Contech CRO101 Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Contech CRO101 Scarecrow Motion Activated Sprinkler
Customer Review: Aesome Humane way to scare animals
Summary: 5 Stars
Well i wanted to give the product some time to test out and now have some feedback.
First thing I would suggest make sure you use a fully charged 9V battery.
I used a older battery which had charge. Well it would just spit out water when activated. First I thought it was water pressure so I bought a regulater. This did not fix the issue. I bought a new battery and it worked great.
I placed the product in a location where I know cats have been walking through into the backyard and then through my fence. I noticed the other day a cat in my neighbors yard. I chased it and it stopped and looked at the back yard. It looked like it felt trapped and could not go into the back yard. It finally ran down the street and would not set foot into my backyard. This prooves that the cat got sprayed and will not go into my back yard. I will slowly start moving to diffirent lcoations in my yard and get rid of the cat poo and pee in my yard.
Thank you Amazon and contech
Customer Review: It really works!
Summary: 5 Stars
This worked like a charm - you just have to remember it will get you too!! You should also know - DON'T USE AN OLD WATERHOSE!!!!! The hose split in two from the pressure and the water ran for a day and a half! NOT the sprinkler's fault - mine for using an old hose. I didn't learn my lesson, and used another "newer" older hose and it did the same thing, luckily we didn't have the water turned on as strong as we did the first time - which you don't need much water anyway so we learned our lesson on that. My advice - go buy a brand new hose for the sprinkler. The dogs and cats "use" to love to walk right through my flower bed and the cats of course use to think it was their easy access litter box - but NO more thanks to the scarecrow. The cats won't even walk towards the flowerbed direction. I wish I had this sprinkler several years ago - it would have saved a lot of headaches. Now I want one to keep the cows from reaching through the fence to one of my other flower beds! :-)Customer Review: Works as advertised...
Summary: 5 Stars
We have a horrible feral cat problem in our neighborhood, and our sandy playground area in our background is a haven for cats who choose to relieve themselves.
The Scarecrow has been our perfect response. With hose hooked into this device and a 9V battery, cats are extremely wary about approaching our background, much less actually be brave enough to venture into it.
The fact that it doesn't require an outlet and that a 9V battery is sufficient to run it is spectacular. The senstitivity of the motion sensor (which works better at tracking movements from left-to-right rather than to/from) can be adjusted to whatever size target you want it to spot. Higher sensitivities will track cats and smaller critters, lower sensitivities will only trigger if humans walk through the field of view. The water projects a pretty good distance, approximately 30 feet although we're not sure if higher ranges could be accommodated or not.
Highly recommend!
Customer Review: Run away little deer
Summary: 5 Stars
I've got major deer problems in my suburban home. Countless dollars have been spent feeding the little critters with a buffet of Garden Plants and Shrubs. This product is the first product that I have found that keeps the deer out of the plants. I've tried sprays and fencing and both of these have failed fairly quickly or in the case of sprays, just faded too fast. This sprinkler however has seemed to keep them at bay. Seems to work pretty well, but you can't use it for sprinkling, its only works when something sets it off. The bursts of water are fairly short, but startling enough that it gets me running out of the area when I forget to turn it off. It is a directional device in that you must aim it where you want to detect the movement, so its tough to protect a whole big area.
I've been very happy with the product. Hopefully the deer won't outsmart me again and figure out how to disengage it. They are sneeky. Also, the neighborhood kids seem to enjoy it.
Customer Review: This one works!
Summary: 5 Stars
We have tried all sorts of things to keep deer from eating our
tomatoes and hosta (and almost everything else) and nothing works
short of covering everything with "deer netting." And the deer
around here are so brave (stupid) that nothing short of running
after them would scare them away.
This gadget certainly scares deer. We saw one older fawn who had
wandered into our back yard in search of breakfast. When he
triggered the device, not only did it bombard him with jets of
water, but the clicking of the sprayer added a sense of emergency
to it. The deer took off like a shot until it had found the
cover of some nearby woods.
Drawbacks: You can only cover a fairly small area, but you can
put it across the deer's usual paths. Moving it around probably
helps, too. And you have to keep it out of the way of the UPS
guy or neighborhood children (unless that's your intent).