Product Dimensions | 15 x 13 x 28.5 cm; 324 g |
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Part number | STV628 |
Item display height | 30.06 centimetres |
Item display length | 15.11 centimetres |
Item display width | 13.96 centimetres |
Item display weight | 0.39 Kilograms |
Material type | Plastic |
Power source type | Hand Powered |
Manufacturer | STV International |
Item model number | STV628 |
ASIN | B008ID91XI |
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The Big Cheese Prickle Strip Dog Stopper – 2 m x 28 cm wide, durable Grow-thru Deterrent Protects Plants and Bulbs and Prevents Cats, Dogs, and Wildlife from Digging the Garden and Plant Pots
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Brand | The Big Cheese |
Colour | Black |
Style | Modern |
Material | Plastic |
Item weight | 0.32 Kilograms |
Number of pieces | 1 |
Is electric | Yes |
Target species | Cat |
EU Spare Part Availability Duration | 1 Years |
Unit count | 1 1 |
About this item
- EFFECTIVE: Prevents cats, dogs, and wildlife from digging in planted areas, gravel borders, and vulnerable parts of the garden
- EASY SET-UP: Easy installation just below ground level, with grow-thru design that allows roots and bulbs to flourish
- DURABLE: Weather resistant, frost-proof material for years of reliable plant protection
- CUT-TO-SIZE: 2m long x 28cm wide – can be trimmed to length or joined side-by-side
- Packaging may vary
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Caring control of pets & wildlife
Part of Defenders Prickle Strip range
Pre-cut flexible polypropylene prickle strips from Defenders are available in a selection of shape and sizes.
Keep your garden and outdoor areas free from unwelcome intruders with the comprehensive range of welfare-friendly and poison-free solutions from Defenders.
Prickle Strip Dig Stopper from Defenders
Prevents cats, dogs and wildlife from digging seedbeds and vulnerable planted areas
Dig Stopper is easy to install just below ground level, allowing new plants to grow through the mesh and successfully establish.
The Dig Stopper spiky texture agitates the paws of the animals trying to dig or scratch forcing them to seek new areas. Prickle Strips can be used as a singled rolled out section, cut to smaller sections or interlinked with additional rolls to create a large area of protection.
See the full range of Defenders Prickle Strips for ground and garden perimeter deterrents.
- Prevents cats, dogs and wildlife from digging in planted areas, gravel borders and soil without harm.
- Allows plants to grow and establish through the prickle mesh.
- Measures 28cm x 2m – can be trimmed or joined together.
- Easy to install just below ground level.
- Ground fixing pins included.
- Part of a comprehensive prickle strip range from Defenders.
Product Highlights
Cut to size
Prickle Strip Dig Stopper comes on a 2 metre roll and can be trimmed to size or connected together to cover larger garden areas.
Use the fixing pins supplied to anchor the mesh to the ground.
Roll measures 28cm x 2m.
Safe deterrent
Prickle Strip Dig Stopper is a safe deterrent that will not harm. The Dig Stopper is designed as an obstacle in the way of the scratching and digging motion. The spikes are a firm but flexible plastic that won't harm paws.
Weather resistant
Made from long-lasting weather resistant & UV-resistant plastic for year round protection.
Easy to Install
Easy to install just below ground level. Allows new plants to grow through the plastic mesh and establish.
Cat & Dog Problems
Cats can be your best friend but for some they're an unwanted visitor to gardens. Cats are territorial and mark their territory by depositing pheromones from scent glands by urination or otherwise. This scent marking indicates the attractive areas to which they will return. This scenting behaviour is the same for dogs and so treating the attraction will deter the visitor from returning.
Cats natural behaviours can be destructive to planted borders and gravelled areas leaving both unpleasant gifts, disturbed ground and a potential hazard to children at play.
There are many ways cats and dogs can be deterred from the areas we want to protect. The comprehensive range of products from Defenders offers a solution for your situation.
Repellent Sprays, Gels and Granules
Cats and dogs are repelled by pungent odours and surface treatments such as sprays and gels will act to mask the pheromone scent left by animal waste.
Citrus-based scents are particularly effective, encapsulating the natural essence of orange oils in a liquid or gel formulation will allow you to apply the treatment to the affected area training the cat to seek new areas for fouling.
A liquid spray formulation can be applied over a large reaching area using the trigger sprayer or pump action pressure sprayer. The Defenders Cat & Dog Crystal Gel will hold a gel form for a period of time slowly releasing the pungent scent; this is an ideal application for pebbled or gravelled areas.
Sonic Technology
Mega-Sonic Cat Repellers from Defenders are an outdoor welfare-friendly cat deterrent that does not harm cats, dogs or other wildlife.
Motion detecting ground level repellers are battery, mains or solar powered. The repeller units use PIR motion sensors to detect the movement of cats, activating mega-sonic sound pulses at a frequency that only cats can hear. The sonic technology works day and night at deterring unwanted visitors from your garden without harm.
See the full range of Defenders Mega-Sonic Cat & Dog Repellers; STV606, STV610, STV620 and STV601 for more information.
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Price | £9.99£9.99 | £19.99£19.99 | £5.61£5.61 | £5.74£5.74 | £10.33£10.33 | — |
Pack size | Single roll | Multi-pack (3 rolls) | Single | Single | 6 Pack | 2 pack |
Product dimensions | 28cm x 2m (can be trimmed or joined together) | Each roll - 28cm x 2m (can be trimmed or joined together) | 4.5cm x 45cm | 23cm x 9cm | 4.5cm x 45cm (each) | 49cm x 14cm (each) |
Siting | Planted areas. Gravel borders and soil | Planted areas. Gravel borders and soil | Sheds, fences, brick walls, gates, railings, window sills, drain pipes | Sheds, fences, brick walls, gates, railings, window sills | Sheds, fences, brick walls, gates, railings, window sills, drain pipes | Planted areas. Plant pots, gravel borders and soil |
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Date First Available | 7 July 2012 |
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Customer Reviews |
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Best Sellers Rank | 21,830 in Garden (See Top 100 in Garden) 175 in Pet & Wild Animal Control |
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Customers find the product effective for keeping cats and dogs away from gardens. It prevents foxes from digging, and they appreciate its ease of cutting and build quality. However, some customers feel that the fixtures are too small or short to keep the strip in place.
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Customers like the product's effectiveness. They say it works well, but it's not easy to get flat. Some find it prickly but not too bad to cut to shape.
"...Product works but takes a degree of patience to install with the correct amount of soil but could be vastly improved with the supply of sufficient..." Read more
"...If you're expecting this and have a solution prepared then this is a good product...." Read more
"...This product is amazing, the cats and foxes that used to foul my flowerbeds avoid it like the plague...." Read more
"...Having said this the product seems to be working fairly well at stopping the neighbourhood cats using the area as a toilet." Read more
Customers like the cat control. It works well for keeping cats off their garden borders, preventing them from pooping on their front gardens, and keeping dogs away. Some say it's an effective deterrent to urban foxes. Overall, customers are satisfied with the product's effectiveness in keeping cats away from their gardens and flowerbeds.
"...For my purposes this was a fair value and effective deterrent to urban foxes...." Read more
"...Several days have now passed and NO cats ! Well done to whoever designed this, it's brilliant and it works." Read more
"...the prickle strips over the fox's favourite dig spot, there has been no damage!..." Read more
"...Some of it is currently protecting bare soil until I can replant as I had a few shrubs to remove and bare soil would have tempted cats and foxes...." Read more
Customers like the product. It stops foxes, cats, and squirrels from digging in their gardens and pots. They say it prevents them from digging in a humane way. Some mention that it still walks over it, but it prevents them from making the same hole in their lawn every night.
"...One of them will sometimes still walk over it, but it prevents him digging there...." Read more
"...It seems to stop them digging into the soil but apparently they can walk over it. Would need to buy a lot more to cover the whole garden." Read more
"This product has provided an excellent solution to foxes digging up my spring bulbs...." Read more
"...wouldn't be effective but it's actually prevented my puppy digging up freshly planted grass seed. Excellent product!" Read more
Customers find the product easy to cut. They mention it's easy to roll out and cut, with metal tent pegs handy to keep strips flat. The strips are simple to fit and work well.
"...It was easy to install and can easily be cut to shape...." Read more
"...But, hurray, these seem to have done the job. Easy to roll out and cut...." Read more
"...way through the strips, but if they start to struggle, the strips are very easy to cut. Time will tell...." Read more
"...Have found metal tent pegs handy, to keep strips I have cut to size flat, as the ones on it are a bit pointless and fiddly. Cats have stayed off...." Read more
Customers appreciate the product's build quality. They say it's well-made, with sturdy prickle strips that keep cats away.
"...It was easy to install and can easily be cut to shape. It feels sturdy enough and the points are sharp enough to deter cats, (I hope), but not..." Read more
"...The spikes aren’t sharp but they’re very strong, you won’t have an impaled squirrel just kept plants...." Read more
"...sure how long the prickles will last either, they seem quite thin and flimsy - certainly not something to damage an animal's paws." Read more
"...It’s not a bad quality prickle bed, I haven’t seen him drop in at that spot since it’s been there, and visits have been reduced...." Read more
Customers have different views on the value for money of the pest control device. Some find it easy to install and worth the cost, while others consider it overpriced for what it offers.
"...Worth every penny!" Read more
"...It's a bit over-priced for what it is, but for me, it was worth it to have plants survive again.. It would work even better..." Read more
"...For my purposes this was a fair value and effective deterrent to urban foxes...." Read more
"...At ten pounds for one strip I would argue it is not great value for money I feel a price point of ten pounds for two strips would be more..." Read more
Customers are unhappy with the size of the product. They find the fixtures too small and short to fix it in the garden. The 2 m long seems large but is not enough to cover much space. The hooks and pegs are also too small and ineffective.
"...pegs are utterly useless in keeping it down - they're far too short to get an anchor, and the hook ends too small to get purchase on the soil - so..." Read more
"...use of the area is.. The provided plastic fixtures are useless, far too small/short, at least, for fixing it in the ground...." Read more
"...4cm isn't long enough to get past the loose topsoil...." Read more
"...Anyway one major gripe with that the plastic anchors are way too short to even keep the stripe in place and the second thing is that there aren't..." Read more
Customers are unhappy with the pegs provided to secure the product. They mention the pegs are useless, so they need tent pegs to hold it down.
"...The little pegs are utterly useless in keeping it down - they're far too short to get an anchor, and the hook ends too small to get purchase on the..." Read more
"...can grow through it up to a point. It DOES require some decent pegs to keep it secure and I used these robust numbers: [..." Read more
"...As others have said, the miniature plastic pegs are useless, because they're only a couple of cm and struggle against the fairly tightly curled..." Read more
"...it has not been given 5 stars is because the fasteners provided do not hold the strips firmly in place in the sandy soil in our garden...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2019For months I'd been coming downstairs in the morning to find "something" had been digging up my flowerbed, and either uprooting/ removing the smaller plants or damaging larger ones. I thought it was cats, but there's never been any gifts left behind - I wondered if it was crows, but nope, they seem to just attack my neighbour's lawn. As the months went by, and never seeing any culprits, it became apparent that some of the bulb plants that SHOULD have been coming through were not. I went for a rake and found they'd actually been taken - I was beginning to think it might be human weirdos - so I set up a camera...
My garden problem turned out to be urban foxes - digging up my flowerbeds and eating my bulbs. I didn't even know foxes ate bulbs, but every day's a school day!
Anyway, vandals identified, I started trying out different deterrent methods. An ultrasonic scarer worked for a while (and I've not seen a cat cross my garden since), but soon the foxes just got used to it. I hate chemical products, but thought I'd try them out of desperation... and they did absolutely NOTHING. Then I found this.
AND IT'S AMAZING!
Since installing, not only have the excavations stopped, but the foxes just don't even bother coming for a look now.
I set it up so that the spines peep just out of the soil surface, so unless you're really looking you don't see them - but I caught a fox heading to the bed, it put one paw on and leapt back. It went in again, sniffed, tried pawing at the soil in a couple of areas, and then promptly tottered away - joy!! And there's been no soil disturbance since.
Now I will say that while hugely effective, it's not the best presentation. It comes in a roll, and seems to retain form-memory, as it tries to roll back once unfurled. The little pegs are utterly useless in keeping it down - they're far too short to get an anchor, and the hook ends too small to get purchase on the soil - so the mat just springs back. I found the best way to lay it is instead to use a couple of large stones to pin the ends down for a few weeks, during which the sun heats the plastic and relaxes it, and the stones can be removed.
So bad elements aside, this has stopped my bulbs being eaten, plants being damaged, and above all - stopped the foxes even bothering to explore my garden. Worth every penny!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 February 2018[~UPDATE: Although this was good on prepared beds/pots to prevent digging, I also tried it along a brick wall to disrupt the route cats take. The cats would simply prance over it; the spikes just aren't uncomfortable enough for them to avoid it completely and go another way.
So I've dropped a star. Still useful but if there was a spikier but still harmless version I'd want to try that. ~]
For my purposes this was a fair value and effective deterrent to urban foxes.
I only needed it to cover pots in which I'd planted bulbs, so one roll will do me for ages.
Once down, it isn't very visible and daffs etc. can grow through it up to a point.
It DOES require some decent pegs to keep it secure and I used these robust numbers: Hyfive Heavy Duty Metal Tent Pegs/Hooks for Camping Tent, Awning, Tarpaulin Pack of 20
I know it keeps foxes from digging up my bulbs; not only have the bulbs remained protected but one of the charming furry urchins took a dump on one spiky panel, out of frustration p'raps.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 October 2018I have 4 cats, and since putting this down over my flower beds, all except one avoid the area. One of them will sometimes still walk over it, but it prevents him digging there. I don't have a big problem with foxes, but I think it would probably work for foxes, too, although they might still walk over it, and pooh on top of it - would maybe depend how ingrained their use of the area is.. The provided plastic fixtures are useless, far too small/short, at least, for fixing it in the ground. For flower pots, they might just about work, but I used other pegs, the U-shaped metal ones. It's a bit awkward to use if you're planting potted plants, or you have existing mature plants, as the holes, at 2 cm x 1 cm, are far too narrow/small to allow enough space for the plants to fit through. It would probably work better if you sowed seeds, or planted bulbs, then covered them with it. But anything that forms a thicker stem or a clump in the middle, like ferns, will eventually be restricted by the size of the holes. I solved this by cutting holes for the plants, and as long as the holes are not too big, it will still prevent digging. The only plants for which I'd use it without cutting holes would be ground cover plants, thin-stemmed bulbs or grass.. However, despite the extra effort, I am happy, as this is first thing that has worked for me - my cats used to trample my plants. I tried the sprays, spreading pepper, various mulches, and even sticking pointy sticks/plastic forks around the plants. It's a bit over-priced for what it is, but for me, it was worth it to have plants survive again.. It would work even better (probably also for foxes) if the spikes were taller and thicker - they're only 1.5 cm high and quite thin. That would also be better for mulching over it. I put Strulch (mineralised straw mulch) over it, which also hides it (didn't like how it looked without), and it still works, as long as you don't spread it too thick, but chipped bark and similar might end up covering it altogether. Overall, would recommend, at least for cats..
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norguet angeliqueReviewed in France on 7 May 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Vraiment génial.
Je recommande ce produit mes 4 gros chiens passent leur temps à me manger le terreau de mes pots, par contre prévoir autre système de fixation car leur petite attache ne vaut rien.
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A DenekampReviewed in the Netherlands on 12 May 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Werkt perfect
Goede oplossing om op het zwemplateu te leggen om de watervogels weggehouden
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matteoReviewed in Italy on 4 June 2020
5.0 out of 5 stars Semplice ed efficace
Installata nei vasi in balcone per tenere lontano il gatto dei vicini. Ha funzionato perfettamente. Si taglia facilmente con una forbice da cucina ma è piuttosto ostica da posizionare poiché tende ad arrotolarsi, consiglio di fissarla al terreno con dei picchetti da tenda come questi https://amzn.to/3eQACaC .
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VitCamReviewed in Italy on 21 February 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars Rete dissuasore per gatti
La rete è di buona fattura ma i gatti ci passano sopra comunque piega nn do le punte, che poi proprio a punta non sono.
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Client d'AmazonReviewed in France on 1 June 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Defenders STV628 Prickle Strip Anti-Grattage, Noir, 200 x 30 x 2 cm
alors là, terminé les chats qui viennent uriner dans vos plates bandes, très efficace,avec cet achat , j'en suis venue à bout merci, de plus si ils se piquent les pattes cela ne les blesse car c'est en plastique mais pas pas très agréable donc ils passent leur chemin ils ont compris