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# Controlled release tech 16 oz concentrate liquid Kills 55+ pests Cy-Kick CS Insecticide, Controlled Release Indoor Outdoor Pest Control for Mosquitos, Flies, Ants, Fleas, 16 Ounces Concentrate Liquid

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## Summary

> 🛡️ Defend your domain with pro-grade pest control power!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Cy-Kick CS Insecticide, Controlled Release Indoor Outdoor Pest Control for Mosquitos, Flies, Ants, Fleas, 16 Ounces Concentrate Liquid by basf
- **How much does it cost?** € 137.90 with free shipping
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## Best For

- basf enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted basf brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Trusted by Experts:** Preferred by pest control pros nationwide—don’t settle for diluted store brands when you can use the industry’s gold standard.
- • **Broad-Spectrum Power:** Effectively targets over 55 common indoor and outdoor pests including scorpions, mosquitoes, ants, and flies.
- • **Versatile Application:** Safe for use in apartments, commercial buildings, kennels, and farm structures—perfect for any environment demanding serious pest control.
- • **Long-Lasting Protection:** SmartCap microencapsulation delivers residual control for up to 6-8 weeks, keeping your home pest-free longer.
- • **Professional-Grade Concentrate:** 16 oz bottle with precise tip-and-pour spout, designed for handheld or backpack sprayers—mix 1-2 oz per gallon for customizable strength.

## Overview

BASF Cy-Kick CS is a 16 oz concentrated liquid insecticide featuring Cyfluthrin 6.0% and advanced SmartCap microencapsulation technology. It provides controlled release, delivering long-lasting residual protection against over 55 indoor and outdoor pests including scorpions, mosquitoes, ants, and flies. Suitable for use in residential, commercial, and agricultural settings, it offers professional-grade efficacy trusted by pest control experts for up to 6-8 weeks of pest defense.

## Description

BASF - BCBI10113 - 792075 - Cy-Kick CS - Insecticide - 16oz

Review: highly recommended if you have a scorpion issue - I am a long time resident of Las Vegas. I had only seen one scorpion in 29 years of living here, then we bought a new house near the desert and we saw them inside. It freaked me out but I just put a jar over them and threw them outside. They increased in frequency and my son was stung, it was uncomfortable but he didn't need to go to the doctor. Sightings increased over a few years and they seemed to be inside about once a week, then in May of 2020 I stepped on one. Within a few minutes I became really sick and landed in the ER with anaphylaxis. it was both life threatening and very painful and I was warned that it would be worse next time. This elevated the issue to super high priority. The good thing is very few people are allergic to them the way I am, however I understand that they still have a painful sting, and I have heard at the vets they can hurt or kill a small dog or cat, I have both. We had hired exterminators that specialize in scorpion removal, but they really didn't help much. The scorpions would be gone only for a few days then they were all over the backyard again at night, and in the house both day and night. The exterminators told me the scorpions are too rugged to effectively kill, etc. and that nothing would really work to get rid of them. I reluctantly accept that it is their territory and to expect them, but they were completely out of control at my house and I couldn't believe that was just something I had to put up with. As an aside, people I know from all over town have mentioned never seeing them before but in recent years they are inside their houses too. Maybe they are cyclical in population, not sure. Out of necessity, I have learned a few things about scorpions. 1. as everyone says get a black light and check your yard at night to get an idea of how many are around. I was told for every one you see there are about 300 around that you don't, as they are reclusive. If there are a whole bunch outside you are much more likely to get them inside. For my house, in the hottest months I could see 12 to 15, thats when they were inside the most. 2. They love palm trees. They also love block walls. Your efforts to get rid of them should focus on wherever you see the highest concentration of them. 3. They go dormant as soon as the daytime high temp drops below 89 degrees F. So at least in wintertime you don't have to worry about them quite as much. 4. I determined that they were living in my tile roof shingles and coming down the vents. Have a roofer check your vents. There are vents that have to do with the plumbing (stack vents), also bathroom fans and exhaust fans. None of the vents at my house had screens even the bigger ones, which I was told was part of code and is needed to keep rodents and birds out. I ended up hiring a roofer to put wire mesh over every vent at my house. 5. Do really good weatherstrip and replace your door sweeps, they come in gaps that are as big as a credit card. 6. I don't really believe in "safe" pesticides (ie the roundup lawsuits), and I really hate to kill anything. But given my situation I have no choice, so for the times I do see scorpions I keep some cans of Terro scorpion killer within reach. It is very effective, killing them within 5 minutes after a direct hit. I like that it shoots up to 6 feet away so I don't have to get close enough to risk getting stung. Even with all the sealing of my house, at the end of April this year once it started getting warm out, my cat was throwing something up in the air and catching it, which turned out to be a huge bark scorpion. This was right in the doorway of my master bath where I would have pretty good chances of stepping on it. Then there were two more in the house within a week. I was wondering how I was going to keep living in this house when someone told me about Cy-kick. Not really expecting much after the song and dance from the exterminators, I bought some cy-kick and a sprayer and doused the base of the house outside, around all the windows and doors, and the palm tree trunks. This was in early May, now after repeating applications of it once a month all summer long I can say I finally feel safe in my home again. Since I started using cykick there have not been any scorpions inside the house. Outside, the day after the first use, I saw three. Usually they just sit, the first one I saw was marching around in circles going fast which tells me it may have been feeling the effects of the pesticide. The other two I saw were in some of our little palm trees that I hadn't sprayed and that are not their favorite, which told me the cykick chased them out of their preferred homes. The next month, I sprayed all the palm trees big and small, and I didn't see any outside. In July, it poured rain the same day I had sprayed, and we saw three out in the yard a little over a month after I applied it, so the rain didn't seem to remove the protection. I would highly recommend this product. It works well spraying once a month, with a good husqvarna sprayer, I also use glasses and a mask and long sleeves when I spray it. I keep my dogs inside for two hours after spraying. It seems to keep other creepy critters out of the house like roaches and earwigs and such.
Review: The Best Period - This is what the pro's use, so it's an easy choice. If you have a company spraying for you and they don't use this, you need to fire them immediately. I used to spray professionally and this is the best product on the market. Big companies might use this (but highly diluted). Hence, companies water down the concentrate so it lasts longer. You should mix 1 ounce of concentrate with 1 gallon of water. That is plenty strong for standard bugs, roaches, beetles, spiders, centipedes, etc. Spray every 4-6 weeks from April-Oct. Don't spray in the winter, no need, and wasteful (even in hot climates, with no real winter). However, if there is a scorpion problem, mix 1.5 ounces with 1 gallon of water, and spray every 4 weeks. Do NOT mix any more concentrate than that or you'll prob. create a toxic dump. This WILL kill scorpions, they're just a little harder to kill, not impossible. For additional scorpion control, buy a black light b/c they fluoresce (in the dark) and you can find where they're coming from. Spray extra in those areas. Don't worry, scorpions have poor vision so they can't see you very well, if at all. They can feel vibrations, so try not to disturb whatever surface they're on and spray them before they run away. A standard 2,000 sq/ft home only needs about 2 gallons or less of this sprayed (depending on yard size, sheds, etc). Why have a company charge you $40/month or more to use a diluted chemical? This should last you about 3 years depending on your house size/yard. Don't buy the Home Depot/Lowe's products, they are not residuals or commercial grade! This lasts the longest b/c it's micro-encapsulated (protects it from the sun, etc.) to release at different intervals throughout the month. Other chemicals are in full force once you spray them and probably last 3 weeks or less (depending on your climate). Use Nitrile gloves from any Home Depot/Lowe's ($2-$3) b/c they'll protect you the best (or heavy rubber gloves). Spray outside, no need to ever spray inside unless you have a major infestation. If needed, only spray the corners, window sills, entry ways. You don't want chemicals in your home, especially with kids. Allow to fully dry 1-2 hrs (even if it looks dry). If you have an ant problem, use Termidor (baits: Terro, Amdro, Maxforce, Advance, Niban, Advion, Phantom II). Ants can detect Cy-Kick to an extent, but Termidor smokes them easily. Again, only use Termidor outside. Bugs come from the outside and get inside. Spray outside: the foundation, garage, front porch area, back patio area, window sills, front/back door ground areas, inside the water boxes for sprinklers and the water shut off valve (usually connected on the street sidewalk). UPDATE: I've noticed some reviewers still have persistent infestations, if that's you, then up the concentrate level when you mix (but not past 2 ounces per gallon). Keep in mind, bugs don't die instantly by touching Cy-Kick. Bugs will ingest, or absorb it after it sticks to their bodies. As previously noted, if you have ant issues they can detect Cy-Kick to a degree. If so, use Termidor, it is the best ant/termite chemical and can't be detected. But DO NOT mix Termidor with Cy-Kick or spray together. I'm surprised naysayers still deny this works, or say it only lasts 2 weeks (typically it's 6-8 weeks). Try it against any Ortho product from your local store, it'll beat them every time. I used to spray 20-30 houses a day, working 8-10 hours a day, 6 days a week. I know what works and doesn't. The reason I posted this info is b/c many pest control companies rip people off with pricing, use other weak chemicals (b/c they're cheaper), or they use Cy-Kick but significantly dilute the concentrate. I've seen receipts stating .006% concentrate from good companies. Really? Thanks for the sugar water, but no thanks. Bed bug issues? Spraying chemicals does little with bed bugs. They hide in crevices, come out at night, are attracted to your body heat, and the carbon dioxide you exhale. However, they do not like high temps. Either take your furniture outside and let it sit all day in hot weather, or get the temp over 120 in your room and you'll see them run & die. If you get it over 140 they'll die within 1 minute. Pro's use heaters and seal off the room until they die. Good luck

## Features

- Controlled Release Insecticide: Broad-spectrum power, controlling insects inside and outside; SmartCap microencapsulation technology delivers a long residual and a mobile lethal dose that will attach to and move with the insect
- Active Ingredient: Cyfluthrin 6.0%; Concentrate liquid; Apply using handheld or backpack sprayers; 16 oz bottle with tip and pour spout; Mix 1-2 oz per 1 gallon of water; See label for application and dilution instructions
- For Use in and Around: Apartments, houses, commercial food storage and handling areas, kennels, farm structures and pens, commercial and industrial buildings; Refer to product label for complete list
- Effective Insect Control: Works on a variety of 55 common structural pests including ants, bed bugs, cockroaches, earwigs, fleas, millipedes, flies, mosquitoes, scorpions, spiders, wasps, bees, and yellowjackets; Effectively kills within 2 to 3 days
- Read, understand, and follow the label safety, application, storage, and disposal instructions; Harmful if absorbed through skin; Causes moderate eye irritation; State restrictions may apply

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Active Ingredients | Cyfluthrin |
| Best Sellers Rank | #25,728 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ( See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ) #274 in Insect & Pest Repellent Sprays |
| Brand | BASF |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 4,484 Reviews |
| Item Form | Liquid |
| Item Weight | 1 Pounds |
| Liquid Volume | 16 Fluid Ounces |
| Target Species | Ants, Bed Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Fruit Flies, Fleas, Spiders |

## Product Details

- **Active Ingredients:** Cyfluthrin
- **Brand:** BASF
- **Item Form:** Liquid
- **Item Weight:** 1 Pounds
- **Liquid Volume:** 16 Fluid Ounces

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: This has not been effective for ants. They will avoid the area, or simply walk over it in a week. What other insecticide works better for ants?**
A: One of the things the seller was trying to get at is the forager ants go out, gather food and bring it back to the colony, and also if they find a good source of food (or ant bait they like), they tell other forager ants and they gather as  much of it as possible.  If this is a gel/bait/poison and they take it back in massive amounts to the colony, they store it as food and that kills the ants and colony, but the kicker is the queen ant is busy laying more and more eggs, and if they bring this back and the queen is killed, then the chances of the entire colony being knocked out is massively increased.  You don't want to kill the ants you see, they are forager ants and they are the delivery system that take the poison/gel back to the colony.  I first used a gel in about 2010 when we had ants in the bathroom.  I'd never used a gel and I put it out by the sink and saw little action after a few hours, checked again as I was going to bed with a small increase in activity, but I woke up when our infant woke us up to feed and glanced into the bathroom and the line of forager ants was so thick it looked like someone had drawn a black line with a magic marker from the bait to a little hole leading to the colony.  The next day I checked and the amount of bait was visibly reduced and there were several dead ants in the bait container, and about 1/8 the amount of ants I saw the night before.  By that night the number of forager ants were very small and the next day, the rest of the fall, and all winter I never saw another ant in the bathroom so it seems to have taken out the entire nest in <48 hours.  That is why I love and prefer slower acting poisons for ants and roaches.  You don't just need to kill the bugs you see, but the bugs that you don't back at the colony.  With roach killers, you need to also look for one that contains an IGR or Insect Growth Regulator.  If you just kill the roaches you see (the adults), the sub-adults will still grow and become sexually active, then start reproducing again.  You need the IGR to stop the growth cycle so when the sexually active adults die, there are no more sexually active roaches and then the poison can kill them as they eat the other roach poop or eat the other dead roaches.  Many roach poisons are not even really a poison, but rather a type of mold that is toxic to roaches.

**Q: does this work on scorpions**
A: Yes. 80% of my buyers use it for scorpions

**Q: best time of the day to spray?**
A: The best time to spray is when your woman ask you to so you don't have to hear her nag that you don't do anything around the house.

**Q: will this work for fleas?**
A: I only used it for scorpions and cockroaches and it worked. To me this product is the atomic bomb of all creatures and I would try it for fleas too. It worked for months after I used it. Once it's dry it's safe for pets to step on the spot you sprayed on. Use gloves when you mix it and keep pets and kids away from the room you spray in until it's dry. It has little to no odor.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ highly recommended if you have a scorpion issue
*by B***E on August 28, 2021*

I am a long time resident of Las Vegas. I had only seen one scorpion in 29 years of living here, then we bought a new house near the desert and we saw them inside. It freaked me out but I just put a jar over them and threw them outside. They increased in frequency and my son was stung, it was uncomfortable but he didn't need to go to the doctor. Sightings increased over a few years and they seemed to be inside about once a week, then in May of 2020 I stepped on one. Within a few minutes I became really sick and landed in the ER with anaphylaxis. it was both life threatening and very painful and I was warned that it would be worse next time. This elevated the issue to super high priority. The good thing is very few people are allergic to them the way I am, however I understand that they still have a painful sting, and I have heard at the vets they can hurt or kill a small dog or cat, I have both. We had hired exterminators that specialize in scorpion removal, but they really didn't help much. The scorpions would be gone only for a few days then they were all over the backyard again at night, and in the house both day and night. The exterminators told me the scorpions are too rugged to effectively kill, etc. and that nothing would really work to get rid of them. I reluctantly accept that it is their territory and to expect them, but they were completely out of control at my house and I couldn't believe that was just something I had to put up with. As an aside, people I know from all over town have mentioned never seeing them before but in recent years they are inside their houses too. Maybe they are cyclical in population, not sure. Out of necessity, I have learned a few things about scorpions. 1. as everyone says get a black light and check your yard at night to get an idea of how many are around. I was told for every one you see there are about 300 around that you don't, as they are reclusive. If there are a whole bunch outside you are much more likely to get them inside. For my house, in the hottest months I could see 12 to 15, thats when they were inside the most. 2. They love palm trees. They also love block walls. Your efforts to get rid of them should focus on wherever you see the highest concentration of them. 3. They go dormant as soon as the daytime high temp drops below 89 degrees F. So at least in wintertime you don't have to worry about them quite as much. 4. I determined that they were living in my tile roof shingles and coming down the vents. Have a roofer check your vents. There are vents that have to do with the plumbing (stack vents), also bathroom fans and exhaust fans. None of the vents at my house had screens even the bigger ones, which I was told was part of code and is needed to keep rodents and birds out. I ended up hiring a roofer to put wire mesh over every vent at my house. 5. Do really good weatherstrip and replace your door sweeps, they come in gaps that are as big as a credit card. 6. I don't really believe in "safe" pesticides (ie the roundup lawsuits), and I really hate to kill anything. But given my situation I have no choice, so for the times I do see scorpions I keep some cans of Terro scorpion killer within reach. It is very effective, killing them within 5 minutes after a direct hit. I like that it shoots up to 6 feet away so I don't have to get close enough to risk getting stung. Even with all the sealing of my house, at the end of April this year once it started getting warm out, my cat was throwing something up in the air and catching it, which turned out to be a huge bark scorpion. This was right in the doorway of my master bath where I would have pretty good chances of stepping on it. Then there were two more in the house within a week. I was wondering how I was going to keep living in this house when someone told me about Cy-kick. Not really expecting much after the song and dance from the exterminators, I bought some cy-kick and a sprayer and doused the base of the house outside, around all the windows and doors, and the palm tree trunks. This was in early May, now after repeating applications of it once a month all summer long I can say I finally feel safe in my home again. Since I started using cykick there have not been any scorpions inside the house. Outside, the day after the first use, I saw three. Usually they just sit, the first one I saw was marching around in circles going fast which tells me it may have been feeling the effects of the pesticide. The other two I saw were in some of our little palm trees that I hadn't sprayed and that are not their favorite, which told me the cykick chased them out of their preferred homes. The next month, I sprayed all the palm trees big and small, and I didn't see any outside. In July, it poured rain the same day I had sprayed, and we saw three out in the yard a little over a month after I applied it, so the rain didn't seem to remove the protection. I would highly recommend this product. It works well spraying once a month, with a good husqvarna sprayer, I also use glasses and a mask and long sleeves when I spray it. I keep my dogs inside for two hours after spraying. It seems to keep other creepy critters out of the house like roaches and earwigs and such.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Best Period
*by S***S on April 17, 2012*

This is what the pro's use, so it's an easy choice. If you have a company spraying for you and they don't use this, you need to fire them immediately. I used to spray professionally and this is the best product on the market. Big companies might use this (but highly diluted). Hence, companies water down the concentrate so it lasts longer. You should mix 1 ounce of concentrate with 1 gallon of water. That is plenty strong for standard bugs, roaches, beetles, spiders, centipedes, etc. Spray every 4-6 weeks from April-Oct. Don't spray in the winter, no need, and wasteful (even in hot climates, with no real winter). However, if there is a scorpion problem, mix 1.5 ounces with 1 gallon of water, and spray every 4 weeks. Do NOT mix any more concentrate than that or you'll prob. create a toxic dump. This WILL kill scorpions, they're just a little harder to kill, not impossible. For additional scorpion control, buy a black light b/c they fluoresce (in the dark) and you can find where they're coming from. Spray extra in those areas. Don't worry, scorpions have poor vision so they can't see you very well, if at all. They can feel vibrations, so try not to disturb whatever surface they're on and spray them before they run away. A standard 2,000 sq/ft home only needs about 2 gallons or less of this sprayed (depending on yard size, sheds, etc). Why have a company charge you $40/month or more to use a diluted chemical? This should last you about 3 years depending on your house size/yard. Don't buy the Home Depot/Lowe's products, they are not residuals or commercial grade! This lasts the longest b/c it's micro-encapsulated (protects it from the sun, etc.) to release at different intervals throughout the month. Other chemicals are in full force once you spray them and probably last 3 weeks or less (depending on your climate). Use Nitrile gloves from any Home Depot/Lowe's ($2-$3) b/c they'll protect you the best (or heavy rubber gloves). Spray outside, no need to ever spray inside unless you have a major infestation. If needed, only spray the corners, window sills, entry ways. You don't want chemicals in your home, especially with kids. Allow to fully dry 1-2 hrs (even if it looks dry). If you have an ant problem, use Termidor (baits: Terro, Amdro, Maxforce, Advance, Niban, Advion, Phantom II). Ants can detect Cy-Kick to an extent, but Termidor smokes them easily. Again, only use Termidor outside. Bugs come from the outside and get inside. Spray outside: the foundation, garage, front porch area, back patio area, window sills, front/back door ground areas, inside the water boxes for sprinklers and the water shut off valve (usually connected on the street sidewalk). UPDATE: I've noticed some reviewers still have persistent infestations, if that's you, then up the concentrate level when you mix (but not past 2 ounces per gallon). Keep in mind, bugs don't die instantly by touching Cy-Kick. Bugs will ingest, or absorb it after it sticks to their bodies. As previously noted, if you have ant issues they can detect Cy-Kick to a degree. If so, use Termidor, it is the best ant/termite chemical and can't be detected. But DO NOT mix Termidor with Cy-Kick or spray together. I'm surprised naysayers still deny this works, or say it only lasts 2 weeks (typically it's 6-8 weeks). Try it against any Ortho product from your local store, it'll beat them every time. I used to spray 20-30 houses a day, working 8-10 hours a day, 6 days a week. I know what works and doesn't. The reason I posted this info is b/c many pest control companies rip people off with pricing, use other weak chemicals (b/c they're cheaper), or they use Cy-Kick but significantly dilute the concentrate. I've seen receipts stating .006% concentrate from good companies. Really? Thanks for the sugar water, but no thanks. Bed bug issues? Spraying chemicals does little with bed bugs. They hide in crevices, come out at night, are attracted to your body heat, and the carbon dioxide you exhale. However, they do not like high temps. Either take your furniture outside and let it sit all day in hot weather, or get the temp over 120 in your room and you'll see them run & die. If you get it over 140 they'll die within 1 minute. Pro's use heaters and seal off the room until they die. Good luck

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I hate that I had to even buy this, but it certainly worked great
*by P***N on August 18, 2023*

TLDR: I overreacted about a large outdoor roach, bought tons of insecticides. I only sprayed this Cy-Kick one time, and used nothing else, and it killed everything. It also didn’t seem to have any impact, or cause side effects on my dog or my rabbit. I do recommend taking all pets and people out of the house when spraying. I’d planned to close off my rabbit in one part of the house I’d spray after the rest had dried, but even after turning off the air I could sense he was concerned about something and acting stressed. Ultimately, I took him outside and that’s where he stayed until it dried. So don’t let young children, or pets stay in the house after spraying until everything dries. Also, don’t spray within 4 hours of rain, neither 4 hours before, or 4 hours after, as it will diminish the effectiveness. I’d also suggest spraying the outside early in the morning, about 30-60 min before sunrise. Best of luck in your war. I hate knowing someone out there is suffering through some infestation. But I do highly recommend this, just follow the directions and use your best judgement on spraying as it’s considered a crack/crevice/barrier type of insecticide; and not one to spray every sqft of your home with. Since 2020 I’ve had Orkin come out and spray every 2 months, and for the majority of the time I was pretty happy with the service. At the time (2020) I had seen two Smokey Brown Roaches (the large outdoor kind) in my kitchen one night, and that was enough for me to sign 3 annual contracts with Orkin since I was happy with the results. However, fast forward to 3-4 weeks ago, and I’d seen a Large outdoor roach in my bedroom. I couldn’t get to it in time and it escaped under my bed. I actually slept on the couch for 4 days, I even bought an aerobed. 5 days after that initial run in, I assumed I was probably safe (since I’d sprayed some raid in the cracks/crevices around my room.) But nope, I was wrong. Sure enough, I see the same damn one in my room again. This time it escaped behind my bookshelf, which is so heavy it’s basically not movable. I sprayed like crazy with that ortho bug barrier and some raid kill on contact spray. I slept in the living room again for another few nights, and thought I was finally safe. Unfortunately not though. I walked into my master bathroom, and I see that same damn roach chillin in my shower just being nasty and moving his antennae all around being disgusting. This time I killed it, ironically after this drawn out battle I kinda felt bad about killing him. If it was anything else I’d of caught it and let it out, but not that nasty thing. After the battle was over, I realized I was tripping out after getting hardly any sleep for 2 weeks. Because of my sleepless delusions, I then began to second guess myself as to whether or not it was the same roach, and I had some extreme paranoia about having an infestation. (I tend to overreact with roaches after living in a rent house that was infested with thousands, upon thousands of german roaches. They were living inside of the freezer, in the fridge, and even the clock lights of the stove, as well as everywhere else you could imagine. Not to mention the 100’s of large adult rats that also occupied the house. It was a nightmare, and by law should’ve been condemned. It sounds laughable, but I swear the whole experience gave me PTSD. To this day I’m not sure how I lived through that.) So I did a lot of research, and quickly started prepping to take action. I began searching to seal any holes, find any crevices or openings, and to find any water leaks. After I was content with my preparations, I then decided this Cy-Kick would be the first one I’d spray. I mixed 1 oz or 2 oz into my gallon hand pump sprayer (whatever the max amount the directions instructed to use for heavy infestations) and I set off by first spraying all the cracks and crevices in my home. I also sprayed every window, door, baseboard, room entryway, and showers/tubs in my home. I didn’t use the fine spray setting like I should’ve, so it took around 4 hours to dry. Afterwards I let my pets inside, and I set out to spray the outside. I sprayed this 4ft up and 4ft out with the sprayer while using the large fan/fine mist setting with my sprayer. I went all the around my house. I even sprayed the entirety of my front and back porch, and both of my wooden decks. I even sprayed the privacy fence that boarders my nasty neighbors who don’t bag their trash. (They’re soon going to be in for a surprise, especially since they just recently moved in.) When spraying the porch, I made sure to spray heavily into the cracks in the concrete, and shortly (10 seconds) after spraying I saw 2 large roaches scurry out looking at me, almost as if they were asking me “wtf?” Because of ridiculousness, and my experience in that rent house, I then was basically on high alert. I didn’t sleep for the next 24 hours, as I was unsure how the insects inside would react. Over the next 24 hours, I did find a few bugs that weren’t roaches dead on the floor, but that was it. All in all, I found less then 5-10 small bugs dead on the floor inside over the next 72 hours. But I did find 100’s of dead gnats, flies, june bugs, ants, and other insects that must’ve (unfortunately for them) landed on my porch or deck while being attracted to the porch light. I haven’t yet seen anything inside whatsoever since my first spray. Honestly, I didn’t see anything on my deck, or my porch for over 2+ weeks. I now see ants, and other insects on the porch, but in very small numbers compared to before. Before spraying, especially at night, I’d see those large outdoor roaches almost every time I went out on my porch late at night. However, now 3+ weeks after spraying, and I only sprayed with this Cy-Kick insecticide that one time; I haven’t seen any roaches at all, not inside, and not even outside late at night. Clearly I overreacted by how little dead bugs I found in my house, especially after dousing my home like it was gasoline to set fire to my enemies home. I kinda feel a little dumb after how paranoid I was, but I’m sure someone can relate. I’d rather be thorough, overreact, and do things right. However, I will say that in hindsight, I certainly needed to spray the outside of my home. I grew so use to seeing those large outdoor roaches on my porch late at night, that I suppose I just accepted it as normal. But now, I realize just how many there was, as well as the fact that they were living in the cracks of the concrete on my porch, and occasionally searching for food/water inside of my home. I bought a ton a insecticide. Like 5-6 different brands with different types of method of actions, mostly just incase something didn’t work (and paranoia.) I also bought 3 types of roach bait, and Novacide among a few other things. But funny enough, all I needed to spray was this, and I still only sprayed that one time (albeit it was extremely thorough.) Now obviously, large outdoor roaches, and German roaches are two totally different things. So, I can’t honestly speak to whether or not it’s just as effective for them. But for the outdoor type, this was extremely effective. I figured that if this was a common “go to” for killing scorpions, it would be plenty effective for my use case, and it certainly was. I don’t have scorpions in Southeast Texas, but there are lots of insects, and basically nothing survived. I definitely recommend it. (Edit: 9/23/2023) So I finally saw my first roach outside on the porch late at night, and I quickly geared up for another battle. I still have yet to see anything inside (outside of the stray moth that sneaks in when opening the back door for my chow late at night.) After spraying the outside a second time (9/17/2023) I haven’t seen anything else since. It seemed more to coincide with getting heavy rain for the first time in months. So, while it will stick through the rain, I’d suggest to reapply it after it rains heavily (many inches over 3+ days) if you last sprayed more than a month ago. It still seems to stick, but if you don’t want to find any living insects I’d suggest to reapply in that scenario. (Continuation from 9/23/2023) On a side note, I had a small table with a glass top near the porch that was knocked over by my dog, and broken. Unfortunately, since it was tempered glass, it was a huge mess. I had glass somehow fly upwards of 25ft from where it had broken. Still kind of a mystery how that was even possible. But I mention this because I was the one who had to clean it up by hand, knowing otherwise that my dog, or my rabbit would get into it. While I was cleaning it up, I was looking closely at the grass and soil for any glass and picking it up by hand (it took me more than an hour.) While doing so, I noticed tons of exoskeletons, and wings. I mean, tons. I actually felt pretty grossed out after realizing what it was I was seeing, and picking through. Thinking back to my first application, I found tons of dead bugs on my porch and deck, but I didn’t see a ton of dead roaches after spraying, and I guess it’s because they all decided to die in the grass. This stuff really kicks a**

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