Update: Upgrade to 5-star. I now have 3 of these devices. I only had a temporary problem with one of them. The 5-stars is because these things work so well. In fact, these are the only devices that have worked consistently well. Others worked one-time at best, and mostly not at all. These things are poison- and bait-free. A plus because I really don't like killing anything unless absolutely necessary. The less chance of accidental killings of birds etc, the better.
The caveat is that these are a beast to set, and they are potentially dangerous if not used properly. Should not be accessible to kids for example.
I went back to getting the non-rust retardant version. The new one I got had the proper diagram this time. I painted the first one with Rustoleum. Looks nice. That has caught the most. Will do the same for the 3rd.
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I now have two of these. I ordered the 2nd based upon the effectiveness of the 1st. The 1st was bare metal, the second has some coating, but otherwise the same.
[Update: I clamped the tube to a workbench so that I could have a better handle on what was going on. There just aren't enough fingers available to mess with it per the instructions. It seems that the problem may have been more related to the 'pan' than the trigger. That is the pan was stuck and didn't go down as far as it should have. This meant there was not enough free space between trigger and the 'pan back'. I also found the instructions from the 1st unit, which were clear and printed, not photocopied. For anyone who has an issue with setting it the first time: When in the unloaded state, look down the tube and see if the pan is all the way down. If not, address that first. I am not 100% sure this was the problem, as I made a small change before that, but it seems likely in retrospect]
Sadly, quality control is not what it should be. The diagram had been photocopied so many times/so poorly that it was impossible to see the parts it was referring to. Not too much of a problem because I had learned from the first one how to set it.
However, this 2nd one was impossible to set. As in: impossible. The trigger could not go over the bar and then into the pan back (their terms). It was simply too long to have any possibility of ever going in there, no matter the starting/ending position of the pan back or the rotation/angle of the trigger. It simply won't go. For reference, I went and reset the 1st one and had no problems with that one. Some modifications will be needed to the 2nd item before it can be used.
Setting this trap is more difficult than described if one has any reservation about not risking a finger or two in the process. The spring is very strong, and being able to force that around and do some delicate work with the trigger is not easy. Among the more obvious problems is that the tube can rotate while you are trying to set it. I have my approach to it, which is nothing like the manual's approach. This seems to work, but I would posit that an improvement to the design is needed.
Having said all that, this is the first product of many that actually works.
No bait needed.
No poisons.
All very good points... if it can be made to work.
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I've bought cage traps from Home Depot, that didn't work & returned them for a refund. I ordered this trap & received it on April 17, 2024, I took it out the box & setup up immediately, with sunflower seeds & small pieces of old bread. I finally caught a squirrel that I've been trying to catch on my property since 2018, the squirrel was chewing up the fabric on my front porch furniture & tearing up the house on my back porch for years, and recently got into my garage, a big squirrel living here for years. Today was Eviction Day!!!
