Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have a flock of about 30 hummingbirds who make the trees in my front yard their home all summer. It started out with only a few but through some testing I quickly discovered their favorite food, pure Organic cane sugar water mixed 1 to 3 (I fill the jar 1/3 way with the sugar & then add boiling water to fill the jar & mix, the result is a beautiful honey brown nectar ...cool to room temp then fill the feeders) . Once that was deduced I never let my two feeders run out, then I began having to fill them twice a day and noticed more hummingbirds so I purchased 2 more. The same scenario happened over and over again until I had about 12 feeders, all of which have to be refilled daily. It is quite a chore, but so worth the effort! I can sit on my porch swing and watch every evening as the multicolored flock goes crazy for their dinner feeding before retiring high up in the trees for the night, it's unlike anything I've ever experienced and my guests are often astounded at the entire event and make a point of coming to watch at dusk whenever they get a chance. My neighbor however is less pleased, she puts out one or two feeders of that red nectar mix stuff and they hardly ever venture over to her yard. Anyway, through all of my testing & experience with the flock over the past few years I have found that these feeders are by far the favorite. I have tried to get them interested in the prettier more expensive feeders that look lovely on my porch, the colored glass, the sculpted metal, the antique bottles, but they always go to these first and only venture to others if these are empty! I ordered a few more of the old version this year & decided to try this new improved version as well & I wish I had only ordered this new version (Perky-Pet 230CPBN)!!! This design is A HUGE improvement! The old ones have a tiny opening in the glass section making cleaning difficult and mold builds up easily inside the glass & in the plastic ring that holds it to the base (which also likes to fall out over time, spilling sugar water everywhere). In this new version the opening for the glass part is large, perfect for cleaning & they have eliminated the troublesome plastic ring! I also really enjoy that the bee guards are rounded now, I hope that helps them stay on better & the built in ant moat is a big plus! I'm very excited to put them all out and welcome my flock home for the summer! PS please don't feed your hummingbirds that red nectar garbage! The dye is not good for them or their young! They really do like Organic cane sugar the best and although it is a bit spendy, here is a trick I have learned....Start out with the Organic stuff to attract as many as your hoping for and after a few weeks & the flock is established you can slowly ease up on the sugar to about a 1 to 4 ratio. You can also slowly switch from Organic to plain white sugar by adding a little of the plain sugar at a time but it isn't as good for them so I like to still leave a little of the Organic sugar in the mix. Hope that helps you attract lots of beautiful birds this season!