Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've purchased a few of these packs. I work doing maintenance in outdoor electronics equipment cabinets along the road in FL and there you'll find any number of critters when you open the door. From snakes to spiders, ants, lizards, mice etc. These critters can cause lots of $$ in damages to expensive electronic equipment so we were looking for something that worked on a longer term than say, ant, wasp or roach spray or moth balls. Those items work for the short term but in a few weeks you can return to find the creepy crawlies back in business. So I ordered one of these packs because of the price for the sheer quantity of cedar. The reviews looked OK and I figured I would only be out 15 bucks if it didn't work. I have had great results using this product so far over the past 6 months or so and this has caused me to repurchase and also recommend this to my colleagues for use as a pest control alternative in the field. I do spruce it with some spray cedar oil but that's just because it may be a year or more before we revisit the site, so I want it last as long as possible. I'm not saying it's a cure-all by any means but for my purposes and the money it's worth buying. As far as smell, having ordered about 5 of these packs so far, I can say some smell stronger than others so the bit about age does seem to be correct. I can tell you with the oil spray, I've gone back to cabinets after two months and could smell the cedar as soon as the door swung open. The price alone should sell you on it, even if you do have to do a little prep work. If you look around, you actually pay about the same price for 6-10 pieces of any single group type (rings, blocks, sachets, hangers) as you do for everything in this multipack. Do the math.