BRITENWAY Bird Deterrent Reflective Tape Ribbon

I will add photos soon, but for right now, here is my true review of this marvelous tape. It's GREAT! For well over a month, I had a very large bird which would come EVERY DAY, usually multiple times per day, and perch upon the cap of the largest vent on my roof. Here he would sit and amuse himself by loudly, abruptly, and super annoyingly pecking the cap of this vent. A METAL vent cap! No wood anywhere! It may have been a nuthatch or one of three main classes of pecking birds. It doesn't matter. This horrible creature did the same thing last year as well. If you have had this same problem, I don't have to tell you how LOUD it is inside the house, as it resonates from the center of the home each and every time he would peck on the cap (many times, like a machine gun from hell). And I don't have to tell you how awful it is to have your meditation, rest, or sleep suddenly interrupted with a very LOUD, ABRUPT machine gun pecking sound. It is HEINOUS. I searched for an answer and found this lovely tape. It has no adhesive of it's own, and it doesn't need it. What this tape does is to BLIND any bird that attempts to look directly at it, making it far too uncomfortable to look at for the bird. For my application, I went onto my roof and took the reflective scare tape as well as a roll of Nashua metal duct tape (also silver in color). A very easy and effective way to install it (at least around a vent pipe or on any flat or even curved surface) is to take a piece of metal duct tape (the tougher the better) and tape it to one end of a length of the reflective scare tape. Then tape that end down to the base of the pipe and begin to wind the scare tape around the pipe or object/area you wish to protect. After you wind it around the vent pipe a few times, tack it on with another piece of metal tape. Do this in intermittent locations around the pipe to keep the reflective tape secured to the pipe (or wall, or whatever). Next, I covered the top (cap) of the pipe with short individual lengths of the scare tape, each one secured to the cap by using metal tape on each end of each length of scare tape and adhering it to the underside of the cap to help protect it from rain, sun, etc. As I said I will add photos. But what I ended up with was a two foot tall vent pipe completely covered with the scare tape. The cap itself is absolutely covered with no gaps. I also tacked a few lengths onto my swamp cooler (next to the vent) as well as around two small vent pipes nearby just to make it blinding in every direction around the pipe he used to love to sit on and machine gun my brain every day. THE RESULT: Since the MOMENT I installed this tape, using the methods described, I haven't a single, solitary visit from this highly offensive bird, and I have not heard one, single, solitary pecking sound on my house! I used to have this problem off and on in years past as well. Not anymore! I am here to tell you that this tape genuinely works, and works BEAUTIFULLY! The reason is that it is simply impossible to look directly at it once it is installed, particularly in bright sunlight, without considerable discomfort. You have to look away immediately. Therefore any bird is literally UNABLE to peck anything covered with this tape, as he would have to look right at it to peck it! Whatever your bird troubles may be, if you can find a way to install this tape on or around whatever or wherever the problem is, THIS WILL FIX IT! I don't think any living creature which has a pair of eyes could tolerate looking at this tape for more than a second or two. Send 'em packing! Get this tape now! It is the real deal! Peace and Quiet has been restored in my home by buying one roll of tape. I haven't tried it yet, but I have a feeling this may work in certain applications for squirrels as well, if one could install the tape in such a way in a problem area that blinded the squirrels. This tape may indeed "scare" critters (particularly birds) away due to it's intense reflectivity as well as the diamond patterns, etc. But my strong feeling is that what really makes this tape work is that it is indeed very uncomfortable to look at directly. And I'm sure that squirrels are just as sensitive to extremes of light being reflected directly into their eyes as any birds are, or for that matter, most bothersome critters (I bet rabbits aren't fond of looking at it either). I will post an update later after I have tried it in the garden this year for squirrels, rabbits, deer, etc. It may look a bit "loud" or gaudy in a garden, but I'd rather have bright shiny gardens than chewed up, maimed gardens any day!! Awesome!!