Because it's made of glass, and not plastic like the normal seed-feeders, it is on the heavy side and needs to be attached securely. I read some reviews where people had trouble connecting it. I found it quite easy, just clean the glass, oil the cups a bit and press. It's stayed up for years without any problem.

I also read some reviews where people said they had trouble filling it. Just about EVERY hummingbird feeder I have has a small exit area - otherwise the nectar wouldn't come out slowly! A funnel is 39 cents and makes filling *very* easy.

I have 10+ hummingbird feeders and this is by far the best for consistant hummingbird viewing.

20 of 20 found the following review helpful:

Hummingbirds LOVE this!  Jun 07, 2001
By Ben Anderson
This feeder is GREAT! Not only does it have a great price for it's high quality but it took me all of ten minutes to remove it from its' box, assemble, mix and fill with nectar and mount on my window! When ordering, I was a bit cautious about the suctions holding up the weight of a fluid filled glass jar but it's given me no troubles what-so-ever (like I said...high quality). Hummingbirds came within two days...got to love it.

16 of 16 found the following review helpful:

Nice  Jul 31, 2001
By julie rands
I just purchased this feeder. I have a big back window the perfect place to hang it. The feeeder holds alot of food and was very easy to fill and hang. It is made of glass instead of the other cheap plastic ones and is very attractive too. I ordered my feeder in july and really thought i wouldn't get any hummingbirds because I thought i was too late to have an established feeding area, but i was wrong ,,I hung the feeder on the windown and within an hour I had my first hummingbird feeding out of it , I have 2 birds that now come to my feeder on a regular basis, they are beautiful.

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Poor design-avoid!  Jul 28, 2004
By PonyExpress
Well, I ordered this online as we couldn't find any window-mounted feeders locally. It's lasted exactly two weeks. The problem is the extremely weak design: the 14oz glass feeder is fairly heavy-too heavy to stay attached to any glass with two measly suction cups, as this has. There are somewhat strange instructions with this model, directing the user to "rub" the suction cups for several minutes in order to (supposedly) build up a proper "suction"-then the glass slides into a groove; well, the thing worked at first-until I had to slide out the glass bottle portion to refill it. I did it as gingerly as I could, not disturbing my preciously attached suction cups, refilled it(only halfway!)-and replaced it. About 4 minutes went by-and then the entire thing-glass, suction cups, everything-fell to our deck, breaking into a million thick glass shards...frustrating me, the hummers-and our two dogs, banished from the outside until I could clean up this mess. What a crummy product! And overpriced-although I wouldn't buy it again for two cents. Beware!

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Fantastic!  Jul 26, 2001
By Joanne Kasperek
I have put this feeder in the kitchen window and I am always looking there. In the morning they seem to be there more often; so I have my camera ready. I have taken some pictures very close up! They are so close I wish I could touch them! I have 2 other feeders but they are not as "viewer friendly".

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