Bait Stations or Liquid Treatment?

You have termites, you call a few companies and each says something completely different from the last. One does bait stations, one does liquid, and one gives you the option of baits or liquid?!?!?! What is the difference? Most companies today using liquid to treat for termites are using non-repellants (Termidor or Premise). Both are designed for colony elimination, and both are excellent products. There are many different bait station choices; Firstline, HexPro, Advance, Sentricon, Exterra, just to name a few. But, they are all the same in the beginning, a stick of wood inside a plastic monitoring station. The difference is the type of bait that is placed inside the station AFTER they find a termite "hit." BUT, one small piece of information you won't hear from companies using bait stations is termites are blind foragers. These bait stations are placed on average 4 feet out from your home and 10 feet apart (different baits have different procedures for how far apart they should be placed). Now, termites can fit into a gap as small as 1/32 of an inch and you are placing these stations 10 feet apart AND termites are blind foragers. So, basically I am hoping like heck they just "bump" into these bait stations before they "bump" into my home. EXACTLY! The common response is, "termites do constantly forage and will eventually find the bait station," but studies have shown it takes 2-3 years for the termite colony to find the bait station. Meanwhile, you are hoping the termites didn't find your garage wall.