Laptony Bird Scarer Flying Kite Crops Farm Protector Bird Hawk Flying Kite with 4m Telescopic Pole

Does the job, easy to assemble and high wind and rain resistant, the pole is very strong.

After a couple of windy days, the bird part disintegrated with poles being shed on the ground. Very disappointed with the quality and resilience of a quite expensive item.

Used to protect garden apple trees from blackbirds and jackdaws. I estimate that it was 90% effective in keeping jackdaws from the apple crop, about 50 -60% effective against blackbirds. The best deterent I have found to reduce fruit loss due to birds as it is not practical to net the trees. I bought one last year and a second one this year. Well designed and made; however, an improvement would be if the kite was attached to the end of the rod through a swivle (when tied on direct the chord eventually broke, also the chord sometimes wraps around the pole).

When it's working in the wind it's a moving fluttering deterrent, and I've not seen any of the expected pigeons near my newly seeded lawn area. BUT: 1) It's the usual sort of telescopic rod arrangement that you pull out and twist to lock in place. However, for the life of me I cannot get the top section to stay up for more than a day. It collapses down after a time, which unfortunately means that I either have to have the line to the kite quite short or the bird catches the ground if the line length is set to full pole length. 2) As per other reviews of many of these things despite the rotating attachment at the top of the pole, the string does get wound round the pole until the kite will no longer fly. As a result of the two above issues I basically have to go and reset the scarer each morning. On the plus side, however as stated I have not had any pigeons, but I do also have lots of the reflective tape deployed and the small rotating windmills

I bought the eagle version as I thought that might scare the pigeons more. I wasn't expecting much as far as quality goes, as it's only cheap. That being said, the print is good and the colours are good. If it lasts a few months then I'll be happy. Set up is easy. Simply tie the kite to the end of the pole, extend the pole, drive the stake into the ground and slide the pole over it. Things to consider when assembling the kite: I decided to use a small length of the kites cord to tie the two main rods that go from the tail to the head. Prior to doing this, the connectors they slot into tended to move across the top rod and cause it to not fly properly. By tying the section where they cross, meant it kept the rods in place. The rods themselves: there 6 rods in total. 2 for the top and 4 that connect in pairs to join the tail to the top rod. At the end of 3 of the rods, there is a metal tube that's glued to the end. You then take the corresponding rod and slide that into that, making one longer rod. I decided that id glue these joining pieces so they didn't come apart and again, strengthen the overall structure. If the pole you have it attached to is in a vertical position, you'll find that out will wrap itself around the pole multiple times until it's not all to fly. I got round this by using a length of fairly ridged but lite tubing. This meant the kite couldn't wrap itself around the pole anymore. But it's best to put the pole at an angle so the kite hangs away from it, which reduces the chances of it tying itself up. One last thing you should consider.... The kids does need a fairly decent and consistent breeze to achieve and maintain flight. Otherwise, it will just hang there. Does it scare the birds? Well, so far, yes and no. When it's up and flapping around the pigeons stop cooing .... But when the wind dies down the the kite goes down, they start up again. I'm thinking that it's because they might have a nest there already and therefore you'd need a lot more of a deterrent to make them leave it. But it should stop new ones wanting to land. Hopefully the fireworks at the end of this month might also help. 🤞🏻

It’s a great product that actually works well, bird activity in my garden is way down which is what I needed! But marking low due to the quality of the pole, the carbon fibre has frayed on the ends of the extending poles and several time caused deep splinter in my hands as from time to time depending on the winds you’ve got to untangle the line. But cause of the splinters and pain associated I’ve marked it low, I’d never expect a fishing pole (which this basically is with a kite on the end) to splinter and hurt the user on the first day and several after that.

Bought to deter birds from nesting on dormer roof. They won't fly under it. So as long as the pole is fully extended and kite is flying above roof, it works. The kite lasted 2 years. The pole is still fine. You need to invest some time in determining the best location for the anchor pole. You need to angle the pole away from the wind to reduce the chances of the kite string wrapping itself around the pole (as per the instructions). So if you follow the instructions then I would say that this does what it says it does - scares and deters birds.

I ordered this for a friend who is having an issue with seagulls. When it’s put into the ground the seagulls fly over it not scared at all my friend then put it on the roof as he thought if it’s higher they might get scared from it that’s definitely not the case they sat across from it until the string snapped and can no longer be used. I wouldn’t recommend this for trying to keep seagulls away definitely doesn’t work. If you fancy running up and down the street with a big pole attached to a kite for whatever reason this is for you.