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 Havahart Mouse trap really does work! May 13, 2007
K. Meding (Thousand Oaks, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We purchased this Havahart trap along with another type of trap called the Tin Cat. We had been using tiny single plastic humane traps that we purchased at OSH. The Havahart, although I found the instructions a little vague, has worked the best. It's a little hard to set if you're using bait that moves (we use cat food nuggets) as you have to set the trap so that the food holder is level, then reach your hand in to set the bait there without touching and setting off the trap. But once you get it in there, this trap works really well. And the mouse has enough room that if you don't grab it immediately, he can move around freely. The Tin Cat trap, on the other hand, did not catch anything!
 Effective one-mouse trap October 24, 2007
Michael Lore (Vienna, VA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very effective - often even works without bait if you put it in the right location. Because the critters can see through it like a tunnel, they are much less afraid to go inside. The only drawback is that you can only catch one at a time, so you may need multiple traps.
 Not as good as they used to be January 21, 2008
David M. Chess (Mohegan Lake, NY USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
We bought one of these on our honeymoon, decades ago, when a mouse took up residence in our car (!!). It worked great, and we've been using it ever since. Somehow the original one got lost last summer, and we ordered this one from Amazon.
Just goes to show they don't make 'em like they used to! The old one was a nice solid metal thing with welded joints and fit to close tolerances, the wires all clunked solidly into place, and the round rods were actually round. This one, while it still seems to basically work (so I did give it 3 stars rather than 2 or 1), is a flimsy thing, sort of cobbled together out of ultrathin metal, with wide slots between things that ought to fit snugly together (I'd swear there are places where a skinny mouse could just slip out), wires that get stuck and don't click down where they're supposed to be because they're too light, rods with flattened sides that make it really easy to set the thing stiffly in such a way that a mouse could easily get in and steal the bait without setting off the trap, and so on.
I wish I could get one made to the quality standards of 1983, but I guess this is the best we can do in the Brave New World...
great trap February 9, 2008
J. Lemmerman
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
(NOTE: this product rates a 5 if modified as suggested below. Without the simple modification, it can become lethal to the mice.)
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I am catching a mouse a day in our school. We name the mice like hurricanes, and we have gone thru the alphabet twice in 6 months! (We collect the mice in a hamster cage and release each Friday, using a DEEP painter's bucket and toilet paper cores for transfer, in case you're interested).
I love this thing (actually I bought two).
I had to make one minor modification - the lower edge of the trap door is very sharp - the mice try to push under and cut their noses - I added a piece of clear tape across the lower edge of each trap door to cover the edge and -- SHAZAM--, its now perfect.
Advice for the novice - when you release the mice (far from home or into a DEEP bucket), hold the door closest to you closed - the first time I unlocked both doors and the mouse instinctively ran out the upper door and up my arm. LOL
 Dissapointed with Product July 8, 2008
Richard F. Loehn (Alpharetta, Georgia USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Item advertised as to be capable of catching and retaining chipmonks. It turned out to be too small. Also the two units were in pieces in the closed boxes. Not easy to fix. Only did one of the two.
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