Metal Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder,Bird Feeders for Outdoors,Weight Activated Squirrel Proof Wild Bird Feeders with Finch Cardinal Chickadee,Large Capacity,Weatherproof and Durable,Reddish Brown

Works Good.
Works well, prevents squirrels from emptying entire container, however they still get a little snack that keeps them coming back. It does have a bottom chamber for drainage that collects small seeds and pieces which will get moldy, and birds stop eating from it. So, clean it bi-weekly.

Sturdy and squirrel proof.
This is a good bird feeder and is squirrel proof. I’ve had this for 9 months and it fed birds all through the winter months. But I can only give it 4 stars because it is a nightmare to clean thoroughly. You cannot undo any part of it and the seeds get wedged below the lower two feeding perches. Small seeds get stuck under there and go bad, especially when the feeder gets wet and we have some real downpours here in Florida. It takes a lot of water and a fierce jet to get the seeds to loosen but eventually it comes clean Can only be done at the end of the season. Bird feeders in now for the summer!

It eventually fails by getting stuck closed and the mechanism freezes in cold weather.
The feeder is made of two cylinders one inside the other. The inner cylinder contains the seeds, the outer is spring loaded and contains openings and the perches for the birds to access the seeds. There is a gap between the two cylinders where seeds will drop. Both from filling and by birds dropping seeds into the gap. The seed that fall into this gap do not fall to the ground, but end up at the bottom of the feeder. When enough seeds have fallen into this gap the cylinders can get jammed so that they no longer slide over each other. In our case, they jammed with the portals closed so when the squirrel jumped off, the ports remained closed. This happens because the gap between the cylinders is smaller at the bottom of the feeder and the seeds don’t fall to the ground. The only way I found to clear this is to completely empty the feeder by turning it upside down, and shaking it to try to get the stuck seeds to fall out through the small openings in the outer cylinder. It takes a while and is pretty messy. If only the gap between the cylinders didn’t get narrower at the bottom. When it works it works well, but I’ve had to do this cleaning job twice in the week we’ve had it up. BTW, I bought the seeds I’m using from the company that makes the feeder.Well, we’ve had the feeder for a couple of weeks now and the problem with the feeder sticking has just gotten worse. There are no openings in the bottom the feeder, so all of the seeds that get dropped between the cylinder eventually fill the bottom of the feeder. We also just had our first snowstorm since getting the feeder, and the two cylinders freeze open, and the opening at the top to refill the feeder froze as well. Took me a long time to get it open to refill. The squirrel proof mechanism has worked so poorly that we got a baffle for the post. I think I’m going to just trash this and get a regular feeder.

Birdies Love This Feeder
Sturdy construction. Red color. Feeder is especially good for small and young birds. But, I have seen cardinals and other medium size flyers. Something I have learned is to hang feeders near bushes as hawks are definitely looking for prey and foliage allows for safe hiding places between snacks.