Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

i was very happy to see such a good looking hummingbird feeder. couldnt wait to get to set this thing up because of its looks and capacity and ease of cleaning. then i found out after about 3 weeks of watching my hummers attempting to feed from it but in the end avoiding it. first i thought it was the color of the flowers white and yellow but after closer inspection, this base is made of galvanized metal and when u add ur nectar it will have a reaction with the galvanizing in the base making the nectar taste funny. everyone knows how sensitive hummers are to chemicals i am some what suprised that perky pet came out with this feeder with a galvanized base. my opinion the base would be better if painted, powder coated or even plastic. Update: contacted perky pet via email and phone and left this same review. also sent pictures of the chemical reaction from the nectar to the galvanizing. they didn't allow the review on there web sight and it seemed not to care about the problem. also i had as many as a dozen hummers coming to my two other feeders which i left in place. now i have only about 3 to 4 left. im not saying that this chemical reaction had anything to do with this but i still have MIA hummers. Update: 2-1-14... you can see on the comments that perky pet sounded like they were real concerned about the customer. well after speaking with them like 3 times they wanted me to send back the feeder so reluctantly i sent the feeder to perky pet incurring the shipping cost not to mention the time and effort to box it up and drive it to the local ups store and as i said ship it back to them. that was several months ago. i have yet to recrecive an email, an exchange, refund or much less a phone call. beware of perky pet. they could care less about the product they sell much less the customer... UPDATE: 2-7-14. I called perky pet and spoke with a customer service rep. told them about the situation that i have explained in this review. they let me pick out a feeder that was about the same price and said they would ship it asap. low and behold the feeder came 2-12-14. they also wanted me to take down my negative post after receiving the new feeder. i think ill leave it up so people can see it took nearly 8 months to resolve this issue.