Maxforce Fleet Ant Bait Gel - Box (4 X 27 gr.)

I usually do not write reviews unless I feel a product is really worthy or useful for a problem others may be having. What began as a few carpenter ants here and there became a creepy crawly, really annoying issue right on cue with the arrival of Spring. They would pop up in the most random places in the house on both floors. Knowing they are usually active at night made this problem even more cringeworthy, and although I hated the thought of killing an entire colony of creatures I was not willing to have this infestation. The key to effectively using this is patience and knowing that the bigger the problem the longer it may take. You absolutely need to resist the temptation to stop them where you find them and instead use them to help work the problem out for you. We used an opportunity of being away for a long weekend in mid-March (with the pets) to set out bait stations all over the place. These bait stations consisted of folded 6x6 inch pieces of cooking parchment paper (folded to be a little thicker) that we initially put piles of BASF Advance granules on (no need to purchase fancy bait stations). When we came home we found one station active, so we zeroed in on that area and baby-gated it so the dogs could not get near it. I added two more areas of parchment paper with bait piles (a couple of tablespoons) in line with the trails they were following and for about two nights in a row the piles of bait were reduced to nothing by the morning. When I noticed the granules were no longer being moved, I removed the paper with the granules and placed a pool of the MaxForce Fleet Gel on new parchment paper in the same area. For about 4 days/nights in a row it was a feeding frenzy. (I read more than I would ever want to about these creatures and the granules are the protein and the gel is the sweets they vacillate between craving.) I wasn't noticing any reduction in the number of ants coming and going around sunset (when they really come out) and I was so frustrated that they were still so active and kept appearing all over the house despite the bait being taken for nearly a week. But we kept at it. About Day 9 we started noticing a few dead ants here and there and some in the process of dying. The numbers started reducing until we only found about 4 or 5 live ones a day (instead of 4 or 5 every half hour) in really random areas. I was beginning to think there was a satellite nest. By the time week two rolled around (I kept the gel out and freshened it every other night), we went our first day without finding any ants - living or dead - and have been completely carpenter ant free since (about 2 weeks). I kept the bait available until I was 5 days ant free, just in case. We will now do the outdoor house perimeter preventative measure each fall and spring and if another is seen inside next spring for some reason I know my plan of attack. Lessons learned: 1) I would probably put both bait types out from the start on separate pieces of paper since you never know when they will prefer the one over the other (we lucked out by guessing what cycle they were in correctly). 2) Even though this is expensive, I was glad I used it liberally. No point in saving it when the goal it to get rid of the problem altogether. They "ate" what we put out and the evening dinner crowd consisted of dozens eating at any one time. 3) I will probably triple fold the pieces of paper next time, only for the fact that the gel hardens and in one area it seeped through and it took a little bit of scrubbing to get it off the floor. 4) I erred on the side of caution and Clorox wiped the bait station areas once the ants were gone (not before - you do not want to ruin the pheromone trail to the bait area they are making), just in case any bait debris was left and the dogs wanted to check out the area when the baby gate was removed. If the problem returns, I will update this review.

This product was suggested by our local pest control company, and it definitely works great. We noticed a big improvement quickly, and the ants were gone without any hassle. Easy to use and very effective highly recommend this if you’re dealing with ants.

Carpenter ants are serious ants. Normal insecticides don't work on them. The active ingredient in this one is fipronil, which is the same thing used on termites. It takes several weeks, but it gets rid of the entire colony.

Highly recommend. I works very well. Dries fast. Worth the cost. So far I was rid of ants in over a year. Living in country. Has its challenges

Youtube video over plays effectiveness. Bait works but not a miracle cure for ants, Fairly pricy for it's effectiveness. Meh.

This product continuously keeps the ants away. Highly recommend.

I had a very unexpected carpenter ant invasion in my bathroom. They were in my cabinets, my light fixture, my bathtub....it was the stuff of nightmares! MAXFORCE comes with prefilled syringes and a plunger you insert into the prefilled "syringe". I applied it to a few spots inside of the cabinets, along the top of my bathroom mirror because they had a trail into my flourescent light fixture, and along the top of my bathtub/shower where the tiles met the wallpaper. (I have a small dog, so I only used it in the high places my dog can't get to). TIP: I wish I had not applied it directly to anything, because it stains. It's the consistency of glue, use a plastic lid or apply to tape that can be pulled up after the ants are gone. I applied this to the above mentioned surfaces about 8pm at night. I figured it would take a few days to work because the ants take it back to the colony. When I woke up the next morning, there were HUNDREDS of dead ants in my bathroom. I figured I would have to put more MAXFORCE out in a few days.....but I haven't seen a single ant in my house in months! I highly recommend this to anyone fighting carpenter ants. *Just a small warning: this is ant bait with poison mixed in. It attracts ants and they will show up in a swarm. Don't panic. Shut the door and go to bed and let the magic happen.

Comes with no bait containers so you have to come up with your own way to apply it. If you just apply it on the floor or wherever - it dries in one day to a concrete-like texture. Extremely hard to remove. This supposed to be good for carpenter ants but they walk around / past it and ignore it. Must clean up and re-apply daily because it dries out. Could they have included a couple of cheap plastic bait holders at this cost?? I ended up putting it on strips of scotch tape that I could easily take up later after it hardens. And it comes with syringe to inject it into crevices. But why do that - it will just harden and then you have that crap in there forever doing nothing. After a week of giving this a chance and tolerating ants walking around hoping they somehow would be taking some of this back to their nest, I have given up. Zero impact. They still seem to be thriving. What a waste of money.