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Green Torch or Red Torch Bird Scarers (26 posts / 4,933 views)
badger_1 badger_1
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Post #1 8 Feb 2023 07:15
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Which colour is best during daylight hours to scare away those pesky birds?
Greekskii Greekskii
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Post #2 8 Feb 2023 08:14
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In reply to Post #1
My mate put me on to the wanfare torch (carp spirit one without the carp tax) in red. It scares birds in sunny daylight really effectively. £15.99 on eBay.
Beyonce
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Post #3 8 Feb 2023 13:09
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Don't suppose you have a link? Wanfare gets zero results on an eBay search
Greekskii Greekskii
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Post #4 8 Feb 2023 14:06
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In reply to Post #3
Link!
Beyonce
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Post #5 8 Feb 2023 15:53
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In reply to Post #4
Thanks for the link, but sold out in red now!
Dazjones Dazjones
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Post #6 8 Feb 2023 19:20
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In reply to Post #5
try this one - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204139511689

Daz
Beyonce
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Post #7 8 Feb 2023 20:55
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In reply to Post #6
Spot on, thanks.
shane24 shane24
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Post #9 9 Feb 2023 12:10
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In reply to Post #6
Coffo Coffo
Posts: 1,246
Post #10 18 Mar 2023 12:27
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In reply to Post #9
Can anyone confirm if the single red torch in link in post 6 is zoomable please ? Description on ad says the 3 in 1 is but not clear for the single led.
braders1978 braders1978
Posts: 18,195
Post #11 18 Mar 2023 12:47
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In reply to Post #10
No its not,I bought one after seeing the link and it's utter junk
Coffo Coffo
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Post #12 18 Mar 2023 13:08
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In reply to Post #11
Thanks Braders, I thought that might be the case.
chrispfox chrispfox
Posts: 600
Post #13 18 Mar 2023 19:57
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In reply to Post #11
I got one from amazon that was rated on here which was terrible. In the end I got the Carplife one and it works incredibly well with tuftys and ducks. Coots seem more bothered by a green light.
Greekskii Greekskii
Posts: 3,434
Post #14 19 Mar 2023 06:57
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The ones linked to on eBay are exactly the same as the carp life one. I can only suggest that people bought a lower lumen version which is available hence not working very well.
Myself and about 6/7 others bought the one I linked to and every single one works really well, even on swans during low light.
shane24 shane24
Posts: 904
Post #15 19 Mar 2023 08:52
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In reply to Post #14
I bought the one in the link but returned it and got a refund.

It worked on a pair of swans right in the margins but had literally no affect at all on anything else.

I'll just got back to sticking a spod of bait out when the birds are on me.
Greekskii Greekskii
Posts: 3,434
Post #16 19 Mar 2023 09:03
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In reply to Post #15
Which link. I noticed that the one I linked was 20000 lumens and the other was 10000 lumens. Only half the strength.
dannyuk32 dannyuk32
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Post #17 19 Mar 2023 09:28
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In reply to Post #1
Of the obvious colours, anything but red I would imagine.
Coffo Coffo
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Post #18 19 Mar 2023 12:53
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In reply to Post #16
Greekskii, Is the one you have zoomable ?
Greekskii Greekskii
Posts: 3,434
Post #19 19 Mar 2023 13:48
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In reply to Post #18
No not zoomable. I did look at a zoomable one but it just looks like the different colour lights have different ranges and there is no actual zoom.

I'd say just go for the biggest lumens possible that you can.
PhunkyPhish PhunkyPhish
Posts: 668
Post #20 19 Mar 2023 18:31
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There is a 30000 lumin one.
Would this be even better?
Greekskii Greekskii
Posts: 3,434
Post #21 19 Mar 2023 19:22
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In reply to Post #20
I guess higher the lumen the brighter it'll be so should work better in the day.
shane24 shane24
Posts: 904
Post #22 19 Mar 2023 22:33
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In reply to Post #6
This is the one I bought.
Greekskii Greekskii
Posts: 3,434
Post #23 20 Mar 2023 07:10
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In reply to Post #22
As I said earlier. It's only 10,000 lumens. The one I suggested is 20,000 and there is obviously more powerful ones as well.
ron83 ron83
Posts: 2,061
Post #24 29 Dec 2024 15:02
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In reply to Post #23
Was going to buy the convoy L21B as recommended on another thread.. anyone got experience and advice on red/green?
Greekskii Greekskii
Posts: 3,434
Post #25 29 Dec 2024 15:56
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In reply to Post #24
As far as I've witnessed Green doesn't scare them as much. Red seems to get everything, swans don't seem as bothered by any light.
secret-agent secret-agent
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Post #26 30 Dec 2024 07:29
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Red is best
climo22 climo22
Posts: 91
Post #27 2 Jan 2025 17:04
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Green laser off temp they don't like it at all
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