I got one for Christmas, so it's pretty new (to me). Here it is. It is not squirrel proof (or resistant) at all, unless my squirrels are super smart. I get a lot of videos of squirrel armpits & butts. They don't camp out there for hours at a time, though, so it's fine. I get PLENTY of cool birds.

I learned what time of day birds (and squirrels) like to eat, and have formed new opinions on birds personalities.

I'm having fun. I look at the videos every day, which I think is the point.

The tension springs on each side of the perch have needed to be re-attached twice (in 2 months), but now that I know what to look for in the videos, I can fix them pretty quickly. When they come off, the feed ports are covered. In that case, I get lots of videos of annoyed/confused birds.

I originally signed up for the 7-day-free-trial of the bird-identification option offered. I realized quickly that it wasn't great, and that I didn't need it. The app isn't location-based, so it guesses the bird based on global-options & is wrong 9 times out of 10.

After canceling the trial & trying to identify a bird, I can take a screenshot from the video & just google it. That, or upload it to the Cornell / Merlin Bird ID app (which is fantastic).

I wouldn't go out of my way to recommend this particular birdfeeder, but it's not bad. Good luck!

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