Ortho Home Defense Ant & Roach Killer with Essential Oils Aerosol 14 OZ, Brown/A

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Fruit flies have become my worst nightmare. They duplicate by the minute. They were all over my house, and I mean all over! Bathrooms, bedroom, living room, and of course the kitchen.I don’t know if it’s fruit fly season or what, as my Sister in law said she was going through the same.Ay how, I finished an entire bottle of hot shot, as seen on the picture and of Raid. Once I rundown of this poison, I used bleach on this suckers. I was literally intoxicating my self and my family. I thought at one point that I was going to die first, before those damn flies. 🤣🤣🤣I laughed now, but it’s literally true.But, didn’t quit or stop fighting backThis is when I decided to get this life savior product. I was so excited when it finally arrived, that I was jumping for joy. I thought, my two weeks nightmare was close to being over.I haven’t finish eliminating them all yet, so I have to order a second bottle before I runout of the first. But I can tell you, it works at contact and it smells like a Christmas tree.I actually enjoy the smell too.I highly recommend it, I also use it on moth which were also infesting my home.I enjoy killing them now, and enjoy more, knowing that I am not harming myself or my family. 🥰P.S. Thank you to whoever invented this awesome product. A little expensive, but oh well I guess I can’t have it all.

I really like this product. However; it arrived without a a spray nozzle or pump as shown in the picture.

I think Ortho makes a lot of great products but this unfortunately is not one of them. It smells better than most fly sprays with the essential oils added but I have diffusers for that if I want to use essential oils. I needed something to kill flies and this simply doesn't do that effectivy.My profession is working as a scientist, an Entomologist to be exact, and so I work with insects on a daily basis. I decided to put this product through the paces using the 7 steps of the scientific method. I won't bore you with all the lengthly details but here is the meat of my findings. The product failed miserably and we tested 4 different fly species in our experiment.Ortho states on their website the product can be used to kill mosquitoes, fruit flies, houseflies, and "other flying bugs", which is obviously a fairly vague statement as there are more than a million documented insect species on earth and many of those with the ability to fly. Fun fact, there are approximately 10 quintillion individual insects alive on earth at any given time.The fly species we tested were fruit fly, house fly, little house fly and blow fly. The product did have some effect on the fruit flies and after about 10 min and a few different direct applications of the spray they died.The house fly, small house fly and blow fly even after multiple direct applications in an enclosed area still remained alive. We tested 6 separate cans of spray all with the same results. We finally applied the product in an enclosed jar and then covered the jar which ultimately killed every fly species in a matter of a minute or less.However, most individuals using this product will do so in a open area and will spray the fly as it's flying or briefly landed. In this case the product is nearly completely ineffective on any species we tested other than fruit flies. I may publish a short paper on these results if I decide to run the testing a handful of more times and have it peer reviewed but for now my opinion would be don't use this product if you want to kill flies. It's basically just a can of mediocre essential oil spray with no real value for its intended purpose.

Love this product and been using it for years. The dog gets in it and never bothers him or makes him vomit etc and it doesn’t necessarily kill the bugs every time but it always deters them or makes them relocate and i live in a very rural area outside of any city limits so it works out great as i don’t use a bug man. Indoor or outdoor use i just spray around entry points like doors and windows a few times when it gets hot and I’m good to goEdit: changing my review to a 3 star due to the product being pulled off shelves and removed from Amazon for a small period of time only to be HALFED in size for not half the price. Very disappointing bc i love this product. I’ll continue buying this summer but i Will be looking for alternatives

Update (Edit): Still love this product, but unfortunately Amazon is not longer selling direct. The third-party seller has priced the 0.5 gallon way to high! It is available at Walmart for $13.22 and directly through Ortho for $16.99. I contacted Amazon Customer Service to see if they could offer a credit, price match, or something similar and they stated no. I still recommend this product, but buyer beware - please purchase elsewhere! Walmart now has my business for this item.I really like this product. It is safe around kids and pets. I especially like that it is safe around anyone with breathing issues and/or respiratory sensitivities/headache triggers. It does have a strong Cinnamon scent in the beginning, but quickly goes away. I simply open a window or turn on the attic fan and I'm good. I do use a mask when spraying and recommend others do the same.It's been effective for roaches, spiders, etc... I sprayed twice the first month of using and now spray once a month as maintenance. During the hot parts of summer, a touch up maintenance may be required once in a while. Highly recommend! Pricing on Amazon is fair and fast delivery.