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Sureguard ScareCrow 360° Motion Activated Animal Deterrent
Sureguard ScareCrow 360° - Motion Activated Animal Deterrent.
Boys and Girls,
Since my home invasion about 2 weeks ago, I have been a tad skittish and have kept a sleepless eye on the surveillance screen next to our bed,
The invasion started at 6:53am, and my circadian rhythm has honed me into looking at the screen around that time every morning since. No two-legged invader, however, what caught my eye prompted me to bee line to the office and check out my surveillance backup and prompted me to post this blog.
I’m no green thumb so I don’t have issues with dogs and cats in my garden… I seldom inhabit it… however one of my neighbours has 7 cats that seem to ignore our local curfews and I’m just too nice a guy to impose capital punishment on him, but his wondering cats keep killing our native fauna leaving the evidence on my property, crap on my concrete and seem to love the comfort of the urinal/crappery of my door mats. While I can manage to step over that (if detected), all night long they keep tripping my surveillance items and with my stupid Apple watch, it continually zaps me throughout the night.
Yes, I could throw the watch away, but I was looking for another alternative.
Furthermore, after constant abuse from delivery drivers about cat shit on their boots, I had to take some measures.
I invested in my first Sureguard ScareCrow 360° with apprehension and installed it on my back driveway,
which was one of their favourite pathways. The little blighters kept tripping the surveillance… and I realised that after their love fest, they returned from the other direction.
I put on my cat hat
I put on my cat hat
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and realised that I needed a deterrent at the other end of their roaming path,
Surveillance alarms decrease by about 90%... however, it looks like the little shitters also the same path my home invader later discovered… up the side pathway with what I thought was lacking human entry point, however, cats are not human and will fit through the smallest crevices. Having the IQ of the smarter cats, I planted another deterrent at the start of that pathway,
So far cats 2, LBD 3…
After all this crapolla, this is the video I edited this morning to prove those deterrents do have an effect and posted it on YouTube,
Now let’s talk about the deterrents…
I bought mine from Bunnings, but I’m sure there is some sort of equivalent worldwide and this blog is to certify that they do work.
Primarily they are a motion sensor that when tripped, emits a sound wave that is not the favourite of felines and canines. They also emit a strobing light that is supposed to chase away birds… must work as there are no groupies/yuppies hanging around my house.
It has a strobing blue light… I haven’t RTFM’d enough to discover what that’s for, however, one of its functions is to indicate that the solar power is still charging and when it stops flashing, it needs to be recharged and replaced by my on-call spare
… c’mon, who only has 1 cordless battery.
One needs to take care of where it is placed as it has a 360° detection area, and close placement to footpaths may raise the ire of dog walkers when their little/big fur balls decide to do a runner after uncontrollably dropping a load on my outside footpath.
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Ducky that’s crazy! What a brazen break in. And here I though you ex-subjects of the Queen had better manners than that!
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
Fortunately he didn't enter the house and only entered that back area by removing 3 louvre glass panes.
He saw me and heard me calling 000 (your 911). Nevertheless he seemed to be unarmed and civil, and didn't destroy anything. If it wasn't for the "invasion concept" that video would earn me #1 in some of the funniest video shows.
At the end of the video where he spilled everything, he dropped his phone while trying to reload the trailer and the cops arrived.
He got away with my $5 Bunnings straw hat (outran the cops), but left his phone behind for the cops. I was told they know who he is, but haven't had any more feedback.
He saw me and heard me calling 000 (your 911). Nevertheless he seemed to be unarmed and civil, and didn't destroy anything. If it wasn't for the "invasion concept" that video would earn me #1 in some of the funniest video shows.
At the end of the video where he spilled everything, he dropped his phone while trying to reload the trailer and the cops arrived.
He got away with my $5 Bunnings straw hat (outran the cops), but left his phone behind for the cops. I was told they know who he is, but haven't had any more feedback.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
Dayum!
That was bold on his part for sticking around so long. Fist impression was him not even flinching in the car port when the lights came on.
Good on you for having such good video coverage. I'd suggest pungi sticks or filling some "bait" lock boxes with any of the 1000's of killer critters in your neighborhood.
Sorry for the loss of your hat!
That was bold on his part for sticking around so long. Fist impression was him not even flinching in the car port when the lights came on.
Good on you for having such good video coverage. I'd suggest pungi sticks or filling some "bait" lock boxes with any of the 1000's of killer critters in your neighborhood.
Sorry for the loss of your hat!
He saw me through the glass door and even acknowledged my presence... I was too stupid to realise at the time and only realised watching the videos. Took me about 15 minutes to manually turn my internal screamers on (only active inside the house)... he didn't flinch... and even rang the back door bell as he was trying to leave the property.
With our laws any punji stick damage would land me in jail for a month while he gets out the next day... our laws and judiciary are fucked rooted not good!
With our laws any punji stick damage would land me in jail for a month while he gets out the next day... our laws and judiciary are
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
