Bird-B-Gone’s solar powered bird repeller has to be one of the strangest products I’ve seen, and I’ve seen my share. It’s reminiscent of a stereotypical nerd’s beanie. The repeller uses a continuously rotating “propeller” to sweep birds away from just about any flat or angled surface and keep them from shitting all over the place.
Two adjustable arms mounted to a rotor cone extend to cover up to a five-foot diameter area. The solar panels charge 3 AAA batteries so the brushless motor will rotate at a continuous 30 RPM during the day, night, or cloudy weather.
There’s a video demonstrating the repeller over on YouTube, but unfortunately it doesn’t show what happens when a bird tries to land. It’d be pretty funny seeing the birds interacting with the repeller, but what I’d personally like to see is what happens to it when it gets hit by lightning.
Expect to pay anywhere between $70 and $100 depending on where you purchase the solar-powered bird repeller.
Via Amazon [What’s This?]
Street Pricing [Google]
Solar Bird Repeller [Bird-B-Gone]
Solar Bird Repeller [YouTube]
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So what this $70 item does, is keep birds off of this $70 item?
Maybe one could make this into a hat, so the birds wouldn’t land on your head.
If you hooked it into a TV for an antenna, would the picture rotate in a circle?
I think this one would be more cost effective, greater protection radius, too.
http://hackedgadgets.com/2009/11/26/scarecrow-by-contech-motion-activated-sprinkler/
I’m betting the pigeons are smart enough to aim their “gifts” at the solar panel.
My design would involve really large capacitors, a “burst” mode and a perch right in front of the sharpened blades. 🙂
@Frank I think it tries to kick birds off of ledges, but you bring up a good point. What keeps the birds from landing on the blades? I’m assuming it has low RPM since it is solar…
The little birds I’ve got would have a blast riding this thing like a merry go round.
I will stay with my bird-repellant: my good old shotgun.
I could see one of these on a boat that is kept in a marina. My father and i have done lots of things to keep birds off of his boat. One of the best ways was to take 10inch long strands of tinsle and tie it on the rigging.
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I’ve seen similar items on Billboards. It’s designed primarily for Pigeons. A few Pigeons can produce a lot of shit.
The pigeons will ride it like a merry go round.But Bob’s idea is better.Try a live Falcon.
Apparently none of the previous posters have *&%#$! flickers to wake them up with banging on the chimney. This thing may be a brilliant solution if it’s built well.
Hmmm… that’s still more expensive than this pellet gun.
I don’t appreciate the cursing at all… I’m going to stop looking at toolmonger now
blabla: I’m sure your loss will be keenly felt by everyone around. Enjoy your self-imposed exile from the entire Internet, where there is occasional language stronger than “poop”, and don’t let the door hit you in the ass (oops!) on the way out.
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It’s only cursing if it’s not used in an appropriate context.
Hate to tell you, but birds shit.
Solar powered propeller beanies? What’s next! The places that need this cutie is boat docking piers. My goodness the ducks “poop” until the pier looks whitewashed. You’d line this thing along each edge and you’d have a flying pier with no rudder!