More Birds Squirrel-X Double Suet Feeder, Outdoor Wild Bird Feeder, Cage Bird Feeder, 2 Suet Cake Capacity

Keeps starlings out very well. Bluetits, sparrows and other small birds only. Very well made and strong, the only thing lacking is a catch tray for the bits of suet. May need a bit of packing between some thinner suet cakes and the centre cage other wise the little beaks may not reach the whole cake. I just used a bit of scrap ply wood. I have used a large plant pot drip tray secured to the bottom of the feeder with some wire through a couple of small holes in the drip tray. The feeder is in a sheltered spot and so does not collect much rain.The little birds can also pick up some of the bits in the tray.

We purchased this item after reading the reviews. It is a little expensive but does stop starlings and will save a lot of money on suet block. The comment on placing a quarter of block in the centre was helpful, but tried to put half in the centre and as it gets eaten, falls over to the side where starlings can reach. We tied small pieces of wood to the sides and can fill the centre to the top so it saves refilling as often. Photo attached. Great item. Thank you

I have found that the starlings are trying to get at it but cant eat much of it.

This is a wonderful product and have been looking for some time for the large birds and squirrels not to use. This succeeds and have so many small birds on it. Great. Easy to change fat squares.

I now have two of these as they prevent grey squirrels getting to the suet cakes, also the only large birds that can get a little are young magpies, do to how the cage is set up and the cakes go in the middle, the young magpie have smaller heads so can get in the first lot of bars to their “shoulders” so can get their beak tip in. But they get very little so I’m fine with that The two blocks last about a week as only the smaller birds can get to them and they love it I have no issues with having to prop up the cakes as some reviews say, as they lean over due to being eaten the birds just adapt. My garden is plagued by crows, magpies and grey squirrels so to impress me feeder have to do the job, this does and I highly recommend even with the price it’s worth it in saving me money on the suet cakes 👍

Bought this on the strength of other reviews claiming it was starling proof, but this is not the case. A day after hanging up I’ve been watching starling after starling gorge their greedy selves and devour a suet block in a day. They simply stick their heads through the outer cage and gain access to the food as normal. Total waste of money.

This arrived today from the USA (sooner than expected) On close inspection this is strongly constructed and vastly superior to the majority of products presented as being squirrel proof. It certainly should should deter Squirrels, pigeons and larger corvids. The expansive screw on lid will help keep food dry (except in driving rain) and the product is built to last. No additional import fees. I will update this review following usage. The service from Amazon regarding delivery from the USA, has been faultless.

I was so looking forward to using this. It was so much bigger than I expected. So very very disappointed that the screw mechanism holding the lid snapped off when I tried to remove lid. Not brute force. I’m a 67 year old woman!! Gutted that this came all the way from US to be sent back again.

I have a very small backyard with a walkway between two trees. It's the only place I can put my feeder so I don't have that "magic" seven foot radius around my feeder to stop the squirrels from climbing up the stand or jumping down from the trees to get to the feeder. I've tried everything to deter them but nothing worked. This product is awesome! The squirrels can't touch the suet. The nuthatches figured out how to get to the suet right away and the downy woodpecker took a few minutes to figure it out but once they get in to the inner cage they don't have to figure it out again. I can stop checking my feeder for raiding squirrels now!!

Totally Squirrel Proof !!! I used suet and not seed, because seed brought mice into the house… very easy to open and close.. very sturdy, I have it up year round in CT and not rusted a bit.. the smaller birds can get into the feeder, which is nice.. the larger birds, especially the beautiful wood peckers gat everything they want without a problem. I did have a raccoon for a while,, he DID unscrew the top and get the suet..🤣. So when he’s around I bring the feeder in at night for a few days.. this is a top quality product.. and priced accordingly.. I HOPE they do NOT change this product! The birds flew away when I took the picture..

Keeps the squirrels at bay, but does restrict some larger bird species. One time only did I find the feeder on the ground and completely opened. I assume a very clever squirrel or possibly raccoon managed to unscrew the hangar, pull off the lid, and consume the suet. I was amazed. I took the precaution of adding a bungee chord to prevent unscrewing the hangar and the feat was not repeated. I have two of these and on one particularly cold morning the hangar screw female end sheared as I unscrewed it to add new suet cakes. It was a clean shear so I used a super adhesive to repair and so far the repair is holding.

While I hesitate to call anything "squirrel proof"; so far, this feeder has worked as advertised. It took a little while before my "flock" of wild birds learned to use the feeder. They were a bit reluctant, at first, to get inside the squirrel-barrier cage. Once one brave bird tried it out, it wasn't long before all the little song birds went for it. They have no trouble getting in and out. The only reason I didn't give it a full 5 star rating, is that the cage also keeps out larger birds. *Downy Woodpeckers could probably use it; but, they don't seem at all inclined to try*. Flickers could, perhaps, use their long beak to get some suet; but, that hasn't happened so far. The product description makes it clear that this feeder is for smaller birds -- so, as I said, it is "as advertised". Edit: August 06, 2014 ** Just a few days after I posted this review, a female Downy Woodpecker decided to try out the feeder. She started by pecking through the outer cage, and eventually got right inside. She had no difficulty getting out either. I may have to raise the rating to a "5". If Flickers ever use it, then it gets a "5". Edit: July 07, 2015 I've changed the rating to 5 stars; because a pair of Flickers did figure out how to use this. (This first happened months ago; but I just now recalled that I promised to update this review, if the Flickers could use the feeder.) Naturally, they don't get inside the outer cage; but, they can reach the suet with their long beaks. Also, the squirrels still haven't figured out how to get the suet out.

I ordered this bird feeder in hopes it would deter larger birds (as advertised), but sad to say it does not!! Great quality bird feeder but disappointed that black birds and starlings can still reach the suet. Darn bully birds scare the little birds away. Outside cage needs to be a bit bigger. I may put it away and bring it out again in the winter when the bully birds are gone. UPDATE - after leaving the feeder out for a few days there were only LARGE amounts of black birds and starlings coming around completely taking over the feeder which scared off the little birds. They were having a field day. So, I took the feeder down and will only put it out during the winter. Squirrels and chipmunks can't get to it cause I greased the pole with Vaseline. It is quite funny to watch. If you are thinking of purchasing to deter the bigger birds, this bird feeder will be disappointing for you. If purchasing solely to use during the winter months then I'd recommend it.