How many PestVault pouches do you usually put in one room?

I’m one of those people who started with one per room as well, but honestly I ended up adding more after the first couple weeks. Not because one pouch stopped working exactly, but because I couldn’t tell if it was doing anything at all in the more open areas. My kitchen opens into the living room so the scent probably disperses pretty fast. I have three in there now, placed kind of spread out behind the appliances and under the sink. The pantry is more enclosed so one seems fine there. I guess my rule of thumb now is if the space has a lot of airflow or connects to another room, I add a second one. If it’s a smaller closed off space, one does the job. It’s not an exact science, just trial and error.

Open rooms are tricky because the scent just disappears into the space. I’d rather double up in one open kitchen than spread singles around. That said, nobody here can tell you the magic number, it depends how bad your rodent traffic is. Start with two and see if you keep finding droppings.

I usually double up if there’s a lot of open floor space, seems to hold the line better that way.

The whole per-room counting thing seems off to me. I treat it more like a perimeter setup than a room count. My place has a utility closet off the hallway that connects to the garage, and that little choke point got two pouches right away because that’s where the activity was. The actual living room, which is bigger, only got one and I haven’t seen anything in there.

My guess is people focus too much on square footage and not enough on where the rodents are actually traveling. One pouch in the wrong spot of a big room is useless, but two pouches tucked near a baseboard gap or behind the fridge do more work than three scattered around the middle of the floor. I’d look for the traffic paths first and put them there. Adjust from that instead of just doubling up everywhere and hoping for the best.

I just count by how much traffic I actually see. If I keep finding droppings in a certain corner, that spot gets an extra pouch. Otherwise one per room has been fine for me, even in semi-open spaces.

I think it depends less on the room size and more on where the rodents are actually getting in. I started with one pouch per room too, but after a while I realized I was just placing them randomly instead of thinking about entry points. Now I put one near the back of the pantry shelf, one under the kitchen sink, and honestly I stopped counting by room altogether. For me it’s more about corners and gaps than square footage. A small closet that connects to the garage gets one, but my open living room only has one because that side of the house stays quiet. If your kitchen feels really open, maybe see if you notice any activity near certain spots first before adding more. That helped me figure out where the pouches actually mattered.