Harris Boric Acid Roach and Silverfish Killer Powder with Lure

Just a few days after sprinkling this lightly I’m seeing the signs of this working wellI will continue to use this every few days for 3 weeks after I see the very last roach. We live in an apartment in Dubai and mostly have German Roach species

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So this is actually my 2nd time purchasing this, but now I'm ready to leave a review after using it for a year. From my research in attempting to eradicate my roach problem, I found that boric acid coupled with some sticky pads, and of course continually keeping a clean environment was the key.I tried going to the local big box stores but they didn't have any or ran out, I guess it's pretty popular, but this was actually a better price($6.99 at the time of this review). So I found this brand last year and got a bottle to test it out, and now I always have a bottle handy under the sink.I basically dusted every corner of the house, along the baseboards, in holes, cracks, crevices, doorway entries, under cabinets, stove, and fridge. There was nowhere a roach could walk or hide that this stuff wasn't dusted with.From what I read as long as roaches come in contact with boric acid, either through walking through it or crawling around it, it will eventually kill them by them ingesting it as they clean themselves. And what's even better is when they do have it on them and they crawl back into their hive they spread the particles to other roaches and it kills them too.Many forums say that if you really want the dust to be more effective, to mix in a little powdered sugar so that roaches will consume some boric acid along with the sugar. But I really didn't want to start spreading sugar around my house. I was paranoid that ants would smell sugar and find their way in and I didn't want that.Well within a few days I would find a dead roach here and there. And after about a month or so I didn't see any more roaches. There's probably a whole graveyard of dead roaches inside my walls. Anyway now I keep dusting regularly around inconspicuous areas around the house just as a preventative measure.I don't have any pets so it's ok for my situation, but if you have pets you might be limited in where you put this stuff. I still think it's a "good tool to have in the toolbox" just spread the powder in areas where pets can't get to like under the fridge or furniture or in corners of cabinets. At least you have something to help fight them.I also make sure to keep everything clean, especially floors and inside cabinets. And I sealed every hole and crack I could find around the house with some silicone caulking. Overall very pleased with this stuff. Definitely recommend!

Okay, so this is one of those products that requires some research to understand how it works in order to use it properly. Turns out the number 1 reason for this to not work is using it wrong, in other words the amount you use. With this product, too much is the wrong way to use it, let me explain...For starters, this isn’t an appetizing product for roaches, its not like sugar where they see it, and they want to eat it, so that was my number one misconception; i thought this was some kind of sweet disguise that maybe attracted them, so i thought “well if they want to eat this, let me put a lot”. That is not how this works!. The way this works is the powder clings to the roaches when they WALK OVER IT, eventually the roach will lick itself as their self cleaning technique, and thats how they ingest the powder. After that roach dies (hopefully in their hiding spot with the rest of the roaches), the other roaches will eat the dead roach and boom, now they're all poisoned as well.Now the reason it wasn't working for me at first was because I was applying very thick and visible lines of boric acid around the kitchen counter, cabinets, drawers, floor, etc. Since this isn’t anything appealing to them, whenever they came across the thick lines of powder they didn't think “yummy food”, they thought “great, a barrier, let me go around it”, and thats how they missed my traps. The correct way to use this is by lightly dusting the powder so that its almost unnoticeable because your goal is to get them to walk over the powder. If you read the instructions, there’s something about “light dusting”, and that’s exactly what you should do. I feel like that bit on the instruction should be emphasized because that’s the most crucial part when using the product, yet the one part people get wrong the most.Trust me, after I did the research and realized what I was doing wrong, and appropriately did this, my roach troubles are falling like raindrops!.

This product severely cut the number of cockroaches I was seeing in my apartment. While it took a while to work, this product has done its work, and I still have more for if they return.That being said, remember that it is not easy to control and clean up because it is a powder that reacts with water. It left a bit of a white stain on my floor and became crusty around my sink. This occurred after I left the same powder in place for a couple of months, though. I wouldn't get this if I had pets or kids as it could easily be ingested, but it works well for my circumstances

THIS REVIEW IS REALLY MORE SO FOR THE ADVION COCKROACH GEL BAIT (but I also bought Harris Famous Roach Tablets at the same time) ..... THE AMAZON LINK THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM WON’T ALLOW ME TO LEAVE THIS REVIEW FOR SOME REASON..... ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY HAS OVER 13,000 REVIEWS AT AN AVERAGE OF 4.5 STARS!!!!!!!I'd like to begin with stating these things could come from anywhere. My house is clean, we sweep, wash floors, bleach our bathroom but it happens. My landlord provided a stove from another unit ...... and it came with roaches. About 3-4 weeks after that I noticed the problem. I was using Raid in a can but that only works if you happen to them, doesn't do much for the colony inside the cracks and crevices of a wall or under a kitchen cabinet. The only thing they got into was the sugar and flour. I've since learned my lesson and keep that stuff in a plastic container. I used this product in conjunction w/ "Advion Cockroach Gel Bait, 4-syringes 1.06 oz" . I had an infestation although I'm not sure how big or bad it really was because I haven't woken up to a RAGING sea of the dead as other consumers have. But I assure you it was an issue for us ...... I'd wake up at night or around 5 am and find a slew of them by the dog's water bowl and on the counters and in the sink. Now while I am very clean I do leave a few dishes in the sink from the night before and wash them in the morning when I wake up before I go to work but I don't leave FOOD behind, just rinsed out dishes. But now what I can say is this ..... might not see the dead but I don't see the slew that I used to see! I do a find a few walking dead in search of something to save them from the dehydrating effect of the boric acid (gets in between the exoskeleton and body; dries them out almost instantly). Or they could have been dying from the Advion, they eat it, it blows their stomach up (if you step on them they make a light popping sound). The Advion is great because it kills them, they die and then their fellow roach eats them or eats their feces ... very infectious among a colony and VERY effective. So with said ..... this stuff works. I bought both items Thursday 6/21/18 afternoon, arrived Saturday morning 6/23/18 via U.S. Postal service. I applied both items around my kitchen Saturday night around 9 pm. I used the red straw that comes with the boric acid; sprinkling a think line about 6-8 inches long under each of my two 6ft long floor radiators. I also put it on both sides of my fridge and stove. Also a small circle of it under sink cabinet and in the lazy Susan lower cabinet. On Sunday morning around 6am (I have 2 small dogs so get to the floor to clean up anything found dead so they don't sniff or eat it) .... found a number of dead and walking dead. But more importantly I found all of the Advion poison I put out the night before was COMPLETELY consumed. I put the size of a pea in water bottle caps (10 total) around the kitchen (under radiators, counter tops, under sink) and in the electrical sockets. If you can stomach it, sweep them up into a pile under the radiator .... the living eat their dead so the poison keeps spreading. I writing this review on 6/27/18 @ 8:35 am ..... I woke up to NOT one dead or walking dead thing this morning. Now you have to remember that you may have killed the adults but the young will soon hatch or grow up enough that it's time for them to search for food and water .....so keep applying both items every night even if you don't see dead things in the morning. So 4 mornings have passed, and I have gone from finding many to none. The boric acid is still on the floor and admittingly it doesn't look like they've been eating it but I know it workedbecause I saw them walking dead to find water. But the Advion is still be nibbled on. They don't completely eat it all up like they first did but they nibble and so that means there are fewer of them and its slowly killing the rest of the colony. I will add an update in a couple of weeks. Things to remember ..... I changed out the old poison every night, I wiped down my counters w/ a mix of water and bleach in a dollar store spray bottle EVERY morning when I woke up, when I came home from work around 6 pm because they crawl on the counters at night and while you're not home in search of a reprieve from death while shedding their layers, I made sure to apply where the dogs can't get to the Advion (it looks like peanut butter and my dog tried more than once to eat it), Also sweep up the dead in a pile under a radiator, they eat the dead. I haven't used in the bathroom because I've never seen one in the bathroom but I will begin that tonight now that I'm thinking about it while I write this review. So yeah ......buy Harris Famous boric acid and Advion Cockroach Gel Bait (link below) because they work. Advion Cockroach Gel Bait is definitely a 5 STAR purchase!!!!https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002Y2GNVM/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_1

Before I continue, I have been buying this product from a different seller (in store) since the 1990s. I was introduced to it by a kitchen worker at a private school in Beverly Hills. The powder (in my personal opinion) works better than Chinese Chalk, baits, and insect sprays (especially if you have asthmatics in the home). It is odorless and if applied correctly, stays in place until you sweep it up. I use it under the refrigerator, under the stove, and under the washer/dryer. I have also used it in the hallway closet, on tile flooring. I gave this a lower score because the product I received was less than half-full. I have not opened it or used it yet because I received it the same day I ordered it, which was yesterday. The pictures illustrate how much of the product was in the bottle. As for ease of use, I do not recommend it for people with small kids or pets. I would have given this a higher rating but not only was I asked to edit/rewrite my review but no one has reached out to me to apologize or offer any sort of rationale for the less than half full bottle of product I received.