SHARKBANZ
Hi guys, while we appreciate working with others to conduct testing of the product, it's situations like this that can mislead people and undermine the years of scientific research that proves this technology works. We have seen your testing videos on ESDS and SharkShield and the bait-pole method you use works pretty well to test these technologies. It is critical to understand that this same technique does not work to test Sharkbanz. There are 2 main reasons why this test failed. 1. These other products use batteries to generate an electrical field that is constantly emitted from the device. Sharkbanz do not use batteries and rely on the earth's magnetic field to generate electricity. Movement is essential to create this electrical field. As the magnet passes through air or water, voltage is created. When the product is static, as you have it in the test while attached to the pole, no voltage is created, so the shark approaches undeterred. In our video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRIsEl4hAl8 Bernie's leg is swaying with the current and waves, as a surfer's leg would do in a real scenario, creating the electrical field required to deter the shark. In this video, you will see a continuous clip with 13 large (8ft) sharks approaching the baited leg and being successfully deterred. As soon as the Sharkbanz is removed, the first shark attacks the foot. There is no gimmick to this test; one Sharkbanz on the leg, bait in the foot, conducted by the senior marine biologist from SharkDefense, right in the water observing the experiment. A person swimming or surfing with their Sharkbanz will naturally generate this field and significantly decrease their chances of being bitten. 2. Sharks have a variety of senses which are used in different proportion depending on the clarity of the water and the presence of food. In this scenario with bait visible to the shark, it will rely on sight before its electrical sense. This is an unrealistic scenario in the real world because people will not have bait attached to their bodies, nor will they be swimming in an area where sharks are feeding on chum. If the Sharkbanz was moving to generate the field, per point 1, and the visual bait was present, we would see a decrease in the number of times the sharks ate the bait. If the bait was hidden and the sharks could smell it but not see it, you would have a very high rate of deterrence. Again, you must note the differences between a person swimming or surfing with Sharkbanz and having it attached to a pole with bait. A shark will be curious about a person and use that electrical sense as it approaches him/her, but once encountering the electrical field generated by Sharkbanz and that person's natural movements, understand that he/she is not food and thus undesirable to eat. In murky water, this becomes even more effective. We have numerous accounts of customers writing in to us who use our product, amazed at an experience they had where Sharkbanz effectively deterred an aggressive or investigating shark.http://www.sharkbanz.com/testimonials These are real testimonials and not solicited by us in any way. In closing, we just want to say we tried our best to communicate with your team to advise on these important details prior to this test so that we could avoid this unfortunate situation, and work together to conduct a realistic test. If asked whether the Sharkbanz would be successful under the scenario you presented, we would have predicted the exact results you filmed. Sharkbanz technology is real, and there are many scientific papers published to prove it. We hope you and your audience will take all the facts into account before making any judgements about our product. We are committed to the continued testing of the product on various shark species in new (more realistic) scenarios, and will always do so under controlled scientific guidelines with observation from the experts at SharkDefense. Thanks for taking the time to read this long, but important response. Best with all your endeavors.

TLDR - Creators claim it needs movement to work and there are other vids showing that it does work as intended.