Unique Bird Feeder – Cleaner Feeder 2 high welfare, easy
Unique Bird Feeder – Cleaner Feeder 2 high welfare, easy clean hanging bird feeder. Keep food clean and dry, prevent the spread of disease
From the brand
Finches Friend is a family business, striving to minimise the spread of disease among garden birds.
Our goal is to spread the word on the importance of a regular cleaning routine and we’ve created high quality bird feeders that make it easy.
After Trichomonosis wiped out the greenfinches in his garden, our founder, Richard Woods, set about creating Finches Friend’s easy clean bird feeders, which is manufactured in the UK.
What makes our products unique?
Food is kept clean, dry and separate from the feeding area, reducing the chance of spreading disease.
The feed tray is removable, so it can be easily cleaned, without waiting for the feeder to empty.
Cleaner Feeder 2 and Window Cleaner Feeder are supplied with a spare feed tray so the feeder has no down time.
Why we love what we do?
We are inspired by how much our customers care for the birds and want to feed them safely.
Like us, they didn’t know about the danger of dirty bird feeders but together we will change things for the better and protect our wild birds.
| Dimensions: | 47 x 25.9 x 25.3 cm; 1.98 Kilograms |
| Manufacture: | Finches Friend |
| Dimensions: | 47 x 25.9 x 25.3 cm; 1.98 Kilograms |
1) Small birds seem to like it (my main concern after reading reviews was that birds weren’t going to use it: that wasn’t the case for me – they found out within 2 days and have been using it every since.
2) Pigeons and other larger birds don’t seem to be able to use it (they hang around underneath and pick up any seeds dropped by the small birds, but I haven’t seen them land on the feeder – the design would make it surprising if they could). Can’t comment on squirrels as we’ve never had them in our garden.
3) Early days, but the feeder fits a lot of seeds in and seems to only be used by smaller birds so I’m hopeful I won’t have to refill it frequently
3) Seems well made: the changeable base seems to work for taking off for washing (the recommendation is to turn the base to “off”to allow birds to finish the feed in the little trays and then take off the empty base to clean), and the feeder keeps the feed completely dry in wet weather.
4) I’ve only used sunflower hearts so far, but I think it would work fine with any pellets / seeds. The divider is removable if you just want one type of feed.
5) the unit is solid and doesn’t swing about in the wind very much
Cons:
1) Personally the main barriers for me buying it were cost (60 almost made me not buy it: I tend to try to buy well and buy once, but this seemed a lot even so), the risk that birds wouldn’t use it (which hasn’t been a problem), and having to guess how I could hang it…
2) the unit doesn’t come with either a tether or a ring that would go over a hook. This seems stingy given the price (60). I happened to have a cheap carabiner which fitted through the holes at the top of the unit nicely and I used that to suspend the feeder from a hook mounted on the side of our porch (https://amzn.eu/d/7MrMQ7f Forge Round Hook 40cm 16in by Smart Garden Black). Works well, but requires the buyer or a friend to have some practical skills, particularly given the full feeder is quite heavy.
Overall I am pleased with it and would recommend it for anyone who is in the market for a somewhat expensive but well designed feeder, as long as you are prepared to put a little bit of thought into how to mount it.
It’s a strong sturdy well made feeder that should last a very long time.
Taking the base off for cleaning or refilling is very quick & easy & I like the fact it comes with a second base so one can be removed for cleaning while another is out for the birds.
I haven’t cleaned the base yet but it should be very easy to do, & the design of the feeder means there is far less disinfecting & cleaning overall so it will save time as well as hugely benefiting the birds.
I have peanut granules & mini suet pellets in mine at the moment both of which flow freely, I’ll probably be buying another soon for the finches sunflower hearts too.
I did wonder if it would take the birds a while to figure it out but all I can say is I’m surprised how fast the food is going down.
Overall a very good buy & for what you get I think the price is reasonable too.
Really pleased with my feeder. It’s big so I don’t have to keep refilling, which is useful because the birds took to it straight away! The food is kept clean and dry, even in bad weather and it’s really easy to swap the bottom out so I can clean that too. The birds love it and so do I!
The two bases that you can switch out for cleaning is a fantastic idea which works very well. So easy to keep clean. This is a good size too, I can fill it up and then change the base every couple of days. It took the birds a day or two to figure it out, but now they use it just as well as any other feeder.
We love this feeder! The size and design make it so easy to maintain. Swapping out the bottom section to clean makes it more convenient than our other feeders. We also love that our greedy pigeons can empty half, and it still leaves loads of feed for the smaller birds. Highly recommended, 5-star product.
Having already got a couple of bird feeders neither of them have been easy to clean, and having read about Finches Friend feeders I thought I would see how this one compared. The Cleaner Feeder 2 arrived well packaged and I was extremely impressed with the fact that it had an additional base. The birds took to it quickly and I was super impressed when it came to cleaning, a quick and easy process. Highly recommended.
Always struggled with cleaning bird feeders, but this feeder is super easy to clean. You get two bases and they’re easily changeable without having to remove the food. Highly recommend.