Simplay3 Dig-Free Easy Up Classic Residential Mailbox (Black)

When someone knocks down and breaks your mailbox the week before Christmas and you live in a cold climate, this is an excellent option. It wasn’t a problem to assemble, although I would have preferred a bit more verbiage with the illustrated instructions. But overall it was easy enough, with the most difficult part being hoisting the sand bags around. The day after I put it together we had 50 MPH wind gusts, and the mailbox wasn’t even shaking. It seems to be made of sturdy plastic and was a reasonable price. While I bought it to solve a problem in winter, I would recommend giving this a try in any season. It works great, looks good and no there’s no hassle with sinking a post in concrete.

We wanted to move our mailbox to the other side of our driveway for convenience. But the thought of digging a hole for the post and installing that was groan-inducing. I decided to research alternatives and came across this. We read about every review and decided to give it a try. The process of putting it together was easy. You don't need any special skills or know-how, just the ability to follow directions. Everything fit together nice and snug, all holes lined up and nothing was miss-aligned. Filling it with sand is definitely easier with two people, I wouldn't even attempt it solo unless you have no other choice. The funnel it comes work works just fine, just use a scoop or cup or something to pour your sand into it. As other reviewers stress, use sand that is 100% dry. I can't imagine using even slightly damp sand, how annoying it would be. We actually used finely crushed glass that we got from a local winery (they crush it because it can't be recycled, and we got it for free). It does make a mess to fill it, so be sure to do it outside where you don't mind sand and dust all over. There's really no cleaner way to do it, it will make a bit of a mess when filling. We carried the base out to the street first, then the post and assembled it there. Again, two people makes that easier. We put ours on the ground by first removing the grass, leveling it out, putting some crushed glass down (or sand works), then simple pavers. This brought it up in height enough to be compliant. Be very careful about that, and make sure you check into the height regulations and how high yours will be once you have it where you want it, and measure from the street up to the mailbox itself. I really like the rear opening door, that is fantastic since we live on a busy road. Size of the mailbox itself is fine for average house-hold needs. The magnetic doors open and close great. I'm not a huge fan of the red flag being on the front because I can't see it from my house to know if the mail has been taken or not, but the flag itself functions fine. If you have it pulled out, you can be confident it won't close on its own by wind or something. Even though this is plastic, I do not think it looks tacky or cheap. It looks great, plus no maintenance or worry about a wooden post rotting out. The real test will be in the winter when the state plows fly by our house and sling the heavy, gravel-laden snow. I will update my review at that time once we see how the mailbox performs. But as it is now, I feel it'll be good. If we get wind strong enough to move it or knock it down, then we have more to worry about than just the mailbox!

Purchased mid winter when snow plow took out existing wrought iron mailbox stand and the ground was too frozen to dig a new one. Thought it would be temporary fix. Filled the base and stand with play stand as instructed. Used a bag of paver base to level up. Three months fast forward and the mailbox is working just fine. Appreciate the yard-side door to retrieve mail that we didn’t have on our metal box. Maybe we won’t replace it!

Great that you don't have to dig, and it looks good. Wish it had a seal around doors, I live somewhere humid and that moisture makes it to my mail, and spiders seem to nest in the inside of the door crevices. But overall I like it.

Was easy to assemble and has held up for over a year now. Still looks the same as when we bought it.