We live in a 60+ year old home and no matter how clean it is, there is always something that creeps out. I can't stand the sight of spiders or bugs inside my home. I think they belong in our yard! I'm always in the lookout for ways to keep pests outside. A rather small product called the Ultrasonic Pest Repeller made by Brillante was offered to me to review. I've been using this product for almost 3 weeks now and I'm not seeing any crawling bugs or spiders inside my home. Interestingly, this product not only takes care of the bugs problem, it also eliminates odors and germs!
The ultrasonic pest repeller has four built-in functions -
- It creates ultrasonic sound waves intended to disturb or drive pests away. This sound is outside the spectrum audible to humans.
- Electromagnetic field is altered to repel in-wall insects that are sensitive to electromagnetic variations.
- Negative ion is generated to reduce airborne particles, microbes and odors that help attract pests.
- And finally, O3 / ozone feature helps with reducing indoor bacteria and virus levels.
There has been various studies on how effective these devices are, and what bugs react and not react to the sounds and electromagnetic fields. I personally prefer this to traps and poisons in the house as long as it is effective. So far, we are not seeing tiny insects, ants, or spiders. We are also seeing less of spider webs in the garage. It is hard to test the other features like - cleaner air, reduction in bacteria, virus levels, and airborne particles in such a short time.
I've also read that, house pets might get stressed out with the disturbing sound waves which we cannot hear. I believe, these pets do get accustomed to this noise and they don't try to run away like the other bugs. Well, it is still better than the pets swallowing toxic chemicals that are meant to trap the bugs. Overall, I think this is a good investment. Here are a few pictures of how it looks.
