That's a problem I've had in the past with these kinds of things, you get it and the bananas end in hitting the counter or whatever but this is actually tall enough, really nice looking, big enough for probably 8 fruits in the bowl and stable enough for a big bunch of bananas if you have fruit in the bottom. Also presenting fruit this way really gets people to eat it more. Other than a kind in the neck of it that looks like it was fixed and painted or something it's really nice, would recommend.