Customer Reviews for Optigard Ant Gel Bait

Every Spring we get these little black ants in our kitchen. We've tried damn near everything to get rid of them and nothing was effective. At night after supper I put three small, approx .5 inch, strips around my sink. The next morning they were all gone and we haven't seen an ant since. Yes It's a little pricey but it works!!

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The use of Optigard Ant Gel Bait was very hard to extrude the gel out of the tube. It did not flow easily and when I did get some out the ants went crazy for it, but only for an hour. The material became very stiff and the ants did not crave it as much. The Advion Ant Bait Gel lasted much better and was very easy to extrude. The Optigard Gel seemed to be very stiff and almost hard when it came out of the tube. Not to impressed with the performance. I called customer service to ask if the stiffness was normal and the lady said it was. It seems like it had started to turn hard in the tube to me. The consistency of the gel was like clear silicone that was old and thick. If you purchase this product be sure you can press the plunger because it is very hard to do.

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I had from 2 to 12 ghost ants in my pillbox, daily. I thought they were after fish gel caps. I removed the gel caps, but the ants remained. That is when I bought Optigard Ant Gel Bait. As I live and breath, the ants were gone in two days! I put the gel caps back in the pillbox and two weeks later - NO ANTS. I have left the Optigard on guard around the pillbox just in case they try again. Optigard really does work!

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It's great initially, but not allnants are gone. Keep reapplyimg the gel every few days.

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I had a rather small ant issue but after just 1 day, the gel was gone and so were the ants. Highly recommend

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I use this almost exclusively on Dark Rover Ants ( Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, vile little b@stards...). On advise from an old flame who got her Ph'd in Entomology I use this chemical mixed with a strong simple syrup to create a bait that will wipe them out in a day or two. It has about an 90-95% acceptance and kill rate. Not even Termidor has that high a percentage. The baits from other companies don't even come close and I have personally observed the ants picking up the wounded and dying to rip open later for brunch. Highly recommended.

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First time I have used this. Very effective. No more ants.

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I got this and Invict Blitz for crazy ants. The Invict Blitz is supposed to be an all-in-one granule, really I think its more of a protein bait. Optigard is a sugar bait. The ants are usually interested in the Invict, but not always; but they take Optigard every single time. If you have to choose just one, get Optigard. If you spot a stray ant or two on your countertop, leave a small line and you'll have a swarm in 20 minutes. Then at the end of the day the ants are gone. A little goes a long way so the high cost is worth it.

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Do not waste your time looking around -- this product works -- BUY IT!

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This is the same brand name used by my exterminator but It wasn't as effective. It took care of about 90 percent of my ant problem but they are still around the kitchen. I have major ant issues every year but this year was the worst.

  Expert response:
Please read over our Ant Guide to learn how to keep ant guides out of your home rather than trying to eliminate them once they are inside: http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-a-462.html

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During some really high temperatures ants kept finding trails into the house....especially in the kitchen. A building inspector I know from work gave me a tube. I had tried everything but they always came back. I put some gel on the baseboards and near places i saw them. I swear i looked down the next day and they were gone. Then out the corner of my eye i saw one stray near the ceiling. I look up and ants were either at the top of the wall or on the ceiling...! The gel scared them and they wouldn't come anywhere near it. After we got rid of the few strays...placed gel around the entire door sill...I have not seen a single ant. Not even in the kitchen. Amazing stuff!

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Kitchen was over run with sugar ants. Applied this one day and the next not an ant in sight.

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Use this in our restaurant and motel plus my house. Works really well they take the bait to there nest and a few days later their gone

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This stuff is amazing and works so well. The ants gather round and few hours later are gone.

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This stuff is great! I don't know the species of ant that caused my issue but they constantly came up through slab foundations of my properties. They persisted through treatments with products from the big box home improvement stores and even through a professional exterminator treatment. I finally spoke to a super helpful exterminator who was to busy to treat my place BUT suggested this stuff. He said it's the same product he uses so I gave it a try. The ant population was reduced dramatically within a few days. After a second treatment, there were just a few here and my tenant was happy again. All of the buildings in this neighborhood are on slab so I think ants are endemic. Most recently, I used it at my house on a colony that was destroying my slate patio and beginning to enter the house. I squirted a strip near their nest entrance and they were gone the next day. I haven't seen one on the patio or in the house since.

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It works. Black ants invading house are gone. Thank you

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I'll put this as simply as I can: this stuff WORKS! Put down a dab at one or two places along the ant trail, and you'll notice they're immediately attracted to it. Then overnight they just disappear and don't come back, either along the original path or anywhere else. That's the difference. One can only assume it really does get taken back to the nest where it wipes out the population. I usually don't see any more ants for the rest of the season. Years ago I brought in an exterminator for ants who used a bait; this product is just as effective as the bait he was using, and MUCH cheaper! One of the syringes (and there are 4 to the pkg) will probably last you for years.

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These nests were probably in the wall. Within an hour the gatherers were on the small dab of gel. The next morning not a trace. Even the few dead that overdosed had been removed from the bait area. In my case all 3 areas were a 24 hour kill. One was under the kitchen sink area, another under the sink in the master bath area and the last in a garage cabinet. I used the gel outside at he base on an Oleander tree that was covered in Ants. Re applied the gel on the second day and that finished off what appeared to be a vast nest. Used it outdoors a second time and no trace of Ants 24 hours later. I have yet to use the 4 pack I purchased from you. The original syringe was given to me by a generous owner of our local pest control business to hold off my invasion till his technician could do a light exterior treatment with Termador. He also said those two products reshaped the pest control business Nationwide regarding Ants and Sub Termites. Double Thumbs Up.

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The best I have ever used. Exterminator came and sprayed and we still had ants coming through every door. went online at DoMYOWNpest and read reviews and tried. I,m sold trust me buy it

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This has worked very well for me both in door and out door. The ants do like it fresh rather than dried out so I put a small amount often as I had a huge number of ants. When I had exterminators come to the house they used something that killed all living things which really wasn't necessary. This does appear to target the ants only. Just keep up with small amounts consistently.

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This was my second purchase of this and it works great. Fast delivery too.

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Optigard is the best treatment for ants I've ever used. I have gotten rid of them strolling around my pool deck and even after they found a way to enter my house. Takes a few days for them to disappear once they've transferred the Gel to one another, but works and easy to apply.

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This one product got rid of them all!!!!! My house is now ant free!!!

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a friend recommended this after she had a pest company use it at her house. This Optigard product is very easy to use and works VERY WELL. NO messy sprays, mixing, measuring. Just apply a dots where ants are going about their business and the next day they are NOT there any more. LOVE IT!!!!

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