Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier
Home Defense Max Indoor Insect Barrier
Comfort Wand®
The battery-powered Comfort Wand® gives your hands a break with its one-touch continuous spray.
Extended Wand
The extendable spray wand is ideal for use in hard-to-reach areas and makes application a breeze with its continuous spray.
Refill
Simply attach the battery-powered Ortho® Comfort Wand® from your previous bottle to your new Refill bottle to spot treat weeds with a continuous stream — no bending or pumping required.
Ready to Use
Perfect for spot-treating! Simply point and squeeze.
QuickHand
This battery-powered continuous and precise sprayer allows you to hold and spray with one hand without pumping, bending, or hand fatigue in hard-to-reach areas. In addition, it offers multiple spray patterns to align to your needs.
Key Features
- 365-DAY PROTECTION: Kills and prevents ants, cockroaches, and spiders indoors on non-porous surfaces for a full year, so you can set your barrier and forget it
- INDOOR INSECT BARRIER: Apply our no stains, no fumes formula with confidence in kitchens, bathrooms, basements, and other indoor spaces to create a barrier that kills listed bugs
- ONE-TOUCH CONTINUOUS SPRAY: The battery-powered Quick-Hand Sprayer requires no pumping, providing a continuous and precise spray with one touch for less hand fatigue
About This Product
You see a spider in a corner or an ant on the counter, and just like that, your peace of mind is disturbed. Your home is your sanctuary, and you deserve to feel comfortable in it. We get it, and we have the solution to help you restore that feeling of control. For over 100 years, Ortho has provided trusted products for taking on pests. Ortho Home Defense MAX Indoor Insect Barrier is engineered to give you long-lasting protection with our easiest application yet. It doesn't just kill the bugs you see; it creates a strong barrier that kills and prevents ants, roaches, and spiders on non-porous surfaces indoors for a full 365 days. You can also get back to enjoying your home faster after application with this no stains, no fumes formula that dries up to 30% faster than other Ortho formulas. The battery-powered Quick-Hand Sprayer is a game-changer. It delivers a continuous, precise spray with a single touch, so there’s no pumping, bending, or hand fatigue. Let’s solve this together, so you can get back to enjoying your home with confidence.
Product Information
Active Ingredients: Bifenthrin
Size: 1.5 L
Application Type: Ready-To-Use Quick-Hand Sprayer
SKU: 4612301
Safety data sheet can be found at: https://www.scottsmsds.com
Where & When to Use
Where to Use:
- Indoors: Use as a spot treatment or crack & crevice spray in kitchens, bathrooms, basements, around doors and windows, under sinks, around appliances, and along baseboards.
- Outdoors: Applications to hard surfaces like sidewalks, driveways, patios, porches, windows, doors, and eaves are limited to spot or crack-and-crevice treatments; product may also be applied as a perimeter treatment to soil or vegetation around a structure and to building foundations up to a height of 3 feet.
Where Not to Use: Do not apply directly into sewers or drains, or to any area like a gutter where drainage to sewers, storm drains, water bodies, or aquatic habitats can occur. Do not spray animals. Do not apply in or on electrical equipment due to the possibility of shock hazard.
When to Use: Use it anytime you see evidence of insect activity or as a preventative treatment.
How Often to Use: This product provides 365 days of protection for ants, roaches, and spiders indoors on non-porous surfaces. For other pests reapply when you see new signs of insect activity. Re-treatment is recommended at least once per season (every 3 months) outdoors.
How To Use
How to Apply Indoors:
- Prep: Shake the container well before each use.
- Apply: Turn the nozzle to the indoor spray setting. Slide the switch on the trigger to "UNLOCK" and press the trigger to spray. Hold the sprayer about 12 inches from the surface and apply a 4-inch band along baseboards and in cracks until slightly wet.
How to Apply Outdoors:
- Prep: Shake the container well before each use.
- Apply: Turn the nozzle to outdoor spray setting. Slide the switch on the trigger to "UNLOCK" and press the trigger to spray. Hold the sprayer about 12 inches from the surface and apply a 12-inch wide band along the exterior perimeter of your home until the area is slightly wet without soaking.
How to Treat for Fleas and Ticks:
- Spot Treat: To kill fleas and ticks, spot treat infested areas such as pet resting quarters, nearby cracks and crevices, and localized areas of floor and floor coverings.
- Replace Bedding: After treatment, remove old pet bedding and replace it with fresh, clean bedding. Do not spray animals with this product.
- Treat Your Pet: To control the source of the infestation, pets should be treated with a product specifically registered for use on animals. Do NOT spray animals with this Ortho Home Defense MAX product.
Product Tips
- Before You Spray: Cover or remove any exposed food, dishes, and food-processing equipment.
- After You Spray: People and pets may re-enter the treated area after the spray has dried. Thoroughly wash all food processing surfaces and utensils with soap and water before reuse.
- Storage: Turn the nozzle to "OFF/CLOSED" and slide the trigger switch to "LOCK". Store in a cool, dry place out of reach of children and pets.
Product Safety
- Environmental Hazards: This product is extremely toxic to fish and aquatic invertebrates. To protect the environment, do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters, or surface waters. This product is highly toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment or residues on blooming plants. Do not apply this product or allow it to drift to blooming plants if bees are foraging the treatment area.
- Application: Apply this product during calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours to help ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash pesticide off the treatment area.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I store any leftover product when I'm done?
switch to "LOCK," and store in a cool, dry place out of reach of children and pets.
What's the benefit of the Quick-Hand Sprayer?
It's a battery-powered sprayer that gives you a continuous, precise spray with a single touch. This means you don't have to constantly pump a trigger, which reduces hand fatigue and makes application much easier. The applicator is also reusable with our Refill Pouch (sold separately).
How long do I need to wait before my family and pets can go back into a treated area?
You'll want to keep people and pets off the treated surfaces until they have completely dried.
Will this product leave a stain or a smell?
The product has no fumes and dries clear, so you can apply it with confidence on listed surfaces. It's always a good idea to test it in an inconspicuous spot first, just in case.
What insects does this product control?
This product controls the following insects: Adelgids, Ants, Aphids, Bees, Beetles, Borers, Boxelder Bugs, Bristletails, Bristletails, Caterpillars, Centipedes, Chinch Bugs, Cockroaches, Crickets, Earwigs, Firebrats, Fleas, Flies, Fungus Gnats, Grasshoppers, Hornets, Lace Bugs, Leaffooted Bugs, Leafhoppers, Leafminers, Leafrollers, Mealybugs, Midges, Millipedes, Mites, Mole Crickets, Mosquitoes, Moths, Periodical Cicadas, Phylloxera, Pillbugs & Rollie Pollies, Plant Bugs, Psyllids, Scale Insects, Scorpions, Silverfish, Sowbugs, Spiders, Spittlebugs, Springtails, Stink Bugs, Stored Product Pests, Thrips, Ticks, Termites, Wasps, Whiteflies, and Yellow Jackets. (See product label for complete list.)