Contech Stayaway Automatic Pet Deterrent

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Contech Stayaway Automatic Pet Deterrent 2

Innotek SSSCAT is an automated cat repellent using spray to set boundaries in the home. The entirely adaptable nozzle uses a motion detector–along with a may of harmless HFC134a gas–to repel cats in a three-foot radius. It’s a fast, effective, harmless and painless way to keep your cats away from sure areas. The refill may holds over 500 sprays and the motion detector uses 4 AAA batteries (not included).

Train your cat to stay away from restricted areas, such as the fishbowl or the kitchen counter. The SSSCAT Cat Training Aid uses a patented motion detector that senses when your cat is approaching an area she’s supposed to stay away from and releases a brisk spray. The scentless, stainless, harmless, painless spray startles the cat, training her to keep away from that area from now on. You may adjust the angles of detection and spray direction. Good for indoor and outdoor use. Repels cats from up to 3 feet. Requires no training. Leaves no residue. Completely safe for all cats, humans, and the environment. Includes adaptable SSSCAT motion detector, may of harmless HFC134a gas, and user guide. Uses 4 AAA batteries (sold separately).

Most helpful customer reviews

173 of 178 people found the following review helpful.
Great for keeping kitty off the counters
By Joseph
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.

72 of 72 people found the following review helpful.
Stopped our counter surfing kitties!
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 people found the following review helpful.
Humane way to deal with territorial cats
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.