks away and keeps looking back trying to figure out what the hell just happened. I love it.
I think the mailman is going to have to learn to walk around the motion eye if he wants to stay dry. I'd feel sorry for him but his kind of jerk in his right. I would highly recommend this to anyone with an annoying dog or critter problem. It works!
Customer Review: Sweet Revenge!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The moment I hear the sound of water sprinkler, a smile lights up my face. My neighbor's cat and dog have been claiming territorial rights in my yard for the past 7 years. I wrote to the association, they can't do a thing. I bought repellant sprays, dusts, anti-bacterial sprays, even salt or pepper, nothing worked. There's just like a virtual bathroom sign inviting the dogs and cats to do their thing. At last, my sister bought one of these to scare the birds and animals off their swimming pool and lawn, she told me about it, I immediately ordered it on Amazon. Sure enough, after it is installed, during the night, it was "activated" for about 3 times (what I heard, maybe more after I have fallen asleep.) And nothing new was found in my yard in the morning. It is exciting to have a thing that actually works.
Revenge is SWEET!!! Buy it if you have pest problem.
only one improvement, the peg going into the ground should be metal. I fear it will break easy so I had to hammer out a hole with a large nail first before I really pushed it in. They should include one of those camping steel pegs for this.
Side note, Amazon is like $20 cheaper than the manufacturer's website.
Thank you God for infrared.