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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CHLBirder" data-source="post: 3569693" data-attributes="member: 142485">Mine lasted...about 20 years so...I guess so...But they are still made and sold by PerkyPets now in 2017, so maybe people will encounter the same problems in the old post?The feeder is fairly squirrel-proof, and sturdy, the design and the small perches insure smaller birds get their share of SF seeds, and a brand new feeder of this model would cost you around $100 US. I got mine as a gift from my brother for Xmas in the 1990's. The plastic dome and the screw-on knob hanger were what failed on mine, dome cracked and knob was chewed up by squirrels.  The manufacturer (now PerkyPets) does not apparently sell the hanger-knob separately, but it seems to come with the replacement rod.  A replacement dome will set you back over $30 US, a bit steep a price for a plastic dome.I guess my philosophy is to fix rather than trash things, if possible and cost-effective.  A counter to the throw-away society that is America?The only thing I'd add about my fix is it seems, so far, to prevent rain water from entering the seed bin thereby keeping the seed dry.  However, in a hard heavy rain a small additional baffle above it might be needed to keep water away from the center of the dome where water might possibly leak into the seed bin.Or if money is not an object, $50 US in a new dome and rod from PerkyPets is the fix.</blockquote>