Customer Reviews

Weitech 0051 Yard and Garden Protector, Battery Powered

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I am the only homeowner in my area that does not own a dog. All the neighborhood cats and racoons have come to realize this and have regular parties in my two small ponds. I guess the ponds make for a fabulous jacuzzi. After they are done partying in my backyard, they like to leave me little gifts too.

If you're reading this, then you know that scented repellants don't work or racoons have recently eaten your pond fish. But I can tell you that the Weitech transonic repellers do work. I found that I need to operate more than one at different angles. The motion sensor has a very short range and the racoons will figure that out. So I operate a 0049-A on AC power continously and this model (0051) on motion sensor at the other side on my patio. I can see tracks and debris indicating that racoons have come into my yard. BUT, they didn't get to the ponds!

P.S. The frequency for larger pest like racoons is audible to people with sensitive hearing.

All I can say is you'd better by one of these for every 20 degrees of coverage you need. The motion sensor has a very narrow and sporadic band of activation coverage, such that you almost have to walk directly in front of it. Sometimes it will trigger and sometimes it won't. If it can't sense a 6ft. human I don't have high hopes for it being able to sense a little ground critter. Range isn't all that great either; about 30-40 feet. Lastly when I forced it to go off, none of the squirrels or birds near me seemed to react at all. A total waste of money.

This device was basically worthless in my opinion for my needs and also of cheap construction. I was going to use it primarily for squirrels, which did not work. Also, I found the unit not very sensitive and its sensitivity was erratic as to consistently detecting anything in its line of sight including myself.

I discussed these units with a pest control expert who said generally they are best for manufactures but not customers. I have had two other units like this in the past and came to the same conclusion as did the pest control experts I consulted. I returned it for a refund.

I would recommend anyone buying this unit do so with caution. It might work well for your particular needs, but I was very disappointed in its performance and seeming lack of quality construction and components.

My recommendation would be to buy it and try it, you might find it works perfectly for your needs. I always like to give products the benefit of a good try, but don't be disappointed if the results do not meet your expectations. It appears that for certain types of situations some folks have had good success.

I was skeptical, to say the least that any of these types of electronic gizmos would work. I must say I was pleasently surprised! We have a neighbor with 8 cats that constantly visited our backyard garden and made it into a big kitty litter pan. I bought 3 of the Protectors and since we started to use them, we've had NO cats around at all. I highly recommend using this system!

True to the manufactures claim, this device has greatly reduces dog deposits in that part of my front yard that is covered by the device. As the instructions stated, it did take some time for the dogs to be trained (Pavlovs dog)but I am ready to buy two more, one for the rest of the front yard and two for the backyard racoons.

I have become fed up with other people's cats digging up my garden and leaving their 'deposits'. Obviously the owners do not care in the least what their animals get up to when they are out of their sight. If you fit this profile beware, those of us who do not want your animals in our gardens can now fight back. The Weitech 0051 really works as claimed keeping not only cats and dogs, but racoons and possums out of the garden. I am buying my second repeller even as I write!

ABH

I have tried every humane way to deter cats from using my backyard as a litter box. After numerous plants, sprays, and advice that failed, I purchased the weitech yard and garden protector and my backyard is free. I am a cat lover, in fact I have two cats of my own, but there are too many ferril cats in the neighborhood. I will be purchasing two more prottectors in order to cover more area. The sound it makes is audible to humans, but the effect of the machine far outways any sound it makes.

the weitech 0051 works great to keep cats out of my yard. the only downside is that the cats can go behind it & it has no effect to repel them, but i have a few of them placed around the yard & they really do work!

sir i find this type of devices are the best solution to save money and to feel rely quit , protecting my family , farm and many others .

based on other reviews here and other sites, this seems to be the brand/model to buy. I did some checking and discovered that this device is ineffective for birds and squirrels. It is most effective on animals that require high frequency and sensitive hearing to hunt and locate it's meals.

I hope this works as I've lost a great deal of Koi over the last couple of weeks. I will follow up with results once I get it. Too bad it takes 1 to 2 weeks to get this in. I could use it tonight.