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Use it when a rodent problem keeps returning, a daytime inspection has not found the cause, or you want to compare activity before and after pest work. RodentRadar is not needed for every routine service call.

For homeowners, the 30-day diagnostic is $195 plus a $100 refundable deposit; $295 at checkout. Homeowners can order directly from the pricing page. Return the kit within 30 days and the deposit comes back. Keep it, and the deposit converts to ownership with your first year of monitoring included, starting on day 31; after that, monitoring is $39.95 per year. Pest professionals pay $95 per installation plus the first month’s $25 ($120 to start), then $25 per month while it stays active. Idle kits cost nothing; each new installation starts a new $120 first month. See the For Pest Professionals page.

Only if you decide to. Homeowner kits ship with a $100 refundable deposit: send the kit back within 30 days and the deposit returns to you, or keep the kit and the deposit converts to ownership. Commercial partners own their kits outright and pay per deployment. Consumer kits are for owner-occupied residential use; commercial deployments run on partner terms.

Owner-occupiers can use the homeowner kit without a pest professional: place the sensors yourself and we review the overnight data with you. Rentals and commercial properties use partner terms. If a pest professional is already involved, they can use the same replay to focus their inspection.

We review the details and reply directly. Sending the form does not reserve equipment, book a visit, or start billing.

Either you or a pest professional. Homeowner kits are designed for self-install: sketch the space on the Quick Start card, place the eight labeled sensors, and swipe each with the activation magnet. On commercial partner deployments, the pest professional places them. Either way, RodentRadar reviews the data and recommends where sensors should move next.

The current kit includes one base station, eight labeled wireless sensors with rechargeable batteries, power and activation equipment, detection cones, cone braces, tilt and grip mounts, mounting screws, and a Quick Start Card for setup and the field record.

The base station connects to the site’s 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network and receives activity from the wireless sensors. Network access and power for the base station are part of site setup.

Each wireless sensor records a timestamped motion detection. The system associates that event with the sensor’s labeled position on the site floorplan. A detection means the sensor registered movement; it is not the same as a visual sighting.

The floorplan shows which sensor detected movement first and which sensors detected movement next. That gives the inspection a place to begin; yours or a pest professional’s. The line on screen shows the order of detections, not the animal’s exact path.

No. RodentRadar shows where movement was recorded first inside the monitored area, and the inspection finds the entry. When the trail doesn't make sense, the sensors get relocated and the next nights narrow the search; in one restaurant investigation, that process led from floor level all the way up to an unsealed duct opening on the roof.

The sensors record motion; they do not identify species from a detection alone. Species and cause are determined using the full field context, which can include droppings, tracks, damage, captures, cameras, and physical inspection.

No. RodentRadar adds a time-ordered record of motion detections and shows where to look. Trapping, treatment, sealing, and repair are still physical work; done by you or by a pest professional.