Perky-Pet 334-1SR Squirrel-Be-Gone Max Large Wild Bird Feeder with Flexports, Squirrel Proof Bird Feeder with Weight-Activated Perches – 4LB Seed Capacity

Great, mostly squirrel proof bird feeder
I wanted a bird feeder to attract and watch colorful local birds, but we have a lot of squirrels in our neighborhood, and they are known to chew up everything (patio furniture, patio lights, pots, etc.), so I wanted something that would stand up to abuse. This is overall easy to fill, the lid is secure once you tighten the wire, and has lasted pretty well. I like that this is a large size and holds a lot of birdseed, so I don’t have to fill it up as often. The lid is metal as is the lower piece on which the birds sit, and I haven’t seen any damage from squirrels chewing. The mechanism that lowers and covers the openings works well overall, and the only issue I’ve seen is that the little rubber ‘valves’ that cover the holes wear out pretty quickly from being pecked and chewed, which allows seed to flow out more easily when you fill it or when the wind shakes the feeder. I think the squirrels have realized this, so they don’t seem to chew on the feeder, but they do shake it from above, which causes seed to fall on the ground and then they eat it. Overall it works pretty well and is affordable for what I need, and the birds really seem to like it.

Save your money – Definitely NOT Squirrel Proof
If you are looking for a squirrel proof solution, save your money, this isn’t the solution. I took a picture after the squirrels dumped the feeder again this morning. They ran off when I tried to get them in the photo.A couple of thoughts to share, especially after the money spent.1). The feeder is too inviting of a target. There is so much food in the hopper, that it literally acts as a squirrel magnet. They will obsessively find a way to defeat it because of the reward.2). It took less than 24 hrs for squirrels to access all the feed. When I went to find additional guidance, I found directions that it must be mounted > 18” from the tree/pole to be effective. So I took down the first $20 mounting bracket and went to Lowe’s. There I found a cast iron arm and circular mount. That a is 24” from the tree. Another $30, same result3) the weighted door/close system fails because it’s not weather resistant. I put this up in august 2022, and gave up on it the first attempt after squirrels dumped it everyday I filled it. I decided to try again this May and noticed the door sliding system didn’t move as freely as when I first mounted it. I don’t see anyway to protect it from the elements, so after just 9 months, I’d say life expectancy is very short.I wish someone wrote a review like this before I put it in the cart. Maybe it will save someone else the same time and expense.

Laugh at the squirrels attempts!! 😂
See a lot of reviews on this that aren’t so favorable however, I went through five different birdfeeders and then found this one and it’s a very good birdfeeder. The only flaw is the feeder ports deteriorate to nothing in about eight or nine months and then you start spilling birdseed out of the ports when you refill it and the bird start pecking at it. You can see it falling to the ground. The ports are $11 to buy four new ones to replace so overall that’s not too bad every eight months to a year spending $11 to replace those ports, I laughed, watching the squirrels try to get at the seed and were unsuccessful and they finally gave up and eat the seed that falls below it from the birds, pecking and engorging and wasting some of the food, but they eat most of it. One of the benefits is I have a few huge sunflowers growing in my garden now ha ha good birdfeeder the top does not keep the seed completely dry if it’s windy, rainy but they still eat it and when it gets empty every few times I will take it and dump the residual seed from the very bottom which they can’t get at kind of a poor design where the base should have a little plastic insert that raises the floor up to where the ports are so you don’t have an inch of wasted seed that gets old and stale. Other than that, it’s the best birdfeeder I have found and the squirrels get super frustrated because they absolutely cannot access the seed where some of these designs that are similar have a range shield lower, where the squirrels can grab onto and hang upside down and eat the seed not this one this is the best design and worth the money

La mangeoire est vraiment efficace contre les écureuils: dès les premiers jours, nous avons vu un écureuil tenter sa chance, de toutes les manières possibles mais sans succès.Le design empêche vraiment le gaspillage contrairement à notre ancien modèle. Les oiseaux doivent travailler un peu plus fort pour obtenir les graines et beaucoup moins de graines tombent par terre.La capacité de stockage de la mangeoire est également appréciable et avec moins de gaspillage, nous la remplissons une fois par semaine comparativement à l’ancienne où c’était aux 2-3 jours.

Je croyais avoir enfin trouvé la bonne mangeoire, et bien non! Le fait qu’elle soit longue et lise était un avantage mais les écureuils gris ont fini par briser les liens du couvercles, se pendre la tête en bas et se tenant par les pattes au rebord de la mangeoire, ensuite, grugé facilement les trous. J’ai bouché les trous avec un grillage mais le fil qui retiens la mangeoire se fait gruger. C’est tout de même la mangeoire la plus efficace que j’ai trouvé à ce jour et j’ai fait bcp d’essais, elles finissent toutes à la poubelle. Vendre simplement des pièces de rechange me permettrait de l’utiliser et la réparer.

I bought this in the hopes that it would prevent squirrels from using it. However, I have found that squirrels are able to use it by leaning out of the tree and reaching their hands in through the portals. The reason they can do this is because the birds very easily and quickly removed the plastic that keeps the seeds in. This means the squirrels and larger birds very easily reach in, pull out the peanuts they want and drop everything else onto the ground beneath the feeder.Otherwise it is a very sturdy feeder. The section that moves down to stop the squirrels from reaching in does work, but once the squirrels figured out they didn’t need to do that, it wasn’t that great. It holds a lot of seeds. It’s just that they all fall out.