Before you start

  • Clean up first.
  • Look for coffee grounds or pepper.
  • Place dots, not streams.

Supplier footage

This is the gel doing its job

Not a cartoon. Not actors. This is our supplier's own test video of German roaches eating the gel.

This is the gel in a dish, not in a home. It shows the one thing a bait has to do before anything else: get eaten. Roaches walk past a bait they do not like, and then it does nothing, no matter what is in it.

It does not show your kitchen. What you get depends on where you put the gel and how many separate spots you use.

Supplier test video. It shows roaches eating. What happens in your home depends on where you put the gel and how many spots you cover.

How it works

Why a slow kill beats a fast one

Killing the roach in front of you is the easy part. The hard part is the ones behind the wall.

A fast killer kills the one roach on your floor. It stops there. The dose dies with that roach, a few feet from the nest that sent it out.

A slow bait does the opposite. The roach eats, walks back inside the wall, and carries the dose with it. Roaches feed each other and clean each other, so the dose spreads. That is the whole point. The bait has to be slow or it never gets home.

Roaches passing slow gel bait to each other is well studied. What happens in your home depends on where you put the gel and how many spots you cover. Always follow the directions on the label.

See one eating it? Leave it.

Your gut says squash it. Do not. That roach is carrying the bait home. Kill it now and the dose dies with it on your floor. Let it walk away and it feeds the nest for you.

Why it kills roaches and not you

The honest answer. It is better than the usual one.

Illustrative animation, not lab footage. It shows the same mechanism the steps below describe, with the same caveat: the 59 times figure comes from lab tests on nerve cells, not from a test of this product. RoachLock is a pesticide and its label says CAUTION.

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    Fipronil is not a spray

    RoachLock uses fipronil. The US first approved it in 1996. It is not a spray. It is not a fog. The roach has to eat it.

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    It jams the off-switch in a bug's nerves

    A nerve calms down when a tiny particle called chloride flows into it. Fipronil plugs the door that chloride uses. The chloride cannot get in. The calm-down signal never happens, so the nerves keep firing until the roach dies.

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    The door it blocks, you do not have

    Fipronil blocks two kinds of door. One kind only bugs have. Your body does not have it at all. On the other kind, lab tests found a roach about 59 times more sensitive than a rat. That gap is why it kills bugs and not you.

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    And it stays in the crack

    It goes into hinge gaps, cabinet seams and the holes around pipes. It is not sprayed into the air you breathe. It is not left on a surface anyone touches. Where you put it matters as much as what is in it.

The 59 times number comes from lab tests on roach and rat nerve cells. It is not a test of this product. RoachLock is a pesticide. Its label says CAUTION. Keep it and any treated spot away from kids and pets, and follow the label. If a kid or pet touches it, call Poison Control or your vet.

Where they hide, and where the gel goes

German roaches want warmth, water and a tight gap. Find all three and you have found the nest.

German cockroaches, egg cases and droppings on the ledge on top of a door frameCheck here

Top of the door frame — egg cases collect here

Close-up of German cockroach droppings that look like coarse ground coffee, with a shed skin and a nymphCheck here

Droppings like ground coffee — the giveaway

German cockroaches in the warm gap beneath a refrigerator kick plateCheck here

Under the fridge — warm and dark

German cockroaches around a stained pipe penetration behind a bathroom vanityCheck here

Behind the bathroom sink cabinet — around the pipe

German cockroaches emerging from the edge of a wall switch plate with droppings below itCheck here

Outlet and switch plates

German cockroaches on the warm vent of a desktop PC beside a monitorCheck here

Around a PC or monitor — they want the heat

A line of German cockroach droppings along a baseboard seam with roaches travelling the edgeCheck here

Baseboard seams

German cockroaches and droppings in the gap behind a picture frame lifted off the wallCheck here

Behind picture frames and mirrors

Gel goes here

  • Into the hinge gap
  • The cabinet base seam
  • Around the pipe hole
  • Behind and under the fridge
  • Baseboard cracks
  • Upper cabinet corners

Outlets, switch plates, bags and brooms are places to check — not places to put gel. Never put gel inside a power outlet. Always follow the directions on the product label.

Trusted by Customers

Real Stories, Real Results

Real customers use RoachLock to clear roaches out of their homes — with no sprays, no mess and no hard steps.

  • Hand holding the lime-green RoachLock syringe over a kitchen counter
  • Small dots of gel bait placed inside a kitchen cabinet
  • Unboxing the RoachLock delivery package at home
  • Gel bait being applied along a bathroom baseboard
  • Real customers
  • No spray, no mess
  • Targets the nest

Questions people ask before they buy

Straight answers about safety, where to put the gel, and what to expect. If your question is not here, our support team will answer it.

RoachLock is a gel. It goes in small dots inside cracks and hidden gaps. It is not sprayed into the air. Read the label and follow it. Only use the spots the label allows, and keep the gel and treated spots away from kids and pets.

Yes. The kitchen is where they travel. Good spots are cabinet corners, the gaps behind and under appliances, and the holes around pipes. Never put gel on a surface where you prepare food. Follow the label.

No. Sprays fight the gel. A spray leaves something behind that roaches avoid, so spraying near your gel spots pushes them away from the bait instead of onto it. Use RoachLock on its own, and put the gel on the paths roaches already use.

Use separate blobs about the size of a grain of rice. Many small spots beat one long line or one big blob. How many places you hit matters more than how much gel you use. The goal is to put bait on as many of their paths as you can. Follow the amounts and spots listed on your package.

Yes, you can still use RoachLock. First wipe away old spray near the spots you plan to treat, where the label allows it. Then put fresh gel down inside the cracks and gaps, not out in the open.

Every order is covered by our 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee. If you are still seeing roaches within the first 90 days, contact our support team and we will refund you.