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Rating  - The birds don't stop coming!
I got this for my birthday and I was a bit skeptical at first. It took about 8-9 days for the birds to figure out that the feeder was even here. Once the first bird came, it took only a few hours and we had a whole myriad of different birds. They love the feeder, so I love the feeder too. I just use a mixed blend bird seed and they seem to like it a lot. The feeder itself is easy to use. You just twist the top part off, fill it with seeds and hang it up. I would advice filling it outside because the seeds can spill out of the holes a little bit. As far as being squirrel proof, we have not had any squirrels bother it yet.
Rating  - Really works
This is truly a squirrel proof feeder. I have two of these. Only complaint is that the spring mechanism broke on one of them while cleaning and it's toast. Just treat it gently when cleaning. I am getting another one since it's the only feeder I have seen that keeps squirrels off. As for the critters swinging the feeder around to disperse seeds, this is a very small "squirrel tax" to pay. Put some seed on the ground for our bushy tailed friends and be thankful they are not ON the feeder.
Rating  - Squirrels are smarter than the makers of this feeder.
No, maybe squirrels can't get inside the feeder, but they don't have to. All they have to do is shake it or set it to swinging, and seed goes all over the place. Then they take what seeds they want out of the resulting mess and leave the rest to rot. They can trash a feeder's worth of seed within a week. I'll be looking for yet another feeder as soon as I can afford it.
Rating  - Doesn't Work
I have a problem with red squirrels and chipmunks. It keeps the fatter squirrel off the feeder, but the skinnier two just snake their hands in and snatch out the seeds. It doesn't stop the chipmunks at all; they're too small to trigger the weight limit. The fat squirrel sits at the bottom eating the seeds knocked down by the two smaller ones having to work so hard.
Worse, because it takes the squirrels more effort to get the seeds, they spend twice as much time working at the feeder. The seed doesn't go down as quickly but there's no chance for birds to come feed.
This might work for heavier gray squirrels but it's a total bust for red squirrels and chipmunks.
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