Advance Termite Bait Monitoring Stations(TBS)-Ten Stations 74493

I had a professional pest service that used these stations for termites but wanted to charge a high price for yearly maintenance. I discontinued the service and replaced their units with these. They look identical. An auger made installation easy.

Well made, definitely better that the bug companies stations set around my home. Cheaper than they're service too. They only come once a year to check and charge $400. Granted I lost my termite bond but let's face it, they probably wouldn't pay for any damage if it did occur. I can check them every month and add poison if I see any activity.

Update Nov 2023:I've had these in the ground for 5 years and replaced the inspection cartridge & wood blocks once. I inspected them twice the first year and with no hits, I now inspect them once a year. They recommend inspecting them much more often than that but for me it's a lot of work with many of them embedded in the landscape plants. The only issue I have is that the wood blocks and cartridges tend to rot out due to the wet conditions in the plastic cages. They are buried in the ground, we get some heavy rains, I regularly water the landscape and my soil is not the best for draining water. I should replace the cartridges more often but they are a little pricey. Overall, I am still happy them.Original Review Mar 2018:Just installed a box of 10. I am in a 6 year old house that was termite treated during construction. No evidence or suspicion of termites. I just want some added confidence because I don't think the chemicals they use during construction are effective after a few years.1. The box contained the stations as shown (pre-assembled) with a 2 page installation sheet, which does not include the poison cartridge, which I think is smart. I don't want a bunch of expensive poison in my yard going to waste if I don't need it.2. I also think it is smart not include the spider for easily opening the cap. I bought one $26 spider separately. I need 30 stations (3 boxes of 10) to go around my house. If each box had included the spider, I would have paid for two that I did not need. Also, you don't really need the spider since you can open them by turning the cover with a screw driver. The spider just makes it easy.3. Each station came pre-assembled with the plastic cage, a plastic cap, a block of cut wood in the bottom and the plastic cartridge of cellulose4. I bought a 2.75" dia flower bulb auger ( Flower Bulb HEX Shaft Drill Planter, Non-Slip - 2.75 by 24 inch - Bulb & Bedding Plant Auger ) to drill holes 9" deep for each station. The stations are 6.5" tall leaving 2.5" cavity for water to drain (I picked that suggestion up on the BASF site). The stations went in nice and snug. My 3/8" electric drill motor had plenty of power.5. A 2 page instruction sheet came in the box. These instructions don't say how close to the foundation to place them or how deep to drill the hole but the BASF site does6. I also looked over the BASF web site to make sure I was doing everything right: Google BASF Advance Termite & look thru their pdf's7. I placed each station 2-4ft from the foundation, spaced about every 10ft (20ft max)8. The BASF web site says to inspect each station every 3-4 months. If there is evidence of termites, then I will replace the monitor cartridge with a bait (poison) cartridge9. I have a concrete 3 car drive way leading into an integral garage that I decided not to drill into to place cartridges. This left me 30ft between stations so I decided to put some stations out along the drive hoping to catch any termites trying to get to the house under the driveway. If I was really worried I think I would put stations through the concrete. You can search on line and find out how to do that (core drill thru the concrete and I think you install a special cartridge that gets down thru the concrete and into the soil). A lot of work & I don't think I have any termites in the area. If I start getting "hits", I may have to change my mind on this.10. They were pretty easy to install. I only had to be careful not to hit a sprinkler line. I hit a big rock in one of the holes that made me move over 6".

I saw flying termites, so I purchased these. I did get 10, with 6 of the poison cartridges and the opening tool. It was a set for $285.50. Yes, they are expensive. I purchased a 3 inch auger, that you can use in a regular drill separately, which made them easy to install. I checked them after a few weeks, maybe 6 weeks? There was no active in them except for one and when I opened it termite larvae were EVERYWHERE, by the time I ran in, got my camera and the poison cartridge most of them had gone. Apparently they are very sensitive to light/sun. I had to pull the bait cartridge out with a screw driver, but needle nose pliers will work. I replaced the bait cartridge with the poison cartridge no news on how that is going yet. I plan to install another cartridge fairly close to this one, I will probably just go ahead and put the poison cartridge in, instead of waiting to see activity. In the first picture, when I first opened that entire area was covered with larvae. I will update to say how it went later.

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They look good. But I haven’t used them yet.

I installed this and also spectracide termite stakes alternating sequence around the house. TBS stakes are difficult to install. Needs 3’’ auger. Spectracide were easy. Inspection of TBS is a hassle. You need a special key to open it and check, whereas other one has automatic pop up indicator. Bait is not included in TBS. I think TBS is not worth the effort, but I will update my review if my experience changes. It’s been few months now and monitoring both systems every 2 weeks. No detections yet.

Bait must be purchased extra.