5 in 1 Pest Repeller
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of 5 in 1 Pest Repeller
Customer Review: Utterly useless
Summary: 1 Stars
If ever there was an advertisement for snake-oil, this would be it. We purchased this exact product and found the following:
* It didn't work at all. Saw a cockroach within the first 48hrs of switching it on. Had no effect on the rodent that was scratching away under our house either.
* The noise it makes is audible to humans and quite annoying - similar to that of a TV with a faulty tube. Our cat noticed it immediately and apparently did not like it.
Our rodent problem grew worse until one day it finally made its way into our house - right beside the Pest Repeller. Evidently it was not phased at all by the noise, the "high tech digital pulses", or indeed the fancy blue night light. Our cat, however, made short work of the rodent. I wish I'd spent the money on treats for him instead of this useless device.
In short, don't bother with this or any of the other products on the market. Consumer tests have since shown that high-pitched noises don't seem to affect rats, mice, or insects, so this is technically a falsely advertised product. Save your money. Get a cat. Buy a blue night light for less than a tenth of this.
If Amazon would have let me, I would have given it 0 stars.
Customer Review: Plenty of Features, Poor Primary Performance
Summary: 1 Stars
I purchased this product, about 2 weeks ago, in the hopes that this type of pest repeller had improved since the last one I attempted 5 years ago. This item has a thoughtful design, including a pass-thru plug (2 prong) and nightlight, and the innovative addition of an air ionizer that made placing this in a bathroom or closet a multi-purpose solution.
When I first plugged the unit into my downstairs bathroom outlet, my 2 cats 30 feet away in the living room started to growl and ran upstairs. My child came downstairs shortly afterward complaining about the painful warbling sound coming from downstairs. Apparently the ultrasonic frequency is outside of adult hearing, but adoloscent ears have a hammer and anvil response range beyond that of adults (until they're done growing, and the body loses flexibility, such as when the bones start to harden). I further tested the unit in the garage and an upstairs closet, but found the results were the same for both cats and family.
I am unsure of how pests respond to this unit, but it definitely repelled my cats and child, forcing me to discontinued use of the product.
Customer Review: It seems to be working great!
Summary: 5 Stars
We've been using a product like this for the last 8 years or so. When it died, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find a suitable replacement. Some of the other ones we've tried actually make a clicking sound that freak out our cats. This one seems to be working great. We haven't used any bug control chemicals/devices/etc for the ten years we've lived here and we still don't have to! We see a random small spider here or there once in a great while, but nothing that tells us it isn't working. Our cats don't mind it at all. Interestingly, a while back our town had a moth worm (?)infestation and they were crawling all over everyone's exterior walls. We didn't have any on our house. That showed me these products do work (when they work with the wiring of the house). We love it! And it's one less toxin in our environment. Just remember if you have a larger house that you'll need more than one.
04/20/09 update
Still loving it and still no pesticides needed!
TMGandFineArt.com
Customer Review: headache- noise and mouse still here after 3 wks
Summary: 2 Stars
So far not good. Two live-traps baited with chocolate and peanut butter and kitty food have not been successful in catching our mice so I broke down and bought this product. Plugged it in the kitchen and found it emits unpleasant AUDIBLE (yes, heard by humans) high pitched noise which gave two people in our apartment a headache. So, I installed it in my room as it didn't bother me as much and a second similar product in the kitchen pantry that is just EMF-based repeller (and w/ no sound non-headache producing). Several weeks have passed but we still have mouse sightings and found mouse droppings all over the floor in one room. Product promised results in 2-3 weeks.
The air-ionizing and nightlight f(n)s seem to work just fine, but I bought this to chase away rodents.
Disappointed, housemate has lost patience with non-violent approach is calling for kill-traps. :(
Customer Review: Field tested and maybe approved
Summary: 3 Stars
I received and started using this product (5 in 1 Pest Repeller PC51 - Ultimate Pestcontro Unit Which Includes 5 Powerful Features) just over a month ago. I live in the country where rodents and other pests are a common concern and the ad stated "Anywhere rats, mice and other critters are a problem!". So I was hoping this would solve my pest issues and I would not have to resort to poisons. But it seems that it has not. The traps are going strong and I cannot say if the "Ultrasonic Rodent Repellent" part of this thing or the "electromagnetic function" is doing anything at all.
As an update. The traps have been empty for a few months now. It is currently winter, Dec 2009, and I still have no sign of an rodents of any kind. It may just work on rodents, but I have no way to be sure or prove it. It has had not effect on spiders or ants to date.