Customer Reviews

Bird-X TAPE-25 Irri-Tape Bird Repellent Ribbon

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

We live in an apartment on the East China Sea in Japan - barely a 1/2 mile from the water's edge and the pigoens love our balcony! This tape is wrapped to hang along our balcony and shines reflectively against the sun and makes noise against the wind. Works great! We've tried a fake bat, owl, snakes, even WD-40 on the balcony - you name it! Our neighbors have spikes and the birds just perch on the spikes. Our balcony has been pigeon and poop free for a year now. We have had to replace it after the "winter" and typhoon season beacuse the reflectiveness wears off in wind and rain after a while - but little problem and work for us to keep these nasty birds away!

We have had returning woodpeckers marking our home for the past few years. We have repaired and replaced shingles but nothing seemed to deter them. When they returned this spring we used this irritape and they have not returned. It was a good investment.

We live on a farm and have been plagued for many years by mud swallows making their nests on our house. We would tear them down and try to rinse off the mud, which is nearly impossible, only to have them build it back in another spot almost immediately. We have an open attached garage because our garage door will no longer lower and the birds nest in the garage and even try to build nests on top of our car(which is also covered with bird poop!) There is an enormous pile of bird poop on our front porch.
This year the population of mud swallows seems to have exploded in our area. Just driving into our garage sends 20+ birds swooping down in front of the car! It reminds me of a Hitchcock movie! We haven't been extremely aggressive about getting rid of them before now because they do help keep the insect population down, but enough is enough! After reading several reviews we ordered the irri-tape and the bird-b-gone hawk.

Now for the review: The irri-tape is reflective mylar ribbon, holographic on both sides. We cut the ribbon(irri-tape) into long streamers and tied them up on each side of the entrance to our garage and the entrance on our front porch. It is highly reflective if in full sun and makes a noise when the wind is blowing. I think it is both these elements that make it effective. Just make sure you have it tied securely, we had one streamer blow away during a thunderstorm.
Immediately you could see the birds becoming agitated, flying and swooping around the garage and not landing. This went on for a couple of hours, then finally all the birds but a few flew away. The only ones that went back to the nests were the ones that still had babies in the nest to feed. As soon as the babies were able to fly, they left and haven't come back, so far.

I gave the irri-tape 4 stars instead of 5 because it does work, but I thought it a little pricey for what you get and because after a month most of the holographic reflectiveness has faded from exposure to sunshine and rain and now needs to be replaced.

Also, I think it was the combination of the irri-tape and the bird-b-gone hawk that got rid of the birds. These two work together best if you change the location of the tape and the hawk regularly to keep the birds confused or they just get used to it being in the same spot and aren't scared of it anymore.

I tried putting Irri-tape around the yard to scare away the birds who were feasting on my dog's food. It worked for maybe a day then the birds realized it wasn't a threat and started ignoring it.

If you're considering getting this to keep birds away from your pet's food, try getting a Bergen Aut-O-Dine instead. That worked beautifully for me.

In my opinion, having this tape hanging all around is not only ineffective as a bird deterrent, it looks trashy.

About a year ago my neighborhood became suddenly infested with pidgeons. Tried bird net, plastic owls & snakes, nothing worked. Then I came across this sparkly ribbon and thought why not try it. I cut the ribbon into 2 foot pieces and attached in intervals to my balcony. Worked like a charm. It's been 3 months now and they pass my house right on by for my neighbor. I don't have to hose my balcony off anymore. Awesome.

We had a SERIOUS bird problem... the poop was EVERYWHERE: patio, pool, outdoor furniture, etc... I ran several cris-crossing fishing lines from trees in our back yard to the house eves and then ties 3 foot streamers every 10-12 feet along those fishing lines... This created a canopy of about 30 or so streamers 15 to 20 feet above the ground covering our entire patio and pool area. The before was daily cleaning with many many droppings.... and now NOT ONE BIRD dropping in over a year! OUTSTANDING product. You will have to replace seasonally because the holographic pattern fades and the mylar tape does break (from whipping in the wind), but that is a VERY small price to pay for the end result!

After the birds figured out there was no threat, they ignored it. Don't waste your money.

Is there anything that scare away puertorrican birds away? I live in P.R. and these birds are smart! I've tried everything from owls to scarecrows to this. This gadget scared them the first week and now they got used to it and I have bird mess in my balcony once again. I'm going to try to put more strips in the balcony but I'm afraid it'll look like a Street Fair rather than a home.I'm dissapointed.

This seems like a great concept. It didn't come with any instructions, so I had to google my way to figure out how to use it correctly. And I'm still not sure I've got it right.

I installed temporary T-style fence posts about a foot away from the end of each row of strawberries. I then ran a line between the fence posts. I then cut 3ft lengths of the ribbon and connected them at 2ft intervals along the line. The ribbon was positioned so that it was just above the top of where I expected the strawberry leaves would grow to.

The first time I attached the ribbon using tape. Within a few days, all of the ribbon had blown off the line and had scattered through out my yard. I collected them and experimented with a few other methods of connecting them. I found that connecting them with 15LB test fishing line was the most secure... and actually aided in their dance.

I used quite lot of this ribbon. The entire strawberry patch was constantly fluttering. It was quite a site to see. But, the robins didn't care. They pretty much ignored the ribbon, and feasted on my strawberries.

Given all the negative reviews, I was skeptical about buying this. But, I'm extremely happy with the results. We have a 70 foot by 20 foot patio area that would get blasted at least twice per day by Robins perching on lawn furniture and our trampoline. We then added about 2-12" pieces in 3 different sections of the patio and haven't seen a bird return for 2 months! We couldn't be happier.