Did You Read That Review ? (77 page)

By
A Mom
, January 22, 2012

From First Time Dad: It’s not often I purchase a product and then upon receiving it immediately regret never having owned one previously. After spending many weekends painstakingly constructing lovely cedar-raised garden beds for our backyard, I was extremely disappointed to find out nothing could germinate because what I’d actually built was a sturdy, expansive cat toilet and digging fun center. I was harvesting nothing except a bumper crop of kitty logs and probably toxoplasmosis. Letting the pregnant wife and/or small child into the back yard required a meticulous
“depooping” ritual that really is a special kind of buzzkill in trying to enjoy your small but idyllic private property. Since installing Contech Scarecrow, not one turd: not a single one. My only complaint is the thing is so darn effective I haven’t yet had the pleasure of actually seeing it nail one of those filthy bomb-dropping felines in the act of hunkering down to let one fly in the newly sprouted lettuce. Heck, even my 1½ -year-old thinks the thing is fun to play with and will spend half an hour sitting next to it, setting it off, and laughing hysterically. A babysitter? Yeah…I didn’t think I was getting a freaking automatic babysitter as a bonus, but yet, there it is. I’m half expecting this thing to start mowing my lawn one day. Seriously, how did I get to the age of 33 without owning one of these? If the 13-year-old me had access to this technology, surely I would have spent an entire summer’s worth of paper route money on 1000’ of garden hose and headed straight for the middle school teachers’ parking lot. That neighbor’s dog who liked to sit in the corner of his lot nearest my bedroom window and bark at nothing at 2 am? Boom! I’m convinced there’s no problem this product can’t solve with a well-timed spray of water. Five stars!

540 of 551 people found the following review helpful

A good, if expensive, solution

By
Coronet Blue
, June 6, 2006

Before I bought my house I thought cats went in a litter box. Well some do, but my yard is apparently more appealing to Leo, my neighbor’s cat, who is old and incontinent. If you are reading this you know that none of the sprays, repellants, etc. do anything at all and should be removed from the market. But doggone it, the Scarecrow works. There are a few minor things you should know, however. First, if you care about the Scarecrow leaking, be sure to assemble the unit with Teflon tape. Second, the Scarecrow is entirely plastic, right down to the spike that you drive into the ground. Not a big deal perhaps, but if your ground is hard you won’t be hammering the Scarecrow into the dirt. Finally, if your yard is good sized you’ll probably need two, so crap avoidance has its price. And don’t forget to run your hose in such a way that you can turn the water off before you approach the Scarecrow, because it will spray anything in its path, birds, the mailman, anything. This raises some interesting possibilities if you are plagued by door-to-door salesmen.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Best home alarm system ever!

By
John
, February 18, 2013

I originally bought this thing to keep the local deer off my lawn. But soon after installing it (and connecting it to a sprinkler timer thing that turns on the water at 9:00 p.m. and turns it off at 6:00 a.m.), I realized it does more than scare deer: IT SCARES AWAY BAD GUYS! Imagine some idiot casing your house, checking out windows and such in the dead of night. Now imagine the same idiot getting a face full of water. The best home alarm system isn’t a beepy-screechy thing once a window has been opened. Oh no, definitely not. The BEST home alarm system is hearing some idiot yell [vulgar utterances in his native vernacular] after getting surprised by a face full of water. Get this and protect your home.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful

Awesome Product

By
Serene
, July 3, 2006

We purchased one of these to take care of our hell-spawn (raccoon) problem. The coons were digging up the yard, eating new plants, and searching for grubs. They left piles of dirt on the walkway and destruction in their wake. We purchased a battery of these scarcrow things and lined them up to create a critter-free zone and voila! No more eviscerated plants, no more dirt piles, no more coons! It’s expensive, but worth it.

The crow even works on dumb humans, like me! =-) I came home late at night from the movies and found quite a surprise when my sister turned this thing on forgetting I was still out. The scarecrow got me. Repeatedly. And I deserved it.

Whatever you do, don’t forget to turn it off or the UPS man won’t like you very much.

Awesome. Worth every penny.