Customer Reviews for Talstar P Professional Insecticide

I have professional pest control, but I wanted something to supplement their service. I'm usually not home when they stop by, so they can't spray inside. I have to deal with black widows where I live, and I noticed a general uptick in spider activity inside the house. I followed directions and now they're dead. Anything else that pops up dies quickly. Couldn't be happier.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Becoming the "Exterminator" couldn't be easier thanks to the Do My Own insecticide. The water to solution ratio is clearly explained in the user guide and the bottle also has nifty built-in solution measuring guide. I haven't seen a bug around my house (That's if you don't count the dead ones haha) since I have sprayed. Hands down, the most economical and effective insecticide out there.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Someone sprayed this for me a few years back when they were house sitting. I saw about five roaches in six months and those I did see were “high”. Same person made a mixture for me. It killed on contact but did not keep them away. I bought some thinking maybe he mixed it wrong. They're not even dying on contact now. It takes awhile for the insecticide to affect them. Maybe they've gotten use to it?

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0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Too soon to tell about length of active bug rejection. However, I have not seen a roach in a week. Also applied to lawn for sod webworms. Haven't seen any of their babies, those small gray moths in about the same time. Sprayed all around exterior of house and shop about a foot out creating a shield all around. Seems like it's working good. Update in about 2 weeks.

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Overall, a great product. Safe to use. No unpleasant odor. Great for Florida lawns, especially St. Augustine grass subject to chinch bugs and sod webworms when the weather turns hot, and several times during the summer. And, it is even safe enough to use indoors in my house to eliminate roaches and ants. Residual lasts for several months. I also used it to wipe out giant spiders in an infested aircraft hangar.

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Had a problem with ants getting into our new double wide mobile home. Daughter in Louisiana told us about Talstar. Ordered it. Received it in about four days. Used it according to directions around and under the house. We no longer are bothered with ants. Love this product and the service is outstanding. Will be doing more business with this company in the near future.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This product does exactly what I wanted. I needed something to use around the house that wipes out a broad spectrum of pests, but I also wanted something I could use in my Solo blower for mosquitos. This it the stuff. I add some Demand CS to it for spraying around the perimeter and use it alone in the sprayer. Creepy crawly critters don't have a chance this year.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Used it for white footed ants..did not work had to call a professional. It may be good for outside around the house perimeter and on the grass or bushes.The site indicates it is good for these ants but the professional says they do not use it for that but they use it for other ants. I wish the label was more specific.But it is a good product inspite of not working for me

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

We bought the Talstar P Professional Insecticide about a month ago and have sprayed the entire house, inside and out, and haven't seen a bug since!!! The only bugs that we really had were spiders in the bathroom but since spraying we haven't even seen a spider!!! This spray is odorless, doesn't stain, and obviously works great!!! Can't believe that we paid professionals for years when we could have sprayed ourselves!!! Thank you domyown.com!!! We will definitely be buying more!!!

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Tried Talstar P for the first time and saw a very noticeable decrease in the mosquito population around our house. I sprayed the perimeter and found a few nests. We have had a more than average amount of rain lately and still I have not seen very many. Easy to use, and has been very effective. We live in Houston, by the way, where the 'skeeter's are known to carry away small children.

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This product works for just about all pest. I apply it around the base of my foundation and in all my shrubs and flower beds with a Stihl blower/sprayer. I even spray it in my lawn forming a barrier to my house. This products kills fleas, ticks, ants, spiders, roaches and most importantly mosquitoes. I apply it about every 5 weeks and my yard stays mosquito free.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Used Talstar P for the first time about two days after I received the bottle. Easy to mix, directions are straight forward. Used my Chapin back pack sprayer.......easy to apply as directed. Within 48 hours, noticed dead bugs around the sites I sprayed......concentration of bugs around the house almost non exhistant after two weeks. The bottle should last me at least two years. A lot of bang for the buck!!!!!!

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This product works great!! I paid a pest company for a year straight and the realized that he was writing the product that he used on the invoice. So I just ordered this product because that's what he was using and now I can treat my house all year long for way less than I was paying for 1 application!! Product works just as described and the shipping is super fast !! A+++. I am a customer for life!!

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I live in Florida and have used Talstar P for over 5 years. It is a wonderful product because it doesn't stain, doesn't smell and it is very effective at killing ants and other insects. Also, it will not gum up your sprayer nozzle! I use it once per month as a house outside perimeter guard and use it every time I camp. It is also good to control mosquitos and white fly on shrubs.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

This product works. I first used it following the instruction of chemical ratio to water ratio, the result was minimal. I increased the chemical ration to water ratio a little bit, not only Roaches was destroyed, but mouse in my house disappeared to maybe neighbors apartment or somewhere. There are still few remnant of roaches alive but they are mostly on the wall and not on the counter top, kitchen sink or on stove top anymore.

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I mixed this per the directions and was so excited to watch our bug problems disappear. Boy was I wrong! For 24 hours we had maybe 2 mosquitos and thats it (which is saying a lot since we had tons of crickets, moths, ants, and flies by the swarms). I noticed though that the bugs were coming back more and more with every hour that went by. After one week we were back to the same amount of bugs that we had when I first sprayed. Now tonight at the two week mark we have more bugs than we did prior to this and I found a cockroach alive and crawling around on my patio. We keep a clean house. The dishes get done every day, we don't leave food out, etc. Why did a "professional grade" insecticide make my bug problem WORSE in 2 weeks? I am appalled! I am in search of something that will actually work and won't be touching this product again for as long as I live. I only recommend this product to those who are going for the infestation approach to decorating.

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1 of 4 people found this review helpful

We started using this right after the professionals stopped using it for termite control, somewhere around 2004 or so. We use it with a hose sprayer for the entire yard area, with a small spray bottle to treat ant piles or kill aphids, etc. on plants. Works every time, even on nasty fire ants. Diluted properly, lasts a very long time without becoming unusable.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This works great for controlling lawn pests and is real easy to use with just a hose-attatced sprayer. I am now going to use it for home perimeter insect controll with a back-pack sprayer(REALLY worth the initial expense!) and discontinue my bi-monthly pest control service.

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5 of 6 people found this review helpful

We had a terrible mosquito problem because of all the rain this year. I sprayed this with a Chapin hose end sprayer #6004 and there are no more mosquitoes. I am amazed at how well it worked. It's been about 2 weeks and still no problem.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Had a large infestation of mole crickets in my Bermuda grass in North Carolina. Shortly after applying with a hose sprayer, I found my former crickets, laying on their backs unable to get back on their feet. No more damage evident. Thanks DMOPC.

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Chinch bugs had infested almost my entire property (1.5 acres). I used 1 ounce per 1000 sqft and a hose end sprayer. Within 1 week the grass showed no further degradation. Within 2 weeks I had new grass growing in the bare spots.

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I have used bifenthrin 7.9% to control fire ants and many other insects that are pest on my lawn and shrubbery for several years. I use two maintenance applications per year to keep fire ants away. I use a hose applicator that provides ease of use and accuracy of application. I recommend Talstar One. It is safe used as directed.

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I had recurring issues with Black Widows in my garage corners and in my child's playhouse and in my crawl space. I have three young children and had tried several DIY sprays from Lowes and Home Depot, with no lasting effect. Of course I could Raid the individual spiders but that didn't help really. I have now used this product for three years (have only needed it in the summer) and it is miraculous! I spray the border around the outside of the house and liberally around the problem areas mentioned above. It has ELIMINATED every bug and kept them gone for up to two months. Actually, now I see a small bug now and then, but never black widows, and never a problem like before. This summer I haven't needed to even apply it. A 5 inch long lizard has taken residence right outside (and in) my garage, and he has been keeping the bugs down, but they don't sell those here. :) This spray is so cost effective, I have given some of the concentrate to like 5 different people for their homes. I proselyte this stuff on Facebook and I love DoMyOwnPestControl.com. They provided expert advice and recommended this. I could not be happier.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

I have used this product for years. This is the first year for mosquito control however. We have had many confirmed carriers of the West Nile Virus and an increased volume of the pests. Gotten a little scary and we enjoy our back yard. I am currently using this on our property and 3 neighbors. We can go outside now without being attacked. It has not caused any problems with our butterflies etc. I also used it on an active hornets nest with success. Very please with customer service and self help videos with your company. Going to start on lawn care this fall.

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We live in Baton Rouge and always have mosquitos around. I spray Talstar in my yard with a hose sprayer once a month. It works great for keeping them away. Never had an ant pile in my yard either. I highly recommend.

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When I purchased my new house in 2013 it had three bodies of water as well as a stream and a real mosquito problem. After a Google search I found do my own pest control.com and they recommended Talstar with a solo 451 backpack blower. I purchased the Talstar as recommended and the blower. I have used this product now every year at least two or three applications and it is nothing short of incredible. The trick is you have to make sure that you get lots of coverage on the underside of leaves not just the top. Mosquitoes love to hide in dark wet areas and this is where this product is effective. Not to mention, with light rain topical applications are more likely to be washed away. Now in 2017 I have upgraded to a 16 gallon tree sprayer with an electric pump. This gives me more coverage and more saturation in the areas that count. I drive around with a golf cart on my property and spray all of the potentially affected areas. This product will kill an entire host of different nuisance pests however I use it exclusively for mosquitoes and like I said above it works great. The best endorsement for this product is the fact that I pay a professional exterminator to come out once a year and washed on my roof line and house to make sure that we don't get wood boring bugs on our cedar siding and shake roof which will destroy the house. I asked them what they would use or do use for mosquito control and/or insect control and they said demon or Talstar. I stopped paying them $350 a year to spray my house and I do it myself now. Give it a try, you'll be glad you did.... One last piece of advice, if you're planning on cooking out with company say Friday night, make sure you're out there on Wednesday applying this product. Although it does seem to have an immediate effect when sprayed directly on these pests given a few days they'll all be gone. Good luck to you.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Gallon of Talstart P (basically a lifetime supply) - $65.00, 25lb bag of Bifen IT Granules - $31.00, Broad spreader - $35.00, 2.5 Gallon Hudson Sprayer - $13.00... A lifetime without being pestered by little blood sucking insects and spiders... PRICELESS I ordered this product recently when I bought a new house and noticed an excessive amount of flies in my living room and spiderwebs all over the outside of the windows and doors along with ants, beetles and other weird little bugs. I also purchased Bifen IT granules to spread on my lawn due to being eaten alive when I would take my dog out who also was covered in bites and a dozen or so large ant hills both fire and regular. To test it out I applied the granules directly to the ant hills and that worked very quick in killing them off. Then I applied to the whole yard and bushes around the house. After about a 3 days to a week, I can literally walk out in my yard, sit in the grass or roll around and play with my dog without being attacked. I then mixed a double batch of Talstar with the suggested amounts as directed on the label into a 2.5 gallon Hudson sprayer and sprayed around the perimeter of my entire house inside and out, including the garage, around all the windows, doors and back in cabinets and closets where spiders like to hangout. Just make sure it's dry before the animals can get near it. Inside on the upper corners and any cracks or crevices that bugs could go are no problem to spray though. Problem solved! This stuff keeps the bugs out! And I bought the gallon jug... this thing will probably last me the rest of my life! It doesn't take a lot to be effective. Combined with the bifen granules for the lawn my house is completely bug free both inside and out. This website is affordable and FAST! I got both my orders delivered for FREE and they showed up before the estimated delivery dates. Highly recommend these 2 products mentioned and using this website to get them. Have not found a better deal or a more professional level of service.

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I moved from Wisconsin to Arizona (Phoenix area) roughly 3 years ago, and quickly learned that having a pest control plan is a must. But I didn't want to pay a monthly fee to an exterminator to do something I could do myself, so I searched the web, and discovered Talstar P sold on DoMyOwn.com. I've been uber-happy with the results. While people in my neighborhood complain about scorpions and spiders in their houses and on their property, I don't have that problem, thanks to Talstar P. And I save a ton of money by taking on the task myself, instead of relying on a costly pest control company. Just bought my second bottle of concentrate (it lasts a long time, too). Awesome product, super effective, and so easy to use.

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This product performed as advertised. Actually it exceeded my expectations. In the desert, we have roaches. You can go outside at night with a flashlight and see them running about on the street, sidewalk,yard. Well they get into the houses looking for water and food. I set up a barrier of Taspar P around the perimeter paying close attention to doors and patios. I focused on areas I have seen them most active. They became active shortly after dark. Within a few hours after application I was finding affected roaches where I sprayed by morning those were dead along with a large portion of their brethren. Roaches are canabalistic, so don't throw those bodies in the trash. Sprinkle them around the corners of your property and let the ones that got away eat the poison off them. Suffice to say this stuff works great. You WILL need a dustpan for the dead.

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So, crazy ants in my yard were driving me, well, CRAZY! Tried several "guaranteed" products from Wally-World with very limited results controlling crazy ants OUTSIDE. Most products worked for only a few days; presumably, only killing those ants above ground during treatment. Talstar worked much, much better, but didn't completely eliminate all ants. The infestation was so bad, I'm sure a second treatment in a month will be necessary. At least I can walk on my sidewalk and driveway without getting swarmed every time. We did get several days of hard rain starting the day after application. Not sure if this helped to wash the product underground into the mounds or if it washed much of it away. The price per application is much better than other products, and the liquid format is much easier and effective than granules. I used a hose-end sprayer to quickly apply at the indicated rate; spraying 4' up on the house, fence and trees in addition to covering the lawn. I would have given it 5 stars if it had eliminated all ants on the first application; however, it is the best product for lawn-based crazy ants I've ever used.

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