Tools & Hardware : Contech Electronics Scarecrow Motion-Activated Sprinkler #CRO101

Rating: - Not sure if it works yet, but the company stands behind it
I am not sure if the scarecrow works yet in keeping the raccoons out of my back yard. However, I am impressed with the customer service the manufacturer provides. The first unit was received and installed only to find it leaked out of the sprinkler head causing a terrific waste of water and money. I contacted the manufacturer and they sent me a completely new one at no expense. I didn't even need to send the broken one back. The new one is not leaking and appears to be working properly. I have not seen any new diggings in the past couple of days, but it is too early to declare victory.

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Rating: - Good Product
Works great! Bought it to spray the teenagers who like to toilet paper my house. Can't wait to catch one!

It attaches to a regular garden hose. The range can be set as to where it will spray when it detects someone/something walking in the range. It works just like an automatic security light. You can control the range of the spray, not the range of the detection. If setting up in your front yard, test it with your kids during the day to see how it works, great fun!

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Rating: - scarecrow scared my raccoons
the raccoons are furious, but we are very happy. The only drawback I found is that the spray is difficult to regulate as far as direction and force, causing a wet husband occasionally when taking out the trash. I would still highly recommend this as a humane solution to animal visitors to the garden, they simply cannot believe the big scary thing is still there and come back to check from time to time, but they really hate it.

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Rating: - Terrible for raccoons!
I had tried everything to deter raccoons from digging up my new sod lawn. I had heard that this product might do the trick because raccoons do not like to get soaked. However, after several nights of having the motion detector on the raccoons still consistently showed up and dug up my lawn. The lawn was soaked in the morning so I knew that the motion detector was working, but the raccoons just didn't seem to care. When they are hungry, nothing stops them. I cannot recommend this product for raccoons.

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Rating: - Nice little baby...
This sprinkler works like a charm. Our plant beds are now cat poop free. Would've been funnier if we had set up video cameras to watch it happen! I will say it has startled a UPS man or two. Fortunately, we have it set so that it doesn't spray the sidewalk. Also, it's not as obvious looking as the photo. It is all green.