Customer Reviews for Taurus SC Termiticide

IT WORKS!!! Three days after the perimeter of my house was sprayed, no more ants! In twelve years Taurus SC is the only thing that has even touched the ant problem. Now they're gone!

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366 of 384 people found this review helpful

It's only been a week or 2 since we used the product. We bought it obviously to kill/prevent termites but since it said it kills ants we were excited about that since ants seem to be in excess this year. Well so far it hasn't killed the ants they just keep crawling across the surface even though we dug trenches all around the house and sprayed the top surface twice. I'm hoping it works soon and I would reconsider upping my review rating when or if that happens. At this point though if it doesn't kill the ants I'm not confident that it will kill or prevent termites and afraid I wasted my money.

  Expert response:
Please be sure you r expectations are in line with how the product works. Taurus is undetectable to ants so they will readily cross over treated areas. In can take 3-4 weeks to see an ant population start to be effected by the product, Ant treatment are much different than termite treatments. You must treat 2 ft up foundation, 2 ft out onto ground and around windows, doors nd other entry points. Have you treated these areas? Please let us know.

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295 of 333 people found this review helpful

Taurus is a non-repelling insecticide. Following the directions for termite treatment I trenched at the perimeter of my home, sprayed and put the dirt back in. The product works great. It has been two years since I treated my property. So far no signs of harm to good insects because my flowering trees and plants are pollinating just fine. I have recommended this product to my homeowner's association.

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284 of 305 people found this review helpful

Easy to use,much cheaper than hiring a service. I treated my entire home and barn. Goodbye ants and termites.

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249 of 270 people found this review helpful

This product is very handy to use with the squeezable pre-measured dispenser with separate cap. It allows the user to measure small amounts to apply in tight spaces when a watering can is used and only one or two gallons are needed at a time. Complete instructions are attached to the bottle so you always have them handy for reference. The same stuff the professionals use at a fraction of the cost!

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205 of 217 people found this review helpful

had a reputable nation wide pest control chain come out and quote me 2 grand to do the job i read the report and it said the removal method was Taurus SC @195 linear feet of house I bought double that to be sure and still saved $1700 even after buying a foamer do do the interior spots in addition to the perimeter (tip) save yourself some time and get a small cup and measure out the 4 x 0.8 ounces mark it and use that for mixing to avoid having to keep squeezing the bottle every time you make a bucket worth of dilution

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112 of 117 people found this review helpful

Excellent product. Fast working and very, very effective. I sprayed exterior of house and yard, wetting but not soaking the area, in the afternoon and next morning there were at least 500 dead carpenter ants outside and inside my garage. There were more the next day and they kept dying for several days until there were no more. Professional company wanted $450 - $500 for what cost me about $50. I also located the inground satellite nests and lightly sprayed them and they too were exterminated. This spring/summer I'll use it on my fence posts. I should add, my experience with this company has also been excellent. They are very helpful assisting you in buying the right product(s) and when I returned a couple of items - bought to much - my credit card was credited quickly. I will continue to buy from them and I'm going to recommend them to a friend in Ohio who posted an inquiry on Facebook if any BF''s knew of an effective ant pesticide.

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103 of 112 people found this review helpful

I believe realizing you have termites is a very scary and emotional thing. We work extremely hard to own our homes, and suddenly our dream house is invaded by a wood eating insect! I noticed my Florida Room doormat had quite a few termites on it. We sprayed Dursban outside and the swarm in our room began. In a panic, I called a friend to get her husband's advice since he owns his own business and deals with this stuff daily. He told me that he used Taurus SC and anyone could purchase it on line. I purchased a 78oz. Bottle from this site. I paid extra to have it shipped in one day. We wanted to treat our home as soon as possible and the weather was perfect. The product arrived when expected and I was so relieved. We watched the video and followed the directions. Digging the trench was not an easy task, especially when your house is large, but we managed. We made sure that we treated all the dirt before refilling the trench. We have decided to purchase more to spray under our house too. My advise is to just follow the directions and don't try to use less chemical. I know they say that it could take up to 90 days to kill the colony, but I haven't seen one termite since we treated our house two days ago. I think we hit the mother load during the treatment. i will be ordering from this company again. We had to buy two small bottles to complete our job. I got that from another company, the price was $20 more per bottle, but we needed it for our job. (We needed extra to mix in the dirt and we didn't think about that until later) Thanks for selling these products to the average homeowner. I know we saved a lot of money doing everything ourselves and I know we put forth more effort to make sure it was done correctly.

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90 of 92 people found this review helpful

I bought this to hopefully eliminate a carpenter ant infestation in the eaves of my house, the ants were walking 250ft along my new chainlink fence, climbing across my firebush bushes and then up the wall into the eaves, nothing seemed to work, so i bought taurus and some delta dust with a duster. the day it arrived there was another ant infestation coming from under my deck and getting under a slab by my back door, some were getting into the house, these werent carpenter ants. I sprayed the diluted product around my deck and also around the perimeter of the house, i also sprayed the fence and up the wall and around the eaves. the next morning there were literally thousands of dead ants on my back door step, it looked like a balnket of old rust!!, WOW! is all i can say, all the carpenter ants are gone too!, i havent needed to dust at all, but i will as a precaution. this product is the same as termidor but cheaper, worth every penny! i also bought some ant bait traps and plan to make my own borax, sugar, peanut butter solution if i see ants in the house. outside right now its eerily absent of any kind of bugs! I used 1.5 gallons of diluted product for the whole perimeter of my 2050sq ft house, 1ft up the walls, 1ft out, i also removed the firebush from around the house completely to eradicate ant bridges, i now just have mulch and some nice purple bedding plants set away from the walls, i sprayed after putting the mulch down. I really am quite staggered by the effectiveness of the taurus sc, i was sick and tired of paying $10-$15 a month for products that just didnt work at all. BUY THIS IF YOU HAVE ANTS!!

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75 of 82 people found this review helpful

I used Termidor for a few years and it always performed perfectly. Taurus is the generic version and works great. Every home I treated (my home and rental in Florida, and my family's homes in the Philippines) has stayed pest free for years. No termite, no ants, no cockroahes, no silver fish, nada. It is not a kill on contact so maybe those who say they "sprayed it on a bug and the bug just swam in it" have no idea how it works.

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66 of 70 people found this review helpful

The termidor brand really works, so I hope this will to. I spray around three different houses every three months and never have ants. Before, I had them all the time no matter what I sprayed with.

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64 of 73 people found this review helpful

This product has performed well . It was recommended by my Exterminator for some out buildings I was repairing. Fire ant and Termite damage with existing active tunnels. I am a Private Applicator but do not do my own work. One application as directed no reoccurance This is not just the cost savings . This product works. Be sure you follow all direction

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56 of 60 people found this review helpful

This product worked great for treating termites. We treated the entire perimeter of our house with it and so far we have not seen any termites. It has only been less than a month but so far it's worked wonderful! The 78 oz bottle was exactly enough to treat the whole house. It's definitely worth buying this size especially because the price was extremely fair! I am an extremely satisfied customer and highly recommend using this instead of paying and arm and a leg to have professionals come and do it! Thank you!!

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50 of 53 people found this review helpful

This is a great replacement for Termidor SC and at a substantial savings. Works on ants and termites. Easy to use container!

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48 of 52 people found this review helpful

Excellent product for termites and ants. I did not realize it's potency on fire ants until a pest control friend advised me to try it own ants beds. I also like the product because it is not a "barrier" chemical that gaps in your barrier will be a problem.Termites can't taste or smell the product and transfer it to others in the colony though social behavior.

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44 of 50 people found this review helpful

I received the Taurus SC very promptly. I used all of it as soon as it arrived. I used it around my whole house and barn. It is too soon to say if it works, but I have not seen any termites which are my most dreaded insect. Last year I used Termidor and this year I used Taurus SC. So far so good. I initially dug a trench around my house and barn and filled the trench with crushed rock. Each year just fill the trench with anti-termite solution. This way I do not have to re-dig a trench. The crushed rock makes it easier to inspect your foundation. Beware of termites. Good seller.

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40 of 45 people found this review helpful

This stuff is incredible. When I first received it I put it away and thought I wouldn't need it for awhile. The sweet ants were no longer coming into the house, even though they were still plentiful on my paver block patios. Then, larger ants started coming in. I laid out a blockade of Tero poison and that seemed to keep them from going any farther than by the window. I then proceeded to mix up the Taurus and at 7:00 a.m. I sprayed it around the perimeter of both the rear and front patios. At noon, I read the online instructions and saw that I was supposed to also spray where the siding meets the house and around where wiring and pipes come into the house. I mixed up another gallon and sprayed some more. At 7:00 that evening, I could find just 1 ant on my patios. The next day, I spotted just 2 in the morning. By early evening I couldn't find any. I had a hard time believing it could work that fast. I then checked at the end of my driveway, where I didn't spray of course, and there I found plenty of ants. Yesterday, about 1 1/2 weeks after i sprayed, I saw a couple dozen sweet ants on the rear patio. I was worried I might have to spray again. However, this morning I was able to find just one lonely ant remaining. I have a friend that is having the same problem. Guess what I recommended? All in all, this is a great company to work with. They respond to emails within hours, and phone service, when you can get thru, is also excellent. They really seem to know their stuff. I can't thank them enough. I believe my ant problems are over. Finally.

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35 of 39 people found this review helpful

We've used this product before and it does the job. A little expensive, but well worth it.

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34 of 40 people found this review helpful

this product is the real deal. dont forget to wear a mask and long sleeves when spraying if its windy. i used this in the evening and by morning i could see a blanket of rust on my back porch step..it wasnt rust, it was dead ants, by the thousands! it has also eradicated my carpenter ant problem, thats why i bought it.

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33 of 37 people found this review helpful

I used the trenching method around my house. The Taurus SC is easy to meter out with the built in .8 OZ measuring container. The Taurus SC was odorless and left no visible residue on the foundation. I used the recommended 4 gallon of diluted mixture per 10' of trench. In one location in the trench I found an area that soaked up the treatment at a much higher rate than the rest of the trench. As this was in an area that I'd seen winged termites, suspected this was tunneling from subterranean nest. In any case I've not seen any termites since treatment. Am hopeful this has taken care of my termites.

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32 of 33 people found this review helpful

I'm usually not a "do it yourselfer" and I was tentative using the product ,but after a couple youtube videos I was good to go . Saved over 900.00 !#Thanx DoMyOwnPestControl

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27 of 28 people found this review helpful

When trying generics, one is usually concerned about quality. In this case such concern is unfounded. It actually seems to work BETTER than Termidor on Fire Ant mounds.

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26 of 27 people found this review helpful

I applied this product to my yard one evening in late August with a hand sprayer. I finished about 9:30 PM, and by midnight, the crazy ants were gone. And they haven't been back. This is supposed to be a slow-kill product, so I think this quick knockdown was due to catching most of the ants foraging around in the evening with a direct spray. It's nice to walk around my yard in moccasins or bare feet and not get swarmed. I haven't seen any fire ants either. This product got rid of both invasive, foreign-imported species of ants.

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24 of 30 people found this review helpful

We had a pretty big ant problem, Argentinian & Big Head ants. This really worked and got the ants under control. Great product and even eliminated all the other "pests" that were occasionally seen in the home. Recommend highly.

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23 of 26 people found this review helpful

The crazy ants belly-up after about 3 days, the garage apartment even had trails going into the attic, now they are gone. Roy gorman

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21 of 23 people found this review helpful

The seller asked me to write this review only a couple of weeks after I received the product, so it's too early to tell whether all the termites are gone. I think they are, though. In a preliminary check, my lone termite tunnel on the foundation was broken and looked abandoned. I found the specially shaped bottle hard to use. The small compartment is designed to help you measure 0.8 ounces of the product for mixing, but it was difficult to fill that compartment. I had to turn the bottle upside down and squeeze the larger side repeatedly to get enough fluid into the small chamber.

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21 of 35 people found this review helpful

Easy to mix, low odor, don't know if it's killing termites yet or not , but the ants & spiders are dropping dead, so far so good!

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21 of 26 people found this review helpful

the name means nothing to me But the product works--I applied it in a one gallon bottle for mixing up and pored it around my wood deck No more ants Hurray

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20 of 21 people found this review helpful

For the last 2 years we have been at war with crazy ants. Every weekend I was out spaying everything I could find at the local feed store and box stores, it would kill them instantly, but they would be back the next day, it was a losing battle. Finally came across Taurus SC and figured I would give it a try, with 1 application I have not had a single ant around my house, shop, or pool area. Its been a month since application. Great product.

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20 of 21 people found this review helpful

Wanted a less expensive Termador clone. Although still expensive, this product meets the cost requirement and does everything it is advertised to do. Highly satisfied with the product. Highly satisfied with Do My Own Pest Control. Fast shipping and their prices are better than other sources.

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18 of 22 people found this review helpful