Do ultrasonic pest repellers really work in a car?

Do ultrasonic pest repellers really work in a car? Thinking about moving the GTX from the garage to a barn for a short period of a few months but concerned about mice, etc., finding a nice warmer home. There are lots of ultrasonic battery pest repellers but do they really work or even repel? If they do work is it best to have two or several at different locations? Here's an example that is "top" rated for whatever that is worth? Going to go check out some video reviews but just thought I would see if any members have any experience or anything to say? Thanks.

Mike

Personally, I have no idea if those work or not.

If it were me, I would buy, at least six, five-gallon pails and replace the lids with these:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...313&_nkw=mouse+trap+lid&_sacat=0

Bait the lid traps with peanut butter, put two gallons of plumbing antifreeze in each pail, and put one at each corner of the car as well as beside the middle of the doors. Check daily for what the traps have caught.

Hope this helps.

Scam

All I can say is, I've never in 22 years had a mouse in my car. I have 4 of those ultra sound repellers in it year around.

They may have worked for keeping mice out of my old shop when I lived in the woods, but the squirrels didn't mind them at all.
Luckily, neither ever got into one of the cars.

peppermint oil or extract works extremely well. I wouldn't put it in the car but rather soaked rags or containers of around the tires the odor lingers for some time but You'll have to keep an nose 🤣 on the smell to keep them away. but they hate the stuff

There is a video on youtube that proves they don't work.

Front page Sunday Wall Street Journal article is titled
“New York City Professor Wages Battle Against Rats Attacking his Car”

Sample Quote:
An online car forum mentions witchcraft: “Burn rodent bones and chant Druid expulsion alms”

If it makes Moparts happier - the Professor was having this problem with a 2015 Toyota Prius C parked on the streets of East Harlem.

After trying dozens of “recommended solutions” with no success
- he sold the Prius,
and bought a Hybrid Ford Escape - he claims problems stopped.

Soy based wiring insulation. DAMHIN

This guy has been testing mouse traps and repellers for years and posting his results on youtube.

Linky

Another Linky

Bucket Trap designed by same guy Link

Another bucket trap that he endorses Link

Spread mothballs around. Rodents hate them.

Sorry. link

They sure haven't worked in my house, I can't imagine they'd work in a car.
Bell & Howell plug-in ultrasonic pest repeller: Found mouse pellets directly below it.
Peppermint/mint oil repellent packs: Saw mouse actually move toward it.
Attractant gel in both humane and snap traps: Ignored.
Green poison baits in bait stations placed by exterminator: Turned the crap green, didn't appear to impact the mouse otherwise.

You know what got rid of it?
Whacking it with a plastic dustpan when it paused between one inaccessible hiding place and another.
Felt a little guilty about how long it took to actually die after I hit it (it made it under the fridge, but I was able to drag it out with a ruler), but y'know, I tried pretty much everything short of inviting one of the neighborhood cats inside.

Cats can be very effective and fun to watch. Years ago we had a small 7 pound dachshund that was even better at killing rodents. He could kill a rat half his size in about two seconds. He didn't play with them like a cat does. We called him Rat Slayer.

I was watching one of the dog shows the other day and they were talking about how they were originally bred for that!

A good friend and his wife always had Dachshunds and told me they were originally bread for the purpose of going down into groundhog holes on farm fields to kill and drag them out or to drag them out and kill them. When horses were the primary means of farming the horses would step into the groundhog holes and either break their leg or get injured and most times had to be put down. My friends would have a bunch of large diameter PVC tubing either indoor or outdoor from when they were puppies till they were old and they loved to crawl and "run" through all day. I should get one or two to take care of the 10 or so groundhog holes on the surrounding property. I've stepped into the holes too many times and even gone down The John Deere mower has been stuck in one or two of the holes a few times too. Dachhounds are great "Ratters". Snap traps and peanut butter has been the most effective for getting mice in the late fall and early winter as they move inside our 160+ year old farm house. Plus, two great cats a mom and daughter.

I have a couple of these bucket traps and they catch mice. We have a detached garage with an attic and I have one on each level.

a shotgun with double ott buck would work well on the mices, i would think.

Would do well on a car, truck, etc. that was behind the mice too...

Seems like that might be a little hard on my kitchen floor, cabinets, fridge, drywall...

Acceptable collateral damage?

thanks for posting

So I have battled this for the past several years in a couple of my out building near farm fields. I have experimented with basically all of it.

I have found the best system to be the PVC home made bait stations placed around the exterior of the property, coupled with bait stations and regular mouse traps in the building to be the most effective.

The outside stations take care of them before they get in the building. I rarely catch one now or see evidence of them eating the bait inside. It is in my opinion a year round deal. Keep the bait stations outside full and try to keep the population down, even in the summer months. YMMV.

This works for me ^^^

well, although somewhat harsh, it might be better than my old man's favorite weapon, a "10 barrel double gauge"............

I've tried lots of stuff, but the best solution (for me) so far has been Grampa Gus peppermint pouches and bleach. For some reason those little buggers love my dually. Winter or summer they get in it...I don't drive it in the winter and at least weekly in the summer but constantly see signs they have been there. I leave snap traps, Bait and Grampa Gus pouches in there but if I do not routinely pour bleach around the perimeter of where it is parked they come back. I also bleach around my enclosed trailers. I got this idea from watching a Documentary on rodents. I learned they are "Scent Hunters" meaning they search for food and shelter following scent trails left by themselves or other rodents. Bleaching the perimeter breaks the trail. Another similar option but not easily done its to disturb the ground cover (aprox 24") around a given habitat area.

I once had a similar concern when storing my classic Mustang for the winter. I tried those ultrasonic pest repellers, hoping they'd do the trick, but unfortunately, they didn't seem to make much of a difference.

However, I've heard mixed reviews from others. Some swear by them, while others say they're not effective. It might depend on the specific pests and your car's environment. You could give them a shot, but it's always good to have a backup plan.

If you're looking for more insights, I stumbled upon this site https://pestcontrolcompanies.net/ while researching pest control solutions. They might have some helpful tips or alternative methods to consider.

Victor wooden snap traps and peanut butter. Catch about one in the shop every other month.

When we were still parking our cars outside we developed an issue with mice for (unmentioned reasons) LOL. I found these to be quite effective LINKY

But not sure if I would rely on them in your situation. The only other thing I found to work extremely well was Peppermint oil /extract. I would treat rags with it placed around the tires which is their normal path of attack. The scent is STRONG and lasts a month or more before needing to retreat. You can check AMZ for reviews and buy there as well as a local store.

I do have several of the Victor zappers, if interested PM me. I won't be surprised if you don't

Friend of mine was getting mice in his camper and he tried the plug in repellers. This spring still had mice. I tried some in my garage and caught mice under the outlet they were plugged in to
We have had mice in farm equipment and tried Irish Spring, which they will chew on, poison, which you hope if they die its not in the truck and other things. Latest thing is a little bag that smells like pine and not sure how much it does but it does smell fresh lol. I guess we had one tractor they still got in but figured out how. They are annoying. One one of our combines they chewed the cloth insulation some of the engine sensor wires were covered in. Not sure why they want to eat that

One of the reasons for them liking the wire insulation maybe because years ago some eco engineer thought it would be a great idea to make the insulation out of a soy based product. I live surrounded by a 160 year old farm and for years they would alternate what was planted and one of the crops of course was soybeans. The years they would plant something else I had to keep a closer watch on the cars, truck and motorcycles as the rodents went after the insulations more aggressively for some reason Our side yard, yeah that's my little JD mower