Bayer 79649886 Maxforce Complete Granular Insect Bait, 4lbs

After reading other revies I tried this to get rid of my over populated Red Ant colonies. One of the reviews said that the bottle pours out to much product, so I put tape over 3 of the 5 holes and it limited how much was dropping out of the container, as it sounds like it's powerful. To my pleasant surprise the product works great, you don't need a lot of it to solve the infestation. My Ant mounds have been dead for 2 weeks now, no ant activity, I dough one up and no ants inside like I normally see. great product so far.

Last summer I had good results keeping ants out of the house with the Max Force ant bait stations. So, this year I decided to go with this product and treat the entire perimeter. It seems to be working well; I haven't seen an any in the house for over a month and counting. One caveat: the way application is set up is very wasteful of the product, and at $73/jug this stuff isn't exactly cheap. It's a granular product, and the lid has two openings -- one for shaking through holes (like an over-sized salt-shaker), and the other for pouring. shaking would be the more economical way to apply this. Unfortunately, the way the lid is attached, the shaker holes are at the top, making them impossible to use without loosening the cap -- which then falls off and dumps product everywhere. I ended up using the "pour" side of the lid, which did face downward -- but ultimately I ended up applying a lot more than I probably needed. It does wipe out the ants, though. If they designed a better distribution lid for this, I would give this product five stars. ETA: October 30, 2023: This stuff works great. Kept my home ant-free for four months now. I'm anticipating that the fall rains will wash any residual product away, so I plan on re-applying in the spring. They still need to improve the application method, but even so, I highly recommend this product. My home has not been completely ant-free for this long, in years. Five stars for effectiveness.

Good product. My pest control guy retired after serving us for 20+ years. Since he was not selling his business he showed me this product. it works for us.

I was a long time pest control operator. Maxforce granular was a go to oriental roach/rusty red roach/German roach bait. It simply works. A little slow but works it does. I used this product habitually for oriental/rusty red outside roaches. And if you have these roaches now that the summer heat has started...don't pay an overpriced pest control company that wants you to sign a years worth of poor service...buy this...follow directions....use with confidence...inside garage and outside all around. Dead roaches will start being found shortly if the lizards or birds don't get to the dead roaches first..!! Also...you can use this bait for German inside roaches using under kitchen sinks and under refrigerators and under stoves/ranges. German roaches will not shy away from this bait. Works. But slow due to German roaches being sometimes everywhere in a kitchen etc. There you have a true review from a real pest control operator though I am now retired!!! HOORAY!

I live on the edge of the woods and every summer I get ant mounds protruding into my yard. This granular bait is perfect! I sprinkle some around the mound, and not on it, and usually by the next day the mound is no longer active and it stays that way. The container is large enough that I don't run out quickly and it keeps me out of contact with the actual bait for my safety. A small price to pay to keep the ants at bay!

We live on a 3 acre plot carved out of a hayfield. Bought the house last year and couldn't believe the swarms of crickets in our yard (and eventually in our garage) starting in late July. I mean the garage became infested with them and they have many places to escape to and hide once they get in. A few even found their way into the house. I knew I had to do something to limit their numbers this year so I researched many products/methods. The Maxforce is pretty pricey but decided to try it. After about 3 weeks or so there are far fewer crickets in the area immediately surrounding the house, and only a few have gotten into the garage. We try to keep garage doors closed as much as possible, too. I find quite a few dead or dying crickets near the house so I'm sure this stuff kills them. I also applied it in other parts of the yard where I saw huge numbers of crickets, so as to do a pre-emptive strike. There are too many to kill them all but it drastically reduces their numbers. I also find dead or dying earwigs near the garage doors so it looks like they eat the stuff, too. Good. I do worry about any effect on birds and animals that eat crickets. Turkeys are in the yard every day picking them up and I have not seen any obvious negative affects so far. But this stuff has done it's intended purpose so far. I've learned to hate crickets and seeing fewer of them makes me happy.

Doesn’t work! Ants still there after 3 weeks of use ☹️

I have spent hundreds of dollars on other brands at large box stores. All they ever did is make the ants move a few feet away from the treated areas. This one totally eliminated the fire ant colonies I treated. Follow the simple instructions and say goodbye to the ants and their mounds. I am not a spokesperson, just a guy with seven acres and no more fire ant issues.

This is only product I have found to kill those tinny west coast brown headed ants from Africa . Works great 👍 very happy . Those ants are so destructive.