(BND61121) - Molemax Sonic Spike Repeller, Solar Powered Mole and Gopher Repellent

Update from Manufacturer: After multiple emails back and forth, I was informed that BONIDE NO LONGER MAKES THE SPIKE, ANOTHER COMPANY MAKES IT FOR THEM. So then I had to email another person at that company to see about getting a replacement. THEY WANT $20 TO COVER SHIPPING, CRAZY EHEN I CAN BUY ANOTHER ONE ON AMAZON FOR $17. I was very disappointed with their answer, telling me to call with a credit card to pay the $20 shipping, which is way above what it should cost to Mail the spike to me. At this point I guess I will just have to buy another one - and get free shipping from Amazon. Ridiculous Update: it stopped making the sound about a month ago so I replaced the batteries with new ones, but it still doesn’t work so I’ve contacted the manufacturer and hopefully they will replace it soon. I waited a few months to review and so far after 7 months the several chipmunks that tunneled under our flagstone patio appear to have moved to a new home. They were causing a lot of damage by tunneling right under the flagstones which then left big holes and hollow spaces causing the flat bluestones to become uneven and in several cases they were dangerous to step on because one end would be missing several inches of sand, making the stones rock. I had no idea they could be co destructive, and soon after my children got over the 'they are cute Dad, leave them alone, everyone deserves a home' phase because they saw the damage - that was it...war was declared.... So after 7 months...... Daddy: 1 | chipmunks: 0. I bought the battery operated one rather than the solar one and it still has the original battery, still chirps every 36 seconds or so. My neighbor was worried when one day he saw me squatting down listening to the patio stones, he came over and started talking to me like I was crazy until I realized that he must have seen me downs listening to the ground. Buy it, you won't regret it Now he too has a Molemax - sometimes the crazy neighbor is not so crazy...

Installed these using a spike to make a snug fitting hole in the soil; pushed them in up to the molded handle -- follwed instructions carefully. Two days in the sun, then turned them on. The ground squirrels ran around like crazy, way more active than usual, then they started avoiding the area these were installed in. Then they stopped working. Way too soon. Two out of three dead in less than 30 days. I would pay more for a durable version of these. Pure landfill junk.

I bought the same brand somewhere before and the packaging looked similar. I was disappointed because the earlier ones have a little light that blinks about every 30 seconds. Makes it easy to tell if it is working properly. As for the effectiveness of the product I'll tell you the previous owner of the property was plagued with moles for years. Traps were set to no avail. I bought several of these and planted them around very near the house. As the package mentions it takes about 2 weeks to really see a difference. They were still active for a while but I've been looking and no more lines across my yard ! I also drew a scheme to remind me about a year form now how to find them and replace the batteries. I think I'm done with the problem !

I purchased 4 of these to help deter voles from entering our garden. The good news is that I think these are helping to deter the voles, but also need to call out that I have multiple layers of defense: buried hardware cloth, castor oil and poison bait station. Believe it or not the buried hardware (+12" deep) was not enough to deter all of the voles. Everything I've read tells me voles don't dig very deep, but apparently we have a few voles that didn't get the memo or they used a previous ground hog burrow. In any case, I added the Sonic Spikes to my defenses and no more voles. Now the bad news: Don't try to install these in areas where clay soil retains water; they will fail. Works OK in soil that gets moist, but they flood from the bottom if they sit in water. Great customer service from Bonide. They refunded me for purchase of the failed spikes...I tried twice in the same location, flood/fail both times.

Seeing a big difference. Product works!

UPDATE: (7/26/22). Product NEVER WORKED. Been in one full week. Followed instructions. Put in ground one week ago today. By mid-afternoon, the two gophers were back. They've been back DAILY and multiple times during the day (the only thing that "may" deter them is the heat. A few days ago, BOTH were 2 (TWO) feet away from the sonic stick---which means it doesn't work. They've also been 6,10, 20 feet away and nothing! How LONG does it take this to work? We've had a ground hog issue for about 7 years & that one had 2 "babies" a couple of months ago (which don't LOOK LIKE babies anymore). A neighbor told me about the product, ordered it-came quickly. I put the sonic stick up-followed directions yesterday AM. Late yesterday afternoon, I saw the ground hog run under an area of the house NEAR the sonic stick (like 5-7 feet away). As I write, its back NOW in the yard and was in our flower bed. I had to "shoe" it away as always-TOO CLOSE which leads to the porch! Does anyone know HOW LONG it takes this to work? Can someone help?

One of the first deterent products that I've found to work well!