Features:

  • Up to 12-month protection (against ants, roaches and spiders indoors on nonporous surfaces)
  • Kills all common listed household bugs (refer to product label for complete list of insects)
  • Non-staining, odor-free and dries fast
  • Long lasting bug barrier
  • No bending, pumping or hand fatigue
Works great

I have been purchasing this product for about 10 years now ever since I was temporarily living in Mississippi. The bugs were horrible out there and this stuff used to stop them dead in their tracks. Now that I own a home in California, the bugs aren't as bad, but they can still be annoying. This stuff works great and I will continue to use it. I used to pay $400/year ($100/every three months) for a terminator service to come and spray. Now I pay a fraction of that and it works just as well.

THIS WORKS

Florida residents. We started getting these little winged ants 🐜 in our house, which never happened before. They were crawling all over the ceiling in our 2-story house, so it was impossible to reach them & kill them. The pest control guy charges almost $120 to spray pesticides, and being the cheapster money saving types, we wanted to see if this spray system works. IT WORKS! The same day we got it delivered, I sprayed the entire perimeter of the house outside, plus inside the house corners and closets, plus the garage. Well, it's been a few months, and I haven't seen one bug since. I even still have half a gallon left. Get it. This works.

Home Defense works!

I've tried many home pest control products over the years and Ortho's Home Defense is the best I've ever used. I especially the wand applicator. It puts down a straight full line without leaking which has been a problem with others. It also works for months. This formula has no odor or any fragrance at all which I also like. Who needs that awful pesticide smell? I've had no problem with the use and my animals, both dogs and cats don't even notice it's there. I highly recommend Ortho Home Defense. Want to kill bugs and hate to spray every month? This is the one to get!

Effective product. Excellent Value.

Recently was in the process of moving into a home. I used this stuff. I sprayed in my basement, and around every inch of my house inside and out. Every bug in the house is gone. This stuff really works. I just ordered more just to have. The only perimeter spray i have ever repurchased. && this is a wonderful price. Side note: I did use 2 bottles of bengal, some foggers, and boric acid but it wasnt until i added this to the mix i saw every bug was vanishing. With this other bottle i just purchased im pairing it with cy-kick. Note: im overly paranoid im trying to make sure they all are rotting in hell. 🤣😂 no chance in hell of a return as long as im here. Haha Edit: Everyone is saying the wand messed up after a few uses. Towards the end of my last bottle mine wouldn't spray, i let my husband look at it and somehow it started working like new for him. I really dont know what the issue is. But for this price and the quality of this stuff id say who cares about the sprayer. You can put it in a spray bottle or something. No need in letting something as little as a sprayer keep you from buying such a highly effective product. You wont be disappointed!!!

Bonafide Critter Gitter.

Every fall the critters invade the house. I've been using this for over 10 years now. This order it came with a battery powered sprayer. Which is even better with my arthritic hands. Went all around the house, getting around all windows, doors, cracks in the bricks. Then inside the house. The women in my house don't like them jumping things, crickets make me mad with their noise. No one like to see the leggy millipedes on the walls. Them thing are bold. And my bedroom is in the basement too. I had fun spraying around the porch and they were jumping and running. If I only thought to record it with my phone. And I still got a third of the bottle left over for later. It gets everything but the mosquitoes and the stink bugs. I use peppermint oil for them. It's nice to know there's nothing under my bed. Or on the wall looking at me. And mom ain't gonna wake me up saying "Get it"... Now I wait for my Auntie to call me on the phone. If she sees one critter, nobody sleeps at night.

About the Best Killer Available in this Form

As with virtually all of my Prime orders, this excellent product arrived later than promised. This should not detract from the quality of Home Defense Max. It's about the best available in this form I find it effective for about 3 or 4 weeks here in the South.

I moved into a new apartment in Texas that had ...

I moved into a new apartment in Texas that had a roach infestation beyond anything I had ever seen. It took me about 45 days and four of these bottles to rid the infestation, but I must say that it cleared the entire half of my apartment building not just my unit. So this stuff works,

The Best Insecticide for Homes!

Works better than paying for an exterminator! Normally, I spray inside and outside my home twice a year but last year I ended up only spraying with this once a year. Guess what? No bugs. Whatsoever! I love the spray nozzle on this--it sprays a continuous stream and I have no hand fatigue after spraying for a long time. This stuff is simply the best!

TL;DR Effective and Easy to Use

TL;DR (Too, Long; Didn't Read) Version Bought to provide some bug protection and barrier for the summer months. The good - Can be used indoors and outdoors. - Provide up to 12 months of insect protection. - Non-staining and odor-free. - Kills insect on contact and will kill them if they cross the barrier. - It is pet-friendly (once dried). - The comfort spray wand makes it easy to reach hard locations (ceiling and tight spots) and it is reusable. - It uses Bifenthrin as its active ingredient which effectively kills insect pests like ants, cockroaches, centipedes, earwigs, fleas, ticks, millipedes, silverfish, spiders, and other listed insects. The bad - It has these insecticides: Bifenthrin 0.05%, Zeta-Cypermethrin 0.01%. Overall, is it worth it? Absolutely. Your questions, our answers: Does it kill bed bugs too? It does not. The "12 Month Protection" seems misleading. Does the manufacturer mean one application should last 12 months? It is up to 12 months depending on how well you spray the area and the type of insects. The more accurate depiction is 6 months. Is this safe around infants and pets? We recommend removing infants and pets in the treated room for at least several hours and ventilating the room after application. It is "safe" after the spray has dried, but to be on the safe side to give that adequate time.

IT WORKS VERY WELL - IF YOU USE IT CORRECTLY

This is a solid product. This is not designed for infestations or ant hills. It is a product designed to prevent entry of insects into your residence and eliminate individual insects that have entered. While this may help the odd case of colonized insects, it really is made for those solo runners that snuck in when you weren't looking. If you have an infestation or a mess, your insects are doing more than entering your house, they are living in it. Perhaps if it was sprayed around the house like the floors were being watering your floors it would work on infestations...but, PLEASE DON'T DO THAT, it wasn't designed for that use nor was that dosage tested for human/animal exposure. Consider calling an exterminator for infestations (100s+, colonies, groups of insects, etc.). And as for ant hills, either remove them, or buy poison for ant mounds. Are there ant hills in your home? That seems like a different problem. After you've taken care of cleaning things up, then protect your residence from the entry of new insects. You'll see this product is WONDERFUL FOR THE JOB. I've used it for years, one home in a very wooded, shaded area, one home in the south. Works like a charm...spraying as others have mentioned...seasonally. This product works by leaving a residue, so if what you spray it on (baseboard, perimeter of home covered in leaves in the fall, edge of home outside, etc.) is cleaned, blown away, excessively rained on...some or all of that residue will be removed...particularly overtime. Be aware of your specific situation and adjust your application frequency accordingly. IF YOU CREATE A BARRIER, THEY WILL NOT ENTER. (Read the label for all the insects covered...it's extensive.) 1. Clean up your outside and inside space a little of non-permanent items, pulling things from the perimeter (toys, anything that shouldn't be on the floor or ground basically). Eliminate debris and items in which insects hide, make webs, etc. 2. Spray the OUTSIDE perimeter and along the border of every door and window. 3. Spray the INSIDE perimeter, along the base boards, of your whole house (closets, pantries, bathrooms included). Then spray a barrier between rooms (around the door frame). Lastly, I understand the frustration that might occur if your wand or applicator never came. Exchange it with Amazon, try a spray bottle, etc. I've been using this with pets. Label says that IT MUST DRY BEFORE IT IS OK WITH PETS. Please remove them from the area while you apply. If you have a pet roach or tarantula I don't know what to tell you. All the best, and good luck with your application.

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