Bonide Repels-All Animal Repellent, 32 oz Concentrate, Long Lasting Outdoor Garden Deer Repellent, People and Pet Safe

Update 2025: This repellent continues to be my go to for Bambi-proofing my yard. Just ordered more for this year. It works great, but will always have to re-apply it after it rains. Less often in the heat of summer as it tends to last longer with climate change temps. Nothing touches what's been sprayed. Not a nibble, not a hoof print left behind, nothing. The deer know.Upping my review to 5 stars because after all these years of using this, this repellent continues to do what it's supposed to without the price going up. Thank you to the manufacturer!!OG Review: I've had ongoing problems with deer eating my hostas. That seems to be their absolute favorite thing. The last few years, they've turned my yard into an eat-it-all salad bar, meaning they're now eating plants they've never touched before. This year they pruned every single bud and flower from my day lily bed. About 150 flowers and buds gone in one night. Grrrr. I almost went out and bought a shotgun.Long story short, this repellent has been pretty good about deterring them. It gets 4 stars simply because I have to reapply it at least twice a week and right after it rains. It is not rain proof, nor does it last longer than 4-5 days. It doesn't completely stop them either. They still nibble on things and do minimal damage, almost as if they're checking to see if I forgot to spray. I'm mixing up strong batches and spraying everything that might be tempting to them to deter their sampling. I think part of having success with this spray is consistently spraying and starting off in the early spring with it. The deer sort of learn what's been sprayed. If I miss even one hosta, believe me, that's the one that gets eaten!!In addition to this repellent, I've put up deer fencing around the veggie garden and I have my wildflower garden covered with netting stretched out over rebar. There's simply too much to spray. I also purchased some of those blinking red lights (Predators Eye) because it often rains here in the middle of the night and by morning, everything gets clipped right down to the stems. It's insane I have to go through this much trouble, but I guess that's the trade off for living away from urban areas.Side note....this does not work on dogs, raccoons, cats, squirrels or possums. This repellent works best by spraying it on things that are being eaten by animals, not as a barrier to keep animals out of particular areas.

Repels All smells horrible, but it's the best product I've found to protect my gardens from the deer and rabbits. I use it just before dark when my neighbors have gone inside. It's not 100% effective, but sprayed generously every ten days, it has protected many of my flowers and shrubs. I've used it successfully for years and years.

I have never had to write a negative review of any product purchased on Amazon, but, after some deliberation, I needed to speak up. I have used this product several times in the past and have been very satisfied, especially as I live surrounded by woods with hundreds of Hosta and other plants deer love to eat. When this bottle arrived, it was shrink wrapped and the cap was easy to open. I should have been suspicious immediately. The liquid inside was the consistency of water, not the thick liquid of the past. My husband suggested it may be a new formula and to follow the instructions as it still smelled horrible. I did so, sprayed all my plants and left for a long weekend. When I returned, my garden was a shadow of itself. All my phlox was eaten to the ground, all the leaves on my many hydrangea plants were stripped and most of my Hosta were eaten. Somewhere between the manufacturer and the distributor, the formula was watered down. So - be aware and return anything that doesn't feel 'right'.

I'm writing a similar review that I wrote for the individual bottle of repels-all. The only difference is this concentrated bottle is much more economical. I reuse the individual repels-all spray to mix from this concentrate bottle.I've friends that swear this is the best deer repellent on the market. I'm not completely in agreement though it is one of the best. It's easy to use. I find the wider spray works better by giving more coverage with less product. I live in Central Oregon and have deer come through my yard every day. They particularly love to eat my burning bushes. I use the wider spray option and literally watch deer come up to my bushes and then turn away. This lasts for 4-5 days and then I need to respray. After 4-5 days, the deer start taking little bites here and there but don't do the deep dive into the bushes like they normally would. A little refresher of the spray does the trick to keep them away. We don't get much rain in the summer here, so a refresher spray every 4-5 days seems to be enough. If we happen to get a thunderstorm or shower, I will then re-apply a more thorough spray to the bushes. The product has a strong black pepper smell which does linger for a couple of hours. I am careful not to open windows shortly after spraying.

Our daylillies were being eaten to the ground by deer. We decided to give this stuff a try and so glad we did! Our dayllillies are tall and in full bloom now!

This stuff works but not as well as the advertising claims. This definitely doesn’t survive rains and needs to be reapplied every time it rains, despite the label saying otherwise. It also definitely doesn’t survive not last two months.Deer have better sense of smell than i do but this stuff is putrid and by the next day i can’t smell any of it on my plants.It does seem to work for a brief period of time but is cumbersome to apply to my plants frequently and the bottle doesn’t last long with hours much product is needed per gallon of water.I would use this again on very specific plants like my small fruit trees but it’s a pain for full gardens.A hose sprayer like you use for weed killer would work well for application of larger areas

Deer have destroyed many of our ornamentals over the years. This is the first product that has worked to keep them at bay! I like the fact that it stays on after a rainfall. I spray the first of the month June-Aug minimum. It's not cheap, but it works for us.