Pest repellant is a scam? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Faringdon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 03:33:44 pm
content: Hi,This would be useful when you live in an old house where the rats and bedbugs etc, live under the floorboards where you cant get to them, and the insects come into the room through the floorboard gaps....https://repellio.com/pp/uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI95-vrcKXhgMVv41QBh1VhgzEEAAYASAAEgInSvD_BwE..but is it a scam?Sounds like an ultrasonic transmitter, thats all?

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 03:43:27 pm
content: PSA - the URL without possible affiliate link:https://repellio.com/

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 03:48:56 pm
content: Quote from: PlainName on May 18, 2024, 03:43:27 pmTee hee.The OP could easily check, by turning one on and seeing whether he rushes out of the room.Or he could use google/bing or snopes.

author: temperance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 03:57:23 pm
content: The IO stand for IN OUT. I don't see the problem.

author: pcprogrammer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 04:18:31 pm
content: Ah it is the weekend again.Send one tobigcliveand let him test and take it apart for you.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 04:47:39 pm
content: Sound based repellers are not effective according to testing -Quote

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 05:21:12 pm
content: Yes, Virginia, it is a scam.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 07:53:32 pm
content: QuoteWhat could possibly go wrong with that product?Great product name though -- sounds like a magic spell straight out of Harry Potter. Uttering that spell is probably as effective as using this product.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 07:58:05 pm
content: Yes. They are a scam. Shawn Woods made a video about them.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 09:00:08 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on May 18, 2024, 07:53:32 pmcould be systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic ... if you know what I am talking about.

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 18, 2024, 10:40:38 pm
content: I've never seen any pests in my house once I got a cat.But you do have to feed the cat. I'd argue it outcompetes the pests in cuteness and only asks for food in return for pest deterrence.I found two dead mice in my dad's kitchen after he installed a pest-away-device similar to that. I'm not convinced they work.

author: mendip_discovery
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2024, 06:56:42 am
content: If the OP buys one, turns it on and finds it makes him want to leave the room then clearly it works.

author: wraper
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 19, 2024, 07:01:50 am
content: AFAIK all ultrasonic pest or tick repellents are scam.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2024, 08:35:08 am
content: Not necessarily. One of our cats will disappear over the horizon if a high-pitched whine, such as from our vacuum cleaner, occurs. In fact, I only have to get the thing out and he's gone, knowing what's coming. Same with the robomower - sits there quite happily sunning himself but as soon as the mower gets going he is gone, and that's a very soothing kind of hum but high-pitched.OTOH, our other cat couldn't give a toss. So maybe they work on some individuals and maybe they don't on others. Clearly, if the aim is total annihilation then they don't work (and much else wouldn't either), but if you just wanted to show they do work - as in having an effect - then you only need one or two critters to scuttle away.

author: Zero999
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2024, 04:32:28 pm
content: Quote from: PlainName on May 19, 2024, 08:35:08 amNeither of those sounds are ultrasonic, and they only work on domestic cats, which can be a pest, but generally don't cause as many problems as rodents and as you say, don't work on all individuals. The OP wants to deal with rats and bedbugs, not the neighbour's cat using his garden as a toilet.

author: PlainName
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 19, 2024, 05:09:03 pm
content: I think you missed what I was trying to get across. Wood...trees... you know the form by now.