VINGLI 8FT Ornamental Windmill Backyard Garden Decoration Weather Vane, Heavy Duty Metal Wind Mill w/ 4 Legs Design (Grey, 8, Feet, 21.6, Inches, 8.00, Feet, 25.98, Inches, 25.98, Inches)

Rated 5 stars! Absolutely confusing as heck to put together but when you figure it out it’s beautiful. Good price. Good deal. Works great. Please update the instructions.Edit-I went outside and the windmill was on the grown and two legs creased. It was attached to the ground with the pins provided but it creased at two of the legs. It fell so hard that even the blades bent. I have contacted the seller 4 times and no response yet. How do they expect you to undo all of the parts, box it back up and send the original back all BEFORE getting any help, refund or replacement? The legs definitely need to be stronger. You can literally bend them with your bare hands! How do I know? I tried to bend them back to see if it would still stand. They bent back like butter but failed to stay. I am in S TX and we have little to no wind but it fell anyway. Should be strong enough to hold up in little to no wind. If I get any response from the seller, I’ll update. Otherwise I changed to 1 star because this windmill is ridiculously weak and so is customer service.Edit-seller responded and placed windmill. Changed back to 5 stars!

The media could not be loaded. I like this windmill very much. Takes a little time assembling but is a great conversation piece and looks great up here on top of the mountain !Also ... if you live in an area where you get strong winds... 15-30 mph or more , you definitely are going to need to anchor it to the ground in some fashion! I tried the steaks that are included and they are kind of a joke and worked half okay for about 1 day before they were pulled out of the ground and rendered useless.I live on top of a mountain where we get very strong winds sometimes and this thing will blow over if not anchored because remember, this is purely ornamental! It's not super heavy duty it's not extremely heavy the whole thing probably weighs 5 to 10 lb if that, so I used a ground rod cut into four pieces so they were approximately a foot to a foot and a half long and I pounded those into the ground at the base of the windmill and piled some larger rocks around each leg at the base. I have had 35 mph wind since I installed this and it stays perfectly still and the blade does spin extremely fast especially now that I have lubricated the blade bearings and where the blade drops into the top of the windmill I lubricated that very well so it will not rust over time and that allows it to really spin and completely quietly.For the price you can't beat this I have seen other similar windmills in local stores for $200 that aren't as nice as this... so for the price, for a very nice looking ornamental windmill you really can't go wrong.. !

Product was as described. Decent materials and looks awesome when done. Just save yourself the headache and throw the directions in the trash and watch the YouTube video of the guy putting it together. The instructions are awful.

This was a gift for friends of mine who had admired a similar one at a chain store. I read reviews carefully before purchasing so took the information gained gratefully. Assembly was easy- just a lot of screwdriver work. I bought lock washers at the hardware store before assembling and threw out the stakes that came with product as there were quite a view complaints about them being insufficient. The heavier, longer stakes I bought locally were well worth it to keep the windmill secure. The red color is bright and cheerful in their back yard and it turns easily with the wind. They love it so I’m very pleased. It’s been up since Christmas and shows no signs yet of rust or wear. I certainly don’t expect it to last forever but it seems good value for the money.

Assembly does take some effort, but for the price this is a bargain and a great feature. However, if you have anything close to moderate winds, the tie downs that come with this are completely unusable. My windmill has blown over several damage damaging the vane and wheel. Also had to replace all the nuts with locking nuts as the windmill will shake so much (I'd guess it's now out of balance) and blow itself apart without sturdier hardware. Will need to pour a small pad with tie-downs to keep this from falling over. Customer service is great and replaced a missing piece when I called in, with a completely new windmill.Update: I've decided this really does not hold up in anything but light winds. The stakes are useless, I've poured a 240lb pad and strongly secure the windmill. Even so, the wheel fin has bent at the screw hole, everything vibrates so bad that all the nuts/bolts shake loose and need locknuts and lock-tite to secure. The wheel itself has also lost a blade as well and no where to be found. It's wonderful to watch when it does work, but it doesn't really hold up as a permanent fixture and I'm not about to move this thing in and out of the my shed whenever the wind picks up. Sort of pointless at that point!