[Mark Carrell]

Used mothballs in the shed for years but hate the smell. Saw PestVault pouches and wondering if they work the same way, just less stinky. Do they actually keep mice out of a shed or is it more of a mild deterrent? Not expecting miracles, just want something that doesn’t reek.

[RyanT]

Mothballs in a shed always seemed like overkill to me anyway, that smell gets into everything you store out there. I’ve been using the PestVault pouches in my garage for about three weeks and the mouse droppings I used to find along the wall stopped showing up. It’s not a wall of death or anything, just seems to keep them from settling in.

[Maya Lindqvist]

Mine kept the little guys off my camping gear all season.

[coffeeandscreens]

Mothball smell is the whole reason I stopped using them, so I get wanting an alternative. But I wouldn’t count on pouches to keep mice out of a shed the way people expect. In my experience they’re more of a smell barrier than a wall, so placement matters a lot and a shed with gaps everywhere is a tough test.

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