Customer Reviews

Safer Ant & Roach (2 Pack)

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I live in New York City, and have an immense problem with roaches. I have previously used chemical peticides that weren't particularly effective and aren't particularly safe to me, my two cats, or the planet. I jumped at the chance to try this, and I am extremely impressed.
I found a small colony this afternoon, sprayed them, and by this evening, I have yet to see a roach in my kitchen! My appartment does smell like a pack of chewing gum, so open some windows and turn on a fan because the mint smell is intense.
The spray eliminated all 4 kinds of domestic roaches that the traditional poison sprays failed to nab. Again, I am astounded by the results. You should totally buy this!!!

Yes...I know. They're just huge roaches. I hate them. I have a few invaders every year and I bought this spray to prepare for this spring's invasion. It worked better than the horrible RAID poison that I've used in the past. The mint smell is extremely strong and might get to you a bit, but it's better than poison.

I sprayed it directly on the thing and it froze and died on the spot. Amazing. I've only tried it once, but I hope it works like this every time.

The first time I used Victor Poison-Free Ant and Roach Killer, its active ingredient was Cedar Oil (M631) and it was not only very effective against ants, it had a pleasant smell, and didn't bother me or my cat. I thought I had my ant problem solved in a safe, healthy way. When I ran out, all that I could find was the product by the same name, but with Mint oil (M601). It is not nearly as effective, some ants die, some don't, and new ones just crawl right through the sprayed areas on their way to further explorations of my house. And though I normally like mint flavor and smell, this was offensive and caused me congestion. My cat was even wheezing and avoiding the stuff. I wonder what it would take to get them to make the Cedar oil one again!

This product will not work unless the can is shaken well before each spray. Even during sprays, if at all possible. The ingredients will quickly seperate in the can, so if it's not frequently shaken it will only spray the inert stuff out. That only makes the ants take a short nap. Then they're up and raring to go again. If it's shaken frequently it works very well. Kills the little buggers, dead. The smell is peppermint oil.

I haven't taken the time to write a product review before, but this product is so amazing for so many reasons, it has inspired me to take that first step. It's very important to me to buy household products that are not harmful to animals or the environment, so that's what sold me on this product at first. But more to the point for many consumers is its effectiveness, and it really works, instantly. I've had a few ant infestations this summer (as have several other friends & family members in the area), and each time I've been able to wipe out the entire swarm in minutes with this stuff. One of the other reviews mentioned that it's very important to shake it well, which is true, and it says that right on the can. But after I shake it well and spray directly on the little varmints, they die literally in seconds. And they do not come back to the same spot, so the mint oil seems to work as a repellent as well. I feel safe using it around my cat's food bowls (although I make sure it doesn't spray directly into her bowls), and surprisingly, she doesn't even seem to mind the minty smell! (Cats are picky about these things.) I have a very old cat and wouldn't think of spraying poison anywhere inside my house, but it's not necessary with this wonderful, natural product. Many of us have been convinced by marketing that we must fill our houses and gardens with poisons to control pests, but products like this happily disprove that myth.

This product is completely useless. It can not kill a roach. I was able to corner a roach with this product and I blasted it with the Poison Free spray. The scent was a bit overwhelming; the mint is extremely strong. but it DID NOT kill the roach. It just gave it a minty bath. The roach had trouble moving at first but then it started to crawl away, so I decided to capture it in a plastic cup to see if it'll die. After a day, the roach was still alive. Useless product.

We shook it upside down for 15 seconds. We continued to shake it in between sprays. We initially sprayed an entire area of our kitchen where we see them most, enough to where our entire house smelled like mint for about 12 hours. Then we went outside and sprayed the exterior. 2 days later, we saw 2 roaches. It seemed to stun one roach enough to manually kill it. When we sprayed the rest of the can on the other roach, it finally died after about a minute. I thought "Kills in seconds" meant that it would kill in a few seconds, like under 30, but I guess the company was rather liberal with that. I'm really disappointed and don't know what I did wrong.

First of all let me say that this product does limit the ant and roach population in the home and it is great to use if you have pets and young children. Because of my dogs I was very concerned about using Raid so I opted for this product instead. And although I am somewhat satisfied with this product it does not work as good as Raid. It does NOT kill anything in seconds like advertised. I drowned an ant with this stuff and it was still crawling around for minutes afterwards and most likely would have stayed alive if I didn't kill it. The spray acts more like a barrier to keep the pests away but doesn't kill them. I used this product with a combination of Orange Guard (bought through the same company) and Orange Guard certianly works much better and is also healthy for pets and children.

I still would recommend this product for those who have pets but I am purchasing Raid spray as well. I think it would be much better to use the Raid spray in areas that are not occupied by pets and children but use this and/or Orange guard in the more open areas of the house. Also open a window when using it the mint smell is great when used in moderation however you would more than likely want to spray your entire home and it can build up to an overpowering scent.

Can't say how this works on other bugs, but on the little black ants and the mini sugar ants, the spray killed them literally on contact. It did not seem to do much of a job at keeping the ants away, however, but as an insecticide - so far so good. As far as the smell - seems quite nice to us and not overly strong as some have complained about.

This bug spray does the job on contact and leaves a not unpleasant minty fragrance in the air instead of the harsh odor of most sprays.