The spikes themselves project up and out from their base at varying angles to prevent bird landing and roosting. Outer spikes have additional spiked branches to offer full, dense coverage. Birds avoid surfaces treated with Spikes. The transparent polycarbonate plastic material is durable, weather- and UV-resistant, and unobtrusive. It is flexible enough to install on straightaways, curves, corners or irregular surfaces. Modules are 1 foot long, nest for easy handling, and affix to any surface using adhesive, screws, nails or wire ties.
Bird-X 's Spikes are engineered of 100% post-industrial scrap plastic. Discarded plastic products are ground, formed into pellets, melted, dyed, and molded into brand new products, in this case, spikes. The "recycled" materials provide a high quality end-product for a significantly lower cost than their prime virgin counterparts, and the source of these economical "raw" materials for production is virtually endless. This reduces the flow of usable materials to landfills, reduces dependency on new materials, and cuts the environmental side-effects of producing them.