Do Ultrasonic Pest Control Product Really Works?

According to Jack DeAngelis, PhD, "Various devices on the market claim to repel bugs and rodents with ultrasonic or electromagnetic energy. These devices have repeatedly failed to do what they claim to do in scientific trials". Now this is a very interesting part. The question is why those ultrasonic pest control manufacturing companies are confidently still coming up with more volume in their production of ultrasonic pest control devices.

I am sure the cost to research and producing those product involved huge amount of money. If they the manufacturer know that their product does not really work is not it risky to invest in such a huge amount of money to produce a product that they know does not work well and cannot sell?

There is of course some ultrasonic pest control devices are not so effective or not really works. However there is also some product really works as it claimed. My opinion is, it is up to the costumer to decide whether to buy the product or not and it also a costumers responsibility to check and get the information before they decide to buy it

That is also the reason why I setup this blog to help us as costumers to exchange ideas and experience about ultrasonic pest control product so that when we buy the devices it will be a well-informed purchase. So you are invited to share your knowladge and experience about ultrasonic pest control in the comment section. Hopefuly those comments about the products can be of use to many people out there.

Ultrasonic Bird Repeller

May be you are facing a similar problem like what I have. Too many pigeon, little bird and crows coming to my house attacking my food in the kitchen or my garden. They are harmless though but sometimes having to wash my car almost everyday from bird shits are not funny. Bird shit are contain some amount of acid that is very harmful to your car's paint. A friend told me that ultrasonic bird repeller is available. With this devices you can keep the bird away from your house without harming them.

I did some internet search and found this gadget ultrasonic bird repeller from BIRD-X Inc. I have no ideas whether this devices really work but I am thinking of giving it a try anyway.

Product info is here. It said the devices is Safe for both humans and pets. User-adjustable to target specific pests. Ultrasonic Bird Repeller is silent to humans and guards property by moving ultrasonic waves from speaker to speaker. Includes control box and four directional speakers for up to 3600 sq. ft. coverage. Control unit dimensions: 9"W x 9"H x 5"D. UL listed.

• Control box plus four separate speakers, each with 100 feet of wire

• Coverage up to 3600 square feet, 900 square feet from each speaker

• Effective bird barrier against pigeon problems, sparrows, starlings, gulls, swallows, blackbirds, crows, and more

• Repel birds in gas stations, parking lots, hotels, restaurants, balconies and manufacturing

• Scare bird pests with unrelenting newest-technology ultrasonic waves

If anyone of you every try this ultrasonic bird repeller devices please let me know your experience about it. I want to know whether this ultrasonic devices for bird repeller is really works or not. I dont wish to waste my money for some useless things. Thanks guys.

Further details about Pigeon Bird Control

Another Product From Bell and Howell.

I stumbled upon another ultrasonic pest control product from Bell and Howell yesterday. It seems Bell and Howell has a lot of ultrasonic pest control products in store for us user to give it a try. They claimed that their ultrasonic and electromagnetic pest repeller will helps to get rid your home of pesky critters without messy traps or poisonous chemicals. On paper it sounds good. This ultrasonic pest control innovative technology uses wiring within your house's wall to emits a sounds or signal that drive insects and rodents away from your house. To use it is just very simple. Plug-in unit protects one floor level and features a side outlet so you won't lose plugspace.

Afters searching around in the internet I've found several costumers reviews about the products In my previous post regarding to the similar product from Bell and Howell, it was noted that the product was not as good as it should be. So let see what the costumers said about this another ultrasonic pest control from Bell and Howell.

By N. Gardner (San Diego, CA USA)

The product may or may not work. I do not know the answer because the side effects were too unpleasant to leave it plugged in for long. The frequency range it claims to operate under is well beyond what humans can hear, but the unit additionally makes a piercing high pitched whining worthy of making ones ears (and eyes!) hurt. It was certainly well within my range of hearing. I could hear the sound throughout my house, regardless of how far from the unit I walked.

Also having researched many models and brands of this product before purchasing, I felt comfortable in its reassurance that domestic animals would not be affected by this product. (Most similar products make this claim.) For this unit however, the promise turned out to be outrageously false. From the second the product was plugged in, my cat responded as if being attacked by auditory ghosts: crouching low to the ground, defensively spinning, darting about the house, dodging in random directions and doubling back on himself... seemingly unable to escape.

Within 20 minutes of receiving the product, I had already packed it back in its box and was standing in line at the post office to send it right back.

This product may deter pests, but it will also drive off family, friends, pets, and quite possibly your sanity.

I'd recommend looking into similar products with a higher price tag.

By S. Sabin "raynesonyx" (Idaho Falls, ID USA)

I bought this product after I found a mouse in my apartment. You see I am extremely allergic to mice and can't deal with even one or two creeping about. That said I still don't want to torture, or poison the little things. I feel a bit like a bartender after hours, (i.e. "they don't have to go home but they can't stay here.") So I read some online information and bought this product. I wasn't sure about it at first because I does make an audible wining/clicking sound (easy enough I just put it in the bathroom so that I only hear it when I'm in there). But because it works through the wiring of you apartment/home it works just the same no matter were you put it. With in an hour I started seeing little black house spiders making a mass exodus from my bathroom. So I thought great it really works. Now it's four days later and I have not seen hide nor hair (or in this case mouse turds) of the little furry critters either. After talking to my neighbor who are still having mouse problems I can only surmise that it is this lovely product which drove the little guys from my apartment. I told them to go buy this product that way they don't have to hurt the mice, just drive them away.