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36 of 37 found the following review helpful:
 Just Lovely. Aug 08, 2006
By S. Hebbron
"S B H."
I have a set of these I bought here in England at a Garden Centre. I think it may a bit misleading of the Amazon to describe them as, "windchimes", I bought my set as "rainbells".
They are designed to be placed in amongst your regular planting in the garden, so as to give the illusion of them being an unusual set of blooms in themselves.
They collect rain drops and obviously fill to different levels, so you always get a differing array of gentle sounds which actually compliment a downpour beautifully. They very bendy and fleixible stems allow the bells to bend over and empty if they get too full of water. The rock base keeps the whole structure weighted down and stable. The wind does little to effect them, they are usually too low down be stirred by strong gusts, but the rain makes them sing a lovely little song of celebration.
A couple of bonus elements are that I have seen wild birds drinking from the bells once or twice and the bells also scare my neighbours cat away, he used to poop in my garden a lot before I got these! My garden is now a cat poop free zone, thank goodness!!
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 single-tone, small bells for the garden May 27, 2011
By Chel Micheline
"Chel Micheline"
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RAFIG7Z8RZ6HB I love anything "chime-y" for the garden, so I was very excited when I received these for a gift. I'd had them on my wish list for quite a while.
I really do like them except for two things:
- the bells are ALL the same tone. It does sound lovely when they are all chiming together, but it's VERY reminiscent of a bicycle bell. It sounds exactly like someone going by on a bicycle and ringing their bell a few times when they chime. And the sound is NOT long lasting- it fades very quickly.
- they are much smaller than I anticipated. I knew the measurements, but it still was a little surprising how small they were (about 20" high- knee-high on a 5'4" woman like me :))
However, while we haven't had rain "chime" them yet, I can imagine they would sound beautiful if being continuously swayed back and forth. However, unless you have regular rain or pretty significant wind, can't see these bells producing much sound.
I took a quick video with my iPhone (I apologize for the brevity and the quality, but I thought it might be helpful) so you can see and hear what one cycle of "chimes" sounds like:
12 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Pretty, but will they ever chime? Jul 27, 2006
By Steven A. Remollino
"Better Living Through Godzilla"
I like the way these chimes look, including the rock base, but I have yet to hear them ring. We've had some big storms the past few weeks, and neither wind nor rain (nor dark of night?) has made them chime. On their looks, they get 4 stars, but on their sound they get a 1.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
nice on a breezy day May 06, 2007
By James Lee Pyle
I have another woodstock hanging chime on my front porch, this one is on the back deck. I slowly pulled the bells apart to give them room to strike together when the breeze blows. It's got a nice sound, I reccomend this product.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 ??? need help with this one... Jan 18, 2008
By researchbeforeyoubuy
"researchbeforeyoubuy"
Mine don't make any noise either. The posts are really stiff and there isn't any room between the bells to allow them to move and strike each other. Guess I'll try pulling them apart a little too, like the another reviewer did...maybe if I gently bend them apart they'll work like I expected???????
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