CatchmasterPredator Snap Mouse Trap 6Pk, Humane Mouse Traps Indoor for Home, Reusable Rodent Killer with Attractant, House Critter Catcher with Mouse Bait, Pet Safe Pest Control for Garage & Basement

Within and few hours of installing it, I caught my first mouse. With the flip-up bar, I don't have to touch anywhere the mouse is to reset the trap.

This is not the first time I have been duped by Amazon. These are not made in USA! Printed on the box is made in PRC! I don’t know how to buy made in USA products when Amazon lets the contributors falsely advertise where the product is made.

These traps are relatively expensive, but promise to be re-usable so that should justify the cost. They seem well-built, the spring is strong and snaps the trap very hard. There is no way a mouse will survive this.They are pre-baited with a synthetic attractant, but I placed some traps out for days without much success. I was more successful throwing a peanut onto the trap to force the mouse to crawl over it to reach the peanut. A trap I put down with a peanut (at dusk when mice are most active) caught a mouse within an hour. Mice like peanut butter but they lick it off without triggering the trap. The best method I've used on all traps is to "glue" a peanut to the trap with some peanut butter.I don't think there's anything special about these traps, apart perhaps from re-usability and durability.The trap seems strong enough to survive many re-uses and it's easier with this trap to release the mouse without accidentally touching the body. But you'll still have to use gloves because the mouse can crawl over the trap before it triggers it, not to mention bodily fluids (well, to mention bodily fluids, the first mouse I caught was upside down and had peed and pooped itself). I re-used a trap but never caught anything in over 5 days. I wonder if the "smell of death" on the trap scares away other mice, thereby rendering it useless for reusability?I've also had success with the old-fashioned wood traps. Half the strategy to catching mice seems to be in the placement of the trap, whatever kind you use. Everyone says to place them along walls because that's where mice like to run, but the mice seem to walk around it and steal bait from the side. The most successful method I've used with different kinds of traps is to build a little tunnel (using bricks outdoors, or boxes indoors). Make it as wide as the trap, block one end and place the trap there, then put a roof on it with enough clearance for the trap to swing shut. The mouse will enter the tunnel and be forced to crawl over the trap in darkness to reach the bait.One issue I had was that the ends of the spring have some sharp edges, so be careful not to nick your finger and draw blood like I did.

I don't really care for the wooden snap traps of the past. I thought this one might be easier to set than those, but I snapped my finger one time. You have to be very careful with them as they'll snap shut quite easily. You definitely want to keep your fingers away from the metal bar when setting them. I was going to take a video of how to set them, but after getting my finger snapped once, I was chicken to try it again. I gave it 3 stars because it will definitely kill a mouse. But, just beware that it's a little hard to set without having it go off in your hand and when you set them down, don't drop them, they have a hair trigger.

I’ve used this style mouse trap from a well-known brand name competitor, and I must say, this version doesn’t live up to that standard of performance. I don’t like the way the release trigger catch is rounded over – makes it entirely too easy to spring the trap while attempting to set it. I also don’t like the plastic “padded” kill bar – just seems like something that will make cleaning the trap for storage/reuse more difficult. I don’t know if the artificial attractant insert will work well or not. I opted to put a tiny amount of peanut butter in the center to hopefully lure the mice in. The spring is extremely strong and when released, the trap closes with extreme force – makes me wonder how many snaps each device will endure before self-destructing.All things considered; I still prefer less expensive/more traditional snap traps.I hope you’ve noted my comments and photos as helpful in your consideration of this item.