Ratings & Reviews for ORTHO 1.6-Quart Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier Home Pest Control Refill

Results seen within hours! Excellent!!

Purchased for our basement floor level apartment. We had an influx of earwigs after a large storm. I have never been so impressed by a pest control product in my entire life! After hooking up the convenient and straightforward to assemble sprayer wand, I was able to reach behind our kitchen appliances with ease. You can clearly see and hear when the product is coming out of the wand, and it dries within minutes! Our pets were unaffected, and there was no noticeable odor or fumes of any kind. Le...

Faulty Sprayer

I have been a consistent consumer of Ortho Home Defense MAX for 20 years, however, the most recent 1 gallon container had a faulty sprayer which after trying everything doesn't spray unless holding the container on its side practically almost upside down which resulted in excess poison everywhere with majority of the liquid being leaked from container. I wasn't able to make a one pass barrier along my homes interior.

Don’t Buy

This product is a joke. It must be sugar water. I have to spray so much that the insect dies due to drowning. A can of starch is more helpful.

Dissapointed with the product!

I am disappointed. Bought this to help with my silverfish problem. My husband sprayed this and the next day already saw two of them crawling even when we literally just steam and clean the floor.

Nosil issue

Just purchased. I had issues with nosil issue end poring some in another bottle to spray. Over priced for something I can't properly use.

Good stuff

I been using this for years on spiders and yes you have to apply at least once a week for a while to kill the eggs, and now we moved to new house and I've kill roaches, so I'm gonna try it inside for first time

Will not buy again.

Does not work against roaches or is so ineffective it makes no difference. Very unhappy with the product. Are there refunds? I still have half a 4L spray jug. And roaches.

Water Based for sure

This product is the worst one I ever wasted my money on. I spayed my house with two gallons of you pesticide and when I returned to my house two days later, there was as many or more roaches on the counter tops and wooden trim areas then before I sprayed this chemical. You wasn’t kidding when you said water based

Needs a better wand

The product works great. I have an issue with the wand dying out. I now have 2 gallons, both half full and neither wand works. They just quit pumping.

Useless

I bought this because usually this brand (white bottle) works amazing for killing quick and keeping bugs away for months and months with just a single application. But this stuff is completely useless. It doesn't kill a thing and doesn't keep them out either... Such a let down. Not sure why or how this formula is so awful but I'll never buy it again.

Seems to be effective for my Argentine Ant problem

Indoor Argentine Ant problem. I haven't had them since I used this product.

Don’t waste your money

I bought this because I’ve always had good luck with the ortho brand. Until this one. I can’t tell it’s killed anything. I saw a rep from Ortho posted it wasn’t made to kill on contact. It could take up to 7 days to start working. If it doesn’t kill on contact then what’s it supposed to do in 7 days? It was like spraying them with water. I will not ever buy this product again and I will not recommend it. When I buy something to kill bugs ect I expect it to start killing them when it hits them. I...

Great product, Failed spraying system.

This an outstanding product and have used it for several years. However, I have 9 brothers and sisters and we all agree that the spraying system needs a complete overhaul. Three of us have had to purchase a separate spray bottle and funnel to transfer the spray into a user friendly sprayer. I currently have 2 full bottles and neither will spray. I would prefer a bottle w/o the sprayer at a reduced price. I am religious about spraying my home and the product does eliminate most insects.

Do not buy!

This stuff is useless. 3 weeks in and no sign of them letting up. I spray them, they walk it off like I gave them a shower. I’m sure some robotic message is going to respond and say it could take 6 days. This stuff is worthless, do not bother

Good chemical, very poor sprayer

The chemical works great, but the wand is horrible. I had a bottle of this and the wand wouldn't siphon the bug spray out of the bottle. So I bought a second one and just figured I would transfer the bug spray from the old bottle once the new one ran out. Now the new wand failed as well. I have 2 bottles of 3/4 full spray that I cannot use.

Bought a jug of Ortho home defense max. Big yellow sticker on it states kills by contact. Another on the label states it kills and prevents insects for 365 days. The labels are a boldfaced lie. I sprayed a cockroach with it enough to form a puddle. The little booger walked away still alive. Followed it and had to stomp on it to kill it. That has turned me from buying any other Ortho product. Don't waste your money on their lousy products. They print on the label what you want to hear but the pro...

Never using this again

Does not work at all. Roaches are everywhere and walk right through this spray. Seem to have 0 effect. I spray all around my kitchen and every morning they are everywhere again

Does NOT work on palmetto bugs

I gave a palmetto bug a bath in this stuff, like a pool of it and he still ran around for 20 minutes like I just cooled him off. Eventually had to squish him. Then I tried using it a second time and the sprayer just stopped working. Whole thing was a waste of money.

Very poor sprayer

It’s not that the product doesn’t kill the bugs. This is a second container where I’m going around spraying and after a few days, finally realize nothing is coming out. This is the second time the sprayer wand hasn’t worked.