Pros: Installs easily and can be mounted almost anywhere (porch, tree, fence, etc). I used this with "Achla Designs Heart Shaped Birdbath and Feeder". It fits well and looks really nice.
Cons: Kind of expensive for what it is. A simple, threaded metal bar shouldn't cost more than $10. You must also provide your own screws. I might also suggest you add washers also, because the holes are pretty large and typical wood screws are ALMOST too small for them! Also, the Achla products that are specifically designed for it are very pretty, but expensive. Product descriptions on Amazon are also not good at ensuring that a bath is threaded correctly so that it will fit.
Other thoughts: I actually have two "Heart Shaped Birdbaths", because the first one arrived damaged and was replaced (this was not Amazon's fault I ordered from another website entirely). The first one screws in perfectly, so that it faces forward, away from the mount. But the second one ends up pointing to the side when you screw it in all the way. I can either 1) leave it a just a tad loose if I want it pointing forward or 2) deal with the different orientation. Just something to think about. Oh, and if you're wondering what the deal with the damaged bath was: the little bird broke off in shipping, but some clear expoy actually worked perfectly to put it back together. So I ended up with two working birdbaths!
All these little cons add up, so I feel justified taking away a couple stars.
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