Poor quality
Length is perfect for a finch friendly garden, saves me from topping up everyday. Looks great but is a poor design in practice, with cheap manufacturing. With a large songbird population in the garden I play it safe and follow the rsbp guidelines to clean the feeders regularly to prevent spread of disease. If you clean every 6 weeks as I do, expect this to last a season. Disassembling for cleaning is time consuming requiring needle nose pliers as well as the usual screwdriver. Higher quality feeders have a thread one end preventing the need for a separate nut that can ping off if you are not expecting it. Also, base piece is secured by pins going into the plastic of the tube. After a few cleans the plastic begins to split - I had to strengthen mine with duck tape. Finally, if you buy the matching saucer / tray, again it looks great but the poor design used to attach the plastic tube to the base means the saucer never fits tightly to the base plate allowing it to move quite a...
stainless steel feeder
I can put up with the squirrels from the oak tree at the end of my garden pinching the bird seed from my plastic feeders, but after they had chewed away at the feeding hole surrounds, causing the perches to fall off, and the seed fall out onto the ground, enough was enough! These Chapelwood stainless steel feeders stop all that, even squirrel's teeth can't chomp through the metal. I was worried in this recent hot weather that the metal perches would get too hot for the goldfinches' feet, but no problems ! Well worth the expense in my view.
Bird seed feeder
Having used this type of feeder before, I bought it as a present for someone else. It worked very well and attracted small birds quite soon.
As many as four birds can use it at the same time, and they often do. One tip, place the feeder so that it cannot be reached by pidgeons or squirrels -- I separately bought a feeder hook-and-pole that can be put in the garden lawn or earth or, with a weight, put on a patio.
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