Motion Activated Sprinkler/Animal Deterrent - Humane, Safe Way of Scaring Away Wild Animals - Coyoto, Deer, Cat - Motion Sensor Sprinkler to Deter Animals

I tried 2 types of ultrasonic and blinking light deterrents. They did nothing. I sent them back. You can see in the video that deer do not like the sprinkler. I ordered a second one. I no problems assembling the unit and no leaks, as others have reported.

All plastic body was flimsy but worked for 64 days. Then stopped activating when animals walked in front of motion sensor. Now a week later, it won't shut off. I would not advise buying. Return window is only 30 days. The sprinkler squirts the water way too high. Although it is somewhat adjustable it won't squirt low enough to get the animal wet, just goes over their body. Ducks particularly get used to getting sprayed and then seem to enjoy it. I bought the sprinkler to scare ducks off the dock before they covered the dock with duck poop.

I have purchased two of these and set them up on the front yard lawn. They both are doing a great job of keeping unwanted pests off the lawn. The sensers are battery operated (enclosed in a water tight compartment) and have a very good range. Maybe a little to sensitive to large trucks running by but for all the good that they have done I don't mind.

I normally don't write reviews but thought this may help others. Purchased this summer of 25 and it worked pretty well at scaring deer away from my fruit trees. Now in summer of 26 and no worky, batteries new, no apparent problems. Disassembled and found the positive and negative wires were stripped almost full length. If bounced around they dislodged and were touching. Not good, separated, taped down, working great. For Abco, easy fix and less problems.

Reviewing the Abcosport Water Jet Animal Repeller: I received it quickly and on time. It included everything listed in the ad. It also included a plastic hose-barb-to-male-garden-hose fitting, which I didn't need. On the plus side, everything was precision manufactured and operated as you might expect. The instructions were brief and understandable in English. On the negative side--and this isn't something that should turn you off entirely to the product for home use--the plastic parts could be a little more robust (The sprayer part is plastic, also. If I were running a commercial operation, I'm sure the sturdiness would have to be better.) I have had the jet installed for several days now. There a few things I have learned about this type of repellent, and they might be helpful to you before you can understand it entirely. It detects motion by sensing heat moving perpendicular to the sensor. Set on a very low setting, it won't detect anything more than your hand passing in front of the sensor. On higher settings it senses things you don't think about beforehand, such as the sunrise changing the heat signature and tripping the device, or warm plant leaves moving in the wind. I'll explain how I tested and set the sensitivity. I placed mine at the end of a short garden I was guarding. Initially, I had no idea how sensitive it would be to guard against rabbits and raccoons, inasmuch as I couldn't sit there 24 hours a day and wait for a critter to show up. So after a few days of fumbling around, I came upon a notion to fill a water bottle with warm water and cast it across the path using a fishing rod, and then drag it back. BINGO! That did the trick. I still have to see if it trips accidentally too often and drenches my garden. [My garden is a little different than most. I put down a soaker hose, cover it with soil, cover that with plastic, cover the plastic with cedar mulch, and plant my plants in slits. With this method I can adjust the water and food more precisely and not worry as much about over-watering, etc. I do have a regular portion of the garden with herbs, however, and they could easily become overwatered.] Time will tell, now, if this was the solution I had hoped for. Good luck with yours.

Scares animal from my yard

First attempt, I tried with 2 different hoses but the thread to hook up the hose is not correct. As others suggested, I ended up filing down some of threads on the device so my hose would connect to it. Second attempt, water leaked out of everywhere. As others suggested, I glued and duct taped every connection and any place water could leak out of. Third attempt, no leaks but the sensor does not always pick up those pesky raccoons eating all of my bird seed. About 50% of the time they get sprayed, which is great, but in the morning the seed is all gone. Maybe another device would be able to get the other 50% and I will have bird seed left over. I would have thought that $50 bucks would have gotten me a better system.

So I have a couple stray cats I feed and happy to do so, but they started getting on my truck and these motion activated sprinklers put a stop to it. Now as you can see the sprinklers are designed to stick in dirt but with a little creative ingenuity they can be set up in other ways. I attached them to my metals carport with some metal pipe strapping , I used one to cover the truck bed and one to cover the hood since that’s how cats jump up there. Now I saw reviews about these leaking so I went ahead and added Teflon tape to every threaded connection. And so far no leaks. I highly recommend these and wished I’d found them sooner.