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two lunches wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:02 pm

mtree wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:59 am
On the flip side, I've never used anything with my Jeep for over 14 years and have NEVER had an issue with mice, marmots, porcupines, etc. chewing on wires or making a home in my vehicle. And its been all over Colorado's mountains countless times. I've left it alone during days, nights, sometimes 2,3,4 nights in a row probably over 100 times.

Its yellow. That's why. Marmots and their friends HATE yellow. I give yellow vehicles a 5-star rating!

the wiring issue is due to automotive manufacturing companies switching to plant-based materials to insulate wiring harnesses instead of rubber in recent years. this was a non-issue on my 04 and 06 wranglers.

that said, i did get snuck upon by a mountain lion in my blue jeep, but never my yellow one.. and my blue jeep was totaled in an accident that was not my fault, but my yellow one wasn't. so i cannot possibly discredit that theory. yellow vehicles are, in fact, the best.

two lunches wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:02 pm

mtree wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:59 am
On the flip side, I've never used anything with my Jeep for over 14 years and have NEVER had an issue with mice, marmots, porcupines, etc. chewing on wires or making a home in my vehicle. And its been all over Colorado's mountains countless times. I've left it alone during days, nights, sometimes 2,3,4 nights in a row probably over 100 times.

Its yellow. That's why. Marmots and their friends HATE yellow. I give yellow vehicles a 5-star rating!

the wiring issue is due to automotive manufacturing companies switching to plant-based materials to insulate wiring harnesses instead of rubber in recent years. this was a non-issue on my 04 and 06 wranglers.

that said, i did get snuck upon by a mountain lion in my blue jeep, but never my yellow one.. and my blue jeep was totaled in an accident that was not my fault, but my yellow one wasn't. so i cannot possibly discredit that theory. yellow vehicles are, in fact, the best.

two lunches wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:09 am i've had an ultrasonic device strapped to the battery in my 4runner for 4 years and i have never EVER had an issue with mice, marmots, porcupines, etc. chewing on wires or making a home in my vehicle. this thing has worked extraordinarily well for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YB ... UTF8&psc=1 and i owe it a 5-star review

two lunches wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:57 pm

two lunches wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:09 am i've had an ultrasonic device strapped to the battery in my 4runner for 4 years and i have never EVER had an issue with mice, marmots, porcupines, etc. chewing on wires or making a home in my vehicle. this thing has worked extraordinarily well for me: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YB ... UTF8&psc=1 and i owe it a 5-star review

just wanted to follow up on the rodent device i use on my 4Runner. i actually had an opportunity to sit with it for a few hours last week by Animas Forks. our campsite was right next to some chipmunks who were DYING to jump into our snacks, so i flipped it on and enjoyed a silver bullet while i watched a few of them approach, and then suddenly, quite frantically scamper off.
to add insult to injury, i got up in the middle of the night for a bathroom break and i triggered the alarm. if i hadn't been returning from my break, the sound would have scared the bathroom right out of me. honestly if i'd realized how well the device works, i don't know if i'd have spent the time snow fencing my vehicle in near the top of Engineer Pass the day before when we packed into American Flats. i'm really curious now if anyone has had this particular device fail