Feeke Rat Trap, Large Mouse Traps, Mouse Traps Indoor for Home, Instant Kill Traps for Mouse Rat Chipmunk, Quick Set Up and Reusable - 6 Pack, Black

Update: The same trap has now caught 3 mice. I have 7 traps in reserve. I think it's starting to wear out, but I can't complain. A little over $8 for this multi pack of traps is a bargain.I saw movement out of the corner of my eye in my garage. Having already found a dead mouse in my outside garbage can, I erred on the side of caution and started looking for a "better mouse trap".I found this product. I'm very happy with it. GREAT price, and it is indeed easy to use, remove, and clean. For those of you who have had to deal with the old school mouse traps where you're more likely to catch your finger than you are a mouse, you will LOVE these. The bait container comes out super easily. Put some peanut butter in and it goes back in just as easily. I do recommend peanut butter. I love it, and so do mice.You can bait the trap without having to set it. It's an isolated item that never has the potential to trigger the trap by accident. You place it via access in the bottom of the trap. Placing the trap in an out of the way area so no pets accidentally get caught in it is easy too. Your fingers are completely safe while doing so unless you're careless.Setting the trap could not be easier. You just press down gently on the back, and it's done in 1 second flat. No trying to balance that little trigger with the bait on it and hope you don't smash a finger like you had to do with the old fashioned mouse traps of the past.After having placed the trap, the very next day, I was rewarded with a mouse having sprung the trap. Getting rid of the carcass was as easy as can be. I walked out into the woods, pressed on the back of the trap, and the mouse was easily disposed of.I've heard the phrase "invent a better mouse trap" used derogatorily over the years because, generally speaking, a lot of the new designs have failed miserably. This truly is "a better mouse trap".For those who prefer capture and release traps, this ain't it. Well, I released the mouse, but it was oblivious to the fact, having departed this mortal realm. Cheap, easy to use and effective. That's a rarity these days. I can't recommend these enough.For those who think I'm a callous, hard-hearted human, nothing could be further from the truth. I have a black snake that lives in my yard year round. I welcome him as I'm sure the snake eats many pesky rodents such as mice and voles. It's one snake and so many rodents. I had to lend a helping hand! I am a live and let live kind of guy, but if a varmint decides it wants to invade the sanctity of my home, all bets are off. Don't forget. Rodents are what caused the bubonic plague that killed so many people back in the day.

I was using glue traps in my kitchen for some small mice. While the glue traps worked, I now had a trap with a live mouse stuck to it. Sometimes they could pull away and free themselves. I now had to figure out what to do with them. I would fill the sink with water and put them out of their misery. Only took about 30 seconds. These are easy to set with a dab of peanut butter and place where I need them. I hear a snap and movement for a second, but it always snaps down on their neck killing them nearly instantly. The old style wooden ones would snap mid-body, and they would suffer for a while. These work perfectly, very happy with the results... Release the dead mouse in the trash, hash and reset. Use them over and over....

This is the only mouse trap that has actually trapped mice! It is super easy to use and you don't have to worry about getting your fingers snapped or it going off while you are placing the trap in the mouse hangout location. I use these in my chicken coop in areas that my chickens can't get to but mice hang out and have found dead mice in the trap each time I set one out. This is really the better mouse trap you've been looking for. I've tried the humane tunnel traps, but they haven't ever worked, but these do. I can't risk having my chickens get chewed on, mites or bubonic plague from the mice taking over their house. Tip: I used rubber gloves when handling the traps before setting them and after, so that I don't put human scent on it and sweet bait seems to work for the mice in my area.

HistoryI don't know how they keep getting in, but our shed has become the front lines in a war against the mice. The battle has waged for several years and just when I think the tide has turned, the enemy surfaces yet again. We've tried various traps over the years with varying levels of success. Some of the more recent plastic snap traps have been pretty successful, however they have had a tendency to be quite fragile requiring constant purchases, are messy to setup and are sometimes tricky to set requiring pulling back a bar.Feeke trapsEnter the Feeke traps. We took a chance on these traps after looking at the design differences. We appreciated the design and liked the easy to open jaw that didn't require the bar and latch method. We also appreciated that the bait cup can be access from below the trap, making setup easier. The size seemed perfect for our need, which is catching field mice. Would these new traps be successful?ResultsThe traps were easy and fast to set up. We simply unscrewed the bait cup, loaded it with a bit of peanut butter, placed the cup back, squeezed the jaws open until they latched and placed it along a path or wall until the enemy appeared. So far the traps have worked amazingly. In all cases, the mice were killed instantly on their neck. We don't use them outdoors but for indoor use they've held up well. We've had a couple over several catches be difficult to latch again but nearly all, we simply shook out the dead mouse and reset the trap. They've required little cleaning. I only knocked off a star due to the couple of traps not latching after several uses.Overall after a year or so of use this is my preferred trap of those we have tried.Plusses+ Easy to use and latch, just squeeze open+ Bait cup that is removable+ No fiddling with bars to open+ Easy to release dead mouse, separates good separation of hands from mice+ Good size for field mice+ All kill shots for meMinuses- If you need to clean the individual parts I could see it being a bit cumbersome- A couple of our traps over several uses stopped latching or were difficult to latch. One had a broken latch mechanism.- Bit pricey for what they are