Brome 1055 Squirrel Buster Mini

Comment: After watching the squirrels destroy an inexpensive plastic feeder in less than two days, I enjoyed watching their frustration with this one. The birds are happy, and the squirrels now seem to have given up.

Comment: Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R29QI89KXUY2F7 This clip simply allows you to see how well it accommodates feeding smaller birds (to appropriate tunage).

Comment: After being constantly thwarted by my tenacious gray squirrels, I tried this product in desperation. I wasn't sure it would really work as promised, but it DOES! After several attempts to get at the seed, the gray squirrels simply don't bother with it anymore and instead forage for seed underneath it or at neighboring feeders. Plus, the birds really like the design; there are more birds visiting and I have seen new species since putting it out. I am thrilled with this product.

Comment: I've watched squirrels for a long time and they are remarkably clever little devils, their inability to avoid speeding cars on city streets notwithstanding. Despite the real thought that has gone into designing this feeder at least one of the critters in my back yard managed to defeat it fairly easily. He simply hung down from the crossbeam to which it was attached, grabbed the entire feeder and shook the bird feed out of it onto the ground. The contents were gone within a day and the birds got very little of it.

Now, what I'm planning to try to foil this animal is to extend the hanger by attaching a very thin wire to it, which is what will actually hang from the beam. If all goes according to plan, the squirrel will then not be able to reach the body of the feeder to shake it, and the extender wire will be too thin for him to use it to climb downward. We'll see if it works...

In the meantime, I note these other drawbacks: the metal loops that serve as bird perches fall off quite easily, or can be pulled off by squirrels, and are then difficult to find on the ground; more seriously, the loop at the top of the seed compartment is configured in a way that one has to tip the filled feeder way over to reattach it to the hanging mechanism, thereby making it almost impossible to reinstall after filling without spilling some of its contents.

Comment: A great little feeder! We've had it for some time now and those pesky squirrels haven't figured a way to get at it! Love this feeder.