THIS REVIEW IS REALLY MORE SO FOR THE ADVION COCKROACH GEL BAIT (but I also bought Harris Famous Roach Tablets at the same time) ..... THE AMAZON LINK THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM WON’T ALLOW ME TO LEAVE THIS REVIEW FOR SOME REASON..... ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY HAS OVER 13,000 REVIEWS AT AN AVERAGE OF 4.5 STARS!!!!!!!
I'd like to begin with stating these things could come from anywhere. My house is clean, we sweep, wash floors, bleach our bathroom but it happens. My landlord provided a stove from another unit ...... and it came with roaches. About 3-4 weeks after that I noticed the problem. I was using Raid in a can but that only works if you happen to them, doesn't do much for the colony inside the cracks and crevices of a wall or under a kitchen cabinet. The only thing they got into was the sugar and flour. I've since learned my lesson and keep that stuff in a plastic container. I used this product in conjunction w/ "Advion Cockroach Gel Bait, 4-syringes 1.06 oz" . I had an infestation although I'm not sure how big or bad it really was because I haven't woken up to a RAGING sea of the dead as other consumers have. But I assure you it was an issue for us ...... I'd wake up at night or around 5 am and find a slew of them by the dog's water bowl and on the counters and in the sink. Now while I am very clean I do leave a few dishes in the sink from the night before and wash them in the morning when I wake up before I go to work but I don't leave FOOD behind, just rinsed out dishes. But now what I can say is this ..... might not see the dead but I don't see the slew that I used to see! I do a find a few walking dead in search of something to save them from the dehydrating effect of the boric acid (gets in between the exoskeleton and body; dries them out almost instantly). Or they could have been dying from the Advion, they eat it, it blows their stomach up (if you step on them they make a light popping sound). The Advion is great because it kills them, they die and then their fellow roach eats them or eats their feces ... very infectious among a colony and VERY effective. So with said ..... this stuff works. I bought both items Thursday 6/21/18 afternoon, arrived Saturday morning 6/23/18 via U.S. Postal service. I applied both items around my kitchen Saturday night around 9 pm. I used the red straw that comes with the boric acid; sprinkling a think line about 6-8 inches long under each of my two 6ft long floor radiators. I also put it on both sides of my fridge and stove. Also a small circle of it under sink cabinet and in the lazy Susan lower cabinet. On Sunday morning around 6am (I have 2 small dogs so get to the floor to clean up anything found dead so they don't sniff or eat it) .... found a number of dead and walking dead. But more importantly I found all of the Advion poison I put out the night before was COMPLETELY consumed. I put the size of a pea in water bottle caps (10 total) around the kitchen (under radiators, counter tops, under sink) and in the electrical sockets. If you can stomach it, sweep them up into a pile under the radiator .... the living eat their dead so the poison keeps spreading. I writing this review on 6/27/18 @ 8:35 am ..... I woke up to NOT one dead or walking dead thing this morning. Now you have to remember that you may have killed the adults but the young will soon hatch or grow up enough that it's time for them to search for food and water .....so keep applying both items every night even if you don't see dead things in the morning. So 4 mornings have passed, and I have gone from finding many to none. The boric acid is still on the floor and admittingly it doesn't look like they've been eating it but I know it worked
because I saw them walking dead to find water. But the Advion is still be nibbled on. They don't completely eat it all up like they first did but they nibble and so that means there are fewer of them and its slowly killing the rest of the colony. I will add an update in a couple of weeks. Things to remember ..... I changed out the old poison every night, I wiped down my counters w/ a mix of water and bleach in a dollar store spray bottle EVERY morning when I woke up, when I came home from work around 6 pm because they crawl on the counters at night and while you're not home in search of a reprieve from death while shedding their layers, I made sure to apply where the dogs can't get to the Advion (it looks like peanut butter and my dog tried more than once to eat it), Also sweep up the dead in a pile under a radiator, they eat the dead. I haven't used in the bathroom because I've never seen one in the bathroom but I will begin that tonight now that I'm thinking about it while I write this review. So yeah ......buy Harris Famous boric acid and Advion Cockroach Gel Bait (link below) because they work. Advion Cockroach Gel Bait is definitely a 5 STAR purchase!!!!
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About Harris
Problem solving has a long heritage at PF Harris. In 1924, two years after its founding, the company tackled the Calvin Coolidge White House, which had been overrun for years by roaches and water bugs. Harris’s product was so successful in eliminating the scourge that he was described on the front page of the Washington Times as a "vermin slayer" who has just fought a decisive, winning battle with a horde of cockroaches which infested the lower regions of the Executive Mansion.
Over the course of the next few months Harris took “his final feast” to dozens of government buildings, including the Senate Office Building, the Department of Justice, the Supreme Court and Walter Reed Hospital. Success followed success: Each superintendent of the various buildings was highly satisfied with the results.
The company today stays nimble enough to respond to changing market demands, leading the way in the development of numerous products, including natural insect repellents like Swamp Gator and Swamp Gnat which repel biting insects without using deet. Beyond the products it sells, Harris helps customers find easy and economical solutions to pest problems through helpful labeling, instructive videos and personal advice.
It’s a brand with a reliable past and an innovative future. PF Harris is America’s oldest EPA-registered company. With more than 55 products, the company provides solutions to treat everything from roaches and bed bugs to scorpions and stink bugs.
Using Harris Boric Acid Roach Powder
Shake well before opening. Using the easy applicator, create a barrier through which cockroaches and other insects must crawl. Puff a light dusting of powder in areas such as behind refrigerators, along baseboards and in cracks and crevices where roaches have been seen. The powder contains a lure that roaches will seek out. Take measures to ensure that the powder is kept dry in order to remain effective.
Boric Acid works by interfering with the roach's digestive system. In addition, the powder will cling to the outside of the roach, helping to kill other roaches when the affected roach returns to the colony. The powder is fast acting; insects coming into contact with the boric acid will die within 72 hours.
Eliminate and Prevent Roaches
Eliminate
Liquid insecticides can be used to treat in and around the infested harborages in kitchens and bathrooms. Treat along and behind baseboards and into cracks and crevices on counters as well as under sinks. Use boric acid roach tablets in hard to reach areas under sinks, and behind refrigerators and other kitchen appliances. Roach powder can also be used behind baseboards and in locations not easily treated with liquid insecticide. Sticky traps can be used to control infestations. Place these traps next to baseboards for optimal effectiveness.
Prevent
Removing excess food scraps and limiting the availability of water in sites that are infested with cockroaches will help control these pests. Be sure to clean up spills and crumbs right away and avoid leaving food out in the open for extended periods. Seal any cracks and openings with caulk.
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| active ingredients | boric acid | — | Hydramethylnon | Hydramethylnon 2.0% | boric,boric acid | — |
| weight | 0.52 pounds | 3 ounces | 0.02 pounds | 0.06 pounds | 0.01 ounces | 5.3 ounces |
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Look up this little sprayer. It will compliment the dust cheaply vs the sprayers used with this product. Sprayer leaves a very find dust to lay around perimeters....$9.00 bucks! Don't expect a heavy coat.It goes on very light. Which is what I wanted. The boric acid yes it's a favorite. I use dial to macia's earth in this container, Does the same as boric as. Borick acid is better to use mixed with protein, sugare, other. Diotimasious earth like boron scratches the surface of bugs exoskeletonand dries them out. But using Boron..Acid the criters will take to friends and families.
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Just simply spreading the power on floor or in corners may not work.
But I had to do a bit more from my side,rather than just simply dispersing or spreading the powder, I spread the powder in small "trays" (the lid of the food containers we get from restaurant) .
Then I prepared a "bait" . I took some left over food,cockroach's favorite food (a little fried rice, potato french fries, oily fried fish and sugar) and mixed it with the powder.
Then I placed a little bait in the mid of the each trays . Placing it mid made sure in order to eat they had to pass through the powder around it.
I placed the trays in potential locations (kitchen, bathrooms ,dining rooms) during the night. I made sure I did clean the area and floor before I placed the tray.
This will make sure the only available food is the one in the tray in those locations.
The bait(good oily food) and powder will easily attract the german cockroachs as the lights go down
Every night they came and ate the bait as well as powder. They passed through the powder and carried home the powder and food along with it.
Next few mornings I just harvested 100s dead cockroach from tray and around the floor. Every night I gave them fresh "bait" (basically oily food with sugar mixed with PF Harris powder) and placed it in mid of tray. They should be able to get into tray and get out easily. Make sure the tray is NOT having TALl smooth surface . Better is paper tray (make one if you can ) . A pizza box is a good one for this purpose.
Some may have went back to the nest and died. They took the powder and food carried along with them to nest.
I read and researched that
The female cockroach (are usually back in nest with egg) and with babies . They ate the powder on the body of these carrier cockroachs coming back and females and babies die.
Once they all start dieing and stop getting the food they start eating the dead ones ( poisoned and having the powder on their bodies) and the rest remaining aldo die.
It will be a chain reaction and the entire population is eliminated.
The point here is you need to let the cockroach go back to the nest after it visited your tray. They will die eventually and will carry the bait and powder back home yk kill the others. Never kill (intentionally) the contaminated carrier cockroachs,let them go back to nest.
It takes more than 72 hours to see a noticeable impact so don't get discouraged or disappointed. It takes time and very slow but effective and eliminates it from the roots.
It worked for me .I have reduced it to 99.9 % for sure in last three I zm going to continue this for next one month until I achieve 100% success.
German cockroach 100% Killer - The best in the market.Need to do some extra tricks (Read Below)
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2020
This product does work. I git rid if the entire population 99.9 in three weeks of regular use. The rest 1% am sure I will get rid of in the coming weeks.Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2020
Just simply spreading the power on floor or in corners may not work.
But I had to do a bit more from my side,rather than just simply dispersing or spreading the powder, I spread the powder in small "trays" (the lid of the food containers we get from restaurant) .
Then I prepared a "bait" . I took some left over food,cockroach's favorite food (a little fried rice, potato french fries, oily fried fish and sugar) and mixed it with the powder.
Then I placed a little bait in the mid of the each trays . Placing it mid made sure in order to eat they had to pass through the powder around it.
I placed the trays in potential locations (kitchen, bathrooms ,dining rooms) during the night. I made sure I did clean the area and floor before I placed the tray.
This will make sure the only available food is the one in the tray in those locations.
The bait(good oily food) and powder will easily attract the german cockroachs as the lights go down
Every night they came and ate the bait as well as powder. They passed through the powder and carried home the powder and food along with it.
Next few mornings I just harvested 100s dead cockroach from tray and around the floor. Every night I gave them fresh "bait" (basically oily food with sugar mixed with PF Harris powder) and placed it in mid of tray. They should be able to get into tray and get out easily. Make sure the tray is NOT having TALl smooth surface . Better is paper tray (make one if you can ) . A pizza box is a good one for this purpose.
Some may have went back to the nest and died. They took the powder and food carried along with them to nest.
I read and researched that
The female cockroach (are usually back in nest with egg) and with babies . They ate the powder on the body of these carrier cockroachs coming back and females and babies die.
Once they all start dieing and stop getting the food they start eating the dead ones ( poisoned and having the powder on their bodies) and the rest remaining aldo die.
It will be a chain reaction and the entire population is eliminated.
The point here is you need to let the cockroach go back to the nest after it visited your tray. They will die eventually and will carry the bait and powder back home yk kill the others. Never kill (intentionally) the contaminated carrier cockroachs,let them go back to nest.
It takes more than 72 hours to see a noticeable impact so don't get discouraged or disappointed. It takes time and very slow but effective and eliminates it from the roots.
It worked for me .I have reduced it to 99.9 % for sure in last three I zm going to continue this for next one month until I achieve 100% success.
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