Atrocious deer deterrent product description?
In the spirit of full
disclosure I'd like to say that I have not actually used the above
motion activated deer deterrent. The only reason I'm posting about it
is because I have such a huge issue with their atrocious product
description that in my opinion is bordering on being deceptive.
The first red flag was the
part where they make use of "proprietary technology, developed
and field tested by a Ph.D. and author of several books". Why not list a few of these
books or even the man or woman with the so called Ph.D.? The word "proprietary" gets built upon a bit more in
the next paragraph when they state how the device when triggered issues
a "user-adjustable
radio frequency noise and a bright L.E.D. light". It only takes a few
minutes of reading the reviews on Amazon to realize the "proprietary, user-adjustable radio
frequency noise" is
nothing more then a simple FM radio that can be tuned to whatever
station is available in your area.
I think this product could be
effective if all you need to do is protect a small area, but it also
might not work at all, or your deer might figure out the sound of a
radio isn't all that deadly or even un-natural in an urban setting. One
of the first things we tried was an old radio being left on a talk
station out in the garden and it didn't seem to scare anything. A few
years ago one of our neighbors tried the same thing on a pumpkin patch
and ended up losing most of the crop. Insert joke about deer not liking
a certain type of talk radio here.