Bird B GoneSolar Bird Repeller - Spinning Bird Deterrent with Telescoping Arms - Prevents Birds from Landing - Humane Repellent - Portable Design - for Boats, Patios, AC Units, Etc - Solar Powered

We have a guard dog at our work that stays outside, I couldn't understand how much I thought he was eating. I ended up getting him an automatic dog bowl / feeder as he eats the bowl continues to fill, every time I would come back from the weekend all the food would be gone, then I got him a bigger dog bowl that holds 10 pounds of food and still every time I would come back it would be all gone.I couldn't figure it out, I really thought he was eating that much since I don't know anything about dogs, never had one. Then I just started saying to myself that it can't be he's eating that much, he only eats twice a day when I'm there. I started noticing every time I pull in I see birds at his dog bowl and I see them eating his food. It sounds kind of crazy to me that these birds are eating 10 pounds of food every few days but, I figured it has to be the problem.I went online to find a bird repeller and at first I saw the ultrasonic ones thought that would work best but, they all have really poor reviews and so I was hesitant in purchasing that. Then I found this unit and thought I'd give it a try. It arrived the very next day after placing the order, first thing I did was when I was setting this up, I put in my own Energizer rechargeable AA which has more power than the rechargeables that it came with, I wasn't sure if there would be compatible issues or not but, I went ahead and did it. So I set this up on top of my dogs feeder / bowl, high enough to where he can easily go under there and eat without it bothering him or touching him.Since I have set this up 6 days ago, it has been running just fine and best of all it is working in detering birds. His dog bowl is still 3/4 full from 6 days ago, so it definately was the birds. The unit is still running just fine, I don't know if the solar is working or if it's the rechargeable battery but, I wouldn't mind just having to change the rechargeable battery now and then because this thing is working awesome, there aren't any more birds, when I pull in there aren't any birds. I remember the first day I set it up I saw birds were trying to come and eat something but they were staying away from the unit, I guess they weren't used to this thing and they wouldn't come near the food they were just sitting there in the parking lot but, now they are not coming at all.For my purpose this unit is definatley doing the job and repelling birds.

I have a pool with a raised spa that creates 2 waterfalls which is beautiful. I love the waterfalls and the sound the falling water. The neighborhood birds love it too as their personal bird bath. As a thank you for the bath, they leave me gifts on the desk. These are very unwanted gifts of poop that I had to scrub every day. After looking for bird and human friendly options, I ran across the Bird B Gone Bird Repeller. The first night I noticed a decrease in birds, but still had "gifts" the next morning. So since I have 2 waterfalls I bought another one and placed it by the other spillway. I have had little to no birds visit. Of course at first they were curious, even a few intrepid bathers brave the arms (which swing so gently it wouldn't hurt the bird only startle them). I don't mind the one or two poops a month vs 12 or more per day. My pool man thought I was crazy. Now he sees the difference and has recommended them to his clients that have similar bird problems. *** One of my repellers fell all the way into the pool and I found it at the bottom of the deep end. The description says it works in weather but do not completely submerge in water (or something like that). Well I can say I fished it out, let the water drain and it STARTED WORKING RIGHT AWAY. Now I don't know how long this will last, only that it kept on spinning. I have a replacement saved in my cart just in case, but I am beyond impressed.

Writing this after one month of daily use. Has worked very well for the small beach entry on my pool. The arms fully extended cover the entire entry, but I would say if they didn’t, certain birds after a while were getting more bold and probably would’ve walked by it if they had room. So for me it works very well. After 1 month exactly the cheap no label rechargeable batteries didn’t work. Put good Energizer rechargeable batteries in it and good to go. Was very doubtful it would be charged enough to run through the night but it did and for one month at that. I think they are overpriced though and if you have a bigger space you’ll probably need more than one. No bird poop on my beach entry and no bird poop in the pool! I’m happy. I’m in AZ also, so I’m getting lots of sun.

The thing will rust. The solar panel broke off because the screw rusted and would not turn. The antennas are rusted and will not recede. Plastic tab broke off bottom, poor product not a great value for the money, I truly give it one star, of course made in China.

I don’t really do reviews but I am doing this one because if you are being drove as insane as I was by pigeons or any kind of bird using your pool or spa as a personal bird bath I want to tell you these work. I have seen some reviews saying they don’t work for whatever reason, but I can say I bought them last spring and they are still sitting around my pool and spa spinning like the first day I bought them. Now the downside of things are I live in the desert and the sun has turned them yellow and I do have to clean the dirt off frequently. Some of the antennas won’t push back in probably from dirt being lodged in the crevices. We get really bad sand storms here, dirt gets into everything. The sun is harsh here and destroys everything that stays outside after a while. The end of one antennas snapped off, but it still is long enough to swipe at birds, but if I can get another year out of them I will feel I got my money’s worth. I don’t have a huge pool, it’s a decent size but I have seen bigger, it’s about 12 foot long and kidney shaped. I spread 4 out around the pool and 1 around the spa and 2 on each side of the spill over, which is their favorite place to land.