yep plastic ones for me as well, super cheap has them, $2 from memory, I got a pair and I have seen roos run from them, the vehicle speed must be in excess of 50k

I've heard good things about the shu roo but they are expensive!

Maybe you got the deaf roos Al?? Of course it isn't going to work on emus. It's not called a Shu Emu.

There you go True Blue........... make sure you only use it on roos that can hear or have hearing aids.

We have not hit a roo since they invented those clever things *.
Maybe if I ever fitted some, my luck might change......????

Cheers,
Peter

* Clever, because the get lots of money out of people...

At the risk of sounding like a complete moron - what is a shu roo.

I gather it is a device to warn off kangaroos but what is it and how does it work,

Ma

They are a plastic cone shaped hollow device that creates a high pitched sound from the air flow through them ,supposed to make a roo turn back away from the noise,

I beleive there is a electric one as well .

HK/HT/HG holdens should have been ok ,the body style created its own whistle,
at no extra cost .

"HK/HT/HG holdens should have been ok ,the body style created its own whistle,
at no extra cost ."



Ain't that a fact!

Ah-h-h, but don't you miss the whistle of ill fitting quarter lights?!

Wizzy wrote:

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We had the electronic version for some years ... cost about $400. Never hit a roo but not sure whether that was just sheer luck or the ShuRoo working.

It certainly had an affect on domestic animals and people when we forgot to switch it off in towns ... and the cop who once thought it was some sort of radar detection device!

Dennis
25ft Boroma full van
4.2L TD Landcruiser
www.dennis@caravanningnews.com

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That was the original Shu Roo.  The newer ones come in 2 sizes, the Larger ones costing around $35.00. [ Could be a little more or less.]   The Smaller ones used to be under $10.00.   Can't be exact, as it's a while since I bought the last lot.
Cheers,
xina. 

 

I guess the Shu Roo's  been covered pretty well alrready on these posts, but for what it's worth
I'm also a long-distance motorcycle rider (1000miles/day) and this topic is of great interest to us who ride LD- the general opinion in the LD riding community is that the device doesn't work-
There's been some scientific study done on the device.
Still, they're cheap enough so, why not if someone has a mind to try a set.

the shu roo, that was the original question, is an electronic black box approximately 12" - 18" long by 3" - 4" high by 3" deep, the cost is around $400 from memory,

it emits a high frequency sound wave, supposedly inaudible by human ears but cannot be tolerated by animals

these do work very well but not 100% of the time, as all things, animals included, are unpredictable, go through a mob of sheep that are moving across the road, there will always be one that will double back, it's the same with animals, go past enough of them, and it doesnt matter what you have on the front, one will get you,

scare an animal with a shu roo or a whistle and where it goes nobody knows, hopefully away from the car is as good as it gets

the little whistles work for me but they are not 100%, if you want 100% certainty then stay off the road,

dont travel at dawn or at dusk and keep your speed down in areas of concern, it's no guarantee but it will help a little

Hi Disco the last ones I saw on way to Brokenhill you could use as floor rugs.

Hi and welcome to Nomads Tony The Valk. Having fun yet?

While the shoo-roo maybe very effective in diverting roos etc away from the front of your vehicle, most collisions with kangaroos are from the side when they bound into the side of the vehicle at full bound. (gallop)
I've seen the entire side, every panel of a Falcon wiped out when a large roo jumped into the side of the vehicle and on impact spun around and belted the other panels with it's tail and back legs.
Nothing can prevent that. The driver can't see a roo approaching from that direction at 100kph or more.
I'd be trying the little, cheap version as a test run before investing in the more sophisticated type. I don't use either.

I built a woofer stopper MkII from a kit from Jaycar quite a few years ago that worked on the same principle. When the dog barked it triggered the device which then put out a modulated ultra sonic blast at a fairly high power. It definitely worked on the dogs and even neighbors dogs for a few houses around us. The theory behind it with dogs is that if a dog barks and you make a very loud noise (louder than the dog), the dog stops barking to see what is making that noise. After a couple of weeks of this, the dog tends to not bark as much anymore. Seeing as we no longer have dogs, I'm going to wire it into the car via a switch that is powered from the high beam, to see if it also works on 'roos or other animals at night. Being ultra sonic, humans can't hear it, so wiring it through a switch and also through the high beam means it's unlikely you'll accidentally leave it on when traveling through towns. Well I'll eventually get around to installing it anyway.. can't rush these things eh?

They work in a lmited fashion, the roo, emu or wallaby looks up and "says what's that, lets go and have a look".  I had them on for six or so months, Black swampy into the side of the vehicle, towing a trailer of wood kangaroo under all 3 wheels on one side of the vehicle, ending up facing the other way on the road to White Cliffs from Tilpa trying to avoid an emu (realistically, how stupid is that bird, always look at the vehicle coming towards them at speed, turns 180 degrees and tries to outrun the vehicle) and the best was the kangaroo that we saw 100K in the middle off the road that sat there, we slowed and slowed and slowed and it obviously did not hear us coming.  Looked at us and scarpered.  Took them off and no problems.  Go figure.