Perky-Pet 203CPBN-2 Glass Hummingbird Feeders for Outdoors with Perches, Ant Moat, Bee Guards - Pack of 2

The Perky-Pet 203CPBN-2 Glass Hummingbird Feeders (2-pack) is a popular choice for attracting hummingbirds. Here’s a concise review:Pros:Effective Design: Four flower-shaped ports with U-shaped perches attract multiple hummingbirds; vibrant red color is irresistible.Insect Protection: Built-in ant moat (fill with water) and bee guards deter pests, ensuring nectar is for hummingbirds.Easy to Fill/Clean: Wide-mouth glass bottle (8 oz capacity) minimizes spills; fully disassembles, including bee guards, for thorough cleaning.Durable Glass: Clear, hardened glass resists fading, allows nectar level monitoring, and is sturdier than plastic.Value Pack: Two feeders for the price provide flexibility for placement or backup.

The hummingbirds here choose these feeders over the others in our garden, including other pinch waist feeders. The differences are the trumpet flower and the unique bee guards. The color is the same as some of our others. Note the bottom that screws to the glass container is plastic and the perches are metal. From personal experience the plastic will crack with repeated exposure to extreme temp variants and the liquid will leak. I would suggest bringing them in when frost, snow, or ice is forecast. You can always put them back out when it warms up. The birds will still eat if they are around. The built-in moat is what it is - just add water halfway to the top and maintain it. Keep it clean so there’s nothing to climb over. With all that, I would definitely recommend trying these. They require the same TLC as any other feeder: clean, check for wear, refill.

Perfect feeder ! Easy to clean and fill. Made with heavy plastic and glass . The feeder has a perch under each of the four big red flowers !A “S” shaped hook is included which is taped under the top red cap . These feeders are quality at a reasonable price .

I bought 2 feeders. I really liked the clear glass jar, and the bee gaurds (which came already in the flowers), and the built in ant moat in the top section. The problem with the ant moat though is the little bit of water it holds leaks out quickly, due to the design of the top section. So, I just stopped filling that up.There is a small S hook that comes with the feeder too. You might not really need that though. I attached some spare wire, I had leftover from another project, to the S hook, and then the S hook to the lid's built in hook, and hung them up. Really easy.I removed the packet of included nectar and threw it away. You can use it if you want, but personally, I don't like the ingredients in it. I just use sugar water in a ratio of 1 part PLAIN WHITE SUGAR to 4 parts water. I boiled the water in a steel pot, added the sugar, continued to boil it for 2 minutes until the sugar was completely dissolved. Let that cool to room temperature, before you fill up the jar(s)! I actually made enough nectar for two weeks and stored the remainder in the fridge, in an air-tight jug.Once you fill the feeder jar, you screw on the flower section snuggly, but not too snug since you don't want to crack the plastic, and flip it over. It's suppose to create a vacuum seal to prevent dripping, but that didn't happen for me. I think these need a rubber o-ring to help them seal correctly. I don't know why, but they drip all day long.The clear glass jar makes it easy to tell if there's mold growing inside, but since I have been changing the sugar water every 3 days (filing them up daily), and washing the feeder parts every 6th day, I've seen no mold growth. If you see the nectar looking cloudy, dump the nectar out in a sink, wash the jar and bottom section in hot soap water (ONLY use regular dish soap), rinse all parts several times before refilling! It got pretty hot here one day this past week (91F in Boulder, CO), so I changed the sugar water the the night, just to be sure it was fresh, even though I had just washed and filled mine the day before. My feeders hang from my front porch, which faces west, but are shaded most of the day by either the porch or the big tree in my yard. Also, it's been unseasonably cool here so far this spring. I love that and so do the birds.I really wanted to like these feeders, but both of mine have been drip, drip, dripping on my front porch deck and railing. Every day, I have to go out and wash off the nectar from the railing and the deck. I don't want the wasps and ants to make a habit of finding these nectar puddles. I wouldn't mind the bees doing this, but I have far more wasps around my house than bees - the bees prefer the plants for feeding on. So, I started putting pans on the railing under the feeders to catch the drippings. That worked fine, until the wind blew the pans off the railing. So, I had to take down the feeders. Sorry little hummingbirds!To stop the dripping, I followed the advice another person gave about making sure the bee guards were turned so the hinge of these are at the top, inside each flower, but that didn't stop the leaking. I looked carefully and saw mine were leaking from the stems and the flowers; so, I bought some silicone caulk to seal up the drips from the stems, during it only non one feeder, to see if that would help. Sure enough, the leaking stopped from the stems, but the flowers were still leaking. I was loosing at least 1/8 of the nectar daily from the feeder, due to the dripping. I was afraid the silicone caulk would not allow me to remove the flowers from the stems, but today I checked that, and it seems the caulk was a failure after all. It didn't seal the flowers to the stem. Maybe I didn't apply it correctly. Will try it again, this time coating more of the flower stem to the other stem they slid onto.6/2/15 UPDATE:I've contacted both customer service departments for the seller, and the manufacturer, to discuss the problems with my feeders. I first spoke to the manufacturer who said if the feeders are leaking than the they didn't create a proper seal. I was to check and make sure I had screwed the bottom sections (the part with the stems and flowers) on tightly, but not to the point of cracking it. They also suggested trying it with just water first, so as not to waste the nectar. I said I don't use the nectar that was included, since it has unnecessary ingredients that I don't want to give the birds. I don't believe those are safe ingredients. So, I did the water test and they are leaking still. Then they asked me to contact the seller for replacement feeders.The seller said the manufacturer is the one that has to replace them. What a run around! I called the manufacturer back and they said to emailed them a copy of my receipt from Amazon, as proof of purchase. I'm still waiting for the replacements. Will update again after trying the new ones out, but I've my doubts the new ones will be any better.

These hummingbird feeders are of good build quality, easy to clean, and have molded plastic foot pegs that do not pivot or bend over time. I have had numerous Ruby-throated & Black-chinned hummingbirds visit since putting these into use. My only complaint is the two small s-hooks included for hanging the feeders. They cannot be permanently bent onto the top hoop of the feeder, with one falling down the sink drain during cleaning.

My hummingbirds love this feeder as they can actually sit while they drink. I have them all over my yard every year.They are easy to clean and fill.