Customer Reviews

Ortho 0196010 Home Defense MAX Perimeter Granules - 2.5 lb.

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So me, my wife, and out 7 month old son actually live in a ground level apartment not a home.

The front of our apartment has a 12 foot concrete path with lava rocks on either side. Amidst the lava rocks are these extremely ugly low/flat/dense bushes that are always covered in spider webs.

The back has a small 3 X 8 patio that leads out to a courtyard type area. Just to the right though is more lava rock and shrubbery that hugs the outside wall.

For the past 2 months we have been plagued by an army of earwigs, rolley-pollies, and a horrid amount of spiders. We're talking 1-3 big furry spiders we were having to kill a day inside our apartment. Not to mention the 2 black widows we've come across.

I bought this stuff 4 nights ago and spread it along the outside of the building stopping where my apartment would end and the neighbors would begin. I timed it in a way that the automated sprinklers would kick in shortly after as the package tells you it's best to apply just before watering.

Since that night I have only seen (alive) one 1 earwig, which I think was actually on something I brought from the outside, zero spiders. Outside of that I have found the remains of some bugs here and there telling me this stuff is doing it's job.

I've been resting a bit easier lately, without the constant fear that my wife or son will get a bad bite or a rouge bug will get into our pantry.

Ive used this stuff for a couple of years now and the stuff does work.I sprinkled the granules around the house and all of the ant mounds and bugs slowly disappeared.Within about a month and a half the ant mounds start to return and slowly make their way closer and closer to the house.I sprinkled some more Ortho granules around the house once again and the ant mounds slowly disappeared just to return about 1 1/2 months later again as usual.This is an on going cycle at my house.This stuff does work but doesnt really last "all season long" as stated on the product.I will keep using it until i can find something that lasts a bit longer.

i tried out two jugs of this product over the last few months and it worked very well. it was easy to use and dispense the granules around buildings and other places that bugs are a problem. fire ants are a major problem in our area. good quality product and worth at least a try. the jug is reuseable and can be filled with other granules of insecticide too.

It seems accomplish the job that it says it will. I live in an apartment so it would be hard for me to get rid of all bugs.

I spread these all over my garden and the next day the slugs were gone! I had a lot of them! Very pleased.

I bought the Ortho Home Defense as I had ants so bad and no matter what I could not get rid of them. As soon as we applied around our house foundation,the ants started to die off.The amount of ants in the house decreased almost overnight.It not only kills ants but many many other bugs,so you are also protected against them too! One application controls insects for the entire season (3 months). So it was a great buy and I would recommend this to everyone!

This product is VERY ineffective! Not only does it not keep bugs out, it hardly kills some bugs when you spray directly on them. I had a short stint of roaches (no help), stink bugs (they laughed at it), and spiders (they died after several minutes) and again, its not worth the money. Definitely a product that's falsely advertised.

This product is used like a wall of sand, you put it outside and when the ants find it they have to walk around it. If you put it all around your house then the ants have to walk on the sides of walls (where the sand doesn't stay). Also if a little water gets on this sand, than the sand is useless. Big waste of money.