the kinder pest clear-er
it is the time of year where little crawling friends will seek shelter from the storm. And once they are in there’s the old trap routine or there’s this fella. Its called pestclear 2000. The packaging tells me it’s sold over 1 million [since 1998].
It costs €40. I got mine from my good friends in Fingal Farm supplies. I’m told by more than one source it works superb and so far I’m free of the ‘guaranteed to make a big girl scream’ type fellow.
It gives off a ‘piercing noise which can only be heard by mice, rats and insects’ and frightens them away. If they are already inside it makes their nesting place ‘uncomfortable – thus drives them out of the house’
Remember: on the side of it there’s two switches; tur the first to ‘const’ which leaves it always on and the second to ‘ultrasonc’ if you wish to deter mice etc. Of course if you have gerbals you’ve got a slight problem… ?
What else do you need to do? Just plug it in and you’re done 
To be honest I dont like the old traps. I feel guilty using them…. ?!!
We have a similar thing, that was plugged into a ceiling-level outlet when we bought the house. Being too lazy to go up and get it down, we soon forgot it.
Then we saw it in its package in a DIY shop, and realised that we’d never had trouble with mice or any creepy-crawlies in the house, except flies and spiders (which admittedly are NOT included on the labeling).
So yes it works, and for years!
Now what gets rid of the spiders…both Big Hairy and Little Speedy? I hate those the worst, and can find NOTHING that promises to banish them.
A Chara Susan,
ah the spiders…. nothing?!! For me, I like the old catch them in a bucket and let them return to the back garden….
That said most seem to prefer the old magazine whacking routine
[now to all the comments I missed while I was away - http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2008/11/21/south-africa-2008-gardens-the-niall-mellon-township/ ]
slán go foill
peter