Snap-E Mouse Trap

Price: $1.39
Manufacturer: KNESS MFG. CO.


Escape-proof and you never touch another mouse. The mechanism is smart, the materials are rugged. Snap-E Mousetraps are easy to use and made to last. Use them year after year. They're safe, simple and sanitary. Steel and durable polystyrene materials make them tough. Smart engineering - including a larger trip paddle and strike bar - makes them work every time. Easy to bait. Easy to set. Easy to release. Easy to outsmart pesky pests.

Information

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2903 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Kness Mfg. co.
• Dimensions: .5 pounds

• Snap-E Mouse Trap is escape-proof and you never have to touch another mouse.
• Snap-E Mousetraps are easy to use and made to last. Use them year after year.
• They're safe, simple and sanitary. Steel and durable polystyrene materials make them tough.
• Smart engineering - including a larger trip paddle and strike bar - makes them work every time.

Product Reviews

Yet Another Happy Customer
Eleven years in a bungalow 80-plus years old, and we've never had a pest problem, until my son developed the bad habit of letting the back door hang wide open. Hey, presto--next thing we knew, there was a mouse in the house. It took quite a while to get it with an old-school trap, but we finally did; little did we realize that, in the meantime, there had been pups. We didn't know how many, but could hear them rustling and gnawing in the dark every night.

Squeamish after the horrow of the first kill and the tiny corpse that was left behind--and knowing that the ones left behind were the offspring--I insisted upon no-kill traps. What a joke those turned out to be. If we walked with a heavy tread or closed a door firmly, the trap doors swung shut and were rendered useless. It was not a very merry Christmas or a happy new year, as we held our breath that no renegade rodent would zip through the dining room or living room in front of guests.

I found the Snap-E traps here on Amazon, and was mightily impressed that 18 people out of 18 raved about them. In my office, it's hard to get a simple-majority agreement out of 5 or 6 people; a unanimous benediction from 18 people seemed nothing short of miraculous.

I ordered two Snap-E traps and waited as patiently as possible for them to arrive over the long holiday weekend.

Boy, were they worth the wait! Let me reaffirm that I am NOT pleased to have little killing machines in my house; however, I did try the no-kill variety and was mightily disappointed. Within 24 hours of setting the Snap-E traps, two mice were dispatched. Fifteen hours later, we got a third.

There's at least one more running about, as the trap had been licked clean of peanut butter, despite the dead mouse under the bar (eeeeew!).

I have learned the hard way that these aren't cute little critters that are going to go away by themselves--they're nasty little vermin that are only going to leave the house when they're wrapped up in grocery bags and put in the trash. I am sad to admit that I'm going to have to work off the bad karma some other way, but so happy to be regaining my home, and so quickly, too!

And so, let me be the 19th person to sing the praises of the Snap-E traps. I hope we never need to use them again, but we're going to keep a couple around, just in case. And if a tiny visitor should ever happen to disrupt your household, don't mess around--just get these traps and take care of it.

Unfair to Mice
We first found this model of mousetrap by accident a couple of years ago. It happened to be stocked at the local hardware store when we needed traps. This review reflects experience since that first purchase. Our mice seem to be on IQ boosters. Standard wooden traps are robbed without exception. Jaw traps are ignored. Electronic traps have yet to catch a single rodent. Live traps remain empty. We have had Snap-E traps robbed as well, but the theft frequency is very low. Once caught, the mouse is easily disposed, and there is no need for direct hand contact with the remains. The trap is easily cleaned. The trap is easy to bait and set. When we recently decided that more traps were needed and then discovered that they were no longer locally available, we were very happy to find them here on Amazon.

This trap's a snap
Apologies to all my friends
who love their rats and mice
I had a critter in my house
that wasn't cute or nice

All day he'd nap, but as night fell
he'd venture out to snack
He loved my chocolates, and my bread
and Pringles by the stack

The straw that broke the camel's back
was when he chewed a hole
right through my bag of garlic toast
and all the garlic stole

I tried a sturdy wooden trap
he laughed and took my cheese
I set a bunch of sticky ones
he passed them by with ease

And then I came to Amazon
(there's so much that they sell)
I found this cheap and simple trap
that works so very well

The bait goes in the little hole
and then just set the trap
Relax and have a glass of wine
And wait to hear the snap

The final step's the easiest
Just lift the latch and dump
You'll never, ever touch again
a mouse's furry rump




Amanda Richards, September 18, 2007