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For ease of setup, I gave the PetSafe Wireless Pet Containment System a 4 stars, but for actual use, it is definitely worth 5 stars for performance.We adopted a 3 year old mixed breed (30lbs, looks like a hound-mix) who has escaped our 6-foot tall privacy fence by digging under the concrete footer, by chewing a hole and yanking a board loose, and by dashing out the gate. He is an inside dog and we have a pet door, which allows him (and our other dogs) access in and out as they wish. It is almost as if he becomes overcome when he gets a whiff of something and just goes nuts trying to hunt it down.The third and last time he escaped he was found nearly a mile away across a busy road, which made us finally face that we needed a more drastic approach before our little guy gets himself killed (or one of the other dogs, who like to go with him). So with deep reservations and regret, we overnight ordered one of these systems. Neither of us liked the idea of a shock-collar, but were at a loss as to what else we could do to keep the little guy safe from his own instincts.It took two of us about 2 hours to set it up. The difficult part, ironically, was the shape of our lot (narrow and deep) and house (three stories) compared to the spherical size of the electronic boundary. In order to allow our dog access to as much of the backyard as possible but not more than the fence, we had to not only change the strength of the field but move the transmitter until he also had access to the front part of the house. He still cannot quite get all the way to the front of the house upstairs but it was the best we could do. The transmitter (which is HUGE) has to sit on a table in our central hallway on the second floor in order to give him the access we wish.Something I wish we had known before we bought it was that you are not intended to leave the collar on the dog 24/7, but rather to put it on him just when he is being let out. We have conditioned ours to wear it during the day, then we take it off at night when we close the dog-door. Hopefully he will not get raw where the electrodes touch him (that seems to be the concern with leaving it on too long). So if like us, you normally give your dog free run of both house and yard and want to use this to limit escaping it might not be the best option (though if like us you are at your wits-end as to keeping your dog safe, it might be one of your only options shy of an in-ground system).The electronic part of the collar is large and not suited to small dogs. It looks large on our 30lb dog and he has a very stout 14" neck. I can't imagine putting it on a 10lb dog.Setting the charge on it: So once we were happy with the field we went to test it. My son-in-law happily volunteered to be the guinea pig. We set it on 4 as that seemed to be the strength recommended for medium sized short-haired dogs (shock settings are 2-6). My son-in-law got quite the shock (he had it across his palm). So we turned it down to 2 (the lowest setting that shocks) before putting it on the dog. When he crossed the line and it shocked him he yelped, reared up and nearly flipped over. It was painful to watch. Fortunately after that he was quite cowed by just the beeping. I've only seen him get shocked one other time and that was sadly in the house.Unfortunately it made him loathe to go outside at all at first, so that created issues with house-training. But better to have to re-crate train him than to have him escape and get run over. This has improved recently as he has gotten used to his new restrictions and I'm confident he will be fine. At least now he does not have to be leashed indoors in order to keep him from sneaking off to do his business where he should not. The last week I have let him have free-reign while on collar with no issues. But it is an unexpected consequence that other pet-parents should be aware of when considering this system.Overall, I am so glad it has stopped him escaping, but still wish this had not been necessary.

Easy setup. Theoretically can create a fence when camping, at the in-laws, etc. I set it up for our family’s camp. The gps map showed my dog was about half the property away (100’) from where she was right next to me. There were a lot of trees, so I wasn’t terribly disappointed. I walked the collar around the perimeter and it seemed to work 75% or the time. Not great…I later brought it home and set up a virtual fence around our ~1 acre yard. Didn’t work at all. It showed the collar across the road while I was holding it in my hand inside my house setting up the virtual fence. I figured maybe the roof is affecting this. I take it out to the middle of the front yard- no change. A few hours later it appears to be working within 25’ or so. Good enough I think… a couple days later we’re letting our dogs inside the house and the collar starts to shock my dog (continuously). She’s bucking around while my wife and I are trying to wrangle her and pull the collar off. A week later we try again. Doggo is sitting on the couch with the kids watching cartoons when the collar starts shocking her continuously (again). We get it off and I check the gps location and it shows the collar two houses down…. I called customer service and they said sometimes the gps system suddenly loses signal and puts the location at a generic point (like 00000x/0000y), then when it reconnects it’ll default to the centroid of the active fence and not move until the whole system is reset. While that info was cool to know it doesn’t keep my dog safe.Pretty worthless. 550 dollars and 100 for a yearly subscription. Maybe I got a dud, but I don’t recommend.