I assume you are asking about the green plastic economy feeder which you attach to your own container? If so, I got one for X-mas. I attached it to a plastic 15 gallon barrel (bummed off local mechanic), made it into a hanging feeder, and had a buddy who works at a metals shop make me a nice lid out of galvanized metal. The feeder seems to work pretty well, it throws corn in about a 30 foot circle. This is a photo-cell type feeder. I set it up in the back yard on Jan 2nd and it is still on the same battery, although I dont throw that much corn. Feeding times can be set up to 6 morning and night, I think, and can last from 1 sec to 30 seconds. This is handy because I discovered that birds like cardinals, jays, etc would have all the morning corn eaten by afternoon, so I just set the morning feeding to 1 sec. Now the birds have to scavenge what the deer leave behind from the night before. My only complaints are that the battery is a little hard to install, and unless you have a better memory than me, dont throw away the instructions on setting feeding times as they can be a little confusing. As for bad weather, the directions say it is only supposed to work down to about 32 degrees, but it has been below zero here several times and I have not noticed that it failed to work. As a side note, I think it is interesting that I have never seen a buck feeding there, not even late at night when I come home from work. If ya have any more questions, feel free to ask.