BASF Alpine WSG Water Soluble Granule Insecticide, Indoor Outdoor Pest Control for Ants, Flies, Bed Bugs, German Cockroach, .35 Ounce Packet (1 Count)

When I moved into my trailer, I had been informed that the place had been previously treated by a professional for roaches... All I can say is that they didn't use Alpine WSG. It didn't matter what I did, you'd think I lived like a hoarder for how many were creeping around my clean, tidy little place. This stuff had me go from seeing several roaches of various sizes every single day in numerous rooms of the house, to one or two here and there (all acting strangely, after encountering the product), to nothing at all. I'd tried all kinds of stuff before I tried Alpine's granules, from baits, contact spray, diatomaceous earth, to growth inhibitors and nothing else really seemed to make a dent in my infestation. Half of a packet helped me treat about 800 square feet, just working along the baseboard and in all of the nooks and crannies I could reach. My neighbors are still dealing with roaches, but they never seem to make it inside of my place anymore since I made my perimeter around the outside of the trailer, along the windows and frames of the door. It seems extremely safe and left no weird residue or off putting smells to boot. For the price, effectiveness, and quality, this stuff can't be beat! If you don't mind mixing your own spray, it's well worth the effort.

This product has worked better for me than the more common OTC products. I have ants in the front yard (grass) and also they'll come up in the front driveway and landscape rocks in the front of the house. If I spray around their mounds in the PM and turn off the sprinkler system for the following day, I get 100% dead ant mounds, and they do not reappear for many days, even weeks (this product sticks to surfaces so even ant mounds you don't spray directly can be affected because wandering ants will bring this product back to the queen). You will need a pump-up spray bottle, mine is 4 pints. I mix one packet (10 grams) with 4 pints of water. You can make it stronger or weaker by using more or less water (they provide instructions).

If you've found this review because springtails have invaded your house and you've realized almost nothing kills them, I'm sorry. When I first moved into my place, I discovered it had a massive springtail problem (as in, I killed *hundreds* everywhere every single day). This area had apparently been a thickly wooded forest before they built the complex. They also insist on having flower beds with wood chips surrounding the outside of each building, as well as running the sprinklers every night, which creates a nice damp home for things to breed in (fyi, if this doesn't match your living situation at all, you may instead have a leak somewhere that's creating an ideal home for the springtails, so check for that). My complex's pest control was useless, no matter how many times they came out. I tried diatomaceous earth in crevices, but I think I would have needed to sprinkle it literally everywhere to kill them all, which wasn't an option. Enter Alpine WSG. I'm not going to say it's my favorite thing ever to do my own pest control, but using these granules is pretty easy. Just invest in a decent pesticide sprayer and pesticide-safe gloves, dress in long sleeves and pants, follow the mixing directions, and start spritzing. I usually treat at least a 2-3 foot perimeter around the outside of my house with liberal soaking of the piles of woodchips. I'll repeat this every few weeks about 3 or so times starting in spring, and they'll stop popping up inside completely afterward and will be rare to see outside for 4-6+ months. I have 20 lbs dogs, and this has been fine to use around them. Just wait a few hours before letting pets outside to make sure it all dries first. I also sometimes use the spray inside in select spots, and it appears to be very long-lasting. I've unfortunately found some roaches inside recently, despite being very clean (the complex says they're "wood roaches," but I'm dubious), but all of them were either dead or dying next to spots I'd previously sprayed. It had been a few months and multiple moppings since I last sprayed inside, so I decided to put down a fresh coat to nip the problem in the bud, and that seems to have done it. I haven't found anything inside but one dead centipede (did I mention it's not just springtails that live in the woodchips?) since. Fyi, I've found that Alpine doesn't kill most spiders, no matter the size (we have both tiny house spiders and very big ones -- wolf? grass? --here), so you will need something else for those. I also have had mixed results with the earwigs that wander in sometimes. They do eventually die, but I can't say for sure if that's the spray or their natural life cycle; they always seem pretty lively whenever I find them. As for ants, I have never had a problem with them because Alpine is incredibly effective against them. While the complex and my direct neighbor have sometimes had a big ant problem, when I've found groups of them by my place, they've already all curled up and died before they made it within two feet of my front door. This spray also does kill crickets, which is not my intention, but if you have a big problem with them, this would work. While I can't say if it's due to the Alpine, my dogs' own flea treatments, or just pure luck, I've also never had a flea problem in my yard or house.

I moved in to a very nice apartment recently with just one big problem: ROACHES... and also terrible, terrible pest control who sent a high schooler in to spray my baseboards with repellent and left. So, I had to take matters in to my own hands. I tried Advion gel bait and it did help a little, I would find dead roaches and I could tell they were somewhat decreasing, at least until the next batch got bred up. But I needed faster results so I found this, sprayed it EVERYWHERE in the infested kitchen and BOOM: ACTUAL ROACH GENOCIDE. I'm not exaggerating, I am just super excited about this stuff because it actually works, and it works really well. This doesn't kill them immediately but within a couple hours-days, and has residual and transfer effects. I went from fearing my kitchen to feeling completely safe in just 24 hours. I find dead roaches everywhere in the morning and have been putting the vacuum to good use. Plus, even though I only used one packet, I still have plenty more in my sprayer for another round in a week or 2. Finally my home is my home. This is the best stuff out there for roach eradication full stop.

Expensive and from the states. I used this with a pressure spray all over the house. I can't say it was immediately effective to be honest. Used with diatomaceous earth as a pet friendly solution. Took at least 3 months.