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Best cat scarer UK

Updated: 22 October 2026

The best cat scarer UK call in this folder is not the listing with 5.0 from three reviews. It is the PestBye battery pair when the garden has two entries, and the PestBye battery single when you only need one cone and you want the best value. Both sit in shade, both take four AA cells that are not in the box, and both have review samples in the tens of thousands. The [cat scare comparison](/hub/garden-supplies/cat-scare) is the full table. Peter F. read the UK listings in this folder on 21 October 2026 and did not run a garden trial. A qualifying purchase through our links can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

The best cat scarer UK call in this folder is not the listing with 5.0 from three reviews.

Our top picks

PestBye PestBye ultrasonic cat repeller

Best overall

PestBye PestBye ultrasonic cat repeller
6.4/10about £18.98
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Amross Amross solar cat repellent

Rank 2

Amross Amross solar cat repellent
5.1/10about £24.99
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PestBye PestBye cat repellent, set of 2

Rank 3

PestBye PestBye cat repellent, set of 2
6.7/10about £29.98
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On this page
  1. 1.The pick if you need one cone
  2. 2.The pick if the garden is L-shaped
  3. 3.The solar to name, and where it fails
  4. 4.What to leave in the basket

The pick if you need one cone

The best value in this set is the PestBye single, about £18.98, 3.8 from 12,890 reviews, listed to 10 m. A live look on 21 October 2026 showed 12,891 reviews at the same 3.8, one review on from the snapshot we scored. Four AA cells are required and they are not supplied. Walk away from this single if a child sleeps beside the fence where the stake will sit. A manufacturer V2 card elsewhere quotes 3 x AA, about 9.75 m, 120 degrees and IP44. Those figures belong to that card. The amazon bullets for this ASIN say 4 x AA and 10 m, and they print no angle and no IP code. Shade versus a panel is solar or battery.

The pick if the garden is L-shaped

The top pick for coverage is the PestBye pair, £29.98, 3.7 from 22,905 reviews. You get two of the same cones, each listed to 10 m, each on four AA cells you supply. Per stake the pair is about £14.99, which is less than the single, though only if you will actually site both units. The listing weight of 5 g for the pair is not credible for two plastic stakes. Reviews include a battery bay that had corroded by late summer despite a rubber seal. Where to aim each cone, including the mistake of pointing one at the back door, is where to put a cat scarer. It will not clear every garden.
PestBye PestBye ultrasonic cat repeller

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PestBye PestBye ultrasonic cat repeller
6.4/10about £18.98
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The solar to name, and where it fails

If you will not change AA cells, the solar unit to name is Amross at £24.99, 3.8 from 136 reviews in the snapshot. The bullets say 8 m and 110 degrees, IP65, solar plus USB-C, and a two-year warranty. A lower line on the live page says 9 m. Keep 8 m unless you are flagging that clash. One unit stopped after 30 days. One parcel arrived without the USB-C lead that the contents list includes.

What to leave in the basket

Leave YRIGHT, 5.0 from 3 reviews at £17.99. A bullet says 26 feet and the range field says 26 inches. Leave RUTIDA, 5.0 from 5 reviews at £15.88. The printed size of 6 x 2 x 8 cm is not something a review confirms. Leave Kilamef at £23.99. There is no review line, and the bullets claim 100 percent, 15 m, 450 m² and a 60-day runtime in the dark. Leave CHAMSUREUK while the title says IP65 and a bullet says IP44, at 3.3 from 29 reviews. If the mess is a toilet bed rather than a ranking question, the practical mix of cone plus chippings is stop cats fouling.

Common questions

What is the best cat scarer in this set?
For two entries, the top pick is the PestBye pair at £29.98, 3.7 from 22,905 reviews, two battery cones listed to 10 m. For one entry, the best value is the PestBye single at £18.98, 3.8 from 12,890 reviews, the same kind of stake once. Neither prints an IP code, both need four AA cells per unit, and both have reviews in which cats come back. They lead because of the sample size, not because a lab cleared a garden.
Should I buy the PestBye single or the pair?
Buy the single when one gap or one bed is the whole job and you would leave the second stake in the shed. Buy the pair when the plot is L-shaped or the cat uses two routes. The pair works out cheaper per cone only when both cones are in the ground. The mechanism is the same. You are paying for coverage, and you still supply eight AA cells for the pair, none of them in the box.
What is the best solar option here, and why not the 5.0 listings?
Amross at £24.99 is the solar with a three-figure sample, IP65 and USB-C, and it still has units that die at about 30 days, foxes that ignore a live sensor, and a missing cable in one order. YRIGHT's 5.0 from 3 and RUTIDA's 5.0 from 5 do not outweigh that, and Kilamef has no reviews at all. A perfect average on a new listing is a small file. It is not a reason to skip the faults you can already read.
Who should skip a scarer entirely?
Skip it if you need every cat gone, if the only site is a bedroom wall, or if the animal is injured or trapped. Call a vet or the RSPCA in that last case. Ultrasound will not turn a corner, and some cats hold their ground. Snares, poison and homemade chemicals are outside anything this page will suggest. A physical barrier or wet soil may be the better first change if you will not tolerate a whistle.
Does PestBye work on foxes as well as cats?
Sometimes in the reviews, and sometimes not. On the pair, one buyer saw a fox deterred while cats later ignored the units. On Amross, fox digging eased for some veg beds and foxes also walked through a sensor that was clearly tripping. Treat a fox note as a fox note. It does not prove the same stake will move a cat, and a cat result does not prove it will move a fox.
How much should I spend, and is CatWatch the one to buy?
In this folder the proven battery stakes are £18.98 and £29.98, and the solar with 136 reviews is £24.99. Cheaper rows exist from £14.99, with much smaller samples. CatWatch is not an ASIN here. The 2006 trial found a moderate drop in intrusions in one period and no significant drop in another. Those percentages stay on CatWatch. They are not a discount code or a score for the PestBye box in your basket.

Related pages

Cat scarer buying guide

Cat scare

Where to put a cat scarer: height, aim and walk-test

Solar or battery cat scarer: shade, USB and AA cells

Stop cats fouling in the garden: soil, cone and time

Sources

Sources from the research digest, last checked on 22 October 2026. Listing prices, stars and review counts are the amazon.co.uk captures named in the digest. The RSPCA sheet from April 2015 is included for the humane-method list. Its penalty figure is out of date.

  1. RSPCA, how to keep cats out of your garden (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  2. RSPCA, Advice on deterring cats (April 2015) (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  3. Animal Welfare Act 2006, section 4 (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  4. Crown Prosecution Service, offences involving domestic and captive animals (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  5. RHS, Cats (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  6. Nelson, Evans and Bradbury (2006), ultrasonic cat deterrent trial (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  7. PestBye, frequency settings (retrieved 22.10.2026)
  8. amazon.co.uk, PestBye cat repellent set of 2 (retrieved 22.10.2026)