Perky-Pet Outdoor Hanging Water Cooler Bird Dispenser, 1.5 Qt

This is a great concept. The water tray is very shallow compared to others. This is an issue and only small birds try the eater. I have this and a deeper tray water feeder and they prefer the deeper watering tray. The others dont hold as much water. I wish this would have a deeper tray then would be perfect.

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Little birds have hard time in deep bird baths.
Little ones love it since up June 2024..
Instead of dipping into hummingbird mott.

I have used these bird water stations for several years (in fact, it’s almost time to order a new one)……it is VERY popular with birds in my yard……and have to be careful where I put it as squirrels like it also…….it’s easy to set up….easy to move around to make sure birds have easy access to fresh water……I am ordering another one (or 2) to spread out birds a bit more and make access easier for my birds

I HIGHLY recommend….ALMOST as good as a bird bath…..BUT also easier to clean

simple three part product. The “S” bracket that is included is unusable as it is too narrow and too small to hanger just about anywhere and I had to create a wire loop to attach it.

I purchased this item because: 1.) it is a handsome unit, and 2.) the price is just too affordable to pass up. But here is my advice: PASS ON THE PURCHASE OF THIS ITEM.

I have installed a number of the Roamwild Window Mounted Bird Feeder Bracket with Super Strong New Dual Suction Cups Outdoor [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YN2X5P2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details) on my windows. These are extremely strong and attractive hangars that suspend my other feeders and water utilities. These devices are well engineered and very attractive.

However, the squirrels in my yard climbed up to the window ledge and then jumped onto the plastic bottle of this watering station. The added weight of the squirrel(s) on the water bottle caused the Dual Suction Cup hangar to fail. The suction cup hangar and the watering unit both fell about three feet to the soft ground. This caused the watering bottle to crack. It didn’t shatter….rather, it cracked in a number of places, rendering it entirely useless. I had the device installed for less than eight days.

It was a popular destination for the Chickadees and other small birds that have been visiting my feeder stations for the last four or five months. There has been an enormous increase of birds visiting the feeders ever since I installed the feeders; almost like the news went our quickly in the bird neighborhood telegraph. All day long, but especially at early morning and then again at dusk, the birds gather in large numbers to feed.

Before I purchased this water feeder, I was using a small weighted ceramic dish to provide water. So thirsty are these birds, I would have to refill the dish two, sometimes even three, times a day with fresh water. The dish was too small for a bird to bath itself in, but held enough water at a comfortable height for the birds to access.

When I saw this feeder I thought it would be even better because I could hang the water feeder from the suction hooks, and it provided a larger diameter of space so more birds could use it at the same time. The device is easy to fill, but I never filled it more than halfway, because I wash out the feeder and replace the water with fresh H2O every morning.

Upon receiving it I inspected the purchase. It appeared to be of strong, well-manufactured plastic design. But the truth is the plastic, although pliable, is extremely susceptible to a shatter impact. When the additional weight of the squirrels on the drinking surface of this water feeder device caused the hangar to fail and detach from the window, everything fell to the ground and the plastic water reservoir cracked open in multiple places like an egg that falls to the kitchen floor, rendering it unfixable and totally useless.

I saved the water feeder platform, thinking I might be able to figure out a use for it elsewhere, but there was no other option for me than to throw into the garbage the plastic reservoir bottle. It broke under then most minimum of impact.

I live in California where the winter temperature is only rarely below 45 degrees, so this incident was not provoked by freezing temperatures. Yes, it is an attractive looking device; and yes, the price is almost too good to be true. But one simple mistake: if the device falls less than three feet to the earth because of too much weight on it, or if high winds cause it to fall, the water reservoir will break and the entire thing becomes useless.

Now, for the price some might think, oh well, I can afford the loss if this breaks. Well, for some of us Americans [especially those of us who are senior citizens living on a fixed Social Security income] sustaining the loss of this item’s purchase price is a big deal in today’s wintery economic climate.

If you purchase this item, think carefully about how and where you intend to hang it so if it does fall to the ground, you can protect it from becoming useless should it fall and then breaks or shatters.