Pest OFFense - Didnt work well for us
By Joan Young on
This is supposed to be the greatest way to keep mice out of your house, but it only worked for about two months for us before they got used to it.
We live in the country and had mice everywhere in the old house.But we built a new house 17 years ago and thought that there might be fewer problems with mice.Wrong!They find ways to get in no matter what, it seems.
So I paid $25 for this Pest OFFense electronic gadget.Im willing to try nearly anything.The idea of this is that you plug it into a socket and it sends pulses through your home wiring that mice, rats, roaches, and some other insects cant tolerate so they stay away.
This billed as a great environmental alternative to poisons, etc. I like that a lot.No chemicals, safe around children, food, most pets.I sure wish that it really worked because I dont like to kill the little critters, I just want to keep them out of the pantry and kitchen.
It has a lighted panel in the front that serves as a nightlight.The red light flashes all the time and the green light is off 3 minutes and then on 3 minutes.It doesnt really explain why.
Supposedly one unit will be enough for one level of an average size home. I suppose its possible that because we didnt get two units that was the reason it didnt seem to work.But I would have thought that it would keep them off of the level I put it on.I chose the kitchen and pantry level, because that was where I really wanted them to be gone.
Dont use this if you have pets that are rodents or rodent like.Examples, hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets, gerbils, etc.
These now cost $30, but they are still available.This makes me think that they must work better for some people.Maybe Ill plug it in right near the pantry and see what happens.I can post an update later.
If you want to try it, the web site is Pest OFFense.
I never assume that michigan experience the same problem with my remote village :-) just suggestion, if you don't like to kill the little critters may be you can batter the benzoin until crumbles and scattered the battered benzoin into the places usually be the way for the mices. Btw, your pest control, may be, aimed to work in more specific environment. Good luck
you can't rely on these things to do all of the work. You have to close up all entrances inside and outside your house. Otherwise even if you manage to kill all of them inside your house rodents will keep getting in. I did that and plugged pest offense into the wall where the mouse were travelling in and I haven't heard any mice runing in the walls or ceilings since. I have 2 units one in my bedroom and in the kitchen and I haven't had any rodent activity. The thing is that I had to first put steel wool into all the holes and block out any entrances where mice could travel to get into my place. Check around the outside areas of your foundation and house because a mouse can get into a hole the size of a dime. So you really have to be vigilant about doing this. If after doing that it doesn't work then you have a 90 day return window to send back the units and to get your money back no questions asked.
I haven't seen anyone who has used these type things successfully yet.