The Cleanrth TSAR550 Ultrasonic Fox Repeller – USA

The Cleanrth TSAR550 is an ultrasonic fox deterrent that protects your garden from foxes 24/7.

Using high-pitched sounds that are beyond the range of human hearing, the fox learns to associate your garden with these irritating and uncomfortable noises.

After installation you will see less and less of the fox, until it stops entering your garden completely.

No need to spray anything. Easy to install. Completely humane. The Cleanrth TSAR550 is the USA’s most popular automated fox deterrent, offering long term fox protection for your garden.

Foxes are very persistent animals

If you’re in the USA and you’ve been experiencing problems with foxes coming into your garden, then it’s probably safe to say that you’ve had enough of the pooing, digging and destruction, and you’re looking for something to stop it.

Foxes are particularly persistent creatures that place great importance on securing their territories. The main way they do this is by ‘scent-marking’ – pooing and spraying urine in prominent places to signal to neighbouring foxes that the territory is occupied.

Foxes are notoriously reluctant to give up their territories without a fight. So when it comes to deterring them with traditional scented repellents, people usually stop putting in the effort long before the fox has been deterred.

People give up before scented deterrents take effect

The main reason for people’s failure to deter foxes is because foxes need to face a sustained and persistent period of deterrence in order to get them to change their habits and stay away from your garden.

Too often, people buy a scented repellent, spray it around their garden a once or twice and think that should be enough. However, once or twice is not enough. Smells quickly fade, especially after rain, and the fox will be back again having considered the scented deterrent a brief inconvenience rather than a reason to stay away for good.

Normal service will quickly resume.

The successful way to use a scented deterrent is too apply it in your garden every couple of days for at least 2 weeks. This keeps the smell strong and is long enough to cause behavioural change in the fox, teaching it to associate your garden with the horrible smell (usually citronella).

Traditional fox repellents are high maintenance

The main problem with this method is that you’ve got to remember to get out in your garden regularly to apply this stuff.

What if it’s raining? What if you’re busy at work or with family? What about during vacations?

There are a large number of reasons why you might not be able to get into your garden as often as you need in order to successfully keep the fox away.

Even if you do manage to apply a scented deterrent and temporarily get rid of the fox, what happens in 2 or 3 months when the fox tries its luck again and discovers that the horrible smell has gone? You have to go through the whole process all over again.

Surely there must be an easier way?

The Cleanrth TSAR550 – making fox deterrent easy

The Cleanrth Ultrasonic Deterrent is a much easier alternative to traditional scented fox repellents because you don’t need to do anything else after you’ve set it up.

Installation is simple. All you need to do is screw in the plastic stake into the bottom of the unit, connect the included mains adapter (or 2 x 9 volt batteries – not included) and switch it on.

When the fox enters your garden and crosses the Cleanrth’s motion sensor, the unit lets out a few sharp bursts of high-pitched noise. This noise is like a fox burglar alarm, or the fox equivalent of scratching your fingernails down a chalkboard.

Each time the fox tries to enter your garden (and it will keep trying) it triggers the alarm. This causes the fox to change its behaviour – associating your garden with the horrible noise and learning to go somewhere else.

The Cleanrth TSAR550 will continue to do this every single time, regardless of the time of day or whether you’re in or out. You don’t need to remember to be out in your garden or do anything inconvenient that you haven’t got time for. The Cleanrth sits in your yard doing the hard work for you.

Find the entry point to your garden

To get the best results from the Cleanrth Fox Repeller, try and find the place where the fox enters your garden and set up the unit facing that area.

The entry point is important because it means the fox will trigger the ultrasonic noises the moment it tries to enter your garden. This will be more effective and lead to quicker results than if the fox was allowed further into your garden before encountering the deterrent.

Use the power adapter

The Cleanrth unit comes with a power adapter (with 38ft cable) that you can plug into your electrical supply and it’s recommended by the manufacturer that you use it.

You can use 2 x 9 Volt batteries instead, but you then face the problem of having batteries go flat. If the batteries go flat and you don’t notice, the ultrasonic unit is effectively useless and the foxes won’t be facing a deterrent.

If you don’t have a plug socket nearby, it’s a good idea to get an extension cable that is suitable for use outside. You will get much better results using the power adapter.

Priced around $70, with mounting stake and including a 9V DC 500mA power adapter, the Cleanrth TSAR550 uses a triple scan infrared sensor that can detect foxes up to 66ft away in a 120 degree arc, which is suitable for all types of garden.

Low maintenance and very effective, the Cleanrth TSAR550 Ultrasonic Repeller has quickly become one of America’s most efective ways of keeping foxes away.