Title: Great feeder, but one big design flaw...
Review: For the first month or so, I really liked this feeder. It holds a lot of seed and the birds accepted it immediately.The problem lies in the refilling mechanism. There is a plastic-covered braided steel wire that runs through the center of the feeder. The 'top plate' slides up and down on this wire, and is secured in the 'down' position by a spring-loaded clamp that pinches the wire to hold the top plate in place. To refill the feeder, you squeeze this clamp to release it, and slide the top plate up so you can pour seed into the feeder.Within a month of use, this spring-loaded clamp had cut through the plastic sheath around the steel wire, and the plastic shreds are apparently jammed in the clamp. I can no longer slide the top plate up on the wire, so I can no longer open the feeder to refill it. Either the steel wire should not be covered in plastic, or the clamping mechanism should be 'gentler' so it does not cut through the plastic.
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