VINGLI Upgrade 8FT Ornamental Windmill Backyard Garden Decoration Weather Vane, Heavy Duty Metal Wind Mill w/ 4 Legs Design (Green)

As everyone else said, the assembly takes quite a while, but went together perfectly fine. Once assembled, seems a ton more sturdy than when disassembled. I love the hardware is all the same size, makes life a lot easier. Looks so good, and works perfectly! Would buy again without hesitation!

Well after opening the package and looking over all the parts, my first thought was yes the fan and tail themselves are built fairly solid, but as for the rest of the framework...I thought to be very flimsy. But I said to myself for $59, guess it isn't too bad. So, I started assembling it together.... the instructions that came with it are almost useless except for some dark pictures that give you an idea of what goes together and if it weren't for the measurements on the parts list, some parts wouldn't be identified. Illustrations show to install washers here... you can't see anything as the picture is so dark. So, anyway, give yourself a good hour and half to figure it all out and once assembled I was surprised at how solid the framework was! I used the anchors provided and drove them in the ground at angles towards the center of frame so that any high winds would not pull this over easily, but if you have winds in excess of 20mph, I'd suggest heavier and longer stakes, especially in soft top soil. So this thing is really quiet and smooth. I added sewing machine oil to the bearings on the fan. Overall this is really a very nice product for the price! Don't be fooled by all the flimsy pieces, once assembled it's a solid frame. I will recommend this to my friends and family. I'm 65+ years old and a little common sense goes a long way in assembly on this. Update: had it a few days and no issues, today winds were 45mph with gusts up to 60mph and this windmill is still sitting solid on the ground and wow it's SPINNING SO FAST!!! Great windmill! 4/6/2026...One year later, still as solid as the 1st day! Has withstood the highest winds (important to anchor the bottom firmly to the ground). I lube it now and then with lithium grease to maintain silent movement. I plan to add a kinetic light to it by placing magnets on the 3 frame pieces from Shaft and mounting the light so that magnets pass by at each spin to light it up, think this will look great at night and also give me an idea of wind speed at night.

Only reason for 4 stars is due to poor assembly instructions. Wasn’t too bad, but if you are mechanical challenged it will be tough to build. It does look great and went together well

Wind Mill, only a couple of the screws missing,but made dew. My wife loves this in her garden! Very sturdy! Nothing missing! Went together easily.still give 5 stars,!

I don't leave reviews on things very often but this is one cheap made peice of junk that nobody should be guilty of buying. Only China would ship out such a flimsy made peice of merchandise. The metal frame of this thing is not much thicker than sheet metal. The nuts and bolts are very soft and easy to strip, not to mention it doesn't even come with washers or nylon locking nuts. Thing will probably fall apart after a week if a slight wind doesn't fold it up first. As for directions.....might as well throw them away because they are black and white pictures that are blurry and the wording might as well be written in Chinese because it makes no sense. I've put windmills this size from Tractor Supply and other hardware stores together before. Sure, they are twice as much in cost, but it's well worth it to get an item that isn't as cheap made and flimsy as this thing is. Other people who purchased this windmill and say it's good quality must have received a totally different quality of product than what I got in the mail. Buyer beware!!! Do Not Purchase unless you want a cheaply made, flimsy sheet metal framed windmill put together with hardware made of something softer than aluminum. Almost ashamed to give this thing to my Dad for a Christmas present.

Directions are sketchy, but I was able to build in 45 minutes. Gotta stake it to the ground or it will blow over.

Waited long enough to see it in action for good review: VINGLI Upgrade 8FT Ornamental Windmill Backyard Garden Decoration Weather VaneVery thin metal, but design is decent. Spinner part is good design, some space between 2 bearings makes it more solid. Included bolts are not meant to be in weather and not having any locking mechanism is ridiculous. Saw that when I put it together and wondered if they knew what they were doing...nope. Top mount bolts were gone within a few days. I bought galvanized bolts and locknuts to fill in as their bolts fell out--included bolts also rusted quick. The 4 tent stakes to hold the windmill upright are the cheapest straight stakes, basically useless--first decent wind and mill on the ground.Put it together with different bolts/locknuts and weld it to a big metal piece sitting on the ground and it'll be fine. Looks good from the road.

The quality of the product is made of good materials, very stable , the assembly process was a little vag just pictures of parts and where parts go , but doesn’t tell you where parts actually go inside the frame or on outside of frame work plenty of hardware I added lock washers to my windmill, all in all great product, I think the customer service response leaves a lot to be desired.