Outdoor Living : Perky Pet 209 "Our Best" Hummingbird Feeder, 30 oz capacity

Rating: - Pleasantly Surprised
Thought the price was "too good"...had to be a catch BUT I was pleasantly surprised by the purchase being exactly what it was supposed to be at an excellent price. All four hummingbird feeders arrived in perfect condition which I was concerned about after reading reviews about this particular problem with the seller but NOT A PROBLEM at all. All four feeders were in their original boxes and packed in a box with some cushioning around them so they arrived unbroken. I recommend this product and the seller from my good experience with them.

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Rating: - The Humming Birds Love it!
I got this feeder because it is much bigger and it has perches on it. Also the birds have more flowers to eat out of it and they arn't fighting as much. This is a really nice feeder because it is glass, and it is large. It's not bad to clean, I just put some bleach in it, and let it soak for a bit. I would recomend this feeder to anyone that has some hungry Birds! :)

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Rating: - Woodpeckers like this feeder too.
If you have a lot of Hummingbirds this is the feeder for you. It supplies almost 4 cups of sugar water, and I like using glass feeders so I know chemicals are not leaching into the water on hot days. There is a nice sturdy ring around the feeder for birds to rest on while they eat, and Woodpeckers have taken advantage of this. Of course they flip the removeable yellow flowers off immediately and then they use their tongues to get sugar water just like the Hummingbirds do. Now when I refill the feeders I just leave the yellow flowers off and all are happy.

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Rating: - Perky Pet Hummingbird Feeder
Wonderful feeder! Very durable and the large size enables fewer fills.
I have had one (of three) for many years and it hasn't shown any wear though it hangs in full sun all summer long.

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Rating: - The little buggers like it
Well, we tried this Perky Pet 209 based on reviews. The deciding factor was attractiveness to hummingbirds. Why that is, I still don't know. I tried two others before this, no hummingbirds and they leaked. I tried the sugar and water mix first, no hummingbirds. Then I tried the red liquid you buy at the store and add water. Hmmm...instant hummingbirds. I will try to switch to just sugar and water because it's cheaper. I know...bait and switch. Quite frankly, I think the people against red dye are kooks. It's nothing compared to what we eat and breath every day. I think the red verses yellow flower people are freaks too. The hummingbirds have no trouble finding the hole in the middle. I think we are all messing with Nature and may be causing more damage than we know. We are humans. That's our MO.

I thought it was interesting that the stuff you buy at the store has a perservative in it too. I'm surprised that know one has complained about that, but it's very practical since sugar and water will spoil.

Ants haven't been a problem yet because we have fire ants on guard. They aren't interested in sweets, but will bite anything that moves. Bees have not been a problem with this feeder, probably because, as advertised, it doesn't leak.

Cleaning hasn't been a problem because I'm replacing nectar twice a week and doing the wash and thorough rinse routine. If that's too much for you, don't get a hummingbird feeder because you are going to get lazy and leave it hanging outside with some real crap in it, probably turn black. I think the dip with a little bleach in the water people know what they are doing. Hey, rinse the feeder out. If you are to lazy to do that, you aren't going to be doing this long anyway.

What do you think restaurants and kitchens are being cleaned with? What's in our drinking water? I know...we'll go buy bottled water...high dollar bottled water because most places source right from the city and mix that with sugar. I know...they purify the water. We'll that's like decaf coffee. What they used to take the caffein out is more dangerous than the caffein. You Nuts out there need to quit driving your cars first. You are killing the little hummingbirds.

Enough of that. So, the little hummingbirds started fighting over this feeder. As is suggested, get another feeder. I got the kind with a wider mouth, easy to clean, bottom comes apart, red fowers. Oh yeah, in all cases, the perches are a good thing. Hummingbirds will sit and guzzle. Same nectar. I thought, we'll maybe they didn't like the new location. They preferred to fight over the PP 209. Come on guys they look very similar. Okay, they had to bend over a little farther. I tried swapping the two feeders. Boy, did that piss them off. It is kind of funny watching them pull up short at the new feeder.

They went on strike for a little while. I gave up and switched the feeders back. Now, they are back to fighting over the PP 209, and all the humminbird watchers are happy. I realize that it may be what they get used to first, but I'm not prepared to wait them out. I went ahead and ordered another Perky Pet 209. I know the little buggers like it.

We have given our kids fast food or pizza on occasion also.

****Okay, it's a few days later and the new Perky Pets 209 has arrived. The status on the hummingbird feeder, the one that I like, but the hummingbirds don't, they are still ignoring it. They don't care about red flowers, easy to clean, none of that. I put just one cup of the same red nectar in the new PP209, took the ignored hummingbird feeder down, and put the PP209 in its place. As soon as the feeder stopped swinging from me hanging it up, instant hummingbirds. Of course, they are fighting over the second feeder, as they are fighting over the first PP209 in the other tree. In a span of ten minutes, I've got more than twice the number of hummingbirds feeding out of both feeders. I had no idea there were that many hummingbirds out there. They still fight, but it is harder to fight over two feeders, and more birds are content to sit and guzzle. More might be better, but I'm not getting six hummingbird feeders like some people. Two is enough. Already if feels like owning both Dairy Queens in a small town in Podunk, USA.