101-0-002 Ketch-All Mousetrap,Silver

We ordered two and one came without a wind-up handle and has to be returned, but I immediately set the good trap with some birdseed as bait that night and by morning had three voles in the trap! Works like a charm! Re-set the trap and by the afternoon had two more! I have put a white post office envelope over the top of the trap to reflect the sunlight so that critters in the trap don't bake in the heat of the day until I can check it and release them. The voles are decimating our garden so this seems to be the first thing that has worked when all the other baits and traps have not. Wish I had two traps, but just one is making a dent in the overpopulation of these voles.

I set the trap in the chicken coop. I would catch 7 plus mice a day. It was so effective I bought a second one and placed outside the coop. . I would highly recommend this trap. The only downfall is disposing of the mice.

Catching Mice live WithMinimal Mess! I live in a country setting where there are mostly field mice which of a larger size. I thought the captured area size of the trap is a bit too small. I am happy to report that, putting 2 traps in back storage room, caught 3 mice. Got another 1 2nd nite. Putting 1 trap in well room cabana, didn't catch any the 1st nite, but choosing different location caught 2 the 2nd nite!

It works !!! An excellent product. less than 24 hours after receiving it I had my first victim. these have been around a long time. quality made and it works.

The knob to wind this thing is mounted onto the unit with a pathetic, tiny little axel that is not attached to anything.The knob itself wants to go flying when you wind up the unit because of the tension it's under.When the knob goes flying, it takes the tiny axel with it - and since the axel is not actually mounted to anything, it goes flying in a different direction from the knob.Good luck finding it if you lost it over open ground. Absolutely pants on head stupid, negligent design that undermines the genius of the rest of the unit. American manufacturers pick the STRANGEST things to cut corners on.I could probably fix the unit myself by cutting a penny nail to size to make a new axle... but why? This company chose to half @$$ the most important aspect of their design, why not get my money back?Save your money and your patriotism and buy a set of Anyhalls. At least they work without launching essential parts of themselves into the stratosphere under spring pressure.

I have set this trap twice so far and caught at least one mouse each time.The packaging and the product description says "no mess". This also claims to be a humane trap. The mouse I caught last night was still alive when I released it this morning, but it was bigger than the average mouse and the trap had severed its tail. There was blood all over the inside of the box. Also, the mouse droppings fall into the seams of the box and will not just shake out.I like the fact that I have had success catching mice, I will probably have nightmares now about the poor thing trapped in a metal box all night, bleeding, hurting, and probably scared to death. I also am not looking forward to having to clean out the box tonight before resetting it. It will require some pretty detailed scrubbing to get out the blood and droppings. I disagree that this is a "no mess" trap.

Wow!!!! 4 mice the first nite I put them out. I had purchased 2 from L&M supply. Put them out. Have been catching mice much faster than with the flat, snap and put bait in trays. Happy that my mouse population is less than when I started using these. I just purchased 4 more on Amazon as my local store does not carry this style anymore. These don’t require bait. Thank you to the company making them. Definitely worth the investment. Easy to turn the dial and put the box down on the floor. Walk away and catch mouse. Take mouse box to the woods. Open top dump out and go home. Rinse out poop and put box on floor to catch another or more.

We’ve spent thousands on various types of traps and systems. Poison is absolutely out of the question and poses a great risk to our family pets and other wildlife if they get away. We’ve tried a multitude of live catch traps. The species we are battling is the native Deer Mouse. These mice weigh almost nothing and don’t set off most traps with a pedal or trigger mechanism. More than a few times I’ve found the bait cleanly removed and traps still set and open.The trick to using the Kness Ketch-All is to only wind the knob 4-5 full turns. It’s tempting to wind it fully as per the instructions but this will not catch a single mouse. Deer mice weight almost nothing and will not trigger the trap. Winding the knob just 4-5 times will yield a large number of caught mice. I’ve found adding a small bit of fresh peanut butter inside the mechanism portion of the trap will emit the irresistible odor without it being consumed. Keeping one mouse in the trap will attract even more mice. I add some peanut butter (JIF red top) into the mouse compartment so they don’t suffer hunger until I check the trap. I check most of them once every 24h and some of them every 12.After seeing just how effective these traps are, I opted for the Drowning Attachment but for a different purpose. I modified the lid to accept wide mouth glass Ball jars in any size but I use the 64oz jar or the 128oz jar using the same thread.The glass jars allow me to see any successfully trapped mice at a distance, and then I can humanely euthanize them via Co2 in accordance with the AVMA guidelines. I was releasing them at first away from my property but due to mass deforestation in our area, the population was too abundant to continue releasing to only cause problems for our outdoor wild mice population. Using the Drowning Attachment allows for zero contact and a clean culling. The only other traps I’ve bought that have actually trapped mice is the X-small Kitzinger pedal traps. The larger size is not sensitive enough to catch deer mice of any age. The Kness is so sensitive when set with the proper amount of turns, I’ve actually caught juvenile-aged mice. I’m sad they must be dispatched but the effect of releasing so many would cause even more issues on our property. I highly recommend purchasing the bulk pack of these (12 traps) with the solid lid; drowning attachment, and glass jars. If you can only afford one or only need one for your square footage, I recommend opting for the solid metal lid as it seats securely and cannot be chewed for the mice to break free. The drowning attachment securely locks into place when installed with the Kness lids. The Kness Ketch-All is Made in the USA and is substantially higher quality over the competitors.Learn from my mistakes and buy this trap first, set it correctly, and watch as every mouse is captured in a humane way. The traps I received off Amazon and off a third party DIY pest control website were both made in April 2024.