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

Yep, terrible instructions. To be honest though, it kind of made it fun. There's not a whole lot of parts to this thing and all the nuts and screws are the same size. My son and I spent maybe 30 minutes putting it together and laughing at each others mistakes. Honestly though for the price, it's really pretty good quality. Nice little backyard edition.

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.

Assembly was so hard!!! The finished windmill is stunning and seems to be pretty sturdy. BUT the instructions are not very well done. Even the pics are iffy. My hubby and I assemble alot.of things, but this took 3 hours and lots of redoing!! Do yourself a favor and have help, a good workbench, a ladder and time. I hope my mom loves it cause its her Mothers Day gift. Now for Tylenol and a hot pad!

Directions are very poor. Included hardware is junk. (1/3 of the nuts will not thread onto the bolts) When completed windmill looks great. Until the wind blows! Blade has a very bad wobble when it spins. Contacted VINGLI customer support about a replacement part. "CRICKETS"

While I do like the end result and the decoration I purchased it has a few flaws. Well let's just call it two. 1. The instructions are terrible. Attach unmarked part to another unmarked part X4 then attach unmarked part to them. The description of each part is vague as well. Making putting this together a bit of a guessing game. 2. Inexperience, I have never built one of these before. Therefore the instructions need to be very clear to make sure mistakes are not made during assembly. Other than those issues it seems to be very well put together for the price. It looks very nice and seems to turn quite easily even in a small breeze. Now I just need to figure out how to mount it properly somewhere. My yard sucks every where I tried to dig to level it were so Rocky I couldn't dig. That is t the fault of the windmill, just bad luck on my part.