Customer Reviews for Martins Surrender Fire Ant Killer

Based on the glowing reviews, I ordered this product for roaches. I applied it indoors in a rental house. It does no better than a roach bomb from home depot & a follow up with bifenthrin. But the STENCH is not easy to get rid of. Vacuumed it up, placed air fresheners around the house, but every time I open the door with my new prospective tenants I have to apologize that the house SMELLS LIKE GARBAGE! It stinks so bad I left the container in the carport. My wife brought it in and I said NOOO! Leave it outside! She said "OMG! I thought I was smelling the garbage dumpster!!" Folks, you can't even ride to the job with this stinky stuff in the car. There are plenty of alternative products available for less and won't run off your customers. Only buy this for fire ants outdoors. NO INDOOR APPLICATIONS!

  Expert response:
This product is absolutely NOT labeled for indoor control of any insect. You must read and follow the label prior to using an insecticide to be sure you know how and where to apply the product. Surrender FIRE ANT killer can only be used outdoors on fire ant mounds. Please do not attempt to use indoors for any reason.

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67 of 94 people found this review helpful

I bought the Martins Surrender Fire Ant Killer to use in conjunction with a broadcast bait. I have not put out the broadcast bait as I am waiting for some trees to be cut down this week.I find it does not work any better than over the counter killer which I could buy at the box store at half the price. I will not buy it again. I use the potato chip to see if they are feeding before I apply it. The bed may seem to be gone, but it just seems to go deeper into the yard, and I have to reapply it more than one time. On my only flower bed, I had to apply it three different times in the same spot until I could work in the bed.

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10 of 15 people found this review helpful

We have a small lake in our backyard. As water levels go up, the fire ants move closer to us. I have been stung too many time and want a product that works fast. Unfortunately, this was not it.

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