The Original Bird Repellent Scare Tape

This ribbon seems to be doing a great job keeping the birds away!

I bought a very similar tape from Amazon a year ago (it had a different name), after it showed how to attach strips of the ribbon to my grandson's swingset, which the birds target mercilessly, making it unusable unless cleaned at length every time. The ribbon seemed fine at first, but over time it ripped up into small pieces and my granddaughter had to do a lot of work that shouldn't have been necessary to clean up their yard and also their neighbors' yard, which isn't even that close. That product was total crap. This year I found what looked like a different tape - the pattern on it was enough different and the name was different. And the info said it should stay in place for several years. And it was more money for a smaller roll, so I was fooled into thinking it would be better. But it is IDENTICAL to the stuff I bought from you last year - it's not even a little bit thicker or stronger. It rips easily and I'm sure will do the same thing, so we're not putting it on the swingset. So now I'm stuck with an almost complete roll from this year, plus quite a bit of the roll from last year, and am out my money. The way it is advertised to use it, it would naturally have some wind blowing, and that's all it takes to rip this stuff up. I should ask for my money back but don't have the packaging or sticker to use. NOT HAPPY!

Effectively banished a Red-Bellied Woodpecker from drumming every morning on our aluminum rain gutters at 6:40 AM. The pesky woodpecker "drumming" his territory on my home has been defeated. After 11 days of being awakened by the loud "rat-tat-ta"t, the pesky varmint has been banished by using this non-violent tape. I can say the tape is nicely manufactured, quite thick, and it is extremely reflective - creating flashing brilliant prism-strikes of blinding color as it waves in the wind. On windy days I discovered that I had to place a weight on the lowest end to keep the ribbon tape from ending up in the gutter. I suggest you do the same to avoid clogged rain gutters and yet still preserve the deterrent value. Leaving the weight in place does not reduce the deterrent ability on calm days. With the weights left in place it still works. Will the tape remain durable to harsh SW Floridaelements? Will it become a less effective deterrent overtime? I will re-post as the answers to these questions as the results become revealed. For now this Bird Repellent Scare Tape it has been a Godsend. Hopefully the woodpecker has found some other home or tree on which to "drum" and sound out his territory. *(please note this tape is more of a ribbon. It has NO/ZERO adhesive ability. You tie it to the area you are concerned about. No one should post comments on its adhesion, although the feedback review system on Amazon requests that reviewers post a response concerning the item's adhesive properties.)

The refective ability of the tape is fine, but occaisonally the tape will fray on the end or break off.This is not a big problem, because it only will happen after sustained wind over a period of a day or more, and not always. It also may be in part due to the way the tape is fastened. For example, I use it on the railing of my terrace and it has been quite effective in keeping pigeons away.Not only the reflections, which are quite good, but the random movement of the tape, IMO, helps keep the birds away. In fastening it to the railing I simply looped it around the railing and tied it, as I would tie a necktie. This gives it a bit of "stand-off' from the railing and has been secure, but it may be that this method allows the edges of the tape to contact each other in such a way that they wear faster than other methods would engender.I am experimenting wth other methods of fastening the tape and I have found that a bit of clear packing tape(like the kind you secure packages for mailing with) on the ends does help with fraying.All this not withstanding however, I must credit this vendor with an excellent and speedy response to my inquiries. They also, very generously (and unexpectedly) offered a refund for my purchase, as the product may have not lived up to all my expectations.This product DID mostly live up to my expectations and is probably the best "bird scare" tape available; IMO far superior to the one (1) mil tape that is usually marketed.Until a "SUPER-Heavy Duty" tape (of more than three (3) mils thickness) is made available in the marketplace, I will highly recommend this product. AND their superior and responsive Customer Service.I DID NOT get this as a "free sample" for reviewing it. I paid for it, like I (and most of us) do for everything else and so all my reviews are always independent and honest, regardless of being negative or positive.

I am currently using the bird tape to try and protect my blueberry bush from catbirds. On sunny breezy days it was the perfect deterrent but I can only give it 3 stars as on the cloudy, still days the catbirds had no fear and flew right into the bush and helped themselves. It is durable but I wasn't sure the best way to attach it. I duct taped sections to poles and planted them around the bush and also punched holes in sections from 6 to 24 inches long and tied them to various areas and then duct taped the knot. The wind brought some of them down. It is definitely worth the money but did not work on calm, cloudy days. I have to pick the berries before they are totally ripe to keep the birds from picking at the ripest parts of the fruit but they are still very usable for morning smoothies despite not being as ripe as I would like. It worked better than no deterrent for sure. I plan to use it again next year.