Pestbye® Battery Operated Motion Activated Waterproof Cat Repellent - Quick Fix Ultrasonic Cat Scarer with Ground Stake - Set of 2

We have had these in for months now, and only just had to change the batteries. We set up one along the side alley at the end opposite the gate for cats that jump over the gate and walk up the path to the garden. They just stick into the earth. The other one went halfway up the garden to cover a wider area opposite the bushes where our bird feeders hand on the tall bushes. During the day we made black bin liner covers - we covered amazon envelopes (padded) so that we life save the 4 x aa batteries as the cats really only came in between 10pm and 6am. This has proved excellent method. We have not had any of the 6 or 7 cats that haunted and poo in our garden for months now. So long as you place them in an area where the sonic angle covers approaches to vulnerable areas. These do not bother the birds and we cannot hear them obviously. The UK is plagued by cats killing garden birds and we are so grateful for this invention. Totally recommend 100%. They really really work. Be patient at first as the cats take about 1-2 weeks to get totally phased out by these. Unbelievably good.

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.

Slightly sceptical when purchasing but they have worked a treat. Over the winter our lawn got absolutely covered in cat crap, must have cleared about 30 piles of the stuff off it. Only had maybe one or two since getting these and that was very early on and may have been down to positioning and the frequency settings, but not had anything on the lawn for months now. We only have a small lawn area so a pack of 2 has been fine, placed towards the corner of the lawn on one side of it. Batteries seem to last maybe a couple of months or so (guess it depends on battery quality) so there is the cost of that to factor in, but tbh i've no complaints with this product. Luckily the people that brought what i think are the culprits into the neighbourhood are moving on thank god, so hopefully might not need them moving forward.

AWFUL OMG! :( JUST AWFUL GRRR! It's just good for shining a lovely blue light!! Which stays constantly on so no surprise or "shock" to them clever bully cats! Stupid. I had it on high then lowered it for it to flash every three seconds regardless. Don't make no sense. Cats loved it so much so that they begun to poo right in front of it. They were shocked day one and got brave and started pooing in the middle of my freshly lawned garden with golden gravel which I spent a fortune on :( My garden is 7.5 meter width. I originally bought the garden selections GFA805 solar one and had it bang in the middle. Perfect. Then I don't know what happened. REVENGE A FEW WEEKS LATER AS THE CATS FIGURED OUT HOW TO DODGE IT! POO EVERYWHERE!! LEFT RIGHT AND MIDDLE whereas at 1st they were pooing in the far right. My theory was the garden selections GFA805 was doing a good job of keeping them off the left and middle as the far corner was their only target leaving about half a meter of coverage. Soooo I bought another one and placed it in the far right corner... Then from then it went pearshaped. Inadequate not working! Cats now pooing in the centre!! Noooo! And they love the smell of their own s***! GREAT! NOW I GET NERVOUS. SENT BACK AFTER TWO WEEKS OF PROBLEMS GETTING WORSER THAN WORSE. CATS WERE BULLYING ME! :( So I boughf thee expensive sonic one. Worst of them all!! Cats spreading to left and middle and right. They were getting their own back wth!! Strangely enough leaves were always left covering their poo after! What kind of cat is this!? Now I'm scared LOL! My son 13 said "mum cats are not that clever" as I swearrrr the cat was covering it's poo with leaves only in that far right corner, the original main target. The leaves wouldn't go nowhere else and I was scooping up every morning, so its not like it was sticky...These cats are only coming at night so I never see them!! By 7- 8am their gifts await you. Daytime/evening, coast is clear! Smh. These cats are bad man! Sooo I sent back sonic then came these and you know how I feel about these by my initial intro of writing my review. 1 week in and enough is enough, being collected tomorrow morning. By the time you read this, these would of been collected and in the meantime I've ordered pepperdust x2 bottles to come tomorrow and in the meantime is growing my scaredy cat plants inside for next month and we'll see who wins in the end. They want a fight bring it!! Omg out of all three cat deterrents the garden selections GFA805 is the best so I bought another as the other one i bought but sent back, must of just been a dodgy one, and it's now kept the cats away from the left since I've moved it from the middle. That one is bettter as its off but come close, and the lights shine bright white and make a sound. So they now stick to the right, the original spot and now the middle cos they like the smell of their own s***! :( Its been said to move them round by other reviewers but for me thats what made matters worse and antagonised the cats more to poo more omg! People are most likely moving them round cos of the issue I had...not to "confuse the cats" eye roll. However before I go..They all kept the foxes and walking dogs to keep on walking lol weird. These cats are fearless!! Anywho pepper dust and removing the half dead un wanted leafy bush which might be affecting the performance of the deterrants are getting chopped down. I'm very stubborn so they've met their match! I'll keep you posted! Hope this review was useful lol :)

After a couple weeks of having two of these devices in the garden, there seems to be somewhat less cat activity now, although there are a number of things to be aware of with these devices. First of all, it should be noted that these devices are more designed to annoy cats rather than scare them. The high-pitched frequencies are in the range that is uncomfortable for them to be around for too long, but don’t expect them to scamper away the moment they hear it and don’t expect it to keep cats away altogether. Moving them around the garden helps, to stop them getting used to them. You will probably need a second or third deterrent in place too — spraying the cats with the hosepipe seems more effective overall, although obviously policing the garden at all times of the day is difficult. Second of all, if you’re under the age of 35 or have particularly good hearing, you stand a pretty good chance of being able to hear the ultrasonic squeal, even though it is marketed as inaudible to humans. It’s an incredibly annoying sound, particularly for young people, so bear this in mind if you like wandering around your garden or if you have kids. I have to turn the devices around every time I cut the grass or do any gardening, they are that annoying. On the plus side, the sound doesn’t penetrate into the house unless the windows or doors are open. The device has a sensitivity dial and a frequency dial. There’s no documentation that comes with the device whatsoever as to which frequencies are effective for which animals, although we found that around settings 3 to 5 seems to work for cats. If you have more than one of these devices, setting them to ever-so-slightly different frequencies from one another will maybe yield better results. As for the sensitivity, the device is incredibly sensitive. Anything that is warm and moves will set it off, including but not limited to animals, humans, leaves blowing in the wind, water sprinklers, you name it. Since the device uses a PIR for detecting motion, it’s also triggered pretty much constantly if it is directly in the sun. This device needs to be located in the shade or it will go off when the sun shines on it, which will obviously run the battery down much faster. Despite these things, it appears to have moderately improved things, but be sure that your expectations are not too high. This is a flawed device in many ways but seems to have helped somewhat.

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.

Worked really well and it looks like it has stopped the local cats doing their ‘business’ in my borders. Only negative is the batteries don’t seem to last long.

We have tried others but these are very good we would say they have worked at 90%. the light comes on when activated and we can hear a very low noise from them, we will moniter the batteries for power and in doing so keep them clean so that they last.

En el vecindario hay muchos gatos. No tengo perro para auyentar a los gatos y venían a mi jardín a hacer sus necesidades, cada día tenía uno o varios regalitos. Desde que he puesto estos repelentes, los gatos continúan viniendo, pero ya no defecan en el jardín. Ahora tengo un regalito cada 15 días aproximadadmente. La situación ha mejorado mucho! Aconsejo comprarlo. Funciona!!!

...und eigentlich am Erfolg gezweifelt. Bei uns vor dem Haus haben links und rechts neben unserem Parkplatz auf dem Beet sowie dem Grünstreifen Katzen ihr Geschäft hinterlassen. Über Jahre hinweg ist eine dauerhafte Katzentoilette entstanden und damit auch ein steigender Frust für uns. Jeder der das Problem kennt, wird verstehen, wie belastend das sein kann. Es ist ja nicht nur das Entfernen, sondern auch immer das Risiko reinzutreten und vor allem auch der unangenehme Geruch. Wir haben über Jahre Vieles versucht. Beispiele: - Pfeffer - Angießen und Flächen nass halten - Duftsprays - diverse aromatische Pflanzen, welche Katzen nicht sonderlich mögen eingepflanzt Letztlich haben wir sogar die eine Seite, an der man ständig vorbeiläuft und den netten Duft einfängt, mit dem Beet komplett aufgelöst (bis auf 2 Bäumchen), die Erde abgetragen, den Untergrund mit Vlies abgedeckt und mit groben und großen Edelsplittsteinen aufgefüllt. Damit hatten wir die Hoffnung, dass hier die Katzen nicht mehr ihre Häufchen setzen. Es hat jedoch keinen Tag gedauert und da haben die Katzen wieder ihr Geschäft hinterlassen, wobei das Entfernen nun noch ekliger war als auf der reinen Erde. Nichts half. Eigentlich hatten wir auch bei den Ultraschall-Gräten wenig Hoffnung auf Erfolg, da bei uns die Katzen echt durch nichts abzuschrecken waren. Aber diesen Versuch wollten wir doch noch machen. Also fix bei Amazon dieses Set bestellt und am übernächsten Tag das Päckchen in den Händen gehalten. Beide Geräte waren gut verpackt. Das Anschrauben der Spitzen war einfach und selbsterklärend (lediglich ein Schraubendreher ist erforderlich). Batterien waren wie erwartet keine enthalten. Nach dem Einbau der Batterien und Einstellen der Geräte (3/4 bei Frequenz und 3/4 bei Reichweite) habe ich beide Geräte links und rechts neben unserem Parkplatz installiert. Was soll ich sagen? Wir sind begeistert. Wir haben nun seit 2 Wochen keine Hinterlassenschaften mehr auf beiden Seiten. Also erfüllen beide Geräte ihren Zweck mehr als vortrefflich. Bisher war pro Tag mindestens ein Geschenk zu finden und nun haben wir das Problem (hoffentlich dauerhaft) los! Einziger minimaler Nachteil, meiner Meinung nach, ist die blaue LED, die immer dann anfängt zu leuchten, wenn der Sensor Bewegung erfasst hat und der Ultraschall-Lautsprecher aktiviert wird. Uns und den Nachbarn stört es nicht. Ansonsten sind beide Geräte aus unserer Sicht echt top und vor allem für den Preis von um die 30 EUR echt ein Geschenk im Vergleich zu dem Frust und Ärger, den wir vorher hatten. Gerade bei unserem extremen Fall hatten wir Zweifel, ob die Geräte wirklich helfen aber nun sind wir froh den Versuch gemacht zu haben.

Tout d'abord, je tiens à dire que j'aime les chats et apprécie leur grâce féline, moins leurs déjections. L'été dernier un nouveau félin s'est installé à quelques pavillons du mien. Rapidement j'ai constaté que la terre meuble située sous la haie servait de "crottoir" au matou. Ainsi, ayant marre de nettoyer régulièrement, j'ai essayé dans un premier temps de dissuader le gros chat du voisin de faire ses crottes (qui étaient de taille aussi...) dans mon jardin, avec du répulsif en granulé acheté en jardinerie (produit assez cher) qui s'est révélé sans résultat. Puis ensuite, afin de limiter les frais et après recherche sur Internet, j'ai concocté mon répulsif à base de poivre noir, soit disant très efficace contre les chats. Après plusieurs pulvérisations sur les zones sélectionnées par ce cher matou à l'aide de ce produit "fait maison", toujours et encore des crottes... La guerre est déclarée, je prends donc les grands moyens et décide d'implanter sur les endroits crottés des bâtons en bois. Seulement la bête est maline, car elle faisait ses déjections entre les rangées de petits bâtons, que j'augmentais au fur et à mesure, jusqu'à constituer une véritable "ligne Sigfried" dans mon jardin. En ayant plus qu'assez de voir mon jardin se hérisser de plus en plus de bâtons, j'ai décidé de franchir le pas en essayant les répulsifs à ultra sons, bref je n'avais plus rien à perdre. Après lecture des différents avis sur Internet, j'ai fais ma commande, réceptionné les deux appareils faciles à monter et les ai installé aux endroits "stratégiques" (face aux lieux de passage obligatoire du minet). J'ai positionné les deux boutons au milieu de leur course, pensant augmenter progressivement par la suite si ce positionnement était insuffisant (pour l'instant je n'ai pas eu à le faire). Par contre ayant lu que ces appareils semblaient sensibles à l'humidité (au niveau du couvercle des piles), j'ai confectionné dans des boîtes en plastique deux protections contre la pluie avec une fenêtre en façade. A ce jour, possédant depuis plus d'un mois ces 2 répulsifs, je ne constate plus aucune crotte dans mon jardin (vérification faite quotidiennement). Vers le début de l'installation des appareils, une fois le chat a été aperçu courant comme un fou le long de ma maison et prenant la fuite hors du jardin, sans demander son reste, était-ce l'effet des ultrasons ? Quant à la durée de fonctionnement des piles, je ne peux me prononcer avec objectivité pour l'instant. Par contre, afin de les économiser, chaque fois que je dois travailler dans mon jardin, je soulève les boîtiers de protection que je leur ai fabriqué, et retourne la façade avec la fenêtre vers l'arrière ce qui évite au détecteur de se déclencher sans cesse. J'ai donc attendu pour rédiger ce commentaire et peux objectivement déclarer qu'à ce jour, il n'y a plus de déjections félines dans mon jardin, et d'après mes observations je le crois sincèrement grâce à ces répulsifs que je conseille vivement.

Prodotto valido, funzionale, ne ho acquistati parecchi e funzionano tutti alla grande, molto soddisfatto, grazie

Compré 4 y ahora compré 4 más. Por el momento han desaparecido las incursiones de merde. No quiero ilusionarme pero hace unos días que no aparecen. Al mismo tiempo compre unas puas anchas antigatos para los muros que todavía no he colocado. En el jardin delantero de unos 60 mts 2 habrá 6 aparatos y en un lateral de la casa colocaré 2 más. Si esto da resultado será como habersesacado la lotería.