Customer Reviews for ScareCrow Sprinkler Motion Activated Animal Deterrent

This was a birthday gift for a friend plagued by rabbits on her grass since the coyotes elimated the foxes who had kept the rabbits at bay. It has taken some experimenting to get the distance, angle and sensitivity right, and to cover the entire corner lot lawn she'll probably have to get another or move it around often. The only down side is that because of where the hose attaches, it isn't really low enough to the grass, but we aren't finished being creative.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

We recently purchased 2 ScareCrows and so far no wildlife digging up our lawn. Instructions for assembly were pretty basic and easy to put parts together and attach hose to.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Site said fast shipping but it is anything but.. going on 2 weeks still waiting. deer and dogs devasting my garden, I should have went with ebay-get same price and way faster shipping

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5 of 9 people found this review helpful

My challenge is attaching it to the ground. I live in a dry area and the plastic is too flimsy to be shoved into the hard ground. My bucket with sands and rocks is not as stable as I like and I am still figuring out how to position it and move it and not have it knock itself over. It seems to work in the little area I have it deployed in, but moving it about is my next goal.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Easy to install and it does as it says. The bears and raccoons and deer are not pleased with me, but hey...it dos the job well. Thanks!

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I purchased two ScareCrow sprinklers two weeks ago. One works fine, the other does not work at all. I also have a concern about how they work. You have to choose whether you want to protect against small animals OR large animals. If you adjust for large animals it will miss small animals and vice versa. That isn't clear when reviewing item description.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Sensor is hard to control, if you set it too high it will go off with just a motion of a car on a road 50 feet away, set it too low it doesn't go off at all.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

ScareCrow worked for a week, then stopped working. The eye quite working, you had to touch the eye and it worked but if you waved your hand in front of it it didn't work. Sara at Contech has been a big help, she is sending me a new one.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

works great!, I haven't had to clean up cat poop in my backyard since I installed the scarecrow. Thanks abunch.

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

works very well, it is nice seeing the cats run out of the flower garden and with no harm to the cats.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Clever, humane, easy and it works! Very impressed with DoMyOwnPestControl service as well.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

I wanted to keep turkeys and deer out of my rock garden. It's planted with deer-resistant plants, but they still tromped on it investigating things. Now, it has become a game with them. They check it out every day. It's like they are playing in the sprinklers! A few more deer now than before. But it WORKS. They do not touch the garden, nor do they hang around it. And it's fun for me to watch out my kitchen window.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

To start with, I firstr saw one in a feed store, but the price was $60. I figured I could do better on the net. Unless you are protecting a narrow dead-end alley, these guys are best used in concert. Working together, they are a hoot. Also, bringing the water source through the first Gremlin to the second requires only one faucet, and works just fine. They are a hoot to watch, as they back each other up, and completely confound our agressive deer population. I have just replaced the batteries (very easy to do). Finally, our tomato plants are safe! The deer love my wifes beautiful flowers too. Did I mention that we are going to purchase two more?

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

I have 6 of these. Pretty serious Deer problem which has been very frustrating and expensive. So far, the Scarecrow's have done the trick. I have a little vegetation eaten just outside the spray zone, but no damage inside the area. I will be buying one more. I have 2 from last year that have held up well, and actually using the same batteries. I would recommend these to anyone with a pest problem that can be controlled by using these. A hose long enough etc.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

So far, since I put the Scarecrow in use, there have been no deer in my vegetable garden! Previously they were entering the garden and doing damage 2-3 times per week. I did do some of the modifications that others suggested as well as a few of my own. I used teflon tape on joins to lessen leakage, I simply did not attach the spiked portion - opting to attach to hose directly to the vertical pipe. I then attached the scarecrow to a metal garden stake with hose clamps. I am waiting to see how long before a battery change is needed - but on the whole I am very pleased!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

I got this product for my legally blind 94yr old father-in-law, a retired golf course superintendent, who still maintains a putting green in his back yard. The squirrels had dug numerous holes in his lawn and green over the summer and the ScareCrow Sprinkler was our attempt to halt this behavior. We used the one sprinkler to protect the green and have made numerous adjustments to the settings and the placement of the sprinkler with marginal success. The number of squirrel diggings on the green have been reduced, but not stopped. I am considering raising the sprinkler up off the ground several feet and then angling it down slightly to see if that works better or purchasing another unit to have a little better coverage.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

OMG This is the best thing I have ever bought. It works like a charm!! It only took cats maybe 3 times coming in the yard once I got the scarecrows set up! AWESOME PRODUCT!! And here are the best prices!!!!!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Best Item to protect my garden and my koi fishes. My backyard is double protected.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Finally get to see the ros

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I bought this to keep small birds away from my pool but it doe not always detect them and when it does go off, it dose not scare them. Also it kicks on about every 5 min or so even though nothing is there to activate it. I might use it in my garden as it does scare the dog so at least it will keep her out. I think this item is over priced for what it is and how it works.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Sprinklers work well in keeping deer and other pest away from garden areas. Customer service at DoYourOwn Pest Control is exceptional. Would highly recommend and will purchase from this site again.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Easy to set up and use. Keeps the deer out of the flower beds. We can now enjoy the beauty of the yard. Only issue is the water leaks take some care in stopping.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I purchased two scarecrows to deter deer from my yard. Took weeks to get my son to install one - not a difficult job at all. However, my biggest complaint is the spray is too high and did not bother my medium sized dog. Perhaps we just need to read the manual on how to lower spray so it really would deter unwanted animals. So, read the manual when you get the product. Got one for my daughter's yard also to scare cats, so need to find answer to spray hight. Otherwise eager to see if it really works.

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

They work great and have kept the deer out of the roses. Looks like they will keep the blue herron out of the fish pond also. Great Customer Service!

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I have 2 of these I have used in a large garden for over a year and use them during the night only. The garden grew large enough to need 2 more so I ordered the additional ones from DoMyOwnPestControl and they arrived promptly. The ScareCrow sprinklers work well with only a couple of issues. One problem is that the stickers to create the face do not have fade resistant color and soon just turn white. This is OK since they still work just fine. You do need to learn how to position them best for your garden. One way is to just protect the approach to the interior and this works most of the time. Occasionally an animal will come in at an angle and enter the garden causing a bit of damage before wandering in front of a sprinkler. Once the sprinkler is activated it does the trick with deer. Smaller animals like woodchucks are more difficult because they can sneak in under the sensors. Another way is to select particularly tasty plants and protect them directly. Deer tend to head directly for those plants and again once a sprinkler is activated it usually clears the whole area with the flight response. For small animals it is better to trap them out and eliminate the source.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I like the product and it works, however I am having a little trouble with it vibrating loose and leaking. With the leaking keeps the ground really wet and the scarecrow falls over.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Works like a charm. Beats the heck out of installing a fence, not to mention straightening every post in the spring. Excellent device.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

works great. scares the big crane off when he comes for my koi fish. also me when i forget its there.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I have had this for over 1 month and I have seen it work. The Egret that kept eating my fish, now fly's away. The only issue I have, is sensitivity. When it gets a bit windy, this seems to go off without any kind of heat motion. There is an adjustment knob but I can't seem to find the perfect setting.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I've tried a lot of methods to suggest to local deer that my neighbors' yards are a better place to eat than in my yard. The ScareCrow sprinkler is a method that works. Various chemical repellents work for a short time, but they wash off. Even when I reapply a lot, the deer get used to the smell. I had similar results with coyote urine (really, I bought some), bars of soap, and piles of human hair from my barber. I even tried red lasers that the sellers say the deer mistake for predators' eyes. These methods work from only fair to not at all. One issue I had with the ScareCrow is that it squirts me when I walk past it to work in my garden. I solved that with a battery-operated sprinkler timer that turns the hose going to my ScareCrow on at about dusk and off at about dawn. The only other issue that I had with the ScareCrow is that it freezes where I live and you can't use the ScareCrow in freezing weather. Also, be aware that the ScareCrow needs a 9v battery and goes through them fairly quickly. I need a battery after three or four weeks. All in all, the ScareCrow is my first choice during every season except winter. If you don't have deer problems in the winter, this is an excellent choice.

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful