Thank you for this video. So useful, as the manufacturers instructions were practically unfathomable despite two of us continually looking at the red clip mechanism we just couldn't work it out! Thank you again as it's also useful to see it in action. Hoping this is bye bye to the constant cat fouling that's been taking place because nothing else has worked!
Just ordered one from Amazon. £28.98. Looks very flimsy compared to my old Scarecrow spray which I loaned to relative to deter foxes during the winter. Of course it froze up and bust.
Thanks for taking the time to make this invaluable video. As the reviewer mentions, the unit comes with inadequate instructions, so the video is really useful in helping to set up and understand what does what. Just set mine up this morning, and would have struggled without this video. Just one bit of advice I would give - at 3.29, you prise the paperclip-type controller upwards to then adjust the red tab extensions to control the arc. I was a bit concerned about damaging this delicate clip so I left mine in place and instead eased off the red circular controllers from the stem, set them in rough position for the arc then slid them back onto the stem and made slight adjustments as and when necessary.
Just got one of these today, I'm only 4½ mins into your video and have to say thank God I found it! Even though I'm an engineer by trade this thing was not easy to fathom out, the instructions are woefully inadequate! The two red tabs threw me completely, they don't 'slide' as the instructions say, they rotate, 2 totally different things. There's no mention of flipping up the metal rectangular clip that moves in between them either! How they expect people to figure it out without breaking the damned thing is ridiculous. All-in all it seems to work well though on first testing. Tonight I will be putting a cctv camera next to it and see what happens overnight! Now to watch the rest of your video!
Excellent tutorial thanks Tom. You're right the instructions in the box are not great and I lost mine so your video was really helpful and it's a cracking product!
LOL yep can be fun setting these up and getting it right you need patient's, they do work and keeps the cats away, The battery compartment terminals can get rusty and the spikes are easily broken but alternative can be put together easy enough, I have had mine 2 years this year i had to clean the terminals, you can take them apart easy to clean, I don't have them on all the time as once the cats get to know, they stay away for a while, but you will have to put them on a few times during the year, and also helps if you move them about as the cats do remember where they were, but happy with the purchase apart from when i forgot they were on and got a soaking lol
Thanks for uploading your video very informative.Knowledge is a powerful tool as I found out after being drenched many times .Takes a while to adjust and find the right combination..Only problem I'm finding is stabilizing the unit so it doesn't move..
Mine appears to have failed, just after 1 year has passed. The PIR just isn't triggering the value. How convenient that the warranty is 12 months, more landfill waste...
Bought one last year, seems to work OK, only problem is water getting in the battery compartment, even with strong waterproof tape covering it. It pays to take the battery cover off every couple of weeks and dry and clean the terminals, now where did I put my shotgun?
Just to make you aware, PIR sensors work better when you walk across them as opposed to walking towards the sensor. This is because it sends out 'blocks' of light in a wide fan shape and so when an object crosses these 'block' it triggers. Cheers
Excellent work. Thank you, sir. Will be ordering one soon. Nothing worse than the stench of cat poo emitting from your lawnmower, or smearing unseen poo, over the rest of the garden. 👍 To be honest, I think the noise alone, would scare away cats.
I can see a few other uses for this , and it is a joy watching you try not to burst into hysterics ....yes I am probably thinking the same . Perfect for Halloween and when the unwanted door knockers are about . For just over 20 quid I reckon it is worth every penny for the chuckles it could offer. All you need now is a trail camera to film the little rascals get frit out their skins ! LOL . If you whack a 3x3 post into the ground and bore a top hole the spike should hold much steadier and not fall over in wet ground . For heaven's sake don't tell C Packham , he spoils all the fun .
Got to be one of the most informative videos I've seen, this is no doubt due your mature years taking things slow and easy for others to follow. Thank you
17.10 Thanks for such a comprehensive review. I found it really helpful & enjoyable. I’ve just had mine delivered & will try it out tonight. My issue is foxes & my nephew has had success with one of these
Charly, great video thank you. Can you please tell me - when you attach the hose pipe to the mains water tap do you leave the mains water tap running all the time? Or, would I turn on my mains water tap where my hose pipe connects and then connect the hose pipe to the pest jet spray nozzle and only turn on my mains water tap for a few seconds just so there is enough water in the rubber pipe to spray ay cats with? Sorry, I'm not sure if I leave the mains water tap on all the time, surely this would lead water to build up and cause a problem? Thanks so much.
How can you not like this review. I like mine so much I bought one for my mum. Didn’t realise you push the level down before you turn the distance dial. Thought it was a bad design until you demonstrated this. Anyway, positioned in the right place this is the most effective way to rid cats from fouling your garden. Used for a week and packed it away. If the cats return I’ll set it up again.
Thanks very much. I had a handyman set me 5 up today in my garden. All working but I can see from the video he hasn't got all the settings correct as some are far more powerful than others. So tomorrow I will go and fiddle with each of the settings to get them perfect and get soaked doing it I'm sure. I was thinking even I wouldn't want to walk through my garden now so I highly doubt a cat will. Bye bye cats :o)
Thanks for the video with full explanation of the settings, it's of great help. I will set it up next weekend, great safe way of deterring cats using my lawn as a toilet. 😊
It's a PIR (Passive Infra Red) detector Tom and is designed to pick up moving heat sources so in theory shouldn't be affected by branches moving although they can be affected by wind causing air movements inside the detector itself. I too have a garden cat poo problem so I'm very interested in how you get on with this although I'll probably end up building something myself
Thank you for the excllent review. Following your video I have ordered on of these to try. Maybe you should have an affiliate link so you could profit from any sales?
Well done Tom- let’s hope it works - be sure to let us know - I know my dad rigged something similar up for an issue with herons taking fish from his pond- ended up soaking my mum who was none too impressed!
I have two of these running off the same water supply but for some reason although there is plenty of water it only does a quick burst on the second one , i have tried everything i can think of to fix it ,the first one is first class but as soon as i connect the water to the second one it does not work ,take the water off and it clicks away like a pro for a long time ,water on and it just does very short burst , i have cleaned it out but still no joy.
We have been using this one for couple months now and it's fan bloody tactic, but I was puzzled just in the recent 30s and 40s degree heat as to why it continued to go off every few mins with nothing to set it off, I through a big spanner in front of the sensor a stone which in the sun was 26degs I waved plants in its path.....nothing, I pointed the thermometer at a cement mixer and a wheel Barrow 25 feet away the other side of the garden and where the sensor was pointing to find that both largish metal objects eminated 26degs but with fluctuations as when you look down a long road in the heat of the day, so I moved the machinery and no more adverse battery ware though we did wonder why it didn't happen at night .....temperature doh" Also fitted with urban camera
Thank you for this video. So useful, as the manufacturers instructions were practically unfathomable despite two of us continually looking at the red clip mechanism we just couldn't work it out! Thank you again as it's also useful to see it in action. Hoping this is bye bye to the constant cat fouling that's been taking place because nothing else has worked!
There are more than three million cats in UK. They kill millions of birds. Why the hell do the owners kick them out at night?
Just ordered one from Amazon. £28.98. Looks very flimsy compared to my old Scarecrow spray which I loaned to relative to deter foxes during the winter. Of course it froze up and bust.
Thanks for taking the time to make this invaluable video. As the reviewer mentions, the unit comes with inadequate instructions, so the video is really useful in helping to set up and understand what does what. Just set mine up this morning, and would have struggled without this video. Just one bit of advice I would give - at 3.29, you prise the paperclip-type controller upwards to then adjust the red tab extensions to control the arc. I was a bit concerned about damaging this delicate clip so I left mine in place and instead eased off the red circular controllers from the stem, set them in rough position for the arc then slid them back onto the stem and made slight adjustments as and when necessary.
Just got one of these today, I'm only 4½ mins into your video and have to say thank God I found it! Even though I'm an engineer by trade this thing was not easy to fathom out, the instructions are woefully inadequate! The two red tabs threw me completely, they don't 'slide' as the instructions say, they rotate, 2 totally different things. There's no mention of flipping up the metal rectangular clip that moves in between them either! How they expect people to figure it out without breaking the damned thing is ridiculous. All-in all it seems to work well though on first testing. Tonight I will be putting a cctv camera next to it and see what happens overnight! Now to watch the rest of your video!
You should be on TV ! It was the laughing after you’d put it on another setting that had me in hysterics. Fantastic video and yes we’ve bought one 👍
Great review. Very thorough. Thank you for doing what the manufacturer seemed unable to do and advertise the product properly.
Excellent tutorial thanks Tom. You're right the instructions in the box are not great and I lost mine so your video was really helpful and it's a cracking product!
LOL yep can be fun setting these up and getting it right you need patient's, they do work and keeps the cats away, The battery compartment terminals can get rusty and the spikes are easily broken but alternative can be put together easy enough, I have had mine 2 years this year i had to clean the terminals, you can take them apart easy to clean, I don't have them on all the time as once the cats get to know, they stay away for a while, but you will have to put them on a few times during the year, and also helps if you move them about as the cats do remember where they were, but happy with the purchase apart from when i forgot they were on and got a soaking lol
Thanks for uploading your video very informative.Knowledge is a powerful tool as I found out after being drenched many times .Takes a while to adjust and find the right combination..Only problem I'm finding is stabilizing the unit so it doesn't move..
If anyone left a negative comment you must be insane, this guy is captivating, informative and damn right entertaining. Thumbs up to you my man.
Mine appears to have failed, just after 1 year has passed. The PIR just isn't triggering the value. How convenient that the warranty is 12 months, more landfill waste...
It’s by design
Thanks for taking your time to explain this repeller I got mine sorted coz of your instructions.
Bought one last year, seems to work OK, only problem is water getting in the battery compartment, even with strong waterproof tape covering it. It pays to take the battery cover off every couple of weeks and dry and clean the terminals, now where did I put my shotgun?
So valuable and great video
Just to make you aware, PIR sensors work better when you walk across them as opposed to walking towards the sensor. This is because it sends out 'blocks' of light in a wide fan shape and so when an object crosses these 'block' it triggers. Cheers
I'll tell the cats :)
Good demonstration video Tom, i must invest in one of these myself, and it has the added bonus of watering the garden, while it`s soaking the moggies.
Excellent work. Thank you, sir. Will be ordering one soon. Nothing worse than the stench of cat poo emitting from your lawnmower, or smearing unseen poo, over the rest of the garden. 👍 To be honest, I think the noise alone, would scare away cats.
I can see a few other uses for this , and it is a joy watching you try not to burst into hysterics ....yes I am probably thinking the same . Perfect for Halloween and when the unwanted door knockers are about . For just over 20 quid I reckon it is worth every penny for the chuckles it could offer. All you need now is a trail camera to film the little rascals get frit out their skins ! LOL . If you whack a 3x3 post into the ground and bore a top hole the spike should hold much steadier and not fall over in wet ground . For heaven's sake don't tell C Packham , he spoils all the fun .
Look like is working well. I need that too. People are buying fucking cat's and let them shit on another gardens
Got to be one of the most informative videos I've seen, this is no doubt due your mature years taking things slow and easy for others to follow. Thank you
Thank you for such a detailed video
17.10 Thanks for such a comprehensive review. I found it really helpful & enjoyable. I’ve just had mine delivered & will try it out tonight. My issue is foxes & my nephew has had success with one of these
Thank you so much for doing this video. It is a huge help. You show and explain clearly in what to do x 😅❤
Great video, very informative. I think I'll give one a go and see how I get on. Thanks again.
It's still working well.
Charly, great video thank you. Can you please tell me - when you attach the hose pipe to the mains water tap do you leave the mains water tap running all the time? Or, would I turn on my mains water tap where my hose pipe connects and then connect the hose pipe to the pest jet spray nozzle and only turn on my mains water tap for a few seconds just so there is enough water in the rubber pipe to spray ay cats with? Sorry, I'm not sure if I leave the mains water tap on all the time, surely this would lead water to build up and cause a problem? Thanks so much.
As the pressure of the water drives the spray it has to remain turned on.
How can you not like this review. I like mine so much I bought one for my mum. Didn’t realise you push the level down before you turn the distance dial. Thought it was a bad design until you demonstrated this. Anyway, positioned in the right place this is the most effective way to rid cats from fouling your garden. Used for a week and packed it away. If the cats return I’ll set it up again.
Did the cats ever return?
@@JT22398 No so far so good. Also spools foxes too!
Thanks very much. I had a handyman set me 5 up today in my garden.
All working but I can see from the video he hasn't got all the settings correct as some are far more powerful than others.
So tomorrow I will go and fiddle with each of the settings to get them perfect and get soaked doing it I'm sure.
I was thinking even I wouldn't want to walk through my garden now so I highly doubt a cat will.
Bye bye cats :o)
Thanks for the video with full explanation of the settings, it's of great help. I will set it up next weekend, great safe way of deterring cats using my lawn as a toilet. 😊
It's a PIR (Passive Infra Red) detector Tom and is designed to pick up moving heat sources so in theory shouldn't be affected by branches moving although they can be affected by wind causing air movements inside the detector itself. I too have a garden cat poo problem so I'm very interested in how you get on with this although I'll probably end up building something myself
Thank you for the excllent review. Following your video I have ordered on of these to try. Maybe you should have an affiliate link so you could profit from any sales?
I use one of these to keep the wife away from the fridge it works a treat
Thank you for this, it's much appreciated
Great review and test. Thanks, Charly 👍
Well done Tom- let’s hope it works - be sure to let us know - I know my dad rigged something similar up for an issue with herons taking fish from his pond- ended up soaking my mum who was none too impressed!
I put PTFE tape on every connection. It also needs high-pressure water. I can't get my second one to work?
Will it work if water source coming from water tank instead of directly from the tap?
If the "head" of water is high enough you should get good pressure . A water butt about 5ft high should do it.
I have two of these running off the same water supply but for some reason although there is plenty of water it only does a quick burst on the second one , i have tried everything i can think of to fix it ,the first one is first class but as soon as i connect the water to the second one it does not work ,take the water off and it clicks away like a pro for a long time ,water on and it just does very short burst , i have cleaned it out but still no joy.
It's a bit noisy? Even my neighbours runaway is one
Thanks for the video. Is this operated by Battery or solar powered battery?
Battery
Excellent video, thank you for all the time you put into it...
Where can I order one of these in the USA?
Thank you so much for such an excellent video!!!👍
This is so brilliant thank you fir this demo iam buying one tomorrow
Great video Tom, I hope this works mate! Keep us informed
Will it fire at cats and not birds / hedgehogs if it's on the lowest sensitivity?
The water has got to go somewhere when not spraying so does it leak out of unit over time?
The valve prevents leakage
Does the water go somewhere when your kitchen or bathroom tap is turned off?
great review, ill be getting some based on this video.
A very thorough review 👍🏾
Thanks so much for this video 💚 massive help for me.
We have been using this one for couple months now and it's fan bloody tactic, but I was puzzled just in the recent 30s and 40s degree heat as to why it continued to go off every few mins with nothing to set it off, I through a big spanner in front of the sensor a stone which in the sun was 26degs I waved plants in its path.....nothing, I pointed the thermometer at a cement mixer and a wheel Barrow 25 feet away the other side of the garden and where the sensor was pointing to find that both largish metal objects eminated 26degs but with fluctuations as when you look down a long road in the heat of the day, so I moved the machinery and no more adverse battery ware though we did wonder why it didn't happen at night .....temperature doh"
Also fitted with urban camera
Very good review. Thanks
I have a power pack because the batteries ran down in no time , people say these don;t work but it has worked for me so far
Great video, thx👍😀
Think Leeds should Invest in some of these for a busy place to deter humans haha
Nice.
Thank you sir for the help of setting mine up' time to get rid of the cat sh#t top man 👍
You need an actual cat to properly test the device.
Need an actual cat to test the device
good demo
Where can i buy it?
What about birds. I have cats that kill my birds, but will this machine be triggered by birds?
It is triggered by birds but the sensitivity can be adjusted.
@@Charlyfarly2 Thank you.
Bird works?
Yes
TV licence man can you visit and hurry up please. I'm putting paint in mine. Or super glue.
Great video Tom ,hope it deters your cat visiters...if you like spiders check out my " Shelobs music" video 😊 xxxshaz 👋
Tom you are just playing games with youself ! !! the answer to your peoblem is ANTIFREEZE !!!
What does that do??!
🤣
Shockingly bad video for information and why it takes 30 minutes I've no idea.