Feeke Mouse Traps, Mice Traps for House, Small Mice Trap Indoor Quick Effective Sanitary Safe Mousetrap Catcher for Family and Pet - 6 Pack, (M01-6Pack)

I was skeptical as there are always people who give bad reviews. But I was also desperate. I live in the country so occasional mice are an issue but this seems to be an infestation larger than normal. Poison wasn't working - probably poisoning one mouse but not the batch. I liked the look of these for easy set up and because they were re-usable. The traps came this afternoon. I only set up 2 of the 6 from the pack. Super easy. Within one hour of setting it up (while I was sitting in the same room!) the trap went off and I had my first mouse. Disposed of it in 2 seconds and took another 2 seconds to re-set the same trap. I didn't even need to rebait it. Within another hour and a half (still sitting in same room) I had my second mouse (same trap). These do the job and even if they do konk out after a few uses it will be worth the money as they are cheap for the price. One note - I used a VERY tiny amount of peanut butter (like half a pinky nail in size and put it down deep in the bait bowl. Don't pile it up or use a lot as it gives the mouse the ability to possibly eat and retreat without setting anything off. By putting it down in the cup he has to reach his head in there for it. Likewise, don't avoid the cup and put it back further in the trap....the bait bowl seems designed to make sure their neck is in line when it closes. If you put the bait too far back in the trap you may not catch its neck so use as directed, I will definitely buy these again if I need them!!!!Update - still working great. Still using same 2 traps. 4 mice caught so far by these traps (3 in one trap, 1 in another) and I haven't had to re-bait either trap yet. I don't know why I wasn't using these all along so much faster and more effective than poison!Update 4/16 - 1 year later and still going GREAT! I have still only used 2 traps out of the entire pack. The springs are still working fantastic and they are just as lethal as when I bought them a year ago so WELL worth the price!!! They continue to work after more than a year, and I still have spares if/when I need them. There is no blood or mess so the traps don't get gross. This is a clean kill to the skull or neck. I just toss the dead mice out and reset - and occasionally refill the little bait cup with fresh peanut butter. If these are not working for you then you are not setting them in the right place. I have two different types of mice getting in because I'm in the country. Normal "house" mice and lighter brown field mice. These traps have long since exterminated the regular house mice so they worked to get rid of this type 100%....but then I started getting field mice. I think they found a way into my sunroom from the outside wall. At any rate. At first, the traps would not catch them, and were even going off at times w/o catching anything. The trap would be snapped closed - but no mouse. I quickly realized these new mice were coming and going in a different part of the room. The place I had set the traps that worked on the house mice was not ideal anymore because the paths they were moving along were different. So I moved the traps to where I saw and heard the activity. Now these same two traps are catching field mice like gangbusters. I went from catching 2 mice a day to every other day to now only once every 1-2 weeks so I am sure I'm getting this infestation under control as well. If you know you have mice but are not catching anything try these tips:1. Put the trap against something like a box or a baseboard so that it is parallel to that object. Do not set them out in the open. Mice like to keep to the walls for safety and feel exposed if they are in the open. The traps that do best for me are always the ones where the trap is set right against a vertical surface like a wall or a box so that the mice encounter it while running along their "safe" paths.2. If the traps keep going off but you are not catching anything there are two possibilities. One - you have rats not mice and the traps are too small. Two - they are not getting far enough into the trap and are able to jump free when it triggers. One solution to try is to only put a tiny bit of peanut butter way down inside the bait cup rather than over-filling the cup with a huge hunk of peanut butter. Using less makes them have to reach further in to get the bait. Less is more. Also...remember to refresh the peanut butter occasionally. It gets dry and crumbly and fresh stuff works best. My mice don't last long enough to eat the bait so I eventually have to clean out the crusty peanut butter and put in new stuff. Then the traps start catching mice again.3. TIP: Remove all sources of food from the area or put it in plastic bins. I figured out what caused my two infestations. I had a bag of granola bars that had fallen behind something and was attracting them. Even if food is in a bag like pretzels etc...they can still smell it and will keep coming back.

I have been using the old standby wooden traps for many years - and I am over the moon about these things!!! They are easy to bait, set and empty. I am SO glad I came across these when getting some new traps. I got a 6 pack last summer when I was getting over-run with mice. My dog was freaking out around the chair last week and I had a sinking feeling that the mice were waking up for summer again. I refilled all the traps EASILY and heard one snap about 10 minutes after setting them. They are great. Doesn't hurt my hand or freak me out like the metal snapper!Definitely recommend these to anyone that is tired of the 1920's traps!

After decades of using the old wooden, blood stained, finger biting traps; I am stunned how perfect these traps are. CERTAINLY by far a "Better Mouse Trap" THE BIGGEST surprise is NO MORE BLOOD & BRAINS to contaminate my floor, trap or hands. The rounded teeth do not cut into the mouse, so thus NO BLOOD. I also was amazed at the 1 step reset, simply squeeze, discard mouse and it's reset in 1 motion. I was able to catch 6 mice on the same pea-sized peanut butter. They work so well, I am back to buy more and retire all my old Frankenstein wood pathogenic traps.

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