Reviews for Perky-Pet® Classic Flexport® Finch Feeder

I absolutely LOVE these flexport finch feeders. I have bought 6 of them in total (2 last month) since they first came out. Unlike others, I feed ONLY Sunflower CHIPS in these feeders. I have never had any mold like others have mentioned. Also the hangers and the perches have never failed. I live downtown Excelsior Springs, MO, adjacent to the Fishing River where the Goldfinches nest. Every morning, these feeders are covered with these beautiful finches. There are birds lined up on the wires and the balcony waiting their turn. There are literally 80 - 100 Goldfinches at daybreak (they are a sea of yellow here in the neighborhood) and a constant stream of them until sunset. I do feed nyger seed also but use metal screen feeders for that. I find that these feeders last me a year on the average before the flexports are "damaged". I don't see the Goldfinches or Purple Finches doing the damage. The "chewing" and damaging of the flexports is caused by sparrows which are a nuisance bird here in town. I have watched these sparrows chew, pull and push at the ports which causes the damage. Fortunately it takes them about a year to tear one up. Because they are a larger bird, they have trouble staying on the perches and are so outnumbered by the finches that they are not able to stay on the perches long enough to cause immediate damage. I hope that you continue to make these wonderful feeders as I (and my birds) would be very unhappy if you didn't!

I love this bird feeder and so do all the local birds! Easy to fill. It seems easy for the birds to use too. Seems to stay pretty dry in rainy weather. The rubber openings do wear out after a year or so. The worn openings allow the bird seed to fall out a bit more. Not a big complaint because this is overall an awesome bird feeder. I wish there was a way to replace the worn rubber openings. But at such a great price, it's not a big deal to replace when needed. Please don't stop making this birdf eeder!! Thank you.

Was going to re-buy this model, until I saw they changed the port design (I liked the old style slot), and after reading the reviews, I guess I'll look elsewhere for my thistle feeder.

Like others have stated this is too difficult to clean. As soon as it rains the seed gets wet and moldy and packs down. The seed ports didn’t hold up well. When I cleaned it last I saw that the 'flaps' creating the flexible ports were breaking off leaving a large hole for a port. Not sure if it was birds or squirrels that created the damage. Nice concept but it needs modifications.

You get what you pay for with this feeder. Food molds in the bottom and has to be dug out. You can’t remove the base so cleaning isn’t easy. Don’t buy!

The seed clumps and gets moldy in the bottom. I don't see a way to get the bottom off for a thorough cleaning. Not easy trying to pry the cement like moldy seed with a bbq skewer. It should be easy to clean so the birds don't eat the bad seed and get sick.

Not a good feeder. Seed pours out of ports to easy when birds feed, I keep on swiping up seed and put back in feeder.

Finches hang out on these perches for a long time. I have it hung where squirrels can’t readily have access, so flexports haven’t been damaged, and birds seem to like them. I had a problem at first with seeds at the bottom getting wet and moldy; if they are between lower seed ports, they have nowhere to go and won’t ever be consumed. So I give the feeder a couple turns most days to circulate the seeds and keep them from forming clumps. Seems to work so far.

Bought this feeder on Monday, on Tuesday had at least 6 male and 3 female Goldfinches feeding from it. The only 2 things that I don’t like about this feeder, are the plastic perches, which will probably break off in the near future and the plastic hanger loop, which will also probably break in the near future. I solved the hanger loop issue, simply by replacing it with a metal hanger loop from the bird feeder that this feeder replaced. The plastic rod fits through the existing holes and the stainless steel hanger loop, fits through the hole on either end of the plastic rod. This is working better than the plastic hanger so far. Wish I could replace the plastic perches with metal perches, but for now, they’re working. Flex ports are a good idea and if they hold up, I’ll be happy.

This is a great feeder. The birds love it. BUT: the plastic Flexports are too weak. I think the birds tear them up, not the squirrels. There should be a replacement source. The yellow plastic hanger broke early also & I replaced it with a wire one. As I said, It's would be a great feeder if it was beefed up some.