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In article <31929@buckaroo.mips.COM>, vaso@mips.COM (Vaso Bovan) writes:
> There has been a lot of advertisement lately of "ultrasonic pest repellers."
> these are devices which emit ultrasonic sound which is supposed to annoy
> pests into leaving the pet/premises.
> 
> My understanding is that these devices are outright frauds.
>	[stuff deleted]
> 
> Does anyone know of the U.S. Army tests or other recent scientific tests on
> these devices ?

I don't know of any tests, but I got a cheap one about 5 years ago for about
10 - 15 dollars.  My two cats are (and before I got the zapper, were) mostly
indoor cats which get some outside time with my supervision.  Before I got
the zapper, I had a serious flea problem, having to spray the cats and bomb
the apartment at least once every two weeks to keep it somewhat under control
(ie., so I didn't get a lot of flea bites myself).  After I got the zapper,
I have only had to bomb the apartment once or twice (I don't remember, but I
know I bombed it the day after I got the zapper, and am not sure if I ever
had to after that), and sprayed my cats once (the day I got the zapper).  I
haven't found a flea in the apartment since then.

Of course, it may have been that the flea population decided it didn't like
the neighborhood anymore ;->, but I doubt it.
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