This is the best feeding station I've had yet. It has been ablsoutely squirrel, racoon and chipmunk proof. It's so nice to be able to put out a peanut feeder and actually have the jays and woodpeckers eat them. I can have a hanging platform feeder now and the birds get the seed. I can have decorative feeders instead of the utilitarian squirrel-proof ones. My one and only issue has been that I'd like to use all the hooks (there are eight), but my feeders don't seem to fit very well. However I imagine if the poles were longer it might lessen the integrity and the pole may bend. So I may have to buy another station down the road. I absolutely love it!