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

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.. !

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 writers of the instructions must have assumed that buyers don’t need instructions, so they gave us a few pictures, sort of! Therefore, here are some things that this mechanically-skilled 75-year-old woman figured out. Granted, these instructions aren't perfect, but with the photos, they are better! Just possibly someone else can assemble their windmill is less than 6 hours. PREPARATION: 1. Open the box in a place where you can easily vacuum up the hundreds of escaping tiny pieces of hard Styrofoam. 2. Have a large work surface to spread out all the pieces. 3. Have three or four small bowls to sort the bolts, nuts, washers, and cotter pins, which come in one envelope. (The included instructions call bolts “screws.”) 4. You will need a Phillips head screwdriver, a 5/16 open end wrench, and needle-nose pliers. 5. For the sake of appearance, insert bolts from outside toward the inside. 6. Initial assembly can be done indoors, but at halfway, move outside due the height of the windmill. 7. Two sawhorses come in handy for the final assembly to support the tilted windmill. (You need to lower it to reach the top.) 8. Corner Legs: There are 12 Corner Leg pieces. The 4 shorter ones are the top of each leg. The 4 of the longer ones with a large hole in one end are the bottom of each leg. The other 4 of the longer ones are, of course, the middle of each leg. 9. Braces: There are 16 “longest” Braces which are the diagonal supports. There are 8 Braces which are the horizontal supports; the 4 shorter ones form the middle box, while the 4 longer ones form the bottom box. The holes in the ends of the Braces tend to be small, making it impossible to get a bolt through unless “screwed through.” ASSEMBLY: {The photos are out of order in the published review. Sorry.} 1. Assemble the spinner (Wheel) unit first. [photos 1, 2, 3]. There are 2 Tiller pieces. The Linker rod and the Rudder are sandwiched between these 2 Tiller pieces. To attach the Wheel (spinner) to the Linker, put a large washer on the rod, then the Wheel, then another large washer. Then put a cotter pin through the hole at the end of the Linker, and then use pliers to spread the prongs of the cotter pin, to keep it from sliding back out. Set this unit aside for now. 2. The top section. Each of the 4 Corner legs of the windmill consists of 3 pieces which are bolted together. Start with the shortest 4 Corner Leg pieces. 3. [photo 4] Using a bolt, attach a Leg piece to each of the 4 holes in the boxy Master Head. Next put a small washer on the bolt. Then put on the nut but leave slightly loose. This stage is very awkward because the legs are loosely attached and they flare out as they are supposed to—4 legs moving everywhere! 4. [photos 5, 6]. Attach a longer Leg piece to each of the Leg pieces you have just put on the Master head. The indented end of these pieces fits inside the piece above it. Washers are not used from now on. Do not securely tighten yet because crossbar Braces are coming. 5. Now attach the third Leg piece to each leg, the piece with the large open hole which is the bottom of the windmill. 6. [photo 7] Stand the windmill upright and slide the flat Platform on top, sliding it down to the first set of bolt holes on the Legs. (smooth side up). 7. [photo 7]. Select 8 of the 16 longest Braces and include one end of each on the Bolt used for attaching the Platform to the Corner Legs. The Braces dangle loose for now. Leave the nuts and bolts loose for now. That finishes the top section. 8. The middle section. Select the remaining 8 “longest” Braces, and the 4 mid-sized (Center) braces. These 4 mid-sized braces will form a square box horizontally. 9. [photo 8, 9] Pull a long Brace diagonally from the top to the side (the holes will match up). Then bolt – all 3 at the same time -- the diagonal Brace, another “longest” Brace which will dangle down for now, and one end of a Center brace. Do this for all 4 corners. [photo 10] The 4 Center Braces form a horizontal square box. That finishes the middle section. 10. The bottom section. You probably need to take everything outside now because the windmill is getting too tall for most ceiling heights. Pull each dangling Brace diagonally to the side. Place one end of the remaining Braces (Bottom) with it and secure with bolts. [photo 11] This forms another horizontal square box. 11. You now have all the long braces secured diagonally, and all the center braces secured in two square boxes. 12. Now go back and securely tighten all the bolts and nuts with your wrench and screwdriver. (An open-end wrench works better than a closed end because of the small spaces.) 13. [photo 12] To finish the windmill, lean the whole thing down (on sawhorses, perhaps) and put the Wheel unit on: Place a large washer on the rod extending down from the Tiller, insert the rod through the hole in the Master Head, and then put a cotter pin through the small hole in the bottom of the rod. Using pliers, spread out the prongs of the pin to prevent the pin from coming out. 14. Place the windmill on the ground where you want it and then put a Ground Stake through the hole in each Leg. [photo 13--This photo shows the old stakes I used because they were longer.] 15. [photo 14] Wait for some wind and enjoy watching it spin! It was worth the effort!

Very pretty! Light weight metal. Hope it holds up. Cemented it in the ground. No way those stakes would hold it. Someone in the reviews mentioned that it would help to watch a YouTube video ‘Every Garden Needs A Windmill’. You need to watch it otherwise this is a pain to assemble. Overall satisfied with purchase!

This is a nice addition to my yard. The pop of color is what I was looking for. However, the instructions could have been more detailed and better directed. I got it put together but not without some challenges.

Easy to assemble and great value

This was an inexpensive windmill. With that said, the instructions are terrible. You need a vivid imagination. I love putting things together, so wasn't afraid of it. I did get this together. It required 7 extra washers to secure the spinner. I read that the spinner fails in weeks, and I'm guessing they didn't stabilize the spinner. Advise: use gloves and a high quality dust mask to protect yourself from the lead paint that comes off as you assemble. Breathing it in is most dangerous. You will need to buy 2 or 3 cans of spray paint when your done. So get the cheapest windmill regardless of color, because you will have to repaint it when your done. I got the red and most of the paint came off in packaging, and more came off when handling. If I got the blue, it would have been $9 cheaper. $21 dollars for paint. $7 for washers. It won't last long. It's very thin. But, it's affordable, so weigh them together. You will have to pay to return this. So if you don't want it, you will wind up paying more for shipping, then the item cost. If you get this don't assemble in home, and near children, because of the lead paint. All painted items from China contain high levels of lead... our kids are grown, and I use precautions. The next day I looked at it and saw rust beginning to form. The material is very cheap and will not last long. * It's hard to make a profit these days, I get it. The company did refund me $25 to cover paint and the washers needed for repair. So, I give them credit for that.

Its a bear to put together! The instructions are not very clear. But I did it all by myself with the help of a man on youtube. Its called "Every garden needs a windmill". He'll walk you through it. If not for that, it would still be laying on my carpet in pieces! But I got it done and I love it! It spins and twirls like it should. Its tall and such a pretty blue! Its a nice addition to my yard.

Excelente producto, me encantó, lo tengo en mi patio.

Love my new windmill. Installed in front yard with quick set cement in ice cream pails for feet and covered with mulch. (quite windy here) Put string of 200 lights (66 feet) from Amazon and looks really nice at night. (lots of colors to choose from) Don't forget to oil windmill rod. Not that hard to build, rather sketchy instructions, need 2 people about 1 1/2 hours.

This red windmill was under $50! Not sure why it was priced lower than the other colours but I absolutely love it. Looks great in the back yard.

Way better quality than i was expecting. 2 people to put it together is way easier

We wanted this windmill for our back yard. Assembly instructions are not the best but common sense will let you assemble this in about an hour. It looks great spinning in the wind. It seems rather well made hopefully it will last but time will tell.