Anyone tried this stuff?

[Searush]

Seems like a "sound" idea?

I am currently testing a toy snake, but haven't had it in place long enough to check if it works. CD's didn't work, plastic bags on a series of lines looked worse than the bird poo, and soon disintegrated. Also got fishing line draped across strategic flight paths which is great for tripping me up when I climb aboard on dark evenings.

 

[LymingtonPugwash]

Having lived on the water's edge in the UK with lots of moored boats right outside the house, the noise from clattering halyards and the wind whistling through rigging was bad enough, but the thought of lots of boats all having this stuff set up to purposely make noises rather alarms me! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Oh well, if it catches on I suppose it will give a legitimate excuse for a few extra scotch before bed to help one sleep through the noise! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[sarabande]

I think it's the same as the tape that's used in cassettes. I have seen that used in gardens, but its effectiveness relies as much on its physical presence as a flight disrupter, as the humming noise.

In the (not to distant) good old days you could see miles of discarded tape from ejected cassettes littering the vegetation on the side of motorway. I s'pose it's a sign of the times that you now see DVDs stuck in trees.

Maybe worth trying the tape from an old cassette before lashing out on a shop-bought version ?

 

[sailbadthesinner]

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I s'pose it's a sign of the times that you now see DVDs stuck in trees.


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yes but you never find porn in the hedgerows anymore

i spose that's the internet for you

 

[jamesjermain]

It's amazing how these things pop up from time to time. I used hum line in the garden and on the boat in the 70s. It didn't really work them. MAybe it's improved with age.

 

[Krusty]

In my experience discs are ineffective, but Humming Line is.
But it does need to be stretched over (or close to) the preferred roosting-rails, even the spreaders, so I guess its effectivess does owe as much to its interruption of the inward flight-path as to the flutter and noise.
Knots in it are almost impossible to unfasten, so my trick is to estimate the lengths needed and hitch on nylon cord tails: easy to fasten and remove.
Eventually, I used it across pulpit; across sternrail; mast to topping lift to backstay; masthead to forehatch (takes care of spreaders). Then no more mess!
A pain to set up and remove for re-use, but better than scrubbing all the canvas and teak!
Fortunately only needed in one temporary mooring area.

 

[Salty John]

I use an old fly fishing line, easy to untie the knots, dark so it can be seen and it seems to be effective. Perhaps it hums when I'm not there.

 

[Sgeir]

This seems to work, is silent, and freely downloadable.