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I'm not a stress head about many things, had enough knocks in life to know what's worth the worry and what's not.
But sharks, in my book they are still worth the worry. And yeah I know all the stats and that I can likely get hit twice by lightening etc. But with my luck that's what will happen.
I've sussed out lots of gear. Sea snake stripes, magnetic bands, electronic deterrents, camouflage board bottoms etc.
Stripes? Maybe, makes some sense.
Magnetic wrist and ankle bands? What a load of crock.
Electronic devices? I know they work because my boys have them and had a 4m white stalking them that was deterred. But bulky and prone to failure, electronics and salt water = failure.
Camouflage? Makes sense as well, if they can't easily see you then they will likely head for the next bloke in the line up 
And now big fat eyes? If they thing you can see them they get spooked. Makes sense as well having been stalked by a 14' tiger whilst spearfishing that as long as we kept an eye on him he stayed away, the moment he thought we were not watching he approached, and then when he knew we had seen him he casually drifted off into the periphery of our vision, sneaky bugger, just sitting outside of how far we could see.
So I was wondering what others use and why?
What was your reasoning behind what you bought?
Does it give you a warm fuzzy?
And how does the idea that what you use may effect others in the lineup sit with you? This one is asked because there are some new studies showing that the electronic devices actually attract curious sharks. If you have one and your mate does not then who's likely to get chomped? And who attracted the chomper?
Me? I'm leaning towards the eyes, but they are a crap load of money for a couple of stickers, and crikey I'll be stuffed if I am going to pay jacked up postage costs for a couple of stickers. Seriously double or more of what it actually costs to post something that small.
And lastly, do you think a couple of cheap eBay cats eye stickers would have the same effect? My thinking is that eyes are eyes? What is so special about their stickers?
Thoughts?
Oh and I asked in the long boarding because generally it's full of more experienced older guys and less reactionary younger ones.
Plus some of you might have some ripper stories to tell
sharks always gets things going.
Me personally i use a product called Rpela thats made by a local shaper and member in this page, Katana surf.
I use it because i saw the fear in my wife's eyes once and decided i should do some genuine research and try mitigate myself, if that is possible. I was stunned what i found and and have forgotten more than i've learned but was stunned at the product, the research and the effort that has gone into something like this. Even more disgusted at the politics of these products.
I have just dropped my two units (sons and mine) in for servicing after nearly 5 years or working flawlessly.
My best suggestion is to talk directly to him and get the facts from the horse's mouth as too many people try educate themselves online. 
Thanks guys appreciate the comments.
Rpela looks awesome, unit placement is good but to me invasive to a boards design.
Having never had one I have no idea if it will compromise any structural integrity or performance.
As far as effectiveness I place a lot of credibility on non biased or sponsored third party, qualified assesment. The maker of Rpela has invested heavily towards the product.
Another point of consideration in electronic devices is affordability.
In WA gov rebates applied I think to any product that was independently validated to work. Not sure where that is all at now but even with a rebate they are expensive.
For my personal situation an electronic device is beyond my financial grasp and would cost more than my board.
So I need to consider the passive deterants.
And that pretty much aligns with nature, to be seen and make your presence known. Or to hide and blend into the background.
Octopus is a great example of both methods, able to blend seamlessly into the background, or to warn of potential danger to would be predators with blue rings or striped bands to mimic a sea snake.
But I'm not an octopus.
Haha.
Its a bit like faulty towers and the major this shark talk
" don't mention the war"
So it seems that personal shark mitigation falls into two categories, passive and aggressive.
The third level is non personal and is generally imposed by government agencies. Again passive and aggressive.
Passive by way of new localised barriers, patrols and tagging to monitor and advise.
Aggressive in suicide nets that cause significant collateral damage, and drum lines that kill.
And then there are overall human factors of food source depletion through overfishing. And the sensationalisation of attacks that cause hysteria.
The only truely 100%effective solution is to stay on the beach. And for most of us that is untennable.
Best of luck with whatever you all decide could work for you.
Mac you should get some of these to help you relax next time we're at Secret Spot.
I can say for me Sharkeyes have worked 100%. I have had this set for nearly two years now and not once has my bin had an interaction with any shark ??
So clearly by "some" shark mitigation's products, that's proof they work.
