Havahart Critter Ridder, Motion Activated Animal Repellent Sprinkler

I bought two of these August 27, 2023, and I'm popping back on nearly three years later to say they've held up astonishingly well. They've always worked great at deterring deer, and as a bonus, they never fail to thrill the neighborhood kids—if you have children, that alone is worth the price. But here's what really impressed me. I just set one up again after leaving it stored, inactive, for over a year. I didn't store it somewhere sensible and sheltered. I stored it outside in the salty ocean air of Cambria, CA, where basically nothing survives the elements. On top of that, Cambria has very hard water. Despite all of that abuse, the device went right back to work like nothing happened. I could hardly believe it. If you're on the fence, these are tough, reliable, and genuinely fun. Highly recommend.

Yeah look at the picture it really says it all!! This is only good if you want to provide a drinking fountain for raccoons! Hey Havaheart!!! So far the score is Raccoon's one (1) Haveahart Zero (0) Yeah Havehart the Racoons are making a fool out of your brand and your product!! The sensor is so weak and has such a narrow field to it they just walked around the piece of junk grabbed it by the head held it and drank from it while it was running. The Racoons turned this fraudulently advertised piece of junk into a toy and their own private water dispenser. This is the major flaw other accompanying flaws are as follows: Junk and I do mean cheap plastic junk construction. Upon assembly leaks were present had to tighten down further. After it worked for a while it started leaking again requiring more tightening. Not a big deal just figured I’d go ahead and use some Teflon tape to better secure the fittings. I never got around to putting the Teflon tape on though, because the sprinkler head portion of it flew off into the air and into the yard. So I went ahead and decrease the pressure to the hose thinking that might be the issue after snapping it back on. Next the triggering / valve sprinkling portion malfunctioned and continued running after it was triggered. Turned it off then back on @3:00 AM. Not Acceptable!!! Lastly, while activated with new batteries & water running the raccoons, turned this supposed deterrent into a private drinking fountain, please see the picture. You can’t stage a photo like this ,It really says it all. One star folks I would give you zero if it was at all possible, this is being returned. I do not advise anybody waste your time or money on this shoddy and useless, seriously flawed garbage. Amazon please pull this garbage, it is a waste of everyone’s time and money.

I have used this type of device to keep deer and squirrels out of my garden for 20 years. On the whole manufacturer’s have raced each other to the bottom of being cheap over being durability. That said, this unit has better sensitivity than other units I have used in the past. It also uses much less water during activation. However it has a quieter activation which for a critter deterrent is not as good a thing. Louder the better. But it has worked ok. Yes, it all plastic. Yes, you have to be careful to not over-tighten connections but get it tight enough to not leak. It also uses AA batteries which is new to me but so far has not run down in the month I’ve had it running. Lastly, the sprinkler mode might work for some but not for me. It shoots little darts of water. Not much at all, like I mentioned above. It could run all day and not water my garden. But I didn’t buy it for that. And the little drops go about 40 feet. Deer hate it. Overall, so far so good. Update: Worked well all summer and fall as a deer deterrent only using 1 set of AA batts I which is much cheaper than a nine volt. Now we’ll see if it still works next year after being stored this winter. So far so good. I am happy with it. New update 2022: worked fine this new gardening year. A new set of batteries and still sensitive as ever. Only problem is the plastic stop on the on switch has broken internally but it still works ok. I just marked where the minuscule dot on the switch is with a marker and that worked to know where it’s at at a glance. The knob can now go all the way around now but it works anyway since it a double sided switch knob. Sorry, electronic lingo there but it’s not broken. So far so good! Happy with it! 2023. Loaded batteries and it working just fine again starting year three. Ya!

After trying everything, lemons, vinegar, cayenne pepper, motion sensor lights, forks, pine cones, and more, we finally invested in the Havahart Critter Ritter motion activated sprinkler. I couldn’t be happier with the results. Approximately 90% of the feral cats are gone. My yard is no longer a litter box. I highly recommend it

The first one I received had a faulty sensor that wouldn't go off even if I covered the sensor with my hand repeatedly. This gave me an hour of headache as I was trying to determine if it was user error, battery, or environmental conditions but it turned out to just be a bad unit so that speaks on the quality control. The replacement had the opposite effect. I was getting faulty triggers even on the lower sensitivity setting. I'm using this device to keep neighborhood cats and my own dogs out of a golf practice zone in the backyard and to stop them from doing their business on my expensive launch pad and tent. What happens if this device faces towards the sun, is if it goes off, it wets the ground that might pool some water, then the warmth of sun appears to reflect off the ground or tent and it causes another false trigger. After a few days of these false triggers going off all the time wasting my water, the batteries died and needed to be replaced. I had to re-angle the device to face away from the suns path and this eliminated the false triggers however it wasn't ideal for the layout of my backyard and I was restricting my own territory. So it took some tinkering until I found a way to angle the device towards the ground a small amount and it reduces the false triggers. At night it works the best as there's less overall interference to cause false triggers. The sound alone can scare some animals and the water splattering all over the place is a bonus scare action. With decent water pressure the sprinkler easily shoots over 10 feet and can zone out a good area. My dogs had claim to my whole backyard and no matter what I tried other than fencing off an entire area, the dogs would do their business in the only areas I don't want them to. This was the most cost effective way to zone them out of a certain area. The good news is in several weeks, my area doesn't smell and there's no orange stains and soft tootsie rolls to clean up. It doesn't feel high quality but it doesn't leak, and at least the sensor works on my second unit. The only problem I have with it, is I have zero confidence in leaving this completely unattended as under the right circumstance, if it goes off, it could put itself into an indefinite loop of continually re-activating itself until the battery dies and it's flooded a small area 5 cups of water at a time. Another bonus is my younger kids like to pay chicken with it to see how close can they get before it sprays them. My dogs now respect it and they look at it with cautious eyes when they go out there. I also have never seen them urinate in my area as they get pelted with the sprinkler water, it usually makes them go in another area which is the point.

I was hesistant to buy one of these things, but short of catching the raccoon we had no other way. It was defecating in the pool every night... This feels cheap and I suppose it is. There is some assembly required, make sure everything is tight. Once you set it up and tune it, I find it to be touble free. The battery compartment has a silicone seal that seems to have kept the water out for a few months. I do NOT think this would live for long in the sun. I have it stuck into a large plant pot under an overhang viewing the pool.

I bought this because of the price, as well as some of you were saying it had higher sensitivity than the orbit. If that’s true, then the orbit has extremely low sensitivity seeing as how this product is more miss than hit. I really never heard of going off at night so I would bet it doesn’t work at night since it really doesn’t work well during the day. I could run in front of it. I could wave my hand in front of it a dog could run in front of it and sometimes it would work. When it would work, it works great. Sometimes it will keep birds away if it senses them. Forget it picking up groundhogs no way. That’s why I bought this as well as birds. When it started malfunctioning and not shutting off, I didn’t think it would be a regular thing, but it turns out it is. I’ve only had this for one week. I gave it two Stars because the range is pretty good and it has a sprinkler setting that I really like. However, I will be returning this because it just doesn’t work properly. I even bought a brand new batteries and change them out and still no luck. Another thing about this product is when it is on the sprinkler setting, even if it is deep into the ground, it usually becomes unstable and falls and I noticed that it leaks pretty bad. It is a lower quality product and you can tell by the materials. My search continues.

The Havahart Critter Ridder uses a motion sensor to detect animals and instantly fires a burst of water to scare them off. It’s surprisingly effective at keeping my neighbor's chickens out of my gardens and flower beds. We call it "the chicken chaser". The sudden spray conditions chickens quickly—they learn fast that your yard isn’t worth the trouble. Setup is simple: stake it in the ground, hook up a hose, pop in batteries, and you’re good to go. The sensor can detect movement from a distance and trigger a short blast of water, using only a small amount per spray, so it’s efficient and eco-friendly. I thought I was missing one of the direction guides, but found out they're kind of thin, so they were stacked on each other. Now I can dial in where the spray goes. The best part? It doesn’t just get animals. If you forget it’s on and walk by… yeah, you’re getting soaked too. Consider yourself warned.

Raccoon were ripping out the sod to get to the grubs. Once I put this in place, the raccoons stopped. My other issue was my neighbour’s cat which kept on using my yard for its personal litter. Once is put this on, the cat litter stopped….I highly recommend a den will buy another one in the winter when the price drops significantly.

Really good and works very well. but don't use it for small areas. on the lowest configuration, the small splashes can reach about 4m, and for me it's hitting a glass door which is bad for me, but the product itself is amazing

El producto es bueno y funcional, fácil de armar, seria estupendo si la batería fuese solar. Es necesaria una buena presión en la línea de abastecimiento para que funcione plenamente.

Installed multiples around the compound and she has yet to breach the perimeter without getting a dose! Highly recommend. As a bonus feature it also keeps unwanted critters away.

Unfortunately, there are no temperature range defined in data sheet. We had snow and next morning the pipe burst when water wanted to spray when the sensor was activated by movement. This is hard to believe as this is a Canadian product where snow is the order of the day during winter season. Extremely disappointed as this product lasted not even 3 months.