Pestbye® Battery Operated Motion Activated Waterproof Cat Repellent – Quick Fix Ultrasonic Cat Scarer with Ground Stake – Set of 2
Pestbye® Battery Operated Motion Activated Waterproof Cat Repellent – Quick Fix Ultrasonic Cat Scarer with Ground Stake – Set of 2
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| Dimensions: | 10 x 5 x 10 cm; 5 g |
| Model: | 1 |
| Part: | PB0032X2 |
| Manufacture: | Primrose |
| Dimensions: | 10 x 5 x 10 cm; 5 g |
Cat scarers
I’ve given 5 stars for although they’ve only been in use for a few days, they certainly work on my dog and grandchildren, but there is a cat living locally that came close to both of them and activated them but totally ignored them and was about to do its business when I let my dog out and that most certainly scared if away. Perhaps some cats are impervious of them. Time will tell.
Excelle
These work! Had cats pooping front and back garden and wandering up to our patio doors. One installed front and back and hey presto immediately no poop. Keeps the cats away from the garden and also they are no longer walking our fence to stalk birds nesting in trees directly the other side of our fence! didnt take any time at all to see a difference . Highly recommend as a detergent.
The best cat reppellent system I ever had, and I've had a few.
I am used to cats coming into the garden and I try to deter them as kindly as I can. I am 70 years old and I like cats but unfortunately they love leaving unpleasant parcels on my lawn and garden. Until now the best repellant I ever had was a water spray/motion detector. The downside with that was that I had to turn it off every time I went to the garden
(I sometimes forgot and got soaked). I’ve had ultrasonic systems before and they were never as good as this system!
These one worked from day one. I watch as the neighbour’s cats came into the garden as usual, instead of hanging around they looked briefly bewidered and then ran off. The next day they did it again. After that they have not returned. Money well spent. I hope they are as weatherproof as they say!
Oh yes it is a bit tricky to change batteries as the screws are fiddly for my poor eyesight and ageing fingers but to be honest its a small price to pay for a brilliant device. I highly recommend these…..well worth the pric
sturdy and well made
I bought these to get rid of squirrels on the lawn. Only just arrived so early days but initial results look promising. I would comment on the previous reviews as follows.
1. The battery door is held in place by four fiddly screws. Easy to lose them when opening pack so be careful.
2. One reviewer said he put into bucket to make moving easier and I thought I would do that but the instructions suggest that the detector should be 6 inches above the ground so I put straight into the lawn – this is not difficult as the spikes are quite sharp.
3. Would have given 5 stars if the battery door had been more usable.
3. Will update review after a month
Young fox decided to set up home in the garden and leave his mark ( stinks ) and poops all over the Garden too … within 3 weeks and a few tweaks of the frequency’s on both units, and he’s not been back …. had a camera in Garden watching to be sure….. seems cats don’t like it either …… still in place for the moment just in case. I also Like that, you can change the high pitch frequencies….. worked as I expected and am very happy Buy some cheap BIO Washing powder and add water into a spray bottle / garden sprayer…. and smell is gone too ! ( Handy Tip )
Young fox decided to set up home in the garden and leave his mark ( stinks ) and poops all over the Garden too … within 3 weeks and a few tweaks of the frequency’s on both units, and he’s not been back …. had a camera in Garden watching to be sure….. seems cats don’t like it either …… still in place for the moment just in case. I also Like that, you can change the high pitch frequencies….. worked as I expected and am very happy Buy some cheap BIO Washing powder and add water into a spray bottle / garden sprayer…. and smell is gone too ! ( Handy Tip )
Use ultra Duracell batteries for this product .
I have bought solar powered items like these and they are good in summer obviously.. But then I would replace them with regular ultra Duracell for the winter.. , but reading the reviews I thought I’d try the battery operated ones .. The benefits are .. you can place them anywhere as your not relying on the sun powering them, I’m hoping to only replace the batteries twice a year ..
Easy to set up , although you do need the teeny weeny Philips screwdrivers to open them up for battery replacement.. a little fiddly but not a huge problem.. ( similar to replacing batteries in a child’s toy ) . I’ve never had issues with weatherproofing.. they are sealed back up with rubber seal & as long as you tighten up your battery compartment there shouldn’t be any water getting in from the rain.
I set my levels to the middle on both dials and this keeps cars away ..
Sceptical but now very impressed
A local cat was using the alleyway to the rear of the house as a toilet which meant I was having to walk through an increasing amount of cat poo to get my cycle in/out and get rubbish to skip. I have tried various products to harmlessly move cat to a new spot without success and this device was my last resort. I didn’t have much faith in its success but I must admit to being very impressed at the results so far. The unit has been in place for about two weeks and no sign of cat or poo since then.
Seems to get rid of the squirrel....
Hard to comment on the weatherproof aspects, as we’ve not had that much rain
Seems to be repelling the squirrel – either that, or it’s fed up with getting wet every time I spot it near the bird table.
I’ll update in a while, when the “rat with the good PR man” responds to the scarer rather than my water pistol.
**Update September 8th… This does better than the water pistol. The “rat with the good PR man” gives the bird table a very wide berth as it seems to hate the scared (as do the local moggies – bonus for my birds coming to get something to eat)
It’s also waterproof – but one observation that I would make is that it is a little heavy on the normal AA batteries, so will be using the rechargeable ones. That’s why it’s only got 4 stars, instead of the 5.
Seems to work
Well , I’ve had these cat repellents for a month now and only had one cat that came down the garden to check it out , it didn’t stay long , didn’t seem to like it . No cat poo since I started to use them so seems to be working , will update after a couple of months usage.
Very handy portable pest controllers
Very portable to use without wires etc. a neat size and seems to work. I have attached one to a fence post with the spike provided, to keep pigeons off our fence, so far so good, not a pigeon in sight. The only down side is the fiddly screws that screw into the back which holds the batteries. Don’t know how long the batteries last yet as only had it up for just over a week but use rechargeable batteries anyway so should not be an issue. Overall am delighted, so far the best pigeon deterrent I have come across.
Very handy portable pest controllers
Very portable to use without wires etc. a neat size and seems to work. I have attached one to a fence post with the spike provided, to keep pigeons off our fence, so far so good, not a pigeon in sight. The only down side is the fiddly screws that screw into the back which holds the batteries. Don’t know how long the batteries last yet as only had it up for just over a week but use rechargeable batteries anyway so should not be an issue. Overall am delighted, so far the best pigeon deterrent I have come across.
Despite all the positive reviews I knew these ultrasonic gadgets wouldn’t work so kept the packaging as I’d be sending them back under the 45 days money back guarantee. Also, you get what you pay for and at 24.99 for two they were clearly going to be pretty bad especially when the similar RSPB approved Catwatch Ultrasonic gadgets are four times the price. Worth a go though as all other efforts to stop cats pooping under our Cedar Tree had failed and the last straw was a Tom who decided he needed to mark our Courgette plants on his garden patrols.
All poop under the Cedar cleared away and grass around the Courgettes mown short I installed the PestBye units, did a walk test in front of them to ensure they covered the main cat entry routes and set the Sens. to one from max and the Freq. to the 5th dot (as per picture)then waited. A couple of days later I watched Tom wondering towards our Courgettes but oddly he was approaching very cautiously then paused, turned around and pottered off in a different direction. A coincidence or a result? Next up was cat on route to Cedar pooping grounds, again approaching very cautiously then quietly skirting around the PestBye sensor zone and disappearing through the hedge. Hmm, maybe these gadgets do do something.
Its now almost three weeks since I put the PestBye gadgets out and to my astonishment and delight our Courgettes appear to have been avoided and there are no poops under our Cedar Tree which has long been a favourite and busy spot for our local cats. Also, the cats don’t seem to be in any way distressed by the units which is important too, they just quietly avoid the areas, and the birds and other wildlife that used to visit our garden still seem to visit as usual so no other detrimental side effects which is great. I’m sort of expecting the cats to get used to the gadgets so I’m going to move them every couple of weeks just to mix things up a little.
Now the dilemma. My neighbour mentioned that cats have started pooping in her flower beds. Do I tell her about the PestBye gadgets I’ve installed hence a possible/probable reason why they’re now using her flower beds? If she buys some will the cats then find a new pooping spot in my garden. Hmm, will keep a low profile for now.
ONE MONTH LATER – Update. Hmm, two cat poops under the tree. A huge improvement for sure but are the cats getting used to the PestBye? I’ve moved the unit to a new position so lets see if that resolves the issue. Even though I can hear it working and see the blue sensor light coming on, I think I’ll stick some new batteries in as well. Time will tell.
EIGHT MONTHS LATER
After an excellent start, eight months on the cats have become totally used to the PestBye and happily walk right in front of the units and relieve themselves. Moving the units around, changing the settings a bit and making sure batteries were always fresh extended the effectiveness for a while longer but I’ve now exhausted all permutations and PestBye now has zero effect as a cat deterrent. A good short term solution though.
PestBye Ultrasonic Battery Operated Motion Activated Cat Repelle
We have three cats and I did not want to scare them off from home, but our front garden has a flower border around t,he edges with gravel in the centre, which the cats seemed delighted to use as their toilet grrr .
Queue the PestBye Ultrasonic Battery Operated Motion Activated Cat Repellent, we have it directed away from the path and entrance, but over ours and our neighbours gardens.. sceptical of it working, but my partner was outside having a cigarette as one of our cats strolled across – it go about two steps onto the gravel and the unit activated.. the cat looks immediately behind it and then dashed off around the side of the house… (no pooh … three days later … clean gravel.. mission accomplished ) Really recommend… (not yet sure of the battery life or how waterproof it is, but as it has a rubber /silicon gasket on the battery compartment – I am hopeful)
PestBye Ultrasonic Battery Operated Motion Activated Cat Repelle
We have three cats and I did not want to scare them off from home, but our front garden has a flower border around t,he edges with gravel in the centre, which the cats seemed delighted to use as their toilet grrr .
Queue the PestBye Ultrasonic Battery Operated Motion Activated Cat Repellent, we have it directed away from the path and entrance, but over ours and our neighbours gardens.. sceptical of it working, but my partner was outside having a cigarette as one of our cats strolled across – it go about two steps onto the gravel and the unit activated.. the cat looks immediately behind it and then dashed off around the side of the house… (no pooh … three days later … clean gravel.. mission accomplished ) Really recommend… (not yet sure of the battery life or how waterproof it is, but as it has a rubber /silicon gasket on the battery compartment – I am hopeful)
Finally my nightmare is over Thank you
I was literally at the end of my tether.
I have over the past 25 years had 12 cats, The majority abandoned ones and one that was pregnant, I couldn’t part her 4 babies from her hence the 12 at one point. I’m now sadly down to two. However I have such great memories and the love they all gave was immense I would never have changed a thing.
I wanted to share that with you, to let customers know I am a cat lover. All my cats are and where indoor cats.
all neutered and spayed. My life and house has been lived round my cats.
I have a beatiful garden and lawn, I get the odd cat poop nothing major. Until recently, A few new neighbours have moved in and 4 new cats have appeared and all seemed to have taken a liking to my lawn and each use it daily so yes 4 poops a day, I first tried the powder stuff that smelt like oranges, no effect. At the end of my tether has I have a grandson whose 3 and loves the outdoors. I tried the pestbye ultrasonic, I was sceptical but saw it had great reviews. It has been a week since popping them in the garden and not one poop. I do my daily poop check sad I know, and still can’t believe there is nothing there.
I am blown away by how good these are and more importantly they do work. Thank you.
Finally my nightmare is over Thank you
I was literally at the end of my tether.
I have over the past 25 years had 12 cats, The majority abandoned ones and one that was pregnant, I couldn’t part her 4 babies from her hence the 12 at one point. I’m now sadly down to two. However I have such great memories and the love they all gave was immense I would never have changed a thing.
I wanted to share that with you, to let customers know I am a cat lover. All my cats are and where indoor cats.
all neutered and spayed. My life and house has been lived round my cats.
I have a beatiful garden and lawn, I get the odd cat poop nothing major. Until recently, A few new neighbours have moved in and 4 new cats have appeared and all seemed to have taken a liking to my lawn and each use it daily so yes 4 poops a day, I first tried the powder stuff that smelt like oranges, no effect. At the end of my tether has I have a grandson whose 3 and loves the outdoors. I tried the pestbye ultrasonic, I was sceptical but saw it had great reviews. It has been a week since popping them in the garden and not one poop. I do my daily poop check sad I know, and still can’t believe there is nothing there.
I am blown away by how good these are and more importantly they do work. Thank you.
scare
I bought these to scare the cats from my garden. They are working so far I think. Dont know about the waterproof or anything like that as I havent had them long enough, but they are working for the moment. I havent had any trouble with cats since I pt them up. The only problem I have is that there are no instructions telling what settings to use.
The cat repellent works OK but there are design issues.
The battery panel is held in place by four tiny screws. They are so small that you require a mini Phillips screwdriver. After initial use I fear that the screws will become worn and unusable. I recommend that the manufacturer supply/design larger screws in future models. Rather than using four AA batteries it would be preferable if the manufacturer designed the unit for larger, more powerful and longer lasting batteries.
100% success rate (so far)
Have a new roll down lawn and cats have had me tormented for the last few weeks, morning and night. I have tried pepper, vinegar, orange peel, and they’re only the natural remedies, I have spent a fortune on gels/crystals etc. I got these on Friday evening and have not had a single visit since (it’s now Monday, so I would have expected a MINIMUM of 6 visits by now, by several cats). These seem to be the job. They are not expensive at 25 when crystals for example cost me 7 a bottle. Long may these little miracle machines continue! I am actually online ordering some for my elderly neighbours who have enquired about mine!
100% success rate (so far)
Have a new roll down lawn and cats have had me tormented for the last few weeks, morning and night. I have tried pepper, vinegar, orange peel, and they’re only the natural remedies, I have spent a fortune on gels/crystals etc. I got these on Friday evening and have not had a single visit since (it’s now Monday, so I would have expected a MINIMUM of 6 visits by now, by several cats). These seem to be the job. They are not expensive at 25 when crystals for example cost me 7 a bottle. Long may these little miracle machines continue! I am actually online ordering some for my elderly neighbours who have enquired about mine!
So far, so good: impressed.
We were fed up by a particular cat coming into our garden and killing the birds as they fed at the feeder. Purchased this device, installed it and haven’t seen the cat since. It is still early days so I hope my positive experience doesn’t change. To balance this review, the instructions were useless and gave no explanation on how to adjust the settings; a quick Google search sorted this out. Sadly, it has not deterred the squirrels that raid my bird feeders: perhaps that’s a different setting, but without instructions…
cats
I have not had them long but so far they seem to be working ok. My neighbor had 4 cats and altogether there was 7 coming into my garden so you can imagine. I am in the process of taking a conifer hedge out of my garden to replace it with a fence. One cat on the first morning of using them I actually saw it walking on the top of the hedge to avoid them another started to walk across the lawn got half way and bolted. I can see into my neighbors gardens at present and the cats are definitely trying to keep out of my garden by skirting round the neighbors gardens instead.
very happy old lady
Cats really don't like this!!
This ultrasonic cat repellent really works. Shortly after putting them in my front garden I saw the marauding cat from across the road approach my garden, stop and sit down in the road. It had obviously triggered the device and didn’t like it. After a short while the device switched off and the cat resumed its approach to my garden. It re-triggered the device, stopped and turned away in disgust – to the cheers of the birds feeding in my garden. It hasn’t been back!
Local cats have been using my lawn as a toilet for years. I recently decided to level the lawn out, by taking off some high spots, filling in some low spots and seeding. Realising the new soft earth would likely be an open invitation for a cat cacking frenzy, I decided to invest in a pair of these.
The instructions say it may take a few days for the devices to ‘train’ the pests. They also refer to dial numbers when in fact there are just incremental dots. I simply set both dials to 12 O’clock.
Wow! I haven’t seen a cat or a feline feces in my back garden since!
What I do have is more birds. The little blighters keep eating the seed and taking dust baths in my carefully raked soil! Ah well – can’t win them all. 😉
A bit of advice – set these up pointing out of a fenced or walled corner if you can. It will give the sound more ‘punch’. You can test the theory next time you listen to music on your phone.
From the many reviews it’s obvious that for some people these just don’t work but for us they do. My wife thinks the key is to get the right sensitivity/frequency. After some experimenting, she settled on about half way for each and not one cat has paid an unwelcome visit to any of our flowerbeds. We now have about 10 in action! We have five regular visitors but they all stay clear of the ‘zappers’ as we call them. They are not waterproof so we use PVC tape to remedy this. You also need to find a small Philips screwdriver that fits the little as near exactly as possible because the are on the soft side and strip quite easily. On average one set of batteries last us a year but of course it depends how much work they get. If it’s windy some are set off by the movement of flowers and shrubs.
Great product.
purchased after reading the reviews on Amazon very pleased with the product does everything that it says on the tin. after setting them up sat back and waited to see if the local army of cats would take notice. After just a couple of days the cat problem has decreased by loads, the wife’s plants and troughs are all still flowering with no sign of the cats using them as a toilet bed, one very pleased lady, plus one happy hubby . Can highly recommend these well worth the money.
Very effective
I’ve just purchased a replacement unit as one of the two I bought 2 years ago had gone rusty and couldn’t be fixed. The second unit is still in working order. These work well and keep our neighboors cats away from catching birds in our flower borders. However, several children who have visited comment on the high pitched sound and have even complained that the noise hurt their ears. Nevertheless they are highly effective and in the time we’ve had them, the batteries have only once been changed. At the price, this is a very good buy.
Very effective
I’ve just purchased a replacement unit as one of the two I bought 2 years ago had gone rusty and couldn’t be fixed. The second unit is still in working order. These work well and keep our neighboors cats away from catching birds in our flower borders. However, several children who have visited comment on the high pitched sound and have even complained that the noise hurt their ears. Nevertheless they are highly effective and in the time we’ve had them, the batteries have only once been changed. At the price, this is a very good buy.
I purchased a pack of 2 censors and monitord the grass for a few weeks with 100% success, no more cats and foxes leaving a mess on my lawn. After a good 6 to 8 weeks the grass was clean and only after this time l saw mess appear then realised one of the censors was not working, after removing the back, it was evident that water had got into the battery area with corrosion across the terminals, having used wire wool to clean the area, the censor worked well again keeping the cats and foxes away, best to lean them back slightly to keep rain from the rear, very good product.
I purchased a pack of 2 censors and monitord the grass for a few weeks with 100% success, no more cats and foxes leaving a mess on my lawn. After a good 6 to 8 weeks the grass was clean and only after this time l saw mess appear then realised one of the censors was not working, after removing the back, it was evident that water had got into the battery area with corrosion across the terminals, having used wire wool to clean the area, the censor worked well again keeping the cats and foxes away, best to lean them back slightly to keep rain from the rear, very good product.
I bought two of these for my front garden to deal with a cat problem but the identical two in the back garden have been there a long, long time. The first went in to action on 9Apr2011 followed by the other on 1May2012 and both are still working well. They are very effective but not instantaneous. “Curiosity killed the cat”. No matter how annoying something is to cats curiosity about a new experience will get the better of them and initially they will not be put off. Another problem is that cats are clever animals and they will soon discover a path in your garden to avoid the PestBye and therefore you need to move them about to keep the cats guessing. You will soon see cats on top of your fences as they learn how to avoid the devices. At one time I had to attach one of my PestBye to a tree so that it was about a metre off the ground as one cat had found a route to the top of the compost bin where it would wait for the birds. The other issue is the batteries. I get about six weeks out of a fully charged set of NiMH (but that depends on the number of cats) but once the batteries are flat the cats will soon be back so you need to check them regularly. It’s a simple matter of walking in front of the device and noticing if the blue LED comes on. It’s big and bright so it is easy to see. Modern battery chargers are also a problem. These PestBye are old school and completely drain the batteries which means that when they are placed in a modern charger the LEDs flash red to indicate the batteries are faulty and need replacing. This happens with my Maplin charger and my Energiser charger. Fortunately I also have an old type charger and putting the batteries in it for three minutes solves the problem. When placed in the Maplin charger after the three minute charge the LEDs are green indicating the batteries are fully charged but after a few seconds change to indicate a refresh cycle has begun and then move on to the ordinary charging cycle after about half an hour after which they are good for another six weeks in the garden.
PestBye is not perfect. If the batteries go flat while you are on holiday you can come home to dead birds in your garden and if you have a large garden I would imagine it could be difficult to find places were PestBye would cover the whole thing but they very definitely work well in my garden.
It does what is says, but you need to be savey
I bought one of these initially and was dissapointed at first. Why? because we still had cats in the garden. Then I noticed a cat enter the garden and walk deliberatly behind the scarer. So, it was apparent we needed to ensure adequate coverage.
I purchased a pack of 3 and sold one to a neighbour who had cats using the flower bed beside their front door. and strategically place the other two. Brilliant, no more cats in our garden after trying a few locations and not a single cat fowling of my neighbours front garden. We later needed another for our front and again not a single cat comes any where near. So for those who say they don’t work, sorry but I have to say they deffinitly do work 100% but you need to locate it properley and may need more than one.
50/50 but work when working
Great product! However… one worked and the other doesn’t. Slightly annoying. The good news is that the one that does work has stopped the cats p****** on my shed. Just wish the other worked to get coverage over my garden, to stop them s******* in the middle of my garden. Doesn’t seem to affect the birds either which is great. I would recommend trying another product which may cost a bit more but should be a bit more reliable. These high pitch products do work though. Added bonus of not being harmful either.
It does work!
My neighbour got 2 cats last year. Unfortunately they liked to use my garden as a toilet! I had tried everything from garlic, coffee grains, vinegar etc and nothing worked. I wanted something that wasnt harmful to the cats so gave these repellents a go. The first day they went to toilet directly in front of repellent… however, after a week as soon as they set the repellent off they run out of garden immediately! They are hardly venturing into my garden at all now. It really is working very well and I am really happy with this product!
Cat froze upon hearing this.
Inital results very encouraging, first day in use a pesky cat activated device, froze for a moment then quickly left area and actually made its getaway by jumping on consevatory windowsill!! It then walked all way around on windowsill before jumping on a fence and retreated. Hilarious to watch . Since then not seen any cats and rear security lights not been activated by any at night.
Seem to be working...
I’ve only had these a week now, but the fox problem I bought them to fix seems to have subsided. The foxes clearly didn’t like them – the first night they dug them up (as well as the garden)! But the next night I surrounded them with wooden spikes (snapped cane) to make them hard to get at and since then, fingers crossed, there has been no more digging and pooping. Will up to 5* if this carries on for a sustained period.
We had a neighbours cat move into our street a couple of weeks ago, I have some birds living in the bush in front of my house. I came home from work last week and saw the cat sitting by the side of my bush and watching the birds, I chased it away and a couple of days later while eating dinner, I heard the birds chirping a lot and sounded panicked. I opened my front door to check and the cat was watching them, I chucked a full glass of water over it’s back and thought that that would keep it away. The next morning when I opened the blinds to my back garden the cat was sitting under my bird feeder!
That was when I brought the cat repellent, I haven’t seen a cat near by bush or in my garden in the last 2 days but I wanted to check out if it actually worked. So I saw a that cat in the road tonight, it is not scared by people I can walk right up to it and it won’t move even when it is in the middle of the road. I picked up the cat repellent I walked towards the cat pointing the cat repellent at it and when I got about 5 meters away it started quickly walking away all due to the car repellent and protector of my birds.
Excellent job of safely deterring cats!
We had a major issue with cats using our grass as a litter tray. What seemed like every cat in the street would use our front garden to do their business. Not only was it unsightly, but it also affected the condition of the grass and meant we didn’t like letting our son out to play at the front of the house. Since installing these we haven’t had a single cat visit our garden! The grass is recovering and we can now let our son play without worrying. The only drawback is that I can hear the noise emitted from them, however my husband can’t and none of our friends or family can so I must just have very sensitive hearing!
Mostly Good
I have an old cat, bought this to deter other cats in my garden who were visiting frequently at the windows and upsetting my cat (he is deaf so can’t hear it anyway). Doesn’t work with every cat but has reduced the numbers considerably, so very effective.
The screws to attach the mounting pole are very, very small, would have been so much easier if they could have been attached by hand instead of using tools, it requires a set of miniature screw drivers.
At our old house, this cat used to relieve itself right outside our front door (really stinky and I don’t know what I did to the cat but it seems to have a grudge with me – it was like clock work, every morning we work out of the house, there’s the smell and sight to behold from that cat). After installing this product (just one, I kept the other one as spare) that cat and it’s droppings was no where to be seen. We are in a new house now and our street is littered with cats, I’am just waiting for that one cat to have a grudge and start depositing in my garden before I bring this top gun product out again (both are in storage in my garage). So! long story short, it works.
At our old house, this cat used to relieve itself right outside our front door (really stinky and I don’t know what I did to the cat but it seems to have a grudge with me – it was like clock work, every morning we work out of the house, there’s the smell and sight to behold from that cat). After installing this product (just one, I kept the other one as spare) that cat and it’s droppings was no where to be seen. We are in a new house now and our street is littered with cats, I’am just waiting for that one cat to have a grudge and start depositing in my garden before I bring this top gun product out again (both are in storage in my garage). So! long story short, it works.
It works
I bought these as my neighbor’s cat had started scratching the bark off a small tree I’d planted, and so far it seems to have worked. The only issue I had was screwing the battery compartment lid down, it might have been the screwdriver i was using but the screws wouldn’t go all the way on.
Other than that, it’s done what I wanted it to do!!
Got rid of our cat visitor!
These work great! On the first day we put it in the garden we heard it start to do its beep sonic sound thing, then 2 seconds later we heard the cat squill and run away! As long as it was on it worked perfectly and the stinky problem we had was resolved.
2 of my neighbours have since bought these so would highly recommend them.
You can hear them, and how much seems to depend on age (the younger you are the more you hear it, it’s like a pulsey sound, a tad annoying but doesn’t do anything to make you uncomfortable), although if you’re going to be walking past them you can turn the sensor down so they don’t go off, just remember to turn it back on as one day we forgot and the cat left his calling card!
Working well so far.
I installed these as like others have experienced, my garden was the communal cat dumping ground.
To my utter delight I have seen cats sprinting past to dump on next doors garden (yay for me, sorry neighbours!)
There is one cat who is a right prick who was sniffing about but the sensors seemed to be winding him up a bit and then he buggered off next door too.
It’s a shame that you have to buy these when people get cats as 25 could go towards more important stuff but when your front garden is literally covered in shi..erm stuff you have no option.
Thoroughly recommended, the batteries seem okay so far (been in just over a week but reading some reviews worried me a bit).
If they seem quick to drain batteries or are not working then adjust the settings.
Worked remarkably fas
For months we’ve a had big black cat using our garden as a toilet and after taking tips from various people who suggested coffee, citrus peel and various other options to stop the cat from taking dumps all across the garden. None worked.
I then researched other options and came across these ultrasonic cat repellant devices and read the reviews and thought I’ll give these a try for a month and see what happens. The result was immediate.
2 days after putting the sensors in the garden I investigated and found that the cat had kindly taken a poo right behind one of the sensors, so I moved the sensor against the wall and tried again. The cat did find a place that wasn’t covered by the sensors, so I relocated sensor and since then we’ve had a poo free garden!
Based on my experience over the last couple of weeks I have no hesitation in recommending these sensors as a quick and easy way to stop cats from using your garden as a toilet.
What I received was what was advertised so a good start.
It’s necessary to buy batteries to power these so worth noting that is an extra cost when buying these gizmos. I stocked up on rechargeable ones to keep the running cost down.
Loading the batteries, is fairly straightforward but I don’t recall seeing in the product description that the battery cover has to be screwed on and a plastic seal inserted, which probably aids the waterproofing but I found it fiddly to insert in the channel. Two points to note here are that the screws are small and really need a screwdriver with a suitably sized head, also I suspect repeated unscrewing to replace / recharge batteries will limit the product life – we’ll see.
Do they work; Impossible to say after only a few days in use. I’ve had similar products before with variable results ( and a fairly limited lifespan – two years seems to be the most they last ). These ones come with a variable setting for sensitivity and frequency and the first furry visitor to the garden after I put them out seemed to just ignore them, both are now set to maximum on both controls and the protected lawn is so far free of puss’s unwelcome presents, but that may just be chance.
What would be good would be for the fairly limited instruction leaflet to include a guide as to the expected range for the sensitivity setting and target species for the frequency — without which it’s going to be trial and error.
At 25 for two this product is half the price of a similar single item from B&Q and has good reviews so the overall cost at 35 including the batteries is probably good value, I just wish it weren’t needed in the first place.
Looks Good
Product arrived a day early. Well packed, and just as described. Need quite a bit of self-assembly with no written instructions, although fairly obvious what to do. Be careful to fit the rectangular rubber grommet in the correct position before screwing the back plate into position AFTER you have inserted the batteries. Also, the securing clip for the metal stake has a right and wrong way up – align the bolt holes – a bit fiddly! The metal stake is a good idea – I have had plastic ones in the past, which broke quite easily! No sure of their effectiveness yet, but no cats in the area where the scarers are for the past two nights! Fingers crossed it lasts!!
Looks Good
Product arrived a day early. Well packed, and just as described. Need quite a bit of self-assembly with no written instructions, although fairly obvious what to do. Be careful to fit the rectangular rubber grommet in the correct position before screwing the back plate into position AFTER you have inserted the batteries. Also, the securing clip for the metal stake has a right and wrong way up – align the bolt holes – a bit fiddly! The metal stake is a good idea – I have had plastic ones in the past, which broke quite easily! No sure of their effectiveness yet, but no cats in the area where the scarers are for the past two nights! Fingers crossed it lasts!!
Christmas present for my mum in 2017, as she has an open front garden that neighbours cats used to use as a toilet! These gadgets, strategically placed, did the
trick straight away. Battery operation make really easy. Led to buying another pair for the back garden and her neighbour bought some too. Not too expensive, good value for money and not too obtrusive, funny watching the cats walk past and not stop!
I bought this product to replace one of my previously purchased repellent (same ones then) I used to get up and wonder down my garden and find poop everywhere as lots of my neighbours have cats–I love cats but not to the extent of providing them toilet facilities lol
since using them I have no more poop from anything and my dogs still go down to play (they are trained to poop on the patio area) and also my grandchildren can play poop free
I must say too they do not scare away birds
I bought this product to replace one of my previously purchased repellent (same ones then) I used to get up and wonder down my garden and find poop everywhere as lots of my neighbours have cats–I love cats but not to the extent of providing them toilet facilities lol
since using them I have no more poop from anything and my dogs still go down to play (they are trained to poop on the patio area) and also my grandchildren can play poop free
I must say too they do not scare away birds
Cats beware...danger ahead.
Such a great product and does it job 100%. Normally I wouldn’t take the chance with spending money on something I was not sure would work, but no worries. Used them in my back garden pointed around the area where they’ve done their filthy smelly ‘business’. Magic, no more cats, no more mess no more smelly muck to clean up. So pleased I’ve bought them. Couldn’t recommend them enough. Buy, buy, buy!!!
Purchased to deter a new local cat coming into our back garden and using it as a toilet. We had tried various other options, i.e. vinegar/water spray, pepper and shop bought produce to sprinkle, but this seemed not to deter the offending cat. Mixed reviews viewed on these battery operated devices, but at our wits end decided to give them a go. Initial verdict, on the first night we still had the cat visiting, but not after that (2 weeks now). Maybe after the first night it got frightened off with the noise emitting whilst toileting and decided to go somewhere else! Seen another cat on garage roof but won’t come anywhere near the lawn, so they can definitely hear something. The actual devices needs to be put together before use. I’d call it fiddly. I struggled to fasten the spike to the unit and I have small fingers, no chance for hubby doing it with the tiny screws. After putting the batteries in the cover would not tighten as it probably should do I don’t know whether it is the screws or the holes aren’t big enough. Hopefully the back is on enough not to let any rain in. Dreading having to take the back off again to change the batteries. Remember, if you ordered a pack of 2 devices you need 8 batteries (I only ordered 4). Guidance somewhere on Amazon questions on how to set the device, but I think it is trial and error. Have our sensitivity half way but the frequency really high. As a bit of a back up, cats don’t like citrus and we humans do. As we eat oranges/clementines in our house we now save the skins and break these into 1″ pieces and scatter them on the lawn as well. You will try anything if you are desperate. Will come back in a months time and update if the cat comes back, but so far so good. Tip, if you walk or sit in the garden cover the devices as your movement triggers the PIR and will use your batteries up quicker.
Exactly what was needed
This product has been excellent so far. I had a lot of trouble with the neighbourhood cats doing their business in my garden but this product has now been in place for a couple of weeks and there has been no more ‘cat activity’ in my garden since then. The noise does annoy my son a bit, but I think that is just a case of adjusting the frequency a tad – tricky though as I can’t hear it at all.
Goodness gracious me, they REALLY work, bought them in June and waited to see what they were like, must have taken about a week to get them in right potion, facing parts of garden where cats pasted frequently, now 3 months on and neighbours have even found a difference, cats don’t come into my garden so bypass their’s as well. Batteries, just regular supermarket ones and just changed them now, 3 months on. Best purchase for a long time, highly recommend.
Goodness gracious me, they REALLY work, bought them in June and waited to see what they were like, must have taken about a week to get them in right potion, facing parts of garden where cats pasted frequently, now 3 months on and neighbours have even found a difference, cats don’t come into my garden so bypass their’s as well. Batteries, just regular supermarket ones and just changed them now, 3 months on. Best purchase for a long time, highly recommend.
Works a trea
Have it in my garden with a few weeks no sign of cat fowling, I cut my neighbours grass and the cat seems to have found that his garden is better than mine. It is all over his garden. I bought two at the time one for the front and rear I and no visitors since . Three days ago I took the one from the back garden to give it to a friend to try and today I notice that I had a visitor last night. I am going to order two more for my friend .
I set both cat repellents opposite each other across the garden (about 10 m apart) at slightly different frequencies and this seems to have done the trick. We were starting to get a cat toilet on some gravel by our shed, (I think they thought it was kitty litter) since I’ve fitted the units there has been no more soiling and no more faecal matter to remove – win! As an added bonus the birds have come back to the garden which is great to see and means they are not affected by the devices.
UPDATE: A year on and these are still effective, I actually watched a cat avoid our garden by climbing over our bungalow. Battery life is good and has improved as the local cat population has learned to stay away.
So far, so good.
Pleasantly surprised and very impressed as the many pesky neighbourhood cats are no longer a problem in our garden. Bought a pair of these beauties for back & front gardens and it’s great, not having to waste valuable time, every day, clearing disgusting cat pooh away or having to replace broken/spoilt plants. Wish I’d have invested in them sooner!
No more cats here!!
We installed two in our back garden soon after we realised our new neighbours had a cat. We probably were quick enough to stop the cat getting into the habit of visiting our garden, but we have not seen it since we installed them. They are small and unobtrusive but very very effective. We are very happy with our purchase and have recommended them to others.
No more cats here!!
We installed two in our back garden soon after we realised our new neighbours had a cat. We probably were quick enough to stop the cat getting into the habit of visiting our garden, but we have not seen it since we installed them. They are small and unobtrusive but very very effective. We are very happy with our purchase and have recommended them to others.
Since the weather got warm this summer, the gravelled area outside my sheds and the garden border where we grow fruit bushes have been used as a public toilet for the neighbourhood cat collective. My goodness did it stink. Flicked all the cack into the bushes with a trowel and set these bad boys up. I’ve got both knobs set at about the 9 O’clock position and they activate whenever I walk past.
Next morning I went down to my shed to start the day’s work and was pleased to find no feline poop in the vicinity. It’s been nearly a week now, and no further deposits have been left. I will update the review again in a few weeks.
If they prove to be effective long-term, I have plans to drill a hole in the back of the box and fit a (sealed) wire trailing back into my garden shed, so that I can power them from a mains power supply. Currently running of some 2Ah rechargeable batteries.
[Update, after 1 months’ use]
Still going strong. Not only has there been no ‘caca de gato’ in the problem areas; I haven’t seen a single cat in my garden since installing these.
I recharged the batteries I’d put on one of the devices after 2 weeks – it had taken about 500mAh. Another 2 weeks later and I recharged the other device. That one had taken about 800mAh from the batteries in a month – but we’ve been on holiday for a week in that time. So, I reckon that with me walking past the sensors a few times a day and whatever creatures walk past unseen – a set of 2Ah rechargeable batteries should last about 2 months.
[Update after 10 months’ use]
Still going strong, and not a single piece of cat doo-doo outside my sheds. 2Ah NiMH batteries only need charging every couple of months. So good in fact that I haven’t bothered hard-wiring them into the mains.
I am noticing a tiny bit of condensation appearing in the PIR window now. I could clear that by leaving the backs off, next time we have a very dry spell.
Effective deterre
Bought this product in early June and placed out immediately. Noticed after one night, no more piles of soil hiding cat muck. But the cat(s) had moved to another part of the garden and started dropping there. I moved one of the sensors to that part of the garden and adjusted the other to cover the majority of the rest of the garden. All cat activity stopped immediately. To reinforce just how effective they are, my son, who is 21, and I had to do some hard landscaping in my garden and turned them off as my son was being irritated by the high pitch whine(…………..?) Of course, being a doddery old codger, I forgot to turn them back on. STILL no cat activity. I have switched them on and off at intervals to see the results and am happy to report that the cat(s) is/are littering someone else’s newly planted garden with little gifts. Highly recommended for cats and irritating yutes.
We still occasionally get a cat around but you can see from their behaviour that they are not happy and don`t stay around very long
After installing these cat deterrents about 6 weeks ago I have noticed the reduction of cats visiting the garden. We still occasionally get a cat around but you can see from their behaviour that they are not happy and don`t stay around very long. The secret seems to be in the correct placement of the devices and the sensitivity set. They are not perfect, but so far I am satisfied that they are relatively successful. I have not seen any cat litter around and we don`t get any foul scent from their spraying since the deterrents have been in place.
Effective deterre
Bought this product in early June and placed out immediately. Noticed after one night, no more piles of soil hiding cat muck. But the cat(s) had moved to another part of the garden and started dropping there. I moved one of the sensors to that part of the garden and adjusted the other to cover the majority of the rest of the garden. All cat activity stopped immediately. To reinforce just how effective they are, my son, who is 21, and I had to do some hard landscaping in my garden and turned them off as my son was being irritated by the high pitch whine(…………..?) Of course, being a doddery old codger, I forgot to turn them back on. STILL no cat activity. I have switched them on and off at intervals to see the results and am happy to report that the cat(s) is/are littering someone else’s newly planted garden with little gifts. Highly recommended for cats and irritating yutes.
I’ve been having so many issues with Cats in the garden. Not only fouling but also killing anything and everything that moves. They pretty much spend all night every night in the garden. It’s been a real pain.
Until now.
These things actually seem to be working. Whereas there wasn’t a night where the cats weren’t in the garden for about 6 hours a time, they haven’t spent any time in the garden at all since these have been installed.
I’ve seen the cats approach the garden, the sensor has activated, the cat reacts to it and legs it out of the garden. These things have been a huge breakthrough.
I was sceptical at first but so far so good.
Amazing results
Wasn’t sure how effective these would be but am very pleasantly surprised. Since having them in our small back garden we hardly see any cats and the odd ones we have seen don’t get more than a few feet in before they turn and run for the hills. Previously they would treat our lawn as a sunbathing place and regularly hunt for birds in the bushes. If our conservatory door was open they would even step inside as bold as brass. These devices do what it says on the tin. Would have given 5 stars except that, as others have said, the back plates are very fiddly with the tiny screws. Surely somebody could have come up with an easier design.
These two really worked for me had foxes cats and squirrels digging and pooing in garden just planted new boarder and flowers and the holes were right next to new plants.
I think my garden was a fox path now instead of running through garden they run around.. It hasn’t gotten rid of them that wasn’t what I wanted but they think twice before digging and pooing and running on and through the garden.. All and all great purchase would recommend..
Was a bit fiddly to put battery back on and spike but great value for money as I’ve seen some for 28 quid just for a single one..
Now my flowers can grow!!!
These work. Two neighbourhood cats were coming in every day, leaving many deposits and yellow patches on the lawn. Since putting these out ( six weeks ago) there has not been one visit from them. The PestBye only works from the front, where the lens and sensors are, so I bought the two pack, and have them angled to cover my small garden. If you have a bigger garden, I’d go for the three pack, to cover all angles. Mine are stuck in the ground ( they have a generous sized spike), so really easy to use, and I turn them to face a wall when gardening, to save the batteries. The birds still come, as do the bees, so no problem there. There are two dials on the front and I have them set at the halfway mark, and that seems enough to deter cats.
The only slight draw back is that the batteries have a screwed down cover, on the back. There are four tiny screws, very fiddly, but I have now bought the correct tiny X style screwdriver, which should help. I put in Poundland batteries and, six weeks on, they are still going strong. If the gadgets continue to be effective, I will invest in some good quality rechargeable ones.
Despite the tiny screws, I have given this 5 star rating because they deter cats without harming them, or any other wildlife.
I purchased these to deter a visiting cat from raiding my pond. Previously it has gone after fish and killed numerous frogs. Since installing these I haven’t seen the cat around the pond at all although it is still around in the neighbourhood. I was also worried it might scare away birds that come to the pond to drink but they take no notice of it at all. All in all very successful. I have ordered two more to cover the areas where the cat enters the garde
We had a problem with cats catching birds near our bird feeders and also using our garden as a toilet. We installed these about a month ago and so far they seem to have worked very well. Cats come within about 6-8 feet of them then turn and go away. They also now seem to come into the garden less frequently. We have a large garden so have just purchased two more to provide more cover. I don’t know how long the batteries will last but we may invest in some rechargeable ones.
Works perfectly!
I got this for my for my front garden which is exactly 7m from corner to corner, so one sensor covers it just right.
I had numerous cats come and desecrate on my grass and was forever picking up after them. Since having these they haven’t returned!
During the first week, one or two came back but not as frequently, but from then onwards they haven’t been back at all!
Great item! I have just bought it again as I have a large garden and want to do the same.
We have been feeding the birds in our garden for 14 years, then recently new neighbours arrived with three cats, which were regularly in our garden, and the birds disappeared. I put two of these in strategic positions on setting 4 and since then haven’t seen any cats and the birds are coming back. We are pet lovers, so are happy that this doesn’t harm animals, it merely encourages them to choose another route.
Brillia
Brought these about a month ago and really work!!! So fed up with several neighbors cats messing in my front and back garden it got to the point my next doors children couldn’t cross my lawn without walking in it. It took about a fortnight for them to work and my gardens are mess free!!! One of the culprits has been spotted avoiding my front lawn by walking along the pavement instead of the lawn. Would highly recommend them.
Turd Free
I recently built a raised bed for growing herbs outdoors filled with fresh, clean soil. The local cats could not contain their excitement or appreciation and demonstrated this through persistent and volumous deposits of turd at every opportunity. Despite my best efforts to chase them off, it only made them more determined. In a moment of desperation I bought the PestBye Ultrasonic Battery Operated Repeller expecting little change to the daily feline barrage yet was amazed. Once installed, the tsunami of cat crud disappeared overnight. No longer was I reduced to an evening of ‘clod vs crud’ in my herb garden and joy returned to my life once again. Five stars.
Highly effective where nothing else worked
After trying literally every other deterrent out there and nothing doing the trick, I bought a couple of these for our fairly small garden and they were immediately effective. I was having to go out every day to clear up after the cats, but as soon as these were installed I went out once more the very next day to clear 1 *present* (where before it had regularly been maybe 3-4 every day). And since then have never had a problem again – and this has been over many months.
I was dubious about these as I had a similar one before that didn’t work.
I bought them because they got good reviews and they weren’t going to break the bank, and I was sick of the cat mess on the garden every night.
I put one of these in my front garden, where a particular cat used to go regularly, and the other in my back garden, again near a popular spot for another cat. After I put them up, a couple of days later I had cat mess in the front garden, once. And none since, and it’s been 3 months now.
Top fox deterrent. So far!
My experience so far (with cctv).
Day 1 installation – young fox cubs tried to do their usual thing, all over the place. But then they suddenly stopped. Sat there looking confused, several metres away.
Day 2. Young fox cubs came back, a couple of times. Disappeared pretty quickly.
Day 3. Nothing.
Day 4. Cubs came back briefly. Then adult fox comes for a look. Gone very quickly.
So far so good.
Cannot comment on cats, as I bought these to deter foxes.
Oh, day 5. Adult fox has just come back, then skulked away again.
Five stars from me, for now.
Bought these six weeks ago, but deferred review until I was sure they were doing something (a number of reviews suggested cats just ignored them). Our neighbour acquired a young cat – a charmingly inquisitive little thing, which seemed to spend more time in our garden than theirs (more interesting places to explore and no kids to pester her!). However her predatory instincts kept the birds away from our feeders, we occasionally found little piles of torn feathers (Not necessarily due to this particular cat), started being woken at night by loud territorial cat-fights, and the final straw was finding a whole area of our borders being used as a toilet!
Installed these and at first there seemed to be no difference. The cat just strolled by as usual. However the instructions did state that it took 10 or more days for the repeated exposure to the devices to have effect, and it does appear to be the case. The cat does pass through the garden (usually well away from the devices) but it no longer lingers, It did find a corner to hide out of the scope of the detector near the birdfeeders but that was resolved by repositioning the device, and it is performing its toiletting elsewhere (My apologies to other neighbours!)
The instructions could be less vague. The device has dials to adjust sensitivity and frequency but there is no explanation as to how to adjust, so its a case of trial and error, and mine referred to a red light flashing when it is first activated (there is no on-off switch, inserting the batteries activates it) On ours the PIR flashed blue, not red, so we guessed it was working.
It does not actually scare cats off, but causes sufficient discomfort or irritation for them to prefer to be somewhere else.
I love that I can dial the sensitivity down to zero ...
cats are now either avoiding or dashing through my garden without stopping for poop or pee on my lawn, I’ve actually seen them scurrying past the PestBye units with their ears wiggling as they glair nervously in the direction of the ultrasonic sound. I have the frequency set at mid way on my units and that seems to work well, my lawn is starting to recover. I love that I can dial the sensitivity down to zero on these (I have 6 of them in my long garden) so that they are deactivated when we are in the garden for the evening. it does feel great knowing that my garden is no longer a lavatory for cats.
Battery cover fitting needs improvement.
Prompt delivery. The screws holding the battery cover are ridiculously small. They require a tiny screwdriver, and this means very limited torque.
This means that the screws are only part way home. No instructions on settings. It will be a while before judgement can be made as to their use.
So far, a cat recently went to the unit, probably attracted to the blue light, sniffed around it, and then sauntered off, not impressed.
) But they do work - within 1 week you can see a crescent area where cats no longer visit & foul. Could be best used to target specific bedding ...
Not sure it covers 7 metres as advised – maybe 5 would be more realistic. But they work – which is why I have re-ordered a second pair. (Shared the first 2 with next door neighbour & we both agree you need 2 to cover a fairly small to midsized garden.) But they do work – within 1 week you can see a crescent area where cats no longer visit & foul. Could be best used to target specific bedding areas. Not to bad on batteries so far – poundland 4xaa have lasted 3 weeks and counting.
) But they do work - within 1 week you can see a crescent area where cats no longer visit & foul. Could be best used to target specific bedding ...
Not sure it covers 7 metres as advised – maybe 5 would be more realistic. But they work – which is why I have re-ordered a second pair. (Shared the first 2 with next door neighbour & we both agree you need 2 to cover a fairly small to midsized garden.) But they do work – within 1 week you can see a crescent area where cats no longer visit & foul. Could be best used to target specific bedding areas. Not to bad on batteries so far – poundland 4xaa have lasted 3 weeks and counting.
For reasons I’ll explain in a minute, this review is mainly about user-friendliness (or rather the lack of it), for the time being at least.
The battery compartment cover is held in place by 4 small screws, which take some time to unscrew. Then once you’ve done this and changed the batteries, you need to fiddle around with the rubber seal around the battery compartment to make sure it’s in place properly (it’s slightly oversized and not fixed in place at all) before spending more time reattaching the screws.
You can’t really do all this while the device is “in situ” so you have to take it out of the ground. That means that (unless you’ve hung them from a wall) you also have a muddy stake to contend with, because you won’t want to bother taking the stake off temporarily, as it’s held in place with a small, and even more fiddly, nut and bolt arrangement.
I’ve only got these recently and I saw one reviewer saying they have to change the batteries every few weeks, so it seems I may have to undergo this chore quite frequently. Especially as I need to use both of them, and they’re in my front garden where one or both will be activated whenever anyone comes or goes.
I can’t help thinking it would have been quite easy to design both a closure for the battery compartment and a method of attachment for the stake that would have been much more quick and convenient.
Then there is the skimpy leaflet that comes with them, which has a lot less information and instructions than the product information on the Amazon website. Sure, you can print that off or copy it to your PC or phone, but you really shouldn’t be required to.
OK, rant over. What you really want to know is “Do they work?”. Too early for me to say for sure, because my problem with fouling by cats (definitely) and dogs/foxes (possibly) has fortunately only been occasional. But the initial signs look promising – since I put them in, I’ve only once seen one of the neighbourhood moggies in my garden, and it didn’t seem keen to hang around. And no more fouling as yet.
So, for now, 2 stars. That’s 3 for slightly promising on effectiveness, minus 1 for lack of user-friendliness. Once I have more evidence of their effectiveness (or otherwise), I’ll revisit this review and bump the rating up or down as appropriate.
UPDATE – Yes, they do work, but you need to experiment with the frequency settings. In my case I have 2 separate patches of lawn and I was getting different types of “deposits” on each – smaller and harder on lawn 1, larger and softer on lawn 2. But I set both devices to frequency 4 to start with, as I knew cats were part of the problem – I’d seen one “in the act” a couple of times on lawn 1. The problem went away immediately on lawn 1, but not on lawn 2 until I lowered the frequency dial on lawn 2 to between 1 and 2. So presumably some other type of animal there.
Since this tweak I’ve had only 1 recurrence of the problem – but that was very recently, and was a “lawn 2 type” on lawn 1. So now I may have to to change the frequency on lawn 1.
Nevertheless, they’ve made a big difference, and each set of batteries lasts 4-5 months, so I’m increasing my rating from 2 stars to 4.
I still see cats in the garden from time to time, so I suspect that they’re not particularly bothered by the sound most of the time, but they don’t feel like they want to be under observation or uncomfortable while “doing their business” (like us humans!) – so they go somewhere else to do it.
I never write about anything, normally send more stuff back. I have had Cats problems for years read reviews on both Amazon and Ebay, both negative and positive, EBay being more negative, so you can imagine I was hesitant about the purchase a lot of money if it did not do what is says so kept the box just in case .I assembled it put it out side with both dials about half way and from day one it worked. I could not believe kept checking to see if there was any mess and nothing its been exactly 7 days now I am delighted. Most people did have success straight away and some stating it was longer, I did think most reviews could be written by the Company or Family members. So I purchased 2 and now have a spare or could use it else where. I really have no negative things to say about it honestly. Do not dither has I did, I was always annoyed that the cats did not use next doors Garden as a toilet, until only a couple of days ago I noticed in between her plants she has an older model.I will use the other one in the back to rid it of Squirrels. So good luck folks
I never write about anything, normally send more stuff back. I have had Cats problems for years read reviews on both Amazon and Ebay, both negative and positive, EBay being more negative, so you can imagine I was hesitant about the purchase a lot of money if it did not do what is says so kept the box just in case .I assembled it put it out side with both dials about half way and from day one it worked. I could not believe kept checking to see if there was any mess and nothing its been exactly 7 days now I am delighted. Most people did have success straight away and some stating it was longer, I did think most reviews could be written by the Company or Family members. So I purchased 2 and now have a spare or could use it else where. I really have no negative things to say about it honestly. Do not dither has I did, I was always annoyed that the cats did not use next doors Garden as a toilet, until only a couple of days ago I noticed in between her plants she has an older model.I will use the other one in the back to rid it of Squirrels. So good luck folks
No more cats in my garde
For over a year after we’ve moved to a new house, I’ve had a problem with my neighbours cats using my brand new lawn as their toilet. I saw this product on Amazon and decided to give it a go, and it worked great. Cats are gone from my garden. On the first day after we’ve put it in place I could see how confused the cats are they were looking at my garden but wouldn’t come in. After few days they just looked elsewhere to do their business.
Only negative is that my sister is so sensitive to that she cannot sit in the garden when it’s on but it doesn’t bother anyone else including my 20 months old son. So we just take it of the hook when my sister is visiting.
You need full coverage
If you have a large garden you are going to have to spend a proportionate amount of money on these to stop the local cats using your garden as a toilet. I bought these for my nan who has a huge garden and they really haven’t helped, but I think that’s because there is too much of her garden that the cats can get to without setting the sensors off. I’ve still rated this as four stars because in my small garden they appear to have done the trick. The only cat I’ve seen since was sat on top of our girls play house (which would be too high to set the sensors off) but more importantly (touch wood), no more cat presents.
You need full coverage
If you have a large garden you are going to have to spend a proportionate amount of money on these to stop the local cats using your garden as a toilet. I bought these for my nan who has a huge garden and they really haven’t helped, but I think that’s because there is too much of her garden that the cats can get to without setting the sensors off. I’ve still rated this as four stars because in my small garden they appear to have done the trick. The only cat I’ve seen since was sat on top of our girls play house (which would be too high to set the sensors off) but more importantly (touch wood), no more cat presents.
on really worked except pepper powder and that was only any good if the weather was fine
I bought these 2 items in desperation and I can honestly say that I wish I had bought them sooner. I’ve had problems for years with cats using my small front lawn as a toilet and tried different products to stop them, non really worked except pepper powder and that was only any good if the weather was fine. I returned from a weeks holiday and had to clear up 5 lots of cat mess, that was the last straw so I bought these (doubting they would work). I placed one in my garden and the effect was instant NO CAT MESS at all for over a week, until one cat worked out there was a patch of grass that was not covered by the IR “beam” so I put the second device in and that did the trick. I have gone from cleaning up cat mess pretty much daily to not at all apart from the time the patch of grass was not covered by the device and once when I turned down the sensitivity of the IR. I have rated these as 5 stars because they have worked a treat for me.
Great product!!! My lawn is now t**d free and cat free. Not sure why the 1 stars claim it doesn’t work, perhaps the cats were deaf, or the settings were wrong. That said I had the pleasure of seeing my cat deterrent in action just months after my purchase. I was sat admiring my lawn when a cat edged its way up the flower bed, as soon as it came into the area covered by this radar it was like it’d been scared by a very loud noise, milliseconds later, it had vacated my garden. Hurrah.
Cats away!
Brilliant kit! Keeps the cats from sh…..g in my garden! Have three of these. I recommend coating the inside seal with Vaseline and putting electrical tape around the outer casing seal to help keep the weather out. Avoid putting near ‘moving’ plants or anything that will trigger them unnecessarily and the batteries will last several months. I put a bucket over them if I am gardening to avoid needless triggering of the device. Love these !
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Kodak batteries are rubbish !!
I purchased this after rescuing yet another bird in my garden from a particularly irritating local cat. Having then watched the cat hovering outside a Great Tit next box waiting for the adults to return, I decided enough was enough. The high pressure water pistol had failed even after a direct hit. I bought these not expecting them to work particularly. They have done. I have placed two in the back garden with an ‘arc of fire’ so a very large chunk of the garden is covered. Since I put them in, the local cats (which were a real menace and daily visitors) have not returned to the garden once. I was having to chase them out every few hours as they stalked our local wildlife. The units are now protecting an area with three nests. I have also noticed the local grey squirrels don’t particularly like them although they have to be on the ground to be within the sensor. I am giving the units 4 stars simply because the instructions are very poor. The actual units are very effective. I can’t comment on battery life although mine are being prompted to come on constantly by all the birds who now feed on the ground in safety (you can tell it is operating as a blue light comes on as it emits the ‘silent’ deterrent noise). Now – a note of caution. I’m an adult and I can’t hear the noise being emitted. My children (aged 7 and 9) can, and claim it can hurt their ears if they get too close to the sensors. Birds are completely unaffected by the units (from pigeons to wrens).
I purchased this after rescuing yet another bird in my garden from a particularly irritating local cat. Having then watched the cat hovering outside a Great Tit next box waiting for the adults to return, I decided enough was enough. The high pressure water pistol had failed even after a direct hit. I bought these not expecting them to work particularly. They have done. I have placed two in the back garden with an ‘arc of fire’ so a very large chunk of the garden is covered. Since I put them in, the local cats (which were a real menace and daily visitors) have not returned to the garden once. I was having to chase them out every few hours as they stalked our local wildlife. The units are now protecting an area with three nests. I have also noticed the local grey squirrels don’t particularly like them although they have to be on the ground to be within the sensor. I am giving the units 4 stars simply because the instructions are very poor. The actual units are very effective. I can’t comment on battery life although mine are being prompted to come on constantly by all the birds who now feed on the ground in safety (you can tell it is operating as a blue light comes on as it emits the ‘silent’ deterrent noise). Now – a note of caution. I’m an adult and I can’t hear the noise being emitted. My children (aged 7 and 9) can, and claim it can hurt their ears if they get too close to the sensors. Birds are completely unaffected by the units (from pigeons to wrens).
So far so good. Bought a powder repellent as cats kept fauling our veggie patch and kids play area but found fresh cat poop on top of thick spray of powder so… for a week we haven’t had cats poo. It’s safe for kids and definitely works. I wish I ordered it before I wasted my money on “fully natural” cat repellent powder which u can’t disperse on veggies or near kids- not so natural then… and certainly not workin. So if you want cats out definitely get this product! No more rounds around the garden to clean cats poo before kids get to it and so easy to dismantle when kids are in the garden – just take it out of the ground and put back overnight.
THIS DOES WORK WELL FOR ME!!!
Did not know what to expect.I have read reviews of other cat repellents,and was not impressed,but I bought these 2,I am very pleased with them.We came back from holliday to be greeted by over 40 sets of cat poo on our small front garden.That is why we had to do something,so that is the reason for the purchase.
When I first set them up I had 2 lots of poo,I reset the positions increased the frequency.GREAT,I have had no more poo .I see the cats walk past my garden,but they do not come in.
The repellers look well made and not too obtrusive.The only one small niggle ,the screws for the battery cover are very fiddly and the holes a little small making it difficult to find a screwdriver that fits (and I have dozens) without chewing the screw heads off.
Yup, these work!
My back yard has a large gravelled area with multi-colour pebbles and stones. Unfortunately one of the neighbour’s cats recently started to treat it like a giant litter tray. There was only some cat mess to begin with which I would clean away upon discovery and hose down the affected area… but the amount of mess quickly escalated to what I could only describe as epic proportions! I don’t like the idea of putting any sort of deterrent down which could potentially be harmful to animals (I love animals!) so these sound emitters seemed like a good alternative. They only activate on motion detection so they only emit a noise for a few seconds.
The units arrived in simple packaging with only a few bits to put together, the base which sticks into the ground and the back panel where the batteries go. As other reviewers have mentioned the screws provided are very small, there’s even two tiny bolts which need threaded for the base. It’s a little fidgety but perfectly doable. The instructions are OK but not great. I wasn’t able to find any information about what the two knobs actually do so I was forced to experiment with them to find a setting which worked for me.
I placed one of these in a corner of the garden which the cat(s) seemed to favour, and placed the other one near the opposite end. After the first 24hrs I found some cat mess right in the centre of the garden, so I tweaked the “frequency” knob (to around the “3” setting) and increased the sensitivity knob to max – at this point I’d like to point out that these units actually emit an audible sound (I had assumed only the cats could hear it). To me it sounds like loud bat chirps when set at lower frequencies. As such these may get quite annoying if you place them in an area where you would often move around (remember they are motion activated) – anyway, adjusting the frequency seemed to do the trick because it’s been 2 weeks now and not a single piece of cat mess has appeared 🙂 I plan to leave these in place for a while so the cat gets used to knowing not to enter the area and then I’ll take them away and see what happens.
Update: I left these out for about a month and a half, I have now turned both units off and there’s been no sign of any cat poop returning. Very Happy.
Wow! I didn't expect these to work so quickly ...
Wow! I didn’t expect these to work so quickly! Within a couple of days of installing these the cats were no longer using my grass as a toilet! Result! I run them on rechargeable batteries (4 x 2,300mAh AA) and they work well, lasting a couple of months at a time. The children say that they can hear the noise it makes and I can also hear it but faintly. A small price to pay for a cat-poo free garden.
No complaints so far :-)
I hope that I am not tempting fate by writing this review but here goes. I’ve had these now for approximately 6 weeks, cut the grass a number of times in that time period and so far so good, no little presents from our feline friends! We have a number of cats around where we live and they are not even discrete about where they deposit, usually straight in the middle of the lawn, not even in the boarders with an attempt of a cover-up. However on arrival of the scarers I set about building them up, not too difficult a task but the screws are a little fiddly when you have sausages for fingers, anyway a descent screwdriver makes all the difference, got them set up in the gardens (I have mine in the corners so its gets the best spread). The instructions that come with them are sparse however tells you all you need to know. I know people have commented on hearing a noise when they activate them and this is the case with mine also, a low clicking noise which is barely noticeable until you get close to them, I’ve also only got mine set to approximately half of its settings (volume). I did use a technique from another reviewer for when I am working in the garden which is to use a plant pot to cover them up so I do not keep activating them, you just have to remember to remove it when you have finished. We still get cats coming in the garden but they are either walking along the fence line before jumping into the neighbours or when they walk directly through they tend to just keep on going these days. I suppose the only down side to these is the fact that my neighbours are now finding they have more deposits than they did for which I will apologise as I get on with my neighbours really well.