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Home Defense Max Indoor 24.0 -oz Trigger spray Home pest control

Ratings & Reviews for ORTHO Home Defense Max Indoor 24.0 -oz Trigger spray Home pest control

2.7
116
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 2.8 out of 5
119 Reviews


29% Recommend this product

Ratings may include incentivized customer reviews.

What Customers Are Saying

Customers overwhelmingly report serious defects with the sprayer mechanism, which frequently fails after just one or two uses—stopping entirely, leaking upright, or making noise without dispensing. Many own multiple full containers rendered unusable due to faulty sprayers. Beyond mechanical failure, reviewers express deep frustration that the product fails to control pest populations, with roaches, ants, fleas, and silverfish returning within days or weeks despite reapplication. The 365-day protection claim is widely mocked as barely lasting hours. A small number report temporary success with specific pests, but these isolated positives are vastly outweighed by complaints about unreliability and ineffectiveness.

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119 Customer Reviews

very good

Would Recommend

good is very good i liked its i need more than 100 passe how i can transfer it

May 26, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Only Worked First Year

Would Not Recommend

I bought this last year and only used a small amount. I get it out this year and the wand has stopped working. It makes some sound like it wants to work but nothing comes out. What a waste. I still have over 3/4 in the container but it won’t spray out.

May 22, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. We would like to offer some t...

Customer CareMay 24, 2024

great products

Would Recommend

Testing this product has been excellent !!!!! Thanks !!!!

May 21, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Done with this product- sprayer wand default

Would Not Recommend

Purchased it for the second time used it one time worked perfectly and in a month went again and the sprayer wand does not work!!! Did a troubleshooting and it works without the straw outside the container when I placed the straw it doesn’t!!! Second time with this same product and I’m done!!!!!

May 13, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We are concerned to hear this. We would like the opportunity to gather some additional information and offer assistance. Please reach out to our Consu...

Customer CareMay 15, 2024

It saves on pest control cost

I first would like to say that I buy this product every year to spray inside and out. It really does work! But my problem is, once I’ve used the one time, my sprayer will not work any more. The batteries r working but it’s not pumping the chemical through my wand. This is the 3rd bottle I have purchased and it’s the same issue. Thinking maybe the batteries might be weak, Ive replaced them and still nothing. The money I spend on this product, I shouldn’t be having this issue each time. I have alm...

May 4, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We are concerned to hear this. We would like the opportunity to gather some additional information and offer assistance. Please reach out to our Consu...

Customer CareMay 7, 2024

Wand stopped working.

Bought last month and wand just makes noise and nothing comes out. Changed battery but did not help.

May 1, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with the sprayer on your Ortho Home Defense and appreciate your feedback. We want you to be confident i...

Customer CareMay 6, 2024

Big problem no solution??

Would Not Recommend

I bought this two months ago and still have insect problems it's like I never put the product in???I am almost out of this and I found a big spider this morning by my shoes?? My home is not that old and I have this problem is there any other product that is effective?? Oh yes also I don't know how or when these roaches came in but I don't leave anything out my food are all in containers the same as my pantry

March 28, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. If the barrier was removed, s...

Customer CareMarch 29, 2024

Great while i actually sprays

Product was great while it sprayed. I have had two bottles of this now and both have stopped spraying after the second use. I spray my baseboards once a month and each bottle, after the second use, no longer sprays.

January 28, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with the sprayer on your Ortho Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. We ...

Customer CareJanuary 29, 2024

Doesn't work. Doesn't kill roaches !!

Would Not Recommend

Doesn't kill roaches at all. Sprayed everywhere and they just thumb their noses as they parade over the rug so fast we can't kill them. Cmon, make something that actually works and not toxic to animals!!!

January 11, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. It does take some time for th...

Customer CareJanuary 13, 2024

Wand no longer works correctly

Would Not Recommend

I bought this product a couple months ago after finding out a neighbor below me has pests (apartment living). The complex is being treated by professionals, but unfortunately because the infestation is occurring below they are running to my home to escape the pesticides. I bought this product to act as a barrier. I'm honestly not sure if this product really works due to the issue not stemming from my unit directly. However, I am disappointed to say that the wand doesn't work anymore. After I cha...

January 5, 2024

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. Product may have crystallized...

Customer CareJanuary 6, 2024

Perfect product!

Would Recommend

Saturday morning, I discovered moths in the ceiling of my home office closet. I rushed to the hardware store and purchased Home Defense. As I reviewed the instructions, I discovered I needed Home Defense Max for clothing moths. A second hardware store had Home Defense Max. Returning home with the correct product, I discovered growing infestation of the moths. They were on the walls and the wire shelving. After quickly reviewing the instructions, I began spraying and the moths died instantly. Sev...

December 17, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Would Not Recommend

I bought it 2 days ago, sprayed it and it didn’t work.

October 18, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. We want you to be confident i...

Customer CareOctober 18, 2023

Buy something else

Would Not Recommend

I will offer a suggestion....design a wand that will actually work more than once. I've replaced the batteries, cleaned the tube, cleaned the cap (the wand works if the cap is under water), and held the container up while holding squeezing the trigger.....nothing. I've read reviews on this product and I'm not the only person whose expressed disappointment with it. Apparently, you either don't read the reviews or you don't really care. Can you recommend another company with a better wand?

October 5, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Ortho Groundclear Year Long Vegetation Killer and appreciate your feedback. Be sure you have the h...

Customer CareOctober 6, 2023

Bad wands

Bought both indoor and outdoor and both wands stopped working. New batteries did nothing.

September 26, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. The nozzle must be turn...

Customer CareSeptember 26, 2023

TERRIBLE PRODUCT

I've used this for six weeks and it hasn't worked at all. I've followed the instructions, online tutorials, and done the job properly but they don't die. Not like they keep coming back, more like it doesn't phase them and hasn't from the beginning. 10/10 will never buy again.

September 20, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. This product is only la...

Customer CareSeptember 21, 2023

I bought this about two weeks ago and I'm a little disappointed it's like the roaches enjoyed it they come back with a vengeance

August 24, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. This product is only labeled ...

Customer CareAugust 26, 2023

I purchased this product and got poor results, it was like cooling to the roaches. Waste of. My money 💰. Will not use again.

August 13, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Ortho Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. It will take up to a wee...

Customer CareAugust 15, 2023

Never again

Would Not Recommend

I bought 3 containers, used top to bottom in my house and still have a ridiculous amount of fleas , I’ve tried spray multiple times since with no results . Very disappointed

August 9, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. This product does take some ti...

Customer CareAugust 9, 2023

Not worth the money

Bought 2 containers neither works I sprayed from top to bottom and I still have fleas. I didn't think to keep my receipts because ortho is trusted but this is not working in being eaten alive. 2 containers not what's promised and I sprayed everything and covered everything so that's not the issue.

August 8, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. This product is only la...

Customer CareAugust 8, 2023

POOR CHOOSE

I have ben using for about a month I and I am very disappoint with this product it has done very little to slow out ant problem . I have spray foundation inside and out all the basement floor boards an every day we have small ants some where else. will not recommend

July 24, 2023

From ScottsMiracle-Gro

Response from Customer Care

We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier and appreciate your feedback. This product is only la...

Customer CareJuly 24, 2023