Customer Reviews

Opus 25112 Expeditions 12 Copper Fortress Feeders

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I have read negative reviews about this feeder, and I just don't agree. I am very satisfied with this feeder! Perhaps it's a matter of placement. When I first placed this feeder on a tree, the birds ignored it. However, I now have it hanging from a shepherd's crook near my deck, and the feeder is always in use. The small birds (such as chickadees, sparrows, titmice) love it, and the squirrels can't get to the seed.

Although when I received this feeder I thought it was very attractive, it didn't take too long to see that it would pose problems. To its credit, it does attract many small birds.

Now for the negative--I have owned it for about nine months and the cover is totally rusted and very unsightly. I don't believe it is copper as advertised. It also did not develop a rich patina as claimed. The cage area has held up fine. Also, there are eight feeding ports, but the botton four are unusable, because as soon as the thistle seed gets wet, it turns very hard, clumps together and blocks the ports leaving only the four upper ports operational. This feeder was not designed to protect the seed from the weather and even though it has a large capacity, only half the feeder can be utilized requiring constant refilling.

For the money this costs, you can find much better out there. Stay away from this feeder!

Birds love it when squirrels are not around. The effort our squirrels go thru to avoid the anti-squirrel features are a bit comedic to watch. May be worth getting if that is your objective. It wasn't ours!

This feeder is very attractive but I found that our birds don't seem to use it as much as others we have. In fact it's still full after one month. That's plenty of time for birds to discover a new eating station. I was also dismayed when the squirrels were victorious once again. They didn't get through the bars but they did knock it to the ground and the [heavy duty] plastic broke. Oh well....

I purchsed this feeder which is lovely and the birds like it(even a woodpecker)beacuse it was advertised as "squirrel proof"..BUT it is NOT squirrel proof...The squirrels still enjoy eating the bird seed just as much as they did from the non-squirrel proof one I had..they can't tell the difference except this one holds more seed...

Not squirrel-proof, they hang down from the top of it,knock the seed out and feed to their heart's content. The ratio of squirrel feed to bird feed appears to be 5:1.

I have had this feeder for over a month and I am delighted with it. It not only is functional but is very attractive. I will purchase another one for my grandchildren later when I find it available. Thanks!!!..