Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel
By Bob on 05/28/2010
I purchased the Maxforce on May 18, 2010. Put the gel in many different places where the carpenter ants were traveling and watched them everyday for five days (5-10 ants at a time). The ants would not touch the gel. They would go near it and go right around. Not happy at all with product. Had to give it one star, would not allow 0.
Expert response:
Ants are very picky eaters. If the ants walk by the gel in this situation, it means that they were not in the mood this week for a sweet sugar bait, they were in the mood for more of a protein bait. This is why we made our Carpenter Ant Kit #1, which comes with this Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait as well as the Advance Carpenter Granular bait. The Advance bait is a protein based bait. It is always better to give the ants an option, so if they are not in the mood for the sugar, you have the granule available which is a protein. Also, even though the ants went by it this week, they may be looking for sugar next week. Sometimes with ants you have to give it time.
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49 of 53 people found this review helpful
Waste of money
By Mark on 10/10/2014
Had huge carpenter ant problem, still have huge carpenter ant problem. Tried max force ant bait, ants ate it up but didn't seem to kill them. Should have just used the 20 dollars I wasted on this product and just called an exterminator, wich I did. Leave it to the pros.
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5 of 8 people found this review helpful
Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel
By John on 05/26/2011
It does not appear that the Carpenter Ants I have in my home are attracted to the MaxForce bait. I've not seen them feeding on the bait, which I put in six different locations near where I see the ants. The bait has not reduced the number of ants we see in our home.
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4 of 5 people found this review helpful
No luck
By Stalemate on 06/22/2011
Carpenter ants behind drywall. Drilled pilot holes at room corners (top and bottom) and applied two tubes of MaxForce gel bait. Also drilled additional holes near wood shavings where the drywall and molding had some separation. After two weeks no decrease in activity. Fortunately, I did find the nest in the yard as well as the path into the house. The nest and path were treated with Deltamethrin and Lambda Cyhalothrin. So far so good, no sign of ants outside or inside of house. It pays to use a flashlight at night when the ants are active and look around the outside walls to find the path into the house. As a matter of interest, I also applied some of the gel near a fire ant mound. The fire ants would not go near it.
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4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel
By Chris on 03/20/2011
Ignored by Ants
By Disapointed on 04/25/2013
I ordered this product because the honey/boric acid mix I was using was hard to mix to the correct proportions. I.e, if too weak it didn't kill them, if too strong it killed them before they could get it back to the nest. I used Maxforce Carpenter Ant Bait Gel in conjuction with Advance Carpenter Ant Bait as recommended. Baits have been out for two weeks. Ants have totally ignored both baits. I just went back to the honey/boric acid and have mixed varying concentrations hoping that some will get back to the nest. The ants attacked the honey mix within two hours. If it doesn't work, at least it is much cheaper than the $100 I spent on these baits.
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2 of 4 people found this review helpful
MER
By Merlin on 07/11/2014
It was absolutely worthless and a complete waste of money. The instructions said to place a small amount of the gel where the flying ants would carry it back to their nest but it just hardened and did not work. If they got to it quick enough they just stuck to the gel. The worst part is I purchased two of them and they both acted the same way. $40.00 gone for a bad product and I still have the flying ants. Bad Product - Don't waste your money.
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2 of 2 people found this review helpful
No good
By Bill on 07/23/2014
Carpenter Ant bait gel
By Wendy on 10/15/2014
So far I haven't seen any evidence that they have eaten the product. No dead ants!!
Expert response:
If the ants are not foraging for sweets or carbohydrates, then they will not be attracted to the gel bait immediately. We recommend offering a protein bait, as well, such as the Advance Granular Carpenter Ant Bait, so that you are offering both food sources for which the ants may be foraging: http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/advance-carpenter-ant-bait-p-173.html
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Did not Work on Florida Carpenter Ant.
By Mike on 07/29/2016
I have the Florida carpenter ants (Camponotus) and they ignored the bail alltogether. Maybe it is the wrong season but those little peckers live in my house and there is nothing I can do except start tearing walls down
Expert response:
If you are unsuccessful with baiting methods, we recommend you try using a non-repellent spray such as Phantom indoors or Termidor in wall voids and on the exterior. Both of these products work somewhat like bait in that they are transferred back to the colony, but the ant merely have to cross over a treated area vs having to be interested in a food source. We hope this information has been helpful!
Any Bait Gel
By Jack on 10/17/2016
Tube had no way to despense contents when pushing on back material leaked out very messy did not work
Expert response:
We apologize you had an issue dispensing the product. Was the black cap unscrewed from the front of the syringe? (This is often overlooked with this product) Were you using the white plunger to push the product out of the tube? Please let us know so we can help you troubleshoot the application.
Did nothing
By Royf on 06/16/2017
Maxforce
By Dante on 07/25/2017
Total waste for me
By Janeiro on 07/12/2019