Pestbye® Ultrasonic Smart Link Cat Repellent System - Battery Powered Motion Activated & Waterproof - The Ultimate in Cat Repellers with Ground Stake

These take a little setting up. The motion detectors don’t seem to activate for a short period after they have been activated, so testing them can be frustrating and give false readings. I found the best way to set them up initially is to turn off the interconnection between them and have the sensitivity set to around 3.5. Then once you get the feel of them you can fine tune them and if desired turn on the interconnection. I have used them all summer with the strobe function on and the interconnection turned off. They are still on their first set of batteries and are waterproof. Most importantly set to fox mode they work really well. I have seen them cautiously edging round the perimeter trying not to set it off. Damage and mess fell dramatically right away and diminished to nothing within a month or two. At night you can tell if one has sneaked past by the strobing, which is useful

The product states that it's for use as a cat repeller, however having examined the unit, and it's instructions for use, it has features for insect: spiders, rodents: rats & mice etc though to cats & foxes. I was interested in the fact that the supply company, made no mention of the other features, So I conducted tests using a Frequency counter and found that the range of each feature, was in the range of frequency annoyance to all animals quoted. I have had good success with the Rodent setting, just using the setting plus strobe light. No Rats seen since first triggering. I rate the product as good, with the caviat that the different animal settings take a while to assertain.

These are a good product But they don't deter cats at all

Very sturdy seems to be effective too so far.

Straight to the point, “What is with the stupid dots on the controls?” The left has dots from small to large, the right has dots from small to large. The instructions have numbers from 1 to 6/7. What is wrong with you? Is a small dot high sensitivity, or low sensitivity? Is the frequency small dot or large dot? Why did you remove the solar charging without making it very clear? I bought the ones with solar a few months ago and thought I was getting the same thing here. Nope! That’s progress I suppose. Next up, Smart Link. What this does is drain the batteries very quickly. It does this by setting off the strobe and sonics very 30 to 90 seconds for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Best turn it off. So, put four new batteries in it (not supplied), shut the lid, make sure that the rubber seal to the switches is firm, screw the unit shut, put planter in the bottom and shove it in the ground where it gets most clear exposure. Walk in front of it to check that the strobe flashes. If it does, congratulations, you can now confuse the postman. Does it scare foxes and/or cats? Difficult to tell with cats as the neighbour and cat moved out yesterday so the scarer could have done it, but unlikely. The foxes have not returned yet, but that may be because they are fed up with the paparazzi flashes from the front pair. Seriously though, these may well do their job - it is why I bought a second pair - but to dump the solar charger and not make that very clear is a little ‘off’ in our climate-friendly world. And the idiotic dots on device and number in instructions is a seriously dumb move by your product manager who should be forced to explain how the Smart Link should work before being fired.

Purchase two Smart Cat Repellers to deter squirrels from stripping our apple tree. Device description in Amazon (uk) indicates the devices work with a wide variety of pests running from cockroaches to foxes with Cats, dogs , squirrels, rats and mice in-between. The instruction manual has a table giving sensitivity and frequency setting for each type of ‘pest’. Sadly the manual uses number settings and the device employed increasing sized black dots on the thumbwheels. There is no indication whether ‘1’ refers to a small dot or a large dot. The sensitivity thumbwheel has 5 levels of dots but the manual implies there are 7 levels. The construction of the device is excellently rugged. While in use it both were left outside in heavy rain which did penetrate the case but did not affect operation. The sensitivity (PIR sensitivity/pest size) control appeared to be random whatever the setting except in the ‘off’ position which stopped any triggering. The ultrasonic transducer made audible clicking sounds when triggered confirming the device was operational. When triggered the device switched on a blue LED and optionally flashed an intense white LED. The RF link between two devices worked very well. The devices can be set to exercise a 5 sec delay before triggering following a trigger from the other device. I used the new Duracell 200% longer lasting batteries (4xAA each device =~£10) - lasted 1 week with the settings I used (1 device sensitivity = min, other max & frequency midrange) switching off the devices at night (squirrels operate in daylight/human time only). The squirrels were totally unaffected and have entirely stripped the apple tree. Contacted supplier ( Promise) via email for advise which was a waste of time as they insisted the devices were for Cats only (as per the device’s marketing description. Why have sensitivity and frequency controls if it is for only cats beats me. Returned both devices and Amazon very kindly refunded me in full - best thing about the whole experience. Now trying PIR controlled water spray to protect our Plum tree. This device is satisfying as it makes lots of racket and keeps the tree well irrigated but the little ‘rascals’ are now stripping our Victoria Plum tree before the fruit is suitably ripe. I think they quite enjoy a ‘shower’ and if they don’t they just move to a safe dry spot in the tree. I don’t think I’m going to win this war using a humane strategy!!! Despite the good build quality of the Smart Cat Repeller I would not both purchasing it for anything other than Cats (that’s all Promise will give support for) and I would be very surprised if it even works with Cats (I’m sure the water spay device will work much better!)

since installing these I have had zero cat mess, before i had to be careful where i stood and the smell has gone

Seems to do the job keeping the cats away, but even though it’s set to cats and dogs only it appears to have scared our hedgehog family away. So the settings may need tweaking But it’s got rid of the cats so I’m happy.

Leider hat es nicht geholfen die Katzen von unserem Grundstück fern zu halten. Wasser dringt nach kurzer Zeit in den Innenraum und dann dauert es nicht mehr lange bis sie kaputt sind.

Quand on l’a dans les mains la qualité et la conception est très sérieuse mais ne suffit pas !!! . Il n’y a pas de prises pour la recharge, pas de panneau solaire et les piles rechargeables de grande capacité que j’avais mis n’ont tenu que 2 jours !!! . De plus le dialogue entre deux appareils ne semblait pas fonctionner !!! . J’ai renvoyé et demandé le remboursement. Je ne recommande pas du tout !!!

Dé momento bien

Lo he usado para q los gatos no se acerquen a una zona determinada pero no ha sido eficaz

Buono e impermeabile