Customer Reviews for ScareCrow Sprinkler Motion Activated Animal Deterrent

This mechanical scare-crow is pretty darn good! It's a little tricky to get set up properly and it leaks just a bit. The part are all plastic - the instructions actually tell you not to tighten the fittings too tightly so that you will not crack or strip them. Rock and hard place really - if they are too loose they leak and won't provide a closed, pressurized system. Too tight and it leaks anyway as a result of being compromised and possibly ruined. It is also a bit top-heavy and the ground stake needs to be twice as long to compensate for this - it isn't so you may need an anchor of some kind. We slipped the hose between rocks which surround our garden - this served to stabilize the crow a bit. Before that it fell over any time it activated - sudden burst of water was enough to knock it over. I actually think a better solution would be to just replace the stake with one that is longer. I'm considering a run to Home Depot for that. Bottom line - after you get it set up and ready it works. It's a hoot to watch the cats get chased out of the garden by the burst of water and I personally like the fact that it doesn't harm the critters and varmints. :)

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

Love this to keep my chickens off my lanai. Sensor is tricky but this is a God send product for me since I let the Hens free range. I think a Battery should be included with the purchase.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Like other reviews said, have to make sure connections don't leak but seems to be fine and so far haven't even sprayed myself (did get the front window though)

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

We recently purchased 2 ScareCrows and so far no wildlife digging up our lawn. Instructions for assembly were pretty basic and easy to put parts together and attach hose to.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

I'm still trying to work with the unit. I have some kind of varmint digging up my garden. The scarecrow didn't deter whatever it is. I think it may be Armadillos, since I have seen them in the yard a lot. I moved the scarecrow closer to the garden, hoping this would help. I also changed the battery as it has already discharged after 2 weeks. If this doesn't work, I'm thinking about returning it.

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16 of 18 people found this review helpful

Motion portion works as advertised, but the actual sprinkler head adjustment will not stay in lowest position. Have two others from 1 year ago and the sprinkler mechanism (though the same) seems to be of better quality. Would not recommend buying this product as others are available.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

My challenge is attaching it to the ground. I live in a dry area and the plastic is too flimsy to be shoved into the hard ground. My bucket with sands and rocks is not as stable as I like and I am still figuring out how to position it and move it and not have it knock itself over. It seems to work in the little area I have it deployed in, but moving it about is my next goal.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I have bought two of these and they work fairly well. We have squirrels and birds that eat everything in our garden. The ScareCrow sprinkler does a fair job of keeping them out...BUT the adjustment for sensitivity is VERY POOR. we have to have it at full sensitivity to pick up the preditor approach and because of that even with a little breaze it goes off too much.

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13 of 14 people found this review helpful

I purchased two scarecrows to deter deer from my yard. Took weeks to get my son to install one - not a difficult job at all. However, my biggest complaint is the spray is too high and did not bother my medium sized dog. Perhaps we just need to read the manual on how to lower spray so it really would deter unwanted animals. So, read the manual when you get the product. Got one for my daughter's yard also to scare cats, so need to find answer to spray hight. Otherwise eager to see if it really works.

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3 of 5 people found this review helpful

This item does scare deer. But it leaks around the washers. For the money high quality high pressure rubber washers should be used not cheep hard plastic ones. As water is not cheap I may still return if I can not solve this issue! Also the stake should be longer so it does not work loose in wet ground.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

My problem is with groundhogs. They ate all my seedlings down to nothing immediately after planting. I replanted and installed the ScareCrow. The scarecrow worked great for about 6 weeks. After that the groundhog(s) learned that it was only getting wet and to him/her it was well worth the price for some delicious veggies. This product probably works great for everything else but it didn't work for me for very long.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Worked really well on my wife. Arrived late in the season for the corn so we'll have to hold final judgement until next year when we try again. I think the theory is great and would add a noisemaker to it. The range seems somewhat limited compared to other similar devices.

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I purchased two ScareCrow sprinklers two weeks ago. One works fine, the other does not work at all. I also have a concern about how they work. You have to choose whether you want to protect against small animals OR large animals. If you adjust for large animals it will miss small animals and vice versa. That isn't clear when reviewing item description.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Sensor is hard to control, if you set it too high it will go off with just a motion of a car on a road 50 feet away, set it too low it doesn't go off at all.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I got this product for my legally blind 94yr old father-in-law, a retired golf course superintendent, who still maintains a putting green in his back yard. The squirrels had dug numerous holes in his lawn and green over the summer and the ScareCrow Sprinkler was our attempt to halt this behavior. We used the one sprinkler to protect the green and have made numerous adjustments to the settings and the placement of the sprinkler with marginal success. The number of squirrel diggings on the green have been reduced, but not stopped. I am considering raising the sprinkler up off the ground several feet and then angling it down slightly to see if that works better or purchasing another unit to have a little better coverage.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

ScareCrow worked for a week, then stopped working. The eye quite working, you had to touch the eye and it worked but if you waved your hand in front of it it didn't work. Sara at Contech has been a big help, she is sending me a new one.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

I liked the sprinkler. It was quite effective in keeping the deer from eating my flowers, but after a couple of months the battery died. When I went to replace it, I discovered that it is a 4 pack with a wire attached. I cannot find a replacement like that anywhere, not even at Batteries Plus. Why don't you sell them? I have two other ones that are a bit different, and they both used 9V batteries.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

I bought this to keep small birds away from my pool but it doe not always detect them and when it does go off, it dose not scare them. Also it kicks on about every 5 min or so even though nothing is there to activate it. I might use it in my garden as it does scare the dog so at least it will keep her out. I think this item is over priced for what it is and how it works.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Although very ingenious, this sprinkler does not work well for small animal. It is difficult to regulate. If the sensitivity is high, even passing car by the street trigger it.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

Would give this product a 5 star review if they lasted more than a season. This is the fourth ScareCrow we have bought so far. They work wonderful and can be adjusted for distance and sensitivity. I use two in the garden and they keep the deer out. Problem is only one of the four has lasted more than a year. I remove the battery when I put them up for the winter and store them inside out of the weather. In the spring when I take them out of storage they inevitably fail. I've reset them as instructed and even put brand new batteries in them. I'm a retired engineer so I pride my self on being able to repair most things. Problem with these is, short of replacing the motion sensor nothing can be done. Yes I've adjusted water pressure to numerous psi.

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26 of 28 people found this review helpful

Site said fast shipping but it is anything but.. going on 2 weeks still waiting. deer and dogs devasting my garden, I should have went with ebay-get same price and way faster shipping

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5 of 9 people found this review helpful

I assembled according to instructions, but unit leaked immediately. Motion detection was poor. I called customer service. They are so nice and gladly refunded the whole amount. I can't say enough about this awesome company. They stand strongly behind their products. They didn't even charge me for shipping. I will continue to do business with them!

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13 of 13 people found this review helpful

One of the two (2) units I purchased leaks. A 50% failure rate.

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8 of 10 people found this review helpful

We have a pond next to our back yard and ducks have recently started invading us. The ScareCrow worked for about 20 minutes and then the ducks just ignored it and kept coming on our property. We have tried different locations and settings. Nothing seems to make any difference. This device may work for other animals, but not for ducks.

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2 of 3 people found this review helpful

Approx.60 lbs psi of pressure spays water approx. 15 feet (not 45 ft as specified).

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12 of 14 people found this review helpful

Returned both, neither worked. Customer service was great!

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful