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For many years I got by with a single baffle similar to this one.Then for some reason I discovered squirrels at the feeding trough, and I eventually observed one of them holding on to the hanging line with a rear foot while using its body weight to tip the baffle. The rodent was just able to reach the roosting perch of the feeder with it's front feet, and voila. I tried a couple of things to no avail, until I purchased this baffle and hung one baffle beneath the other. This had the effect of lengthening the distance the squirrels had to stretch to grab the feeder, effectively putting it out of reach. They let me know I had advanced my cause by chewing through the hanging line, dropping everything to the ground. I had the Audubon baffle beneath the other baffle, and they were suspended over a flagstone patio. I think it would have survived a drop to grassy ground, or it would have been ok if it were the top baffle. But the clear plastic is more brittle than the plastic of the opaque baffle, and it cracked badly on striking the stone (hence, one star off). I was able to epoxy it back together, and I used vinyl-coated picture hanging wire to put the feeder back up in the tree. I had the pleasure of schquirreldenfreude yesterday watching my opponent grope for the out-of-reach feeder perch, then, defeated, attempt without success to climb back up the vinyl-coated wire. He had no choice but to drop to the ground below. Victory! For now. I pay them the respect of worthy adversaries. It's like the Korean War--no peace, only a truce.