Hoont Cat Repellent- Squirrel Deterrent
$21.99
$39.99
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Condition: New
Style: Pro
color: Green
Top positive review
5 people found this helpful
No more unwelcome guests in our yard
By Matt on Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2024
We have been having a growing issue with either stray cats or irresponsible owners not fixing their pets (at least two of the cats that were an issue were not) coming into our yard and marking everything, including our slider we leave open at night when the weather is nicer, and picking fights with our cats, including through our door. I didn't want to go with a trap except as a last resort, and the city animal control has decided to do nothing about the exploding stray cat population in our city, leaving limited options for dealing with a trap humanely, so needed to start with deterrence. Well, it seems after getting a couple of nasty surprises from this sprinkler, the marking and fighting issues have more or less disappeared and our unwelcome visitors have seemed to have got the message our yard isn't a place for them to be. It will easily trigger at 20-30 feet even on setting 4, setting 0 in spite of saying in the instructions is "off" is not, so true off needs to be shutting the water off to it or you'll get sprayed walking close enough to it still. Our yard is again quiet and we can leave our slider open again without having to worry about peeing or fighting through it, worth the price of admission.
Top critical review
90 people found this helpful
Don't waste your time
By Tom K Morris on Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2018
This is one of the worst pieces of product garbage I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Seemed like such a good idea too, and with decent reviews I was very hopeful. Well, actually if you do the math on the reviews, it seems as though roughly 1 in 10 units don't perform and I guess this was my unlucky day. I hate spending time on a lengthy review but to save some of my fellow Amozonians from some headaches and frustration I feel it's my duty to go into some detail. And maybe even the manufacturer will take note although I doubt it. I can tell from their weak website and "instruction slip" that consumer communication is not their forte. So here goes: Easy to assemble, yes. But from there it goes downhill fast. Instead of providing easy to see visual instructions, there's a pithy slip of paper with not well-written instructions, at least one of which makes absolutely no sense: "The jet spray repeller's coverage area is arc shaped. Set the width of this arc by sliding the two prong clips to the left or right." Seems clear except there are not two prong clips that you can adjust into any kind of variable arc, only narrow and almost 360º. But that's minor stuff, on to the real failure: IT DOESN'T WORK! How does it not work? Let me count the ways. It behaves randomly every time you make make a slight adjustment like the distance or go into the battery compartment. Starting with brand new batteries, the unit wouldn't come on at all even after adjusting the on/off distance dial. Then finally it came on and wouldn't turn off! So I turned the dial to off and then it wouldn't come on again at all. Maybe something wrong with the batteries? So I swap fresh batteries and try again. Okay now it's working, great. But then I go to adjust the distance and it stops working again! I'll give it a rest, maybe it needs time to adjust (?). An hour or so later it's working again but now it's going off every 30 seconds while there's complete stillness in the area! And it won't stop! For the next several hours, repeat and rinse (which is what will happen to you as you adjust and try to get it to work). Nuff said? I hope so. Avoid it. Unless you love frustration.
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