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HomeDogsRemote trainersSSScat - The Ultimat Cat Control System |
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| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 323 customer reviews )
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173 of 178 found the following review helpful:
Great for keeping kitty off the counters Aug 11, 2005
By Joseph
"jck09"
The Ssscat does what it says - it senses your cat, and then lets loose a spray and an alarm squeal. We have a very bad cat, but after a few encounters with this thing, he has stayed off the countertops. We recently got a second, so that we can have one for the dining room table and one for the baby's bassinet, and they're working fine as well. (You can call me a control freak, but there's something very satisfying about hearing the spray & alarm at 2 in the morning, followed by the sounds of a running cat.)
A couple pieces of advice: (1) You will need 4 AAA batteries per unit. (2) The spray is good for a few months to a year, depending on how many times you forget the unit is there and spray yourself. At that point, you can either buy the refill can or just rely on the sound alarm. (3) The alarm usually goes off once after you arm the unit, while it's "warming up." To avoid wasting a spray, I set it to "sound only" until the warm up alarm is over, then turn it to the "sound + spray" setting.
73 of 73 found the following review helpful:
Stopped our counter surfing kitties! Aug 23, 2011
By S. Kirby
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2O5I5Q8RICGTL We put up a camera to catch our new kitty getting on the counters but we found we had more than one counter surfer!
Edit:
I'm going to add some more info now that we've had the Ssscat for awhile. I took it down from 5 stars to 4 mostly because it doesn't always work. As you can see in the video with the second cat. I thought it was because of the batteries but after testing with fresh/more powerful batteries I found that it simply works when it wants too.
The reason I still give it 4 stars is because it's put fear into my cats and simply placing in an area I don't want them to be seems to be enough to keep them away.
So all in all, it's done what we need it to do even if it doesn't always work the way it's supposed to. I will say it's a bit overpriced for something that doesn't always work.
41 of 41 found the following review helpful:
 Humane way to deal with territorial cats Sep 30, 2005
By Susan J. Budge
One of our cats likes to piddle on the futon in our porch. I have two ssscats set up in there. Now she stays away even though they are not turned on. She just has to see them and she runs. It is a safe, effective, and humane way to deal with any kitties who might have a favorite spot to pee, other than the litter box.
45 of 47 found the following review helpful:
 Works...sometimes. Nov 30, 2007
By Davido
I had an older model of the Sscat that had an alarm which would sound before it sprayed. You could set it to "alarm only" - no spray - after your cat was trained. This would save on canisters of air, which are outrageously expensive and are smaller now (by almost half) than they use to be. The original canister was wider also, which made the unit more stable. These new tiny canisters are too small and make it top-heavy and difficult to balance the unit on uneven surfaces.
The new model has "spray only" - no alarm. I suspect the manufacturer figured out they could make more $ on the canisters without the alarm.
The original model lasted about 2 years. This new model works only intermittently, so occasionally I find my cat sitting right next to it.
Bottom line: Too expensive, not reliable. Find something else.
21 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Amazing Apr 20, 2009
By Melissa S.
This is an excellent product.
One tip: we ran through an entire can of the air in a day. However, if you get a big 12oz can of canned air, pop off the top (be careful not to rip off the white nozzle -- you don't want it exploding in your hand) and pop the sensor on top, you get a cheaper, longer lasting refill.
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