TaoTronics Black Light, 12 LEDs 395nm UV Blacklight Flashlights Detector for Dry Pets Urine and Stains with 3 Free AAA Batteries

I live in a decent sized city of over 100,000. I can't find UV lights anywhere. I picked this light up after watching a youtube video about it. My main reason for getting this is to find the source of the pee smell in the kids bathroom and kids bedroom. I had cleaned the carpets and cleaned the bathroom but until you get a blacklight or UV light in this case, there is no way in hell you are getting anything clean like you think you are. Period. End of story for that.I will say that I have used the 2 ft long blacklight fluorescent fixtures that plug in the wall but those are a pain to use and the bulbs are exposed which makes them easy to break. The also dont give off the concentrated beam of light that this flashlight does. They are also not portable.After cleaning all the pee in the bathroom that was visible with this light it is smell free like a bathroom should be.This is not a light you play with. This is not a light you let your kids play with. My understanding is that this UV light can do some serious damage to your eyes if you stare at it.I would greatly recommend getting a pair of yellow tinted type safety glasses that block UV light. This will enable you to use the light without worrying it will damage your eyes but better yet, the yellow glasses really do cut out the purple light that can make you dizzy. The purple light can also interfere with finding stains so with the glasses on the things you are looking for really stand out. I went to Harbor Freight and picked up a few pair of their cheap $2 yellow safety glasses and I did the drivers license test. No UV light went through the cheap glasses to make my license light up. I was surprised. And they make a big difference.

Uh puke. This is a GREAT product. It works really well. Too well. After using this, I'm grossed out to walk barefoot. Check out my photo!!! I have a dog and a toddler. The 2 of them make quite the messy pair. My husband and I diligently clean every time there is a mess. But after using this, it's obvious where we still need to clean. What I've noticed is that where I used Nature's Miracle, there are no more pee spots or spots where my toddler's Sippy cup spilled. But where we used carpet cleaner like Resolve, the spot still lights up. Conclusion: Nature's Miracle works better than I thought it did, and we're living in filth. ;)

This might sound funny from a five star review, but it's true. I'm sorry I bought this.Our carpet is 30+ years old. We bought our home as a short sale, and there were plenty of upgrades needing to be done, so the carpet was the last thing on my list. It's pinky-mauve, but if you close your eyes and just let your toes do the evaluating, it's really good carpet.Well, now I know differently. I've had this carpet professionally cleaned several times - once before we moved in and about every 2 years after. We've had a rescue dog and a rescue cat and two more rescue dogs - but no more "messes" than one would expect. There are the days we don't get home for lunch, or don't get off work as early as we usually do... nothing major. I always hand-cleaned any spots, and like I said, we do professional cleaning with well known companies.*gulp*The first night I had this light, I waited till full dark and turned it on.We're getting new flooring as soon as possible.

*Update*They're sending out a replacement for this unit. They definitely felt I received a faulty unit and were quick to rectify it! Not only did they offer to replace the faulty unit they offered an upgrade! Absolutely amazing customer service!! Rating changed to reflect their awesome customer service and for taking care the problem! Faulty items happen and this kind of customer service is what puts a seller on my A-list!!**My OLD review**Not very strong. Bought for night time bug hunting in the garden but it's so weak that it didn't do any good. Not worth it if I have to keep the light 2 inches from the plants for it to work. If you want something with limited range this will work for you, but if you want to use it for any distance you should probably look for something else.

didn't work to find cat pee. I suppose cat pee doesn't fluoresce as well as other organics, but I thought it would do better than it did. Actually I believe the problem is wavelength. This light is too much in the visible and doesn't have enough true UV to fluoresce the pee.Update: It was pointed out to me that the listing indicates that this flashlight will not work with cat pee so I shouldn't have been surprised when it didn't. I am increasing my review from 2 to 4 stars since the listing is accurate. I do suggest making it more clear in the title that it doesn't work well with cat pee because as it is currently written ("Pets Urine") I thought it would work with cats. Really besides dogs and cats, what pets produce a pee problem? Changing the title to "Dog Urine" would be more clear. Anyways, other than that, it is a good product.