Ultrasonic pest control
Dozens of sonic pest control products are available on the market that could be used to control everything from pigeons, starlings, sparrows, mice, moles or mosquitoes and even woodpeckers or geese! Well, sounds perfect, but are these devices really so great that we should spend several hundred or even several thousand dollars on them?
Such devices claim that they chase away birds, bats, rodents or even fleas and cockroaches by using ultra-high frequency sound waves. Some of them have to be plugged into an electrical outlet while others can work on batteries. Although marketers are talking about the successful operation of such sonic pest control devices, scientists have proven opposite.
Tests have shown that efficacy of electronic mosquito repellers was always very low. Moreover, during the evaluation of electronic repellers, four out of six devices showed a significantly higher attraction of mosquitoes when turned on.
Back in 2001 staff of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Division of Enforcement announced that they have sent warning letters to more than 60 manufacturers and retailers of ultrasonic pest-control devices , stating that efficacy claims about those products must be supported by scientific evidence. Going further, between 1985 and 1997 FTC brought law enforcement actions against six companies and challenged the claims of manufacturers that sonic pest control devices:
• Eliminate rodent infestations;
• Repel insects;
• Serve as an effective alternative to conventional pest-control products;
• Increase or assist the effectiveness of other pest-control methods;
• Eliminate fleas on dogs or cats; and
We can just say that it is far better to keep pests out of your property then later try to get rid of them by using such easy „solutions“ as sonic devices. There are lots of cheap non toxic methods for keeping the pests outside, just look for them.
Such devices claim that they chase away birds, bats, rodents or even fleas and cockroaches by using ultra-high frequency sound waves. Some of them have to be plugged into an electrical outlet while others can work on batteries. Although marketers are talking about the successful operation of such sonic pest control devices, scientists have proven opposite.
Tests have shown that efficacy of electronic mosquito repellers was always very low. Moreover, during the evaluation of electronic repellers, four out of six devices showed a significantly higher attraction of mosquitoes when turned on.
Back in 2001 staff of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Division of Enforcement announced that they have sent warning letters to more than 60 manufacturers and retailers of ultrasonic pest-control devices , stating that efficacy claims about those products must be supported by scientific evidence. Going further, between 1985 and 1997 FTC brought law enforcement actions against six companies and challenged the claims of manufacturers that sonic pest control devices:
• Eliminate rodent infestations;
• Repel insects;
• Serve as an effective alternative to conventional pest-control products;
• Increase or assist the effectiveness of other pest-control methods;
• Eliminate fleas on dogs or cats; and
We can just say that it is far better to keep pests out of your property then later try to get rid of them by using such easy „solutions“ as sonic devices. There are lots of cheap non toxic methods for keeping the pests outside, just look for them.
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