Review: The Immortal Freestanding Dummy

A number of years ago while searching for a dummy I could keep outdoors I discovered the Immortal Freestanding Dummy, by Immortal Creations, www.Immortal.co.uk .  I thought it would be the answer to my dreams and so eventually I bought it.

I really like the fact I don’t have to worry about it regardless of the weather. It stands in the garden come rain or shine, and the fact that it is made from recycled plastic makes me feel even better.

However there have been some challenges, firstly although it claimed that it didn’t need to be ‘bolted down or attached to floors and walls’ I found that I did have to weigh it down in order for it not to run and twist all over the place.  The back of the stand has plenty of space in which to do this. I’ve got a heavy planting box on mine which works quite well.

The second challenge was it limbs, I may well have been using it incorrectly, as the company suggested to me, but they snapped. The first time it happened I thought that it must have been a badly made arm, I complained and they kindly sent me out another, but then it happened again, to an arm and to the leg.  No replacements this time around.

As you can imagine It wasn’t the best situation, however it proved to be a valuable lesson as under a handyman’s guidance I produced a new set of arms, and will soon make myself a leg.

All in all I’m glad I got it as on one hand it provided me with a little piece of mind and on the other lessons in carpentry!