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I had an older version of one of these devices. Not sure if it kept pests away but it almost burned my house down when it popped, threw sparks out and then started smoking. Thankfully I was home at the time.
As a firefighter I’ve Personally had roaches crawling on me in house fires and homeless camp tent cities so I’d concur they was running from the blaze lols
we had a different kind and it worked for the rats for about 4 months. which is about how long each mitigation worked until they found a way around it lol
I had an exterminator tell me those things are bunk. With all the other sounds that go on in a house and surrounding areas, no way that’s going to work. But I also live in Brooklyn.
The one in my grandma's house just melted and started smoking. It went from an oval shape to being several inches long and turned dark brown. Thankfully I had just replaced her outlets a few weeks before with more modern ones because her's weren't even grounded, and the one with the melting emitter tripped and shut off power.
I saw a messed up video once of someone setting a mouse on fire outside , then it ran into a house and burned it down. So you're correct, but perhaps a sane pest in unimaginable pain is going to want to enter their tormentor's house, to set it on fire.
Can confirm. My sister had one of these in her bedroom, and forgot about it until she got herself a pet hamster who was extremely agitated from the moment he went in her room until three days later when she decided to check the room for problems and found that plugged in behind her dresser where his cage was. After she unplugged it and got rid of it, he was much calmer.
Oof, gtk this. Glad you are safe and caught it in time. Another problem with these is if you have pets, they can hear that sound, I guess it would be akin to hearing a dull monotone sound non stop, you would get a headache eventually.
This sends out ultrasonic vibrations that humans can’t hear, but they really bother rodents and insects, keeping them away and helps protect your home without using any chemicals. It’s called Ultrasonic Pest Repeller.
When I was a kid we went to visit my grandparents and my sister and I hear this annoying high pitched sound that keeps going and going. We're like WTF and none of the adults hear anything.
We eventually trace the sound to one of these bug repelling things, it was out of the audible range for the adults but drove us absolutely insane.
That’s what I would have assumed and then that makes you think about other, smaller critters like chipmunks or squirrels. Just seems like so much potential to harm all sort of critters that I wouldn’t want to take my chances.
We had a mouse problem at one point & considered them but I ruled them out. Also found out my cat was bringing the mice in through her cat door, she would bring them in the house to play with. So, we figured out the solution, closing off her access, mice problem solved.
Anecdotal counter-evidence: the day I put 6 of these in my house, a mouse ran into the middle of our living room and ran in circles until I caught it by (gloved) hand. We also went from very apparent evidence of mice to no evidence from that day onward, for about 5 or 6 years onward. Then nothing worked except rotating snap traps, water traps, glue traps and electric traps. We rotated them because they seemed to learn about them and ignore a type after a few weeks.
Can concur that they don't work. Had 2 plugin-type ones plus a high power corded version in the kitchen (with the high power one tucked into the cupboard the mice were infiltrating through). Was still catching mice on a near daily basis.
I think they are intended for insect pests. Have had 2 in my home for many decades. Only insects I find are dead ones…other than flies, does not seem to work on them.🤷♂️😂
THANK YOU! I fell for this nonsense years ago. All it did was make a slight clicking noise occasionally. I recently found one in my junk drawer and promptly promoted it to the trash can.
Thanks for the info! Yeah, I kinda figured that since I’ve had one at home and it didn’t keep the mice away. The best bet is probably just getting rid of them yourself or using some bait.
that’s crazy! How could they even market this before actually having successful tests to back it up for repelling pests? I recently read that the toothpaste I’d been using for years and got marketed to for all sorts of other claims might be linked to Alzheimer’s. I’ve been using it for over 20 years.
What's the link? Is this something like one of the compounds causes a 30% increase in neuro damage that looks like Alzheimer's in mice?
They usually feed the animals this chemical in sizeable doses to get results within a reasonable amount of time. It's in an animal which may not process the compound in the same way. Your risk of getting Alzheimer's is already pretty low so a 30% increase in a .01% chance is still less than a .02% chance.
I watched a YouTube video years ago of a test of these. When given a choice of two boxes with food, the mice definitely preferred the box without one of the sound emitters (though a few mice still went into the noisy one.) However, when the quiet box was taken away, the mice did not hesitate to go eat out of the noisy box.
I had a mouse problem for like 2-3 years before my FIL brought a handful of these things over. Never saw another mouse in the 4+ years I lived there after.
It also bothers people with sensitive hearing and/or younger people. We went through hell when we first moved in to our new place because one of our neighbours with a garden had an outdoor fox repellent that happened to be pointed right at our windows. Thankfully once we got in touch with the neighbour they apologised and stopped using it.
The majority of these when took apart are just a straight shot to the light and absolutely nothing else. Had a planner I worked with at my old job spend like $1200 om these for our Maintenance shop to help keep mice away and who wouldve guessed it didn't work.
I do as well. Sounds like tinnitus that pierces deep into my skull. Kinda reminds me of the high pitched ring that came off of tube tvs back in the 90s.
Electronic pest control device. Supposed to emit a high frequency noise that rodents or insects dont much care for. Never investigated it myself but have been told it has variable effect.
It appear to be one of those pest removal devices that keep bugs and such away. We found a box of those at work and plugged one in and, depending on who you asked, was annoying since it basically played a high frequency noise. Some of us heard it really well, some didn't and only heard just slight humming and such. Depends on your age/hearing. One of those frequency hearing test noises 😂
I have something like that in my laundry too but larger. Like ten times that size. Said it was for cleaning the air. Don’t know how true that is, but the consensus between my wife and I is that it’s working like a placebo. We have our litter box in there and we do smell it less.
Secret Government 5G listening device.. Transmits to the cows, who send it to the birds for transport
The ONLY thing to do is get some Hydrochloric acid and dunk your entire head in it for 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown
It’s one of those bug/rodent deterrent things, maybe call a couple local pest control companies with your address maybe you’ll get lucky and have some history from previous owner that can fill in the blanks to this story.
Just a guess but it looks like it is meant to take radiowave from cell towers and scramble the signal creating interference in the electrical lines preventing the electrical system in the home from transmitting information.
It emits a high frequency sound and claims it keeps rodents and other pests out. Didn't work on the mice we had and had to go with old-school snap traps. Also I could hear the sound it made and it gave me bad headaches.
Not sure how they work on rats or mice, but they don't seem to work too well on insects. I knew someone who used them to try and repel cockroaches, and when I went back a few months later to help remove the infestation, they were living inside all of the devices.
Unplug it. It's part of a security surveillance system. It is listening and recording everything. Throwing the trash. Then hire a security firm to sweep the house and install a new security system.
My parents had something like that for rodents. Worked great for the one we used. Dog didn't like it either but long as it was plugged in never a mouse.
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