Victor® Solar Powered Sonic Spike™

Bought in fall of last year, never used until this spring. It buzzes as it should but has no effect on moles. Save your money and buy foot traps which I did this spring after finding out this was a waisted $30.00, they do work have got 4 already. The moles even pushed this over and continued to work around it. Now that I have it out of the ground I can’t shut it off, the on off switch doesn’t work either.

These spikes work well in combination with the larger D battery powered spikes spread around the perimeter of my yard. On occasion I will deploy these around to other areas to ward off moles because my neighbors neither treat or take care of their yards. I have 12 of these and 2 no longer work because they are full of water with no way to drain it. That’s why I gave it a 4. The button change is better too, you can feel it without having to pull the stakes out. Moles are a challenge and $300 and a lot of strategy they are gone…it’s not an easy problem to solve and requires some patience.

Works fine. It stopped moles from crossing from several neighbors' yards into mine. I do suggest that Victor create a better on/off switch.

The ON/OFF button is a push button that has no indication if the product is actually on or off. If there were separate ON and OFF buttons or if it were a slide button, you would have a better idea if it’s actually on. You can wait 30 seconds and listen for a buzz, but if it doesn’t buzz, you don’t know if there hasn’t been enough ‘solar’ yet for power or if it’s simply not on. I have two spikes. One is buzzing. I can't get the other one to buzz. Too soon to tell if the working one will actually repel the little pests.

I only installed the unit yesterday, but as others have stated, it almost appears to increase mole activity rather than deter it - particularly in close proximity to the unit itself. But I have a theory about this. Back when I was a boy and there were plans to go fishing, we used to water the lawn around dusk, then go out after midnight and try to grab all the worms that had come to the surface. This was not as easy as it sounds, as there were many life and death tugs of war between my fingers and the slimy worm that the worm most often won. Then along came an invention, (back in the '60s), to make the task my easier: two metal rods connected by a simple, two-foot long wire, and atop each rod, a D cell battery. You would stick the two rods into the ground, push the button, and within seconds, all the subterranean worms within a two-foot radius, would come to the surface. So, in short, my theory is that the sonic spike activates the worms in much the same way - which is why Mr. Mole seems most active near the spike. I've also noticed that robins are also now a constant presence in my garden, no doubt due to the new, easy access to worms. So, that's my theory. Either way, the instructions clearly state to give the unit a couple of weeks to do its job, and that's fine with me. In the meantime, I'll have plenty of worms for fishing.

Save your money! These devices do not work. I have had very good luck with the very simple gopher traps you can buy as a set at home Depot. You place one in each direction of the hole and you must tie them down with wire. Other things that do not work include the castor oil/mint concoction, various poisons--even those that look like little worms. Good luck! Persistence pays off. I've caught 11 gophers this season since I started to kill them rather than evict them.

I bought last spring, and the unit stopped working over the winter months. I'm not sure the moles are gone either as I continued to see new trails and mole hills on my lawn when the unit was still working in the fall. It did not say anything in the instructions that i should remove it during the winter months.

My front yard was overrun with moles. I tried everything to get rid of them. I was highly skeptical that this would work, but it got rid all all mole activity! I am buying another because my son just ran ours over with the lawn mower. Tips: -It takes a couple of weeks for it to really work. I think activity got worse before better -Ensure it is tight in the hole. I think I put it in a hole that was too big and the spike was not in contact with the soil enough. Once I put it really tight, it seems to have worked quickly. Only thing that has worked and will continue to use!

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Within weeks of using this product, it appears as if it ATTRACTS more than repels. Luckily only tried one out. So much more mike activity in yard after placement, and it’s been more than a few days to take effect as instructoions stated.