Customer Reviews for Talstar P Professional Insecticide

I've been using Talstar for over 5 years now mainly for carpenter ants and carpenter bees, as well as anything else that crawls into the basement, garage and shed. Seen very quick results by the next day or two (no knock down). Doesn't smell or leave chalky residue, but of course has residual properties that seem to last. I treat my house eaves, fascia boards, perimeter 3-4 times a year, interior c & c twice a year and I'm free of invaders. This is a very effective product. Make sure to shake very well before dilution especially after it sits awhile in storage and during application.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

It seems our entire street lives on an ant hill, because we could not keep those varmints out for long. I was paying $75 per quarter for pest control in our house and outside as well. I read the directions, applied a band around the outside perimeter, windows and doorways of our home and I have not seen one bug, ant, or anything for the past 2 months. We have had rainy and exceptionally dry weather, too. I highly recommend Talstar One.

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517 of 549 people found this review helpful

For years I have had trouble, in the August timeframe, with sod webworms destroying my lawn only to call the lawn care company to come out and treat it for five times the cost of this Talstar P liquid. With Talstar P liquid I was able to stop the sod webworms dead in their tracks before they could cause any damage. Also, the liquid was easy to apply at the correct rate with my hose end sprayer. Thanks DoMyOwn!

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I used this product in a hose end sprayer set to 1 ounce. It seemed to do a great job for the first 2 days after the application, but i still have what i was told to be "spring flies" (so i was told by someone who works for a pest control company) in my grass. I still have some left and i am going to try a second application and see how that goes.

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Bought both products after several years of buying normal hose end sprayer products from big box stores which did very little to control mosquitoes for more than a couple of days. After one application of each product, yard with a great deal of plantings in south Texas is still mosquito as well as fly free. Even though products are a bit pricey, their performance actually makes them more economical. I was spending $7/week for very little control.

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This product was recommended by a co-worker as we were looking for an exterminator after our exterminator retired. We used this product to help with ants, mosquitoes, and spiders. While spraying the corners and around doors and windows, I saw spiders literally dying within a few minutes. Between this product and a sprayer, we will save time and money. Being able to exterminate your house on your schedule and not spend several hundred dollars for an exterminator is amazing. We are enjoying the outside of our home much more now.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

So far so good!! Immediate result. Very pleased. It was easy. Non staining to siding so it isn't seen or leaves a residue and while spraying doesn't have an overwhelming chemical smell. I wasn't sure if it was going to work but since I sprayed it I haven't seen one small tiny ant around my door openings inside my house at all ....nit anywhere....gone! Totally awesome so far and worth every penny. We'll see what my results are 7 days from now and make sure it did the job. Thank you guys so much for making it easy.

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For years I have tried all kinds of ant,spider and other insects control. They all didn’t work and I continued to have problems. I was told about DYI and I decided to try it. I mixed the ingredient with water as the instructions said and was ready to give it a try. I had ants all around the foundation of my house, along both sides of the driveway and sidewalks. I was amazed by the results of this product when I sprayed it for the first time. The ants started to run away and before less than a minute later they stopped moving and died.

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I am using TalstarP on aphids on roses. After a couple applications, I am told that I am doing the right insecticide, applied in the correct manner, I have read all the tips, and followed directions. Even spoke with a person at DoMyOwn. Aphid control is spotty, but I am hoping it will get better. I was surprised to find that this insecticide is made in China, not the end of the world, but surprising. Anyway, I do appreciate DoMyOwn, good people, that are knowledgeable, and there to help. I just with I was getting better results with my TalstarP.

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I bought this and it works great on grasshoppers ,ants, ,crickets ,and other small bugs . But not so much on cockroaches . I have German and oriental but not a large amount . They are coming from the neighbors house that is now vacant . I can kill them but is slow and bars almost no affect to them . I hope this will help someone else and not make the mistake I did . I'm not calling this a bad decision but i should have used bait and a tougher killer .

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I live on a lake and was constantly losing the battle with biting flies and mosquitoes. Fogger didn't really work and every night we would have to go inside. After purchasing the Talstar P and doing one application around my house I thought this will never work. But to my amazement after 1 hour all the mosquitoes were gone and we spent the night outside enjoying the night air. I highly recommend this product to control these pest. Oh yea in a day the biting flies were gone also.

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I checked my yard an house for any places mosquitoes could lay eggs or be nesting/ seeking refuge from heat. I applied the product per the directions, under and on top of leaves of all shrubs,trees,plants. The garden beds, lawn and patio areas, umbrellas, you name it. I sat down outside for a hopefully mosquito less evening. Not mosquito free. I received 17 bites in 5 minutes and every night since. I re applied per instructions. Zero results. This was a complete waste of time and money. Save your money for a screened enclosure.

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

I've been using Talstar P due to it's price, and let me tell ya, it's worked it's magic. I haven't had a bug in the house in a year, except for the rare little black beetle bug. The bugs die around the perimeter of my home before they get in! It has also helped with my scorpion control! I use the liquid spray along with the Talstar P granules and it works like a charm! Since doing this combo, it's been 4 nights in a row without killing one Arizona bark scorpion! I will win this scorpion war!!

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Great Product! After seeing how it would work in my own yard and around the house, I sprayed my fathers. Needless to say, he was following me around to make sure I wasn't missing anything lol. Long story short, after he saw the results, he asked me to order him some. The following day, I ordered two gallons, one for each of us. I applied 1oz to the gallon per 1000 sq/ft. I will say the ants were back after about 4 weeks but you could see where it killed a pile of them around the edges of the beds. You literally can see insect running especially around flowerbeds with pine straw.

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I use Talstar P every year. Mosquitoes were worse this year than in the past several years and ticks rampant! After spraying with Talstar P I haven't seen a single mosquito or tick! I sprayed my neighbors properties several years ago and they've been using Talstar P ever since. This year, I introduced Talstar P to a new neighbor and by the next day she was mosquito free and convinced as I am that Talstar P is a wonderful product. I will continue using Talstar P and recommending it to all my friends and neighbors!

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Have been dealing with spiders and earwigs for months now, the Mrs. said enough is enough. Not wanting to continually pay someone to spray our house. We used "DoMyOwnPestControl" and WOW, what a difference. Results were immediate. Have not seen one spider/earwig or any bug since. Thank you for a wonderful, easy to use product. Paying $30-40 with ability to reuse product is way cheaper than $70 every 6 months. We will be moving to a new home and will be spraying prior to moving in.

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Live in Atlanta, so had quite a few different bugs that we were trying to prevent/get rid of. Biggest improvement were with lady bugs. If you are from atl, you know what I am talking about, if not, they are a huge pain. These were a huge nuisance the first year in our house but I sprayed Talstar both inside and outside and we haven't seen lady bugs since. Our termite bait guys want to charge hundreds to come spray quarterly, I spray bi-monthly and am very satisfied (not to mention the money you save).

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I have been using this product for about five years with excellent results on all kinds of insects. I spray our home and some of my close friends homes, this has saved them and myself at least $2,555.Oo dollars during this time span even when I deduct the cost of talstar one . This is the same product that my former exterminator was using and I spray more often than he did. My wife does not want to see any pest period!!!! thanks for making it available I also use other products from your company and am very satisfied with the price and their performance.

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I had a problem with odorous house ants. The pest control company helped, but did not eliminate it. I ended the service and baited two areas with Advion Gel. (Read my review-Excellent product.) In another area ants were showing up one or two at a time inside along a wall facing the back yard. I suspect the pest control company didn't do a very thorough perimeter treatment. I did a thorough perimeter spray with Talstar and I have had NO ants inside for 5 days, and I have looked thoroughly every day because I hate ants. The service and sale price at this web site were also outstanding.

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Good product, prompt delivery! Battling stink bugs in Virginia. I don't know if we are winning the battle or not. These critters are everywhere and awfully hard to kill, but this stuff seems to work better than anything I've tried so far. They don't drop dead immediately when sprayed but most do keel over in a few hours. If the goverment released these miserable pests to control lady bugs as the rumor has it, then they better turn loose of some DDT before they destroy all our homes and crops!

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We were absolutely infested with millipedes!  After spending a fortune on over the counter insecticides from our local hardware and discount stores and nothing worked, I found domyownpestcontrol.com and decided to give it a try!! Our lawn, patio, basement were crawling with millipedes, they were even climbing up the foundation and siding outside the house!! A few days after using Talstar P, our millipede problem was gone!! I am going to apply it again this spring, and I hope it works as well on fleas as it did millipedes!! Thank you Domyownpestcontrol!! Excellent customer service, fast shipping, fair price!!

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

I had a pretty good infestation in my yard of chinch bugs. They were using the weeds like little umbrellas. Every time I pulled up a weed I could literally see 5 or 6 of the little buggers run. I have applied Talstar product as directed three times and I believe I'm beginning to see improvement. Only 2 or 3 run when I pull up a weed. As far as other bugs I'd say its a great product and protects the house well. Just hope a couple more treatments on the yard will get those chinch bugs.

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5 of 7 people found this review helpful

I have been using Talstar going on 5 years. Talstar has been the only product that I put on my lawn that actually killed the chinch bugs and cleared my lawn of ant mounds. Sprayed against the outside walls controlling the amount of bugs getting in my house. This is the first time getting such a good offer on Talstar that I could not pass up buying the 3/4 gallon although I still have enough for about two spraying in my other gallon. Look forward to receiving another great sale like this one. Chuck

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7 of 8 people found this review helpful

I gave 2 stars because I've used Bifenthrin before in other products, like Ortho, with terrific results! I thought Talstar would be THAT much better but after applying the max dosage to my lawn it made NO difference! Still tons of lawn critters, spiders, mole crickets, scorpions, fire ants, gnats, mosquitoes. So I sprayed just around our back patio area with "Bayer advanced" and in two hours there was a small army of dead bugs listed above on the patio. Now, like I say I've used Bifenthrin before in lower doses with great results.  So is it possible I got a bum batch or something??? I dunno...

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66 of 100 people found this review helpful

So far so good. After one application, Japanese Beetles have ceased from destroying my roses. I tried several other products and this one was the only one to offer results longer than a couple of days. It has been a week since application and its still working. I will apply again in four weeks. Also, the lady I spoke to on the phone today (7/24/20) in the morning was very helpful and knowledgeable pertaining to a question I had-great customer service. Thank you!

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This is the first time using a Talstar product and it worked wonders. We moved into a house in North Florida and the previous owner put down a ton of pine straw so the mosquitoes were awful. The other bug population attracted 30-40 spiders throughout the yard (front and back). I used as prescribed, 3-4 weeks later I haven't seen any spiders or mosquitoes. It hasn't effected the dogs (Rottweiler and Ridgeback), and it's held up in the massive rain storms we've been having. I have not used it indoors (except the garage) yet, but haven't seen any signs of need.

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I'm glad to have found a project that is of industrial Gray if I can also do myself or reasonable and affordable price which is enough to last me a while instead of using the typical Home Depot products. I sprayed all my plants trees hedge and everything around my entire house and yard and I must admit I did not see and immediate reaction to the mosquito issue we were having which is why I gave this review for stars but I will apply monthly as it suggests in order to help hopefully see a decrease in the mosquito problem

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The mosquitoes were horrible after we got 12 plus inches of rain in one day about 2 weeks later you couldn't even step out into garage without the lik suckers attacking you! We sprayed Telstar over perimeter of house and we were good to go for a couple weeks while our friends had to stay inside! I believe a few of them will be ordering from you by next summer ???? It normally last longer than 2 weeks but I'm telling you I've never seen them this bad so getting a couple weeks out of 1 spray was fine with me....this stuff REALLY WORKS!!

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Live in a new development right in front of a pond and have done two treatments for midges. Will work for maybe a day or two and then they’re back. Followed the instructions and sprayed the entire backyard and sides of the house including bricks and the midges don’t seem to care after a day or so. Does seem to work well for other bugs but not what I was hoping for with the biting and non biting midges and being able to sit outside and enjoy the patio.

  Expert response:
We apologize results were not as expected. Talstar is considered a repellent because insects can detect it. This does not mean they are truly repelled from the area they can just choose to avoid it as they know something is there. They must contact the treated area to be effected by the product though and it does take time for them to die after contact, a few hours up to 24 or more so you will still see insects in the area.

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Had recurring issues with millipedes. Had a professional company come out and spray for over a year and they kept coming back after just week or so. I decided to give this a shot and since I've sprayed this in the basement and along the perimeter of the house, haven't seen one since. It's been a few weeks now and I hope they will stay gone for at least a month or two when I will spray again. Hopefully that will take us in to winter and maybe they will go dormant. Either way, it appears this is really effective and I would highly recommend it!

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