I am so glad that I have the Tail Prop Suet Feeder!  It is so much nicer than my old one.  
Yes, it did the trick but this new one gives a little shelf like area for the birds to stand on while they eat the suet if they'd like.  It also is on a rope to hang on a tree, hook, whatever you choose and then opens from the top and closes nicely.  It gives a little more room with the the rope than just hanging from basically the suet itself.  And one really nice feature I think is that it's made out of recycled materials.  It should last longer this way and be easy to clean.  It certainly didn't detract the birds.  Normally it takes a little bit before they will come to a new feeder because of the "human" smell but once I hung this up, I had a downy woodpecker feeding on it within two days!  I couldn't believe it!  I am super happy.  I would recommend this suet feeder to anyone.