ASPECTEK Yard Sentinel Ultrasonic Animal Repeller, 5500 Sq.Ft. Coverage with Motion Sensor, Night Scanner, Deterrent for Deer, Raccoon, Bear, Rabbit and Skunk, Includes 10m Extension Cord (UK PLUG)

My next door neighbour is an animal lover and has always left seed out to feed small birds. Recently she has taken to leaving larger amounts of food out and has attracted seagulls, crows and feral pigeons. Unfortunately she isn't the most approachable person, so I decided on buying an electronic scarer rather than having any confrontational visits with her. To be honest, the reviews of all the sonic and ultrasonic scarers are very mixed and I was not 100% sure this one would actually do the job, but I thought I'd try one and see for myself. I've had it working for 4 days now and it does seem to be doing a good job. I didn't particularly want to scare the smaller birds away from eating in the tree next door, but did want to get rid of the large birds which spend hours on the ground fighting over the dropped seed and then take off and cr*p all over our washing, so I placed the unit directly on the ground facing the tree at a distance of about 5 metres away. I have the audible sonic sound set to "off" and the ultrasonic pitch set at the higher end of the "birds" setting, during the daytime only (off at night). The results are quite obvious and exactly what I wanted to achieve. I've switched it off a couple of times , just to see whether the birds return, and they do come back within a few hours but leave as soon a s it is switched back on again. The small birds such as sparrows still hang on the feeder in the tree but the larger birds absolutely WILL NOT go near the tree on the ground. We've watched pigeons walk towards the tree and suddenly stop still, then fly away without attempting to get close to the seed. Seagull have not even bothered to land since the unit has been active. It hasn't affected the nearby nesting birds and their young, which still tweet in the morning while the parents are collecting bugs from further up the garden, so all seems to be good in that respect.The neighbour has obviously noticed the unit sat on the ground, but has not mentioned it, so that all seems good too! I may be lucky in the fact that I have worked with sonar and so I have a basic understanding of how sound-waves work and are affected by various conditions. I would say that to get best results, although the unit sends a 170 degree signal from the front,it still needs to be facing directly towards the area that needs controlling, it must have no obstacles in the range between the unit and the target and that it will be less effective when it is raining. Thoughtful and careful siting of the unit will give much better results. The photo shows the unit sited next to a garden ornament, facing the tree at a distance of about five metres from the problem area. UPDATE August 2016: I've had this product working in the back garden for 3 months now and here's what I've noticed: 1. It works best if you either change the ultrasonic frequency every week or two, or if you set it to scan through the complete range. 2. It may not ALWAYS be the birds that are the issue, but the people who attract them by feeding them. So, as far as I'm concerned, the problem has now been completely eradicated by setting the audible noise at a level that actually became so annoying to the unapproachable neighbour it forced them to come round and agree to move the bird feeder as long as I turned the noise off! Agreement was reached and the problem has gone. Best money I ever spent!

Don’t waste your time, same issues as other poor reviews, first one didn’t last 24 hours before it stopped working and thought maybe its just a defective one so sent back and ordered again, the second one came defective straight out the box, even with the first one that worked for a short time the foxes would sit infront of it unfazed! The back cover is also poor and doesn’t secure properly! Just don’t waste your time with this, oh also forgot to mention the first one sent had a screw that had been driven too far from the inside that it came out the front corner and would stick into my hand and fingers, I’d give no stars if I could

My reason for buying this units is to keep other peoples cats out of my garden, which it does very effectively. I have nothing against cats per say, others that they are using my property as an official toilet . Access to the battery case and controls are difficult, as one has to wrestle the unit for some time and pain to close the back of the unit. This is a design fault and could have been better handled, by making it a screw lid rather than a badly designed clip-on. The settings to set up the unit to the sound level of specific animal one wishes to discourage are definitely made for the American or Canadian market. The It is not clear as one is moving the dial from one type of critter t the next that those animals in the lower range will not also be affected, rather than a specific mammal as per the dial, e.g. cat/dog and not also bats. Here in the UK bats are under protection, sa they are on our red book list. I also find it very expensive, when compared to other units. In defence it does have additional feathers such as dialling the specific creature. Other units one can also dial up different sound frequencies, but no clear description. It is very battery hungry, and they use C class batteries, which are not common use these days, which leads to anoretic high maintenance expense.

Our immediate neighbours have five lovely cats. Unfortunately the poor animals are virtually ferral, and spend 24 hours out of 24 outside. While, to be fair, they are fed once a day at lunchtime when the owners get up! They never appear to be treated as family pets. In fact there are neighbours who regularly feed them extras, de-flea them, and on a couple of occasions have taken them to the vets. The cats owners do nothing with their garden other than perhaps cut their grass and (overgrown) hedge, twice, maybe three times a year. Our complaint was that because our grass is cut regularly and and the garden is well maintained we are invaded daily by next-door's cats and sometimes their pussy friends. All of whom take great delight in leaving cat poo packages and killing off plants by the score! We have complained but all we get from the owners is abuse! We have tried all sorts of concoctions, powders and sprays to discourage the cats, but nothing seems to be lasting. The last straw came when we went away for a couple of days and returns to pick up over thirty cat poo packages. Calling the local Public Health Department would probably mean destruction for the cats. Almost certainly if that happened the neighbours would just go and get more. Then, after a little research on the Internet, I looked at Yard Sentinel. Bingo, no more cat poo packages. I bought two units, one for the front of the house and the other for the rear and since putting them up three weeks ago it does seem that for the first time in four years the problem has gone away. Not a single cat poo package in that period and not one cat harmed in the process. The cats still call in for their lunchtime feed and are away again pretty smartish, bipassing our garden entirely. The downside is that it is probably someone else picking up after them!

I'm not yet convinced that this works ata ll. It was purchased to repel deer, but they are infrequent visitors and it hasn't yet been poperly tested to this effect. However the red light seems to be permannently on, and seems to be flashing whenever there is movement of plants and leaves casued by the wind. I understood the red light only came on when there is animal movement detected. Have now revised my rating from 3 stars to 1. Very disappointed. The back case is not a good fit when changing batteries - it s waterproofing depends only on a lip edging over the perimeter of the main box so not sure how long this will last. But main reason fro one star is the device now seems to have stopped working completely, even when testing waving a hand over the front, after just a few weeks. I have restored my 3 stars, as the supplier - who has given a quick resposne and despatched a replacement - has informed me that batteries only last 2-3 weeks and this unit works better from the mains adaptor. This can be a problem when the unit is for out-of-doors use and is far from the house. However we sahll see, as I have yet to test the replacement when it arrives. 5 stars for supplier response and serivce.

"Ultrasonic" means outside the range of human hearing. This item isn't ultrasonic. I appreciate that some people are able to hear ultrasonic, but at 54, my hearing isn't as good as it used to be and the first ranges to go are higher frequencies. My wife can also hear the noise as well. I needed this for Rodents and to cover a large area constantly (rodents won't generally trigger a motion sensor when it is sat on a fence -and if it's not on a fence, it won't cover a wide area). When constantly on, there is a low volume swishing noise. I can see why the animals would be annoyed! That said, there seems to be a lot of great functions if you are using it to deter larger animals with the motion sensor function (hence giving it 2 stars and not just the one). I don't think that this is a faulty item (but can't be bothered to get it swapped out to find out). If the manufacturer was to confirm that this device is faulty and replace with a new one, I would be happy to retract this review for one that is more positive.

(written by husband) 10 years of picking up the cat poo from my garden are thankfully over... Over the years I have bought a few other products from Amazon (that stake in the groundor wall mount) and are Green circa £30 each, using both mains and battery power options; red chilli flakes; citrus peel; bleach; water pistols/hoses; pellets and even wooden skewers, nothing stopped all the local cats. This product arrived on time, instructions were clear, plugged in and working in less than five minutes. Some reviewers said it was hard to open the back panel to change settings...it is easy, no harder than opening a (tupperware lunchbox lid) align at the bottom and then press seal closed (working around edges, then opposite to open. I have set it on motion sensor, and plugged in at mains on outside plug socket. It has a really long line of sight and wide range. I have set it on 24hrs and just ultrasonic (no sound), No mess for 3 days so far. one cat came in to the garden then legged it. I also bought it with a £15 discount automatically applied on Bank Holiday Monday. I will definitely buy another for the front garden if needed.

I bought this item to deter rats from my patio area. It did not deter the vermin. Either this product does not work as described or the rats are deaf. It is to be collected for a refund asap. In fact now I think about it the rats couldn't have been deaf as they were dancing as if in a trance. I can but assume that the sonic waves had hypnotised the vermin and thus inflicted a terrible nightmare-like scenario in their heads forcing them to gyrate and twist in the most dark fashion. Although I originally wanted to be shot of said creatures I am now charging an entry fee of £9.99 to gaze and wonder at the spectacle. I do so hope that this review is helpful.

Lo compre para ponerlo en el jardín para alejar los perros y gatos de los vecinos, y no solo no los ahuyenta sino cuando suena la alarma se acercan por que les llama la atención el sonido y por la noche se acuesta un gato al lado del aparato y no se va estando sonando la alarma incluso. RESUMIENDO UNA ESTAFA EN TODA REGLA.

Fonctionne parfaitement. Efficace. Seul petit bémol : vérifier régulièrement l'état des piles (durée environ 3 mois en ne fonctionnant que la nuit)

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Pas encore de tests complet pour m'assurer du bon fonctionnement,mais je constate que la documentation en francas n'est pas correcte et differe de celle en UK ou ES. - Lumiere strobostopique ( pas constaé cette fonctionalité , seul une led rouge au centre s'allume ) pas repris dans mode d'emploi en UK, pas repris dans mode d'emploi en ES - Telecommande : 4 boutons . . . . ( pas dans la boite ! ) pas repris dans mode d'emploi en UK, pas repris dans mode d'emploi en ES Difficultée pour ouvrir et fermer le chache arriere, pas sur que cela donne une étanchéitée minimum. Dommage que les reglages ne soit pas disponible par l'exterieur ( notament celui qui pourrais etre changer plus souvent comme le type d'annimaux), une fois placé il faut a chaque fois dmonté , ouvrir et c'est pénible) .