izbie Z1 Ultrasonic Solar Outdoor Animal Repellent - Cat Repellent Outdoor

Unfortunately, our inspection period of our new house did not include time to observe the robins and their propensity to blanket outside cars with their poop. I'd wash the cars and would hear them in the trees, angrily reprimanding me for disturbing them. Minutes afterwards, I'd look out the window to find 5-6 of these scoundrels happily defecating on the car from nose to tail - almost as if it were an intent to spread poop equally across the entire automobile. "Leave no panel unspoiled" seemed to be their motto. I purchased 2 of these deterrents and they were delivered quickly. As I was positioning it, a robin was sitting on our adjacent car, apparently scoffing at my efforts. I turned it up to 5, and he let out an alarmed squawk; they've never been seen since. No more morning crap parties, no robins eying me through the window of my office, and then turning around and dropping a deuce on the windshield. NOTES: It initially creates a very unsettling high-pitched sound, and then goes into silent mode until the motion sensor detects movement. It's quite sturdy and can be left out in 20 degree temps. The solar panel seems to work well. I've only tested this for birds.

March 2022-- the first unit worked perfectly as intended. It worked so well, I ordered a second izbie Z1. The second unit did not perform as well as the first.The motion detector sensitivity switch of the second unit did not work to allow any motion sensitivity adjustment. The first unit motion detector set-off the sound and flashing lights from more than 45 feet away and at an angle of at least 75 degrees. . . wow! At the extreme sensitivity setting of the second unit, I had to walk to within five feet and not more than a 30 degree angle for the sound and flashing lights to work. hmm?The sonic repellent on both the izbie Z1 first and second units are much more noticeable than the sonic repellent on devices from other brands I have installed surrounding my property on similar/identical settings. Of the four different brands I have installed, three are pretty much identical in appearance and structure. As with other brands, I expect the rechargeable batteries will need to be replaced within two years.August 2022--downgraded from four to one star. Worked well at first but . . . after six months of use, both izbie units are not working! I have others that are still working after nearly two years! The rechargeable batteries on my units had low capacity cheap batteries which needed replacement within two months. Worked well for another three months after installing better quality rechargeable batteries. Now the izbies are completely useless.

I purchased 3 of the same Izbie Z1 Ultrasonic Rodent, Squirrel, Cat, Repellent - Waterproof Effective Outdoor Electronic Deterrent for my yard. I had a new raised bed and garden which was becoming a litter box for all the Feral cats in my neighborhood. I planted 2 in the back yard and it started working that night.In the front yard, the cats still are using the yard, lawn etc. So now, I cleaned up the yard, sprinkled, cat repellent, chillie flakes, and have added the izbie Z1 Ultrasonic machine. It still did not work. My lawn had poop and the flower bed still had cat poop.It looks like we will need 2-3 to protect our yard. For now, I have to live with the one 1 have a buy later another 1-2.

Worked great for neighborhood cats for about a week or two, before they started to ignore them. They were still going off in the yard for at least a year in the AZ sun.

Good protection for my car. So far it's kept the rats/mice away.

I really don't like cats.And I am not just referring to the musical.Cats are dirty. They smell. They get into everything. They make horrid noises that wake me up in the middle of the night. They leave piles of smelly kittens under my stairs.Our neighborhood has feral cats. Lots of them. Mangy, smelly, loud, feral cats.They get into everything. They dig up my lawn. They shed hair and leave their scent as they try to mark their territory.My kids couldn't go into the backyard without first having to battle for domination.I really don't like cats.I have tried everything to get rid of them.Animal Control for my local city refused to touch them.Cat repellent powder must be re-applied every time it rains.And it is hard to train squirrels as an elite paramilitary anti-cat ninja team.So I turned to Amazon and found this Electronic Animal Repeller. AND, after finding the right frequency, the cats were GONE. It was wonderful.The birds, squirrels, 'possums, raccoons, armadillos, hedgehogs, and cows are also gone, but I digress.No cats. Anywhere. Gone.I wept for joy.Unfortunately, my kids wouldn't go into the backyard anymore. They kept complaining about some high-pitched screeching sound that made them want to run away. I could hear it too, but only when I was standing in the "blast zone". And more importantly, the cats were GONE.But alas, the victory was short lived.One lovely fall morning, 24 days after installation, my beautiful Wife looked out the back window and said, "There is a cat under the trampoline".I started weeping again, but this time it wasn't for joy.I went out to check the Animal Repeller. It was turned on. But there was no sound.And the cats are back.

I purchased this to repel squirrels from our garden as they dig huge holes in the lawn. None of the settings worked to repel them and they happily walked past the unit which although at lawn level often didn't detect their motion. After only a few weeks the battery charge only lasts a few days and the solar panel looks corroded at one side. We do have lawn sprinklers on once a day in the morning but you would assume an outdoor unit is waterproof! Overall, a very poor quality product. But something else!