Ratings & Reviews for TOMCAT Wooden Mouse Traps

Changed for the worse

I have been using these traps for years and they always worked great. Maybe a little tricky to set but I was always confident they would do the job. I have had 2 mice in the past few months and between the two of them ended up having to eventually set 10 traps before I found two that worked. The previous 8 had the bait eaten off them without being triggered. They used to be hair-trigger but now they are useless. I know there is a money back guarantee but who saves receipts for mouse traps bo...

Best wood mouse trap out there

These traps are the best wood traps I've found, the coating on the wood lets them live longer in rough places... I despise mice and want to put as little effort into getting rid of them as possible so I screw a bunch of traps alternating to a piece of plywood and make an allthread handle so I don't have to bend over to pick it up. I think they're easier to set on a board as well... Unfortunately these traps are hard to find now for some reason?

Broke at Placement

I baited the trap with peanut butter I set it down and snapped and broke before I mouse ever had a chance to get there. Didn't have that problem with the old-fashioned kind. Maybe it was just defective and they will send me some replacements

Poor quality

I bought these traps because I have always had a good experience with Tomcat products. I set the traps and they kept being set off with nothing in them. After using my finger as the "mouse" I found that the U clips that hold down the spring /hammer (I guess that's what you might call it) slide right out of the trap. Henceforth letting the mouse get away. To say the least I am very disappointed and my mice are well fed.

Do not buy.Does not work.

The bar does not set like it should. Where. Is the quality control?.Build A Better Mousetrap?.I this case not.

Sore fingers

I got 4 of these traps. Maybe I got a bad batch, but they are almost impossible to set. The plastic piece that should catch the pin to retain the trap doesn’t hold it hardly at all. After snapping my fingers six or seven times I finally got two traps set. One trap caught a mouse, and one trap kept releasing itself. I ended up having to throw 3 of the 4 away because they would not function.

Very touchy and difficult to set.

Bought 4 of these and they are just to hard to set. They usually go off by themselves while loading or placing them down. Very poor design ! The bait paddle catch is too smooth to hold the lockdown bar in place .

Almost Impossible to Set

The metal bar against slick plastic doesn't have enough friction to hold the spring loaded trap. I would like to see a representative of the company set the trap in a live feed.

Fantastic. Multiple kills with same bait

I live in a rural area of my county. A big box Mart store used to carry these but not now. I trap around 200, yes that many with only two of these. One in my pole barn and one next to my trailer skirting. The best part of these is that they hold a sunflower seed firmly when placed under the small tab on top. Mice have to work at trying to get the seed and set the trap multiple times without getting the seed. These are the best inexpensive mouse traps without question.

Has held up great

These are cheap enough that there is no guilt in tossing the whole trap and mouse, but we have had such good luck with this brand that we have been reusing them for several weeks just so we don't have to use the other brand we had purchased. They are an affordable, quick, and humane way to deal with a mouse problem.

2 for 2

put 2 out last night under the hood of car & truck along the inside of the fenders with a small amount of pb set on sensitive-bam con: hard to see the settings with the naked eye on the plate

Disappointing

I gave Tomcat a shot but they don’t compare to Victor. Spring is not strong enough. Found traps tripped and empty. Never actually caught a mouse. Victor will not disappoint.

Pets

I set this tap with peanut butter and the mouse just ate all the peanut butter and then the trap went off didn't catch anything so now the mouse thinks it's my pet and I'm feeding it

Bad traps

We bought 4 mouse traps, 1st one we set up and it went off and the mouse had walked over it setting it off and it broke, 2nd and 3rd the mouse ran over the trap setting it off but didn't catch the mouth and then we reset them and they walked over it and broke both of the 2nd and 3rd traps, now we have 1 left which the mouse literally set it off and it flew in the air landing 2 feet from where we put it down. Not to mention it never caught a mouse. Can you give me a recommendation on where I can ...

Poor Design

I have a better time with the 2 packs of wooden traps from the Dollar Tree. These Tomcat traps will constantly snap closed and I have to fiddle with them a bunch before I can get one set and then hope with all my hope that it won't set off before I set it down. So, you'd think this trap would be really sensitive at the first brush of a mouse but nope. I have watched mice run over these traps without setting them off. I've found traps not set off with the bait licked clean off the trigger. I wil...

Horrible design!! Do not buy.

Wow! Been setting mousetrap s for years. This design was so time consuming to set.

Good Luck trying to set the traps!

Bought these because they were cheaper than the ones I normally use and boy did I make a mistake! Good luck trying to set the traps because you can't! Pretty dumb system you've developed for setting, it's not like setting a normal trap, it's a joke! NEVER AGAIN!

Simple - Set in a paper bag for no-touch disposal

It’s a little tricky to get the pin set, but once you figure it out they work great. A HUGE suggestion they should publish: if you don’t like this kind of trap because you see and have to touch the dead mouse, bait and set and then slide it into a small paper bag (lunch/fast food size) with the baited end pointing out. I’ve had 100% success with this, and a quick glance to confirm the catch and the whole bag goes straight to the trash.

Junk

I have been using wood trap and peanut butter for years. These traps spring while loading, the staple holding the bait trap comes out of the base and the lever for tripping is to short. Worst traps I have ever seen. Copy to Menards

Just takes some patience.

I've seen some of the negative reviews regarding this product and I was about to write and agree but decided to give setting them one last try. All it turned out to take was just being careful and patient. It is supposed to be easily sprung otherwise it's kind of useless.