Brome Squirrel Buster Suet Bird Feeder 1106

This year I decided to cancel my Amazon Prime subscription and support local and small businesses. I wanted the Squirrel Buster Suet feeder and found JCS Wildlife had them at a great price! Now the woodpeckers are happy, the squirrels are sad, and I supported a small family business and ended up saving $2! haha, take that Amazon. So happy to support you, JCS Wildlife.

I’ve never had a bird feeder before so I was unsure exactly how to go about this. However this feeder came with great instructions and was really easy to figure out. The suet cakes fit snugly in the holders and there’s a crumb tray at the bottom to catch any bits that fall so they don’t go to waste. The instructions are very clear that you must have 18” of clearance all the way around the feeder so I bought a hook that attached to the porch rail and I was still able to hang it in front of my kitchen window like I wanted. If you don’t have the correct clearance it won’t keep the squirrels out as they can reach the seed without actually sitting on top of the feeder. When they sit on top of the feeder their weight causes the cage to come down over the seed so they can’t get into it. But birds are lighter so their weight doesn’t trigger that. I’ve just put it out so the birds haven’t discovered it’s there yet but I’m hopeful we will see some soon.

We're definitely a fan of the Squirrel Buster products. Very pleased with the bird feeder we've been using the past year or so. Recently purchased this Suet feeder for my wife's birthday and was able to watch the birds use it for about 3 weeks. Squirrels checked it out but gave up soon enough. Unfortunately we had a bear come thru the other day ... the suet feeder actually held up better than I thought it would, but it's not usable anymore (see photo). :-/ Will probably consider picking up another one closer to late fall, and pull it back in when the bears wake up in the spring!

This feeder took care of our squirrels eating the suet. The squirrels see the suet, jump on the feeder yet can’t get to the suet. They jump off, look at the feeder with the exposed suet, but once again it’s gone when they jump back over to the feeder. You can see their confusion and I feel like I’m gaslighting them. Eventually they give up. Definitely worth the money and now the birds can actually feed without being chased away. Easy to use too.

Finally the solution to Mr. Squirrel eating up all the suet. It works great! Mr. Squirrel looks at me and I can tell he's pissed.

I have always just used the suet cake-sized cages for suet and it has worked fine; the birds use it, the squirrels don't seem interested, and I can see when the suet is gone. This Squirrel Buster feeder is a whole contraption built around a simple cage suet feeder. You load in 1 or 2 suet cakes and the bottom 20% is exposed for eating. As the suet cake is eaten, gravity keeps it in the 20% window for the birds to eat. To refill you have to open up the cage, slide up the suet holder, insert a new one, then close it up. I have one cake in it for now to see if it will get eaten. In a couple weeks now I have seen one Tufted Titmouse at the feeder, although I only look at it a few times a day. I do see the suet is being eaten though. We have Nuthatches and woodpeckers in the area and they should eventually find it. We have chipmunks and grey squirrels around too, but I have not seen them try to get at the suet, and they do raid the black oil sunflower feeder all the time. The instructions recommends hanging the feeder with at least 18" of space on all sides, so that squirrels can't hang on to something else and get the suet -- it's their weight on the feeder that closes it. So in my case, they could stretch from the walls or roof where I hung it... but I am watching to see if that happens.So I think this feeder will be fine, albeit on the expensive side. But for the higher cost you do get a sturdy, squirrel-proof feeder and a good warranty though.

Though it is well constructed, The green suet latches the meter the suet slider descent provides a latching point for a squirrel to hold on. The Squirrel weight is therefore not on the cage, Cage does not close off access. The Squirrel enjoys a suet feast.

This is how I received. Product damaged

The birds don’t like it. As previous posts state, I think it’s too difficult for birds to access, after they nibble away at the outside of the suet. The yellow holder doesn’t drop down because of the irregular eating pattern.Great concept, but it’s not working at my house. I have the regular old fashioned suet basket 15 feet away, and the birds clean that out immediately. I have birds, they don’t Just like this feeder.It’s going back. That’s why I always save boxes from products until they are known to work!It’s unfortunate that 10 years of research was put into this product. It just doesn’t work. Maybe go back to the drawing board again?

Love that it is adjustable for how much weight it takes to close off the feeder. Definitely don’t go through as many suet cakes to crows and jays. Highly recommend!

I called Brome customer service because after the squirrel jumps off the feeder and it stays halfway closed. She said they would send me an email link to send pictures. Never received email. For $100 this should not be happening after a little over a month and now the return window with Amazon is only 30 days.

Birds don’t like it. I’ve tried several different kinds of suet and moved the feeder to different locations. Very disappointed. I gave to my daughter and she had no birds to this feeder too.

I ordered and received this a few days ago and I have hung out outdoors exactly 3 times and each time even after I clamped down an S-hook around the tree branch, the little buggers have gotten nothing down. I understand that this is supposed to be ultra heavy duty based on what it appears to be when it comes out of the package but once it hits the ground, the suet comes out and all the plastic parts are scattered all about the yard. I would return it but unfortunately I got rid of the box and now I am stuck with a $79 piece of scrap metal. Don’t waste your money. Going back to the $.99 suet cage. Didn’t make out any better with that thing. And now somehow even the top piece that is used to hang the feeder from the tree is missing. Very disappointed

The squirrels can’t get at the suet anymore but the birds can!This is great!

Finally! A feeder that the squirrels can't beat. It took a bit but the birds now use this feeder regularly. It's easy to fill, especially with no-melt suet cakes. And try as they might, the squirrels always leave empty-handed. Unfortunately, this gorgeous gal was heavy enough to close the shroud and she left disappointed as well, but she's the only one. I highly recommend this feeder!

The squirrels definitely tried to get out the suet but just couldn’t do it! It’s been fun watching them try. Birds love it! We love it!

Jury is still out on this suet feeder. On the plus side it is quite sturdy and assembles easily. And can hold 2 suet cakes. BUT, it’s been up for 3 days now and the birds haven’t figured it out yet. It’s hanging where I had had a regular seed feeder (another Squirrel Buster model!) so the birds new the location. And they did come and climb around the caging but never seemed to find the suet. They just fly away. There’s only a relatively small section of the suet cake exposed so maybe that’s the problem. I will update this review if they figure it out.UPDATE: it took a week but one lone woodpecker figured it out. That was several days ago and I haven’t had any activity since. Still hopeful.Update #2. It’s now Dec 21 and the feeder has been up for 2 months. I agree with another reviewer that once the birds eat past a certain point it becomes too difficult for them to reach the rest of the suet cake. The same 2 cakes have been in there this whole time. Usually the birds would finish them off in MUCH MUCH less time. I think they gave up. I’m calling this a bust. Lowering my stars to 1. For the price, I expect much better.

If a racoon gets on this feeder - "SNAP" goes the mounting rod (see image) that hooks to the hook.I tried two of these feeders and both suffered the same demise within the first night of racoon activity.Both feeders mounted as instructed for distance from obstacles.

Love this bird feeder, so first I love that the sliding shield comes down and prevents any entry by squirrels. The suet also makes its was down to the bottom as it gets eaten and is securely in the feeder with not one but two locking bars. Putting new suet in is also a breeze basically the upper assembly is on a hook just turn it to the side and slide it off, once off the hook the outer cage slides off and you can refill, I use a step ladder ever once in a while to put new suet on.

This is the second one I've bought. The first one was a few years ago and a bear mangled it up . I kept taping it and reusing but this year I decided to buy a new one. I love it, the woodpeckers love it and the squirrels can't get into it. Great product !

Get these!!! I got the suet feeder and the regular feeder. Squirrels are gone. Woodpeckers are happy and temporarily stopped eating the house!It’s very hard to keep up with filling the feeders. I’m a single bird mom. It’s exhausting to keep the birds fed.100% would not advise feeding the birds unless you HAVE to! We only started in order to keep the woodpeckers away from our cedar house siding, the birds eat SO much and we are constantly filling the feeders. Again, it’s exhausting.

What I like is it really works. With other feeders the squirrels and chipmunks would empty the feeders within a day and leave the birds with nothing.Not any more as you can see from the picture. My supply of suet is lasting dramatically longer. It will take a lot of years to recoup the investment I made. Actually, I purchased it from a shop that gave it to me at their cost to get it off their books because the retail price put people off. Adjusting the price point, and making it more affordable would raise revenues, but the company has to find that sweet spot.