# Electroic bug repellers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 24, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroic-bug-repellers/305240 "2005-05-24T10:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thoth200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thoth200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thoth200)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroic-bug-repellers/305240/1 "2005-05-24T10:31:18Z")
Ok i am about to move into a house that as a little bug problem. it not that bad right now a few roachs here and there but i know that means there are more there than what i see. i am going to have the bug man come and spay to kill them but my question is i keep seeing this thing called pestdefence. it clams to not use sound to keep them away but it uses the wiring in your house to mess with the nervose systems. my question is do they really work? is it worth the 19.95 to get one? if any one has one and can tell me if it works or not that would be great ---
**Author:** ![thoth200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thoth200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thoth200)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroic-bug-repellers/305240/2 "2005-05-24T10:33:53Z")
> [@thoth200](#): > > Ok i am about to move into a house that as a little bug problem. it not that bad right now a few roachs here and there but i know that means there are more there than what i see. i am going to have the bug man come and spay to kill them but my question is i keep seeing this thing called pestdefence. it clams to not use sound to keep them away but it uses the wiring in your house to mess with the nervose systems. my question is do they really work? is it worth the 19.95 to get one? if any one has one and can tell me if it works or not that would be great ok sorry its called pestoffence…here is a link [http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/pestoff.html](http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/pestoff.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroic-bug-repellers/305240/3 "2005-05-24T10:36:22Z")
[Cecil says no.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_068.html) ---
**Author:** ![thoth200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@thoth200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thoth200)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroic-bug-repellers/305240/4 "2005-05-24T10:45:26Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > [Cecil says no.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_068.html) i know those don’t work…read that one long time ago…but this one clams to not use ultrasonic sound. it claims to be “PEST OFFense® is a chemical-free, non-sonar, non-ultrasound, environmentally friendly solution to SAFE PEST CONTROL” ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroic-bug-repellers/305240/5 "2005-05-24T12:27:54Z")
> [@](#): > > [AsSeenOnTV.com](http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/pestoff.html) > > PEST OFFense is designed to work by creating an intermittent signal in the electrical field around the wiring of any dwelling. Dude, nearly all of the appliances in your house create intermittent signals in the electrical field around the wiring of your dwelling. If that was enough to get rid of the pests, you wouldn’t need to buy the thing in the first place. Although, note that it doesn’t specify which particular pests it gets rid of. Perhaps it wards off “Pest OFFense” salespeople.