My advice is to go TH and never look back. I have purchased 8 feeders over the past 10 years - all are toast with the exception of my 2 TH feeders which have required zero maintenance. My original unit is going on 11 years this Summer.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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