The birds and my family love this classic bird feeder with the squirrel baffle. The pole,also, helps to keep the squirrels away. The container holds lots of seed, so filling it up everyday is not necessary. It looks good in our backyard,too. The only improvement I could offer is to have the tapered piece of pipe on the bottom and the other piece on top. This way rain water will goon to the ground and not collect in the pipe. So the pole will not rust inside.