Ortho Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier with Extended Reach Comfort Wand, Kills Ants, Roaches, Spiders, Fleas and Ticks, 1 gal.

I got this pesticide because we’re having a termite problem, which is creating an ant problem as they come for the termite bodies. And we live in Florida, so we always have roaches/palmetto bugs. It’s like a war of the bugs in my house! When we run out of pesticide, you notice it within a month of the last bug treatment running out. I sprayed the perimeter in my bathroom where I was having the most issues with termites, and the difference is night and day. No more termites, no more ants. Just make sure you don’t sweep or mop until the treatment has dried up and given a few hours, or you ruin the treatment. I also sprayed my kitchen perimeter, and you can see the ants dropping like flies (lol) along the corners of my kitchen cabinets on the floor. I would definitely say it’s working! Also I dropped the container from the counter onto the floor during my first treatment and to my surprise, the cap where you attach the spray wand was still intact and functioning when I thought for sure it was going to be cracked/broken. A little fluid spilled out, but that was about it. Be sure you wear gloves when spraying with this product, and be cautious of any children or pets in the house while you spray!

1 of two thing happened when I rented this 1940's house:A: it had a pest problem and I didn't take the time to look at places where cockroaches may be (the electric wasn't on and there were no appliances so it was kind of hard to tell and it was the middle of the day).B.) I made a mistake and bought a refrigerator off of Craigslist in Conroe that I never saw the inside of the house. They had it on a dolly we load it in the truck (him and his son doing the majority of work)Or it could be both. Either way I've used multiple chemicals and strips and all sorts of stuff to try to catch them and destroy their breeding grounds and failed. Every two months I move the refrigerator and every two months a hundred scurry out. So we're getting ready to the refrigerator but I received this Ortho Max and I was shocked at how quickly it un-alived them. Like dead tracks falling off the lower wall (remember for every 1 you see there's like a hundred or a thousand behind it). It's electrically operated l, so I had to to figure that out and it's just the white unlock button and just pull the trigger. So before you make that call to the bug man, give this a try at least you can take a break for a while and save up the money if you really do need a full deinfestation of the house which I am still going to use a foggers for place I can't get into. And I do believe that this Ortho Max is pet friendly. Oh and it really dries quickly. 10/10

It works! Very handy and starts working immediately. I live in an area with many,many pine trees. Unfortunately, the large dusky brown outdoor roaches that live in and under them like to come in and hunt for errant crumbs of dog food. This product is very handyfor them. It has a battery powered spray function that works very well and has a long neck, that folds up, out of the way when you put the product away. It's long enough that you don't have to stay bent over all the time while you are using it. You can see the result the very next day. It also works on ants and other pests. Would buy again when this one is used up, but it should last for a long time before that happens.

Ortho Home Defense does help, but if you happen to live in an apartment, where there are neighbors connected to your building, they have them too! So, even if you get rid of some, they keep coming back, or never entirely gone, because they come from next door. Which is awful, I KNOW! I especially have a problem in and near the top of my kitchen sink. I do spray the sink and surrounding areas, but everytime you run the water, you are rinsing it away...so if this happens to you, please re-spray that area. I live in a very small apartment and I went through a gallon in a month! I'm still seeing them!! Yes, I am moving in a couple of months. I believe some places are beyond hope. They may be years old, like this place. I'm talking 50+ years old! So, it has years of getting these disgusting house guests. They get inside he walls. The only remedy is to move and they need to knock this whole place down! This is the second place in the 45 years I've live here, in Las Vegas and believe it or not the other place was worse. We moved out pretty quick and shortly later, they did knock that whole place down. It was a huge complex. It covered 2-3 blocks of a city street! Not too far from the Las Vegas Strip. I'm not saying that all places here are like that. Only two in 45 yrs. I have moved several times for various reasons. Most of the other, "newer" places didn't have ANY! I think the age of the place has alot to do with it. But, like another review said, you must ALWAYS keep your place as clean as humanly possible! No crumbs!!! And, if you do have any kind of roach or bug problem, you can use more than one insecticide at a time. To be safe, make sure you read the label and Google if it's safe for pets, (if you have one) and that it can be used with other insecticides. Most of them can. I don't think a professional place is any better than what you can do yourself. Just my opinion. Because you know where you see them more. You know exactly where to spray. A professional bug guy, just walks around and sprays here and there for about 3 minutes, and he's gone. You need to spray the baseboards! All the baseboards. Most of them come in through there. And, they DO come up from drains! I've seen it! That's why I'm getting them in my sink. They say if you have that problem, to pour vinegar and then baking soda down your sink often. Ar least 2 cups of each! I also found that if I ran out of insecticide to spray alot of vinegar around those areas where you see them. It doesn't kill them, but they avoid the smell. So, I don't know if you want to do that, but it helps me to NOT see them. And, hopefully that may only be necessary for a day or two until you get to the store. Another remedy is, to mix equal parts of white sugar and baking soda and sprinkle around the infested area, because they are attracted to the sugar, but the baking soda will kill them!!! Maybe not immediately, but shortly after. I haven't tried this. I hope I helped ar least one person, if anyone read this all the way through....