Before you start

  • Find the coffee grounds. Black specks like ground coffee or pepper. That is where they live. Put the gel there.
  • Dots, not streams. Rice-grain blobs, lots of separate spots. One long bead wastes gel.
  • Clean up first. Wipe crumbs, seal food, lift the pet bowl at night. Easy food beats bait.
  • Keep pets out of it. Place every dot where a dog or cat cannot reach. Follow the label.

Supplier footage

This is the gel doing its job

Not a render. Not actors. This is our supplier's own test footage of German roaches feeding on the gel.

Supplier test footage. It shows them feeding. 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 problem is the ones behind the wall.

Feeding and transfer between cockroaches are well documented for slow-acting gel baits. 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 version, which is more reassuring 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.

  1. 1

    Fipronil — not a spray chemical

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

  2. 2

    It jams the off-switch in an insect's nerves

    A nerve cell calms down when chloride flows into it. Fipronil plugs the way in. The chloride cannot get through. The off-switch never fires, so the nerves keep firing until the roach dies.

  3. 3

    The channel it hits, you do not have

    Fipronil blocks two kinds of channel. One kind only insects 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.

  4. 4

    And it stays in the crack

    It goes into hinge recesses, cabinet seams and pipe collars — not sprayed into the air you breathe, not left on a surface anyone touches. Where you put it is as much of the safety story as what is in it.

The 59 times figure 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.

Why RoachLock

  • Fine tip

    Puts the gel exactly where you want it.

  • Reaches tight spots

    The thin nozzle gets into cracks, corners and gaps.

  • Small neat dots

    Made for small dots, not a mess.

How RoachLock works: a German cockroach feeds on the gel, returns to the harborage, and the bait spreads through the colony

Simple Application

Three steps for you. The bait does the traveling.

  • German cockroaches and ground-coffee-like droppings around the pipe collar under a kitchen sink

    Find the Hotspots

    German roaches hug warmth and water. Check under the sink around the pipe collar, behind the fridge, cabinet hinges and the top of door frames. Their droppings look like coarse ground coffee — that smear is your map.

  • A hand placing a single rice-grain-sized dot of RoachLock gel into a kitchen cabinet hinge recess

    Bait the Cracks

    Squeeze separate blobs about the size of a grain of rice into hinge recesses, the cabinet base seam, around pipe collars and baseboard cracks — into the crevice, never a stream across the surface.

  • German cockroaches feeding on small gel dots in the warm compressor area behind a refrigerator

    Let the Colony Carry It Home

    Foraging roaches feed on the gel and carry it back to the nest, spreading it through the colony — reach a spray can never get.

Where they hide, and where the gel goes

German cockroaches want warmth, water and a tight gap. Find those three and you have found the colony.

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 vanity — the pipe collar

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 recess
  • The cabinet base seam
  • Around the pipe collar
  • 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 apply into an electrical fitting. Always follow the directions on the product label.

Why RoachLock works differently

Sprays kill what you can see. Stations wait to be found. RoachLock is carried back into the nest by the roaches themselves.

Feature RoachLock
Gel bait
Sprays Bait stations
Reaches inside cracks and crevices
Carried back to the nest by the roaches
Kills roaches you never see
No fumes, no residue on surfaces
Placed exactly where they travel
Keeps working after application
Trusted by Customers

Real Stories, Real Results

Real customers use RoachLock to clear roaches out of their homes — without sprays, mess, or complicated 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 on safety, placement and what to expect. If yours 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 and gel bait work against each other — a repellent residue near your placements can push roaches away from the bait instead of onto it. RoachLock is designed to be used on its own, with the gel placed on the routes roaches already use.

Separate blobs about the size of a grain of rice, placed in many spots, beat one long bead or one large blob. Coverage matters more than volume — the aim is to put bait on as many of their travel routes as possible. Follow the quantities and placement guidance on your product packaging.

You can still use RoachLock. Clean away old spray residue near the areas you plan to treat where the label allows it, then place fresh gel directly into the cracks and gaps rather than 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.