Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Okay....maybe I exaggerate just a wee tad. I live in a funky old house out in the boonies in small homestead farm country. We have both hot and cold running rats and mice. When I first moved in, there was rat problem and a lot of time and effort was put into eradicating them and preventing further entrance (the rats had literally dug through the basement floor and along the top of the foundation). As for "mouse-proofing" the house, I was told by everyone the only way to do that was tear down the house and rebuild it from the foundation up....yeah, at a cost of more than $200,000. Didn't quite have enough in the cookie jar for that. Local farmers told me to not worry about the mice too much as the mice keep the rats away, (and as someone who can't bring themselves to kill any animal, poison and traps that kill were not an option). I have searched the internet for any information that legitimizes that statement and can find none, but every farmer tells me the same thing. Solution? Get cats. Well, I have cats, and while they are quite adept at bringing mice into the house, they don't bother with mice already in the house. I suspect they think the mice are house pets and thereby coexist with them. So, after I had resounding success with Majestic Pure's Tea Tree Oil, I suddenly found myself with an essential oil addiction, so I ordered this set as a way to try out some oils without having to break the cookie jar. In looking up uses for the oils, I discovered both peppermint and lemon oils repel insects and rodents. I'm on it! I put diatomaceous earth (which I use to keep ants at bay) in shallow caps, then put a few drops of both peppermint and lemon oil in each one. IT WORKS! I haven't seen evidence of mouse poop in more than a week! My blue light shows no evidence of mouse pee on counters or around the feeding bowls. Yes, the aroma dissipates after a few days, but that is easily freshened up by moistening the caps with water or a carrier oil. Since the cats are free range, the doors are always open, so that leads to lots of flies. I mixed some lemon and peppermint oil with almond oil and went over all the cabinets where the flies like to hang, spit, and poop. The flies didn't know what to do with themselves. As a fly repellent, I'd say it's good for a couple of days for repelling flies (and skeeters...I even rub some on myself), but even after four days, the flies were not that eager to land on cabinets. I haven't finished mucking around with the other oils, but I'm quite eager to see what can be done with them. As I said, I've become addicted. I noticed in the reviews that some sets exhibited leakage, and a friend who also ordered a set had leakage in his, but mine had none. Hopefully Majestic Pure can resolve this problem. If you're bored silly and want to watch a cute cat/mouse video, go to YouTube and play "Mommy watched me watch a mouse eat my food and she did nothing." I had been doing some kitchen renovations, removing some walls and whatnot, and I'm pretty sure I disturbed a whole country of mice. The video (which don't think Amazon will let me post as a link) is youtube.com/watch?v=S7YwSD0EFOc Nope. I bought and paid for this set myself. I did not receive it in exchange for my honest review, although that would have been awfully nice. Hint, hint, hint.