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Thank you so much for reviewing our trap. Me and my family are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to have been featured on your KZread channel. We absolutely adore your version of our trap, it was even better than we could have ever imagined!

@bpacheco6

Жыл бұрын

To be fair his version seemed like the mice could figure it out, I'm shocked how they were reverse engineering it...your version is more foolproof so I don't see Chris's version eating into your sales...great idea! I will recommend this trap to people

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! I will email you in the morning.

@corydriver7634

Жыл бұрын

You guys really did build a better mousetrap. Happy to see things are still being Made In America and that still means something.

@selfymaster1117

Жыл бұрын

Looks like someone is not happy with the DIY version. Also the not so appreciative tone may be noticed on this comment. After-all, people can DYI something somewhat similar. Just like the spinning rod or rolling log and then tons of videos of a spinning coffee can trap or spinning mountain dew can traps started to pop up on KZread. Point is not everyone is the DYI'er type.

@wiIdtumor

8 ай бұрын

I'm going to buy your trap I need it desperately 😭

I can think of two reasons that the original trap is superior. Firstly, the 'roof' over the feeding area offers a degree of protection from predators while feeding, and secondly, on the replication, the mouse is able to go around the edge and test the safety of the surface. In the original the mouse is directed into the trap before it can test the surface, by which time it is focused on the food.

@gregjohnston455

8 ай бұрын

If I were making one, I would clip clothes pins around the upper Edge so that it couldn't walk around on the upper Edge.

The simple trap you replicated was wonderfully done Adding a hood does 2 things Focuses the rodent to enter to get bait placed on the inside of the hood and stops bigger rodents from getting the bait eating the trapped mice(rats eat mice)

@chrisnotap

6 ай бұрын

After I made the video, I modified it to include a hood to make them go under. It works really well. Great minds think alike!!

@mist4926

6 ай бұрын

I want to see your hood

I prefer to fill my bucket traps with 8-10 inches of a water/antifreeze combo, but maybe I’m just a bit more fed up with those suckers than the average homeowner lol.

Thank you so much. Definitely we wont be able to purchase the original trap sliding lid in our country probably not arrived yet in the market but we can surely make one using your idea. Thank you again

you turned me into a diy trap builder. I have many steel traps that red squirrels have gotten to smart for. I seen your other trap builds and i am building today.

Chris, I’m gonna make one and try it out. Thanks

Cool. And easy to boot. Thank you

@_Lazare

2 ай бұрын

Yup

hey Chris thanks for the video. to make it even more effective consider the funnel on the original trap it's meant to keep them coming from one direction to ensure they don't flip the trap while still on the brim/ edge of the trap with weight not on the flipping part of the trap

Great build and very useful. Thank you Chris.

I love your camera work. You get the camera inside of your projects so we can see them working.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Thanks dude 🤘

Simply Amazing sir Thanks for sharing this Amazing Idea

Brilliant 👨🏻‍🔧

Thank you!

Great video! I was wondering if there is something similar to this to trap voles. I've use other live traps to catch voles but found it cumbersome to use to release them.

Great video as always!

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

Works. Thanx

A good take on the swivel pole version. Seems more inviting. They sure are curious. One thing I would recommend is to maybe put a hamster cage drinking bottle in there if it isn't checked daily, or forgotten occasionally. One concern I have about multi-mouse live traps is that some mice might fight. I have seen an adult mouse attack a baby mouse that wasn't its own. That said, mice are one of the most placid little rodents (voles are another story!). A personal anecdote: when I lived in Germany, at the age of eleven I, per chance, discovered the hideous accidental mouse traps - storm gullies. German gullies, the type with a cast iron grill cover have suspended arm-deep buckets in them with a solid base and holes half way up to catch debris before the water runs into the drain. They would get emptied occasionally. One day, out of curiosity I peeped inside and saw a mouse. It was as though it called me. It was alive and I could see its predicament. I just about managed to lift the heavy grill and just about managed to reach it and pull it up to freedom. It became a habit to always check the gullies and over the years I pulled out countless mice and the occasional toad. They rarely freaked out. Many would instinctively know that I was helping them. When I worked in a factory in the forest I had refined my method that didn't require lifting of the grill. I had a "mouse elevator" in my handbag - a cardboard loop on string. Again, they would often go in voluntarily. Sometimes I had put in bit of dandelion leaf, or if the mouse had been weakened by a prolonged confinement, I had to lift the lid and transport the critter to the mouse ICU. Not once was I bitten. Often they would just sit in my hand and groom themselves. Oh, and my colleagues called me the mouse angle, well, to my face anyway, lol.

@girlnextdoorgrooming

Жыл бұрын

*angel

@randomhindi528

Жыл бұрын

You sure have some great adventures to tell mam Love to hear from you in your videos Please make some

Its very nice and informative video sir 🙏🙏

Thanks much, you did a stupendous job on the production and trap design/construction. We use the official RinneTraps in our barn, house, and our church also has one in the basement. They work well but we've noticed small issues over the months. First, those plastic bucket tabs do break off. And too, for some strange reason, sometimes that flipper sticks and doesn't drop the mouse into the bucket. Occasionally we find a trap cleaned out and that flipper or drop down has resistance and doesn't work smoothly. We're thinking maybe your design is even better. It certainly is more economical.

@chrisnotap

7 ай бұрын

Whenever you remove the flipper on the RinneTrap to re-bait under the lid, I always make sure to cycle the flipper a bunch of times to make sure it is in the grooves properly and that it is not catching on something to make it jam.

@dalehammond1749

7 ай бұрын

@@chrisnotap Yes, we always do that too. Sometimes a trap sits for a long time such as placed in a closed cabin during the winter. We've observed that plastic against plastic tends to stick when just siting unmoved for a long period of time. Maybe something like your design with a brass rod and brass sleeves arrangement would be better. Anyway, something to think about.

Beautiful

Great video.

One of the things I love about you/your channel is that you're compassionate and humane. I know the cute little mice are incredibly destructive, but I appreciate your live and let live. ❤👍😀

Thanks you for posting I bought one of these Flip Slide Bucket Lid Mice Rat Trap a while ago but could never get it to work as The instrouctions say put the bate on end of the black fliper but now seeing what you did Ill put the bate on the inside of the lid

Chris, I’ve been following you for several years with great admiration. Your videography is superb and you teach these subjects very well. Were you a teacher before you retired?

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Well thanks for that nice feedback. I appreciate that. I was an Auto Technician (mechanic) before I retired. Always had the inspiration to teach. This has been the perfect fit in my retirement. Thanks.

It's good to see you again. I bought the parts to make the cyclone vacuum out of 5 gal. Buckets and the water vacuum. I'm going to combine the two, using the water vacuum together to make a hydro filter. That way I can clean rocks and carve wood with my Dremel. Thanks for being the inspiration. One more thing. I'm putting a PVC pipe down to the bottom with a bunch of holes drilled into it. That way the cyclone will catch the larger pieces a the water will trap and filter most of the fine dust.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

It's all about being creative and experimenting!!

@dchall8

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisnotap I had been wondering if a hookah style dust filter would be viable or does the water result in too much suction lost. And, of course, does the water trap the fine dust???

I wish I could cut that quickly and accurately. You are truly a master. I have noticed there are a lot of them on YT. The two mice looked kind of similar with the jump, so I went back to review the first to make sure you weren't using any video trickery ANYWHERE in this video. They were different, you passed the test. :-) I certify this video 100% unmodified! Nonsense aside, I don't have any rats or mice in the attic anymore because I got sick to death of them chewing through the fiberglass screens in the soffits and put in chicken wire for the rats and mice backed up with aluminum screen as a bug barrier. Chew through that, you little buggers (or something to that effect), was my final decree at finishing them. They haven't, and unless one of them has steel teeth, I doubt they ever will. I think that, or something pre made up should be a standard code requirement on those vents, something truly rat proof, because with fiberglass screen, eventually they will getting in the house, and that does not a happy camper make. And when they've discovered the ingress, even if you fix that place in the screen, they will just immediately chew a new hole there or elsewhere. Maybe they have, I haven't looked at building codes in a long time. Maybe I'll do that, just out of curiosity. I've seen the plastic vent covers, but I don't know if those are rat proof, or not. Nice take on the trap, BTW. Not surprising. I've seen a few of your things I could think of mods for, but never anything that wasn't well thought out and executed. Nice job keeping this one very simple and effective...again.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all of that and the nice feedback!!

Excellent, Chris! Our business has needed a have-a-heart mouse trap for a few months now! Those darned mice don't care if we run a Cat Cafe!....they just want the cat's food in the supply room where volunteers keep spilling it. They're coming through the wall, so we didn't know if trapping them would do any good if they have set up house in the wall 😞

As always, a superbly simple, but highly effective design. Wonderful work Chris! :D

@oldrrocr

11 ай бұрын

or you could replicate the one with a paper plate (upside down)

@BobHerres

11 ай бұрын

Well said! Always simple clear & concise.

@Ngan-zy9kd

6 ай бұрын

You owe to to yourself NOT to watch this American Engineer who've done extensive research and ask you do NOT believe 99% of YT scammers and only trust & buy from the honest engineer who invented the best rat trap kill 400-500 to fix his own problem 1st, just do a YT search "99% traps fail best mouse trap kills 400 rat" or "After 99% traps fail invent best rat trap kills 400" or "why 99% of traps fail kill 400". 99% of all other YT crooks use their trained pet rodents to make fake promising videos to scam millions of buyers to waste their $ so tell the community to only watch, share, trust & buy from the engineer who dedicate time, energy & money to do R&D works & invent the true best traps. Hope this helps!

BRILLIANT 💥 THAT SCURRYING IN MY ATTIC IS FIXIN TO STOP

Great channel mate, I didn't mean to but I ended up spending 2 hrs on your channel, good job ;)

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Like most of us you went down the rabbits holes!! Thanks for watching and I hope you continue!!

Cool!!!

Love your KZread channel! Always great content and easy to follow your instructions. Thank you Sir!

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that nice feedback!

Hello! ❤ I live in germany and there is no store, where i can buy these plastic cardboards. I found only bigger ones for building roofs. But the small one‘s i haven‘t found. Have you an idea what material i can use instead? thank you 😊

You are fun to watch, thumb up

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that!

Unglaublich: Heute früh bei den Hühnern habe ich mich entschieden, mir so etwas morgen zu bauen, da ich das gelbe Ding ja aus der Werbung kannte. Ich habe Chris schon lange abonniert und dann kommt er heute wie bestellt mit dem Video daher :-) Liebe Grüße aus dem sonnigen Süden von Österreich, der momentan recht verschneit ist

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

That’s great! Greeting from CANADA!!

Thank you!!!! I could only find on line and not in stores and needed a quick solution. I put it together and honestly didn't have alot of confidence in it. It worked!!! Caught 15 mice on first night in my turkey pen!

@chrisnotap

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome!!

great review of the trap and a simple yet effective homemade one!

Chris, what security system are you using? What sort of cameras and recording unit are you going with?

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

The one in the attic is a great little security camera that I put there temporarily to capture their movements. I have one in my garage and the image quality is great. They are super affordable and all you need is a spot to plug it in and a good WIFI signal. I have a link in the description for it. Check it out. If you do get one, also get the "cam plus" It costs about $1.50 a month and well worth it.

So annoying hearing them in the attic...this is a great trap idea...not sure about the catch and release though

Hands ON.....

Where does the bait go on the homemade trap, without affecting the balance?

Excellent. Will be doing this. Thank you.

Brilliant Chris! So much fun watching those clever little mice.

There comes a time in a persons life where time is worth more than money, Great video but im going to buy one, thanks again

The flipper has two sides: One (A), which folds down when a mouse goes on it, and the other (B), which then automatically swings up. My humble question: Can a mouse jump so hard and so high that it pushes side B up and can thereby escape? Thanks for helpful answers! Greetings from Germany .

@chrisnotap

Ай бұрын

One mouse would need to jump up and have its body weight hit the bottom of side "B" to make it pivot and then have another mouse simultaneously jumping up to escape out of the partial opening that the first mouse created. If this happens to happen, the second mouse deserves to have a "get out of jail for free" card!

@alf3098

Ай бұрын

@@chrisnotap Great response, many thanks!

Fantastic as always!

We didn't realize we had mice at our last house until the cat brought them in to play with and eat. As proof she left a little pile of organs in front of our bedroom door, so we would be certain to see them. She was quite the surgeon.

Is that workable the one in costco or sams????

@chrisnotap

11 ай бұрын

The work table is from neither. I found it at a thrift store. It is a kitchen table. I re-sanded and finished it .

I’m in Pest Control, this is incredible, I’m also an animal Lover and hate snap traps, I REFUSE to use them. I also hate glue boards as well as RTUs , I want a few of these.

Does it matter if it's an outdoor or indoor environment? I know what's important is to put the railing where the mouse droppings were found. Usually along the walls. Cheers.

@chrisnotap

8 ай бұрын

You can put it outdoors. The only thing you have to think about is whether a skunk, raccoon or any other animal will get to it and tear it apart to get to the bait. Other than that yes you can.

@views8962

8 ай бұрын

@@chrisnotap as much as I would have preferred rinne traps, we have an immediate need and rinne traps take more than a week to get to where I am. I had to settle with imitation.

on your trap, it almost seemed the mouse was suspicious of something. Great trap

@chrisnotap

10 ай бұрын

I had to get good footage. Some of them may have been on it twice.

love this trap because is cheap af even the original one, can be used for invasive species (kill) and for native species (live) can be even used to catch a new pet on the wild

That mouse went straight for that ladder then took 5 min to get the food

I love this trap! I own 5 of them! I accidentally bought the cheap ones off of Amazon. They are cheap plastic! Buy the ones made in the 🇺🇸 USA!!!

I would have put a small something on top of the lid to put bait on.

Awsome but you didnt put any bait on lid???

Brilliant video I was about to purchase the original ones but you have just saved me a few quid and you have also given me some ideas on making these traps 👍👍👍

Got a pregant mouse in the bucket. It gave birth to six babies. Then it was light enough to jump out. Ethical dilemma!

Mice aren't endangered, fill the bucket with water.

Hi Chris I’ve had a few rats appear in my garden over the last couple of weeks can this work for rats or are they too big for this trap?

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Depending on their size. The smaller they are, the better your chances.

I'm gonna make one! So happy to see an upload from you! YES!

@bssn9469

Жыл бұрын

Huzzah, I made it!

nice one 3rd price of the expensive real one

Hey Chris where is the video about how you built that feeder? The video where you were testing the smallest size a squirrel would fit through is uploaded twice and I can’t find the video where you built this feeder.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aHpozZNsiduZp5s.html

Some one is going to have mouse for dinner!!! Nom, nom!!

I love that you took measures to keep the trapped mice fed and comfortable, beyond not just killing them outright. Aside from appearing to be a lot more effective than snap traps (in my experience they make excellent mouse feeders that only sometimes actually go off) it's also very humane. *I'm assuming you relocate them into the wild, not near homes

Thank you man i try replicate too but 😂. Ill try yours it work

Please can you do instructions for the squirrel safe bird feeder 😊 From an Avid Bird feeder Thank you ! Love your channel 👍 channel!

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

I will be uploading that video soon!

Love your version my only problem is I have 2 of them (store version) and in 2 years I have only got one rat and with spring traps I get 50% success rate with dozens caught

Curious, how bad is your mouse problem in your attic? How did you know you had some unwelcome guests?

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Heard scratching on the ceiling one night. We never have them in the attic. Got them all

I have never caught any mice with the one i ordered and its been two years, so I might try to make the homemade version and see if it works any better. I think the mice I have are engineers. But I will say this, I found two of them stuck in my empty potato chip bag that was left sitting upright on the floor next to my coffee table which gave them something to climb up and get to the very top of chip bag, once they tried to walk on the top edge of the bag they fell in and it was too slippery to climb out.

I always enjoy your posts thanks from Australia

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Greetings from CANADA and thanks for watching!!

👍👍👍.

Here before 1M subscribers!

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Should hit that mark sometime this week! Thanks!

My neighbor has this trap in middle of 50 acres camp site, along with other traps. This trap doesn't catch traps as well as glue strips, but we don't like being terrorist too mice with glue boards?

Excellent video! Almost makes me wish I had mice in my house so I can make one and give it a try (LOLOLOL NOT!)

I think you could replace each paperclip and glue with a wood screw that you just thread into the bucket.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Yes I actually experimented using screws. But with the side one, you only have one chance to get it right in the limited space on the bucket. With the hot glue you came pop it off and reposition it easily.

Excellent!!!!!!!! thanks for share and teach us

This is great improvement on the spinning beer can I have used to great success. To be truly effective it Needs water in the bucket though so you are actually reducing the mouse population.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

That is an option depending on your situation yes.

@carols1030

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, perhaps not for everyone, but in a barn keeping populations down is essential.

The mouse trap I make uses ball bearings that knock a swimmer into a wash tub that makes a cage fall onto the mice.

I have the original, got 3 for $9.95 you just can't beat that price and didn't have to make anything

Great video! Awesome mouse catchers too! Oh and I love the shameless attic plug!!!☺️ Thank you Chris.

Mickey M. would give a thumbs up!

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Ha! I represent that remark!

Will it work for chipmunks??

@chrisnotap

9 ай бұрын

I don't think so. They are able to jump quite high and could probably get out.

You should screw the cloth on not tape as tape can melt in heat. You should make a half lid and and put bait under it like the made one.

the plastic card is actually called Corflute

@Martin-bx1et

Жыл бұрын

Cartonplast, Polyflute, Coroplast, FlutePlast, IntePro, Proplex, Correx, Twinplast, Corriflute or Corflute

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Yes there are many different names for it.

Skip the seeds in the bottom, water will end the problem. These are not pets, they are pests. Letting them go in the yard will allow them to get back in your house before you will. Great design and construction

Only has three parts - proceeds to list the 4 parts. :-D

thanks for not only not filling it with water like intended, but also softening the fall for them.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Actually mice can fall down a mine shaft and land without harm. They are light weight and adapt. The sawdust is for the poop and pee.

@NineteenEighty8

Ай бұрын

Do you really want your house to smell like dead mice?

Hey you should do a smoke video on just paper

Where did he puts the bait? I didn't see him placing any bait.

To buy..where ,how much

@chrisnotap

10 ай бұрын

The links are in the description under the video. On your Phone, click the down arrow to the right under the video, then click "more". On your Desktop, click "show more" under the video. On your iPad, to the right under the video, you'll see a little down arrow. Click on it. A window will open to the right of the video. In that window you'll see the word "MORE". Click on it and you'll see the links there. I hope that helps!!

Peanut butter will not work for all mice. Field mice love bell pepper, tomato, cucumber, carrot, green bean seeds, etc. Do NOT use peanut butter, use sunflower butter. I speak from experience, because we've been learning what exactly the different mice like to eat at certain times of the year.

@chrisnotap

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips!

I bought one of these and it never got even one mouse. Use a big glass bowl and put peanut oil in the bottom. Mice jump in but get oil on their feet and can't get out.

Does this work with rats as well?

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Rats are bigger and stronger and may be able to jump out if they hit the door just right.

Only downside is the cardboard lid is gonna rapidly get stained from piss and poop

@chrisnotap

10 ай бұрын

It's plastic cardboard. Wipes clean.

@barnabybot

10 ай бұрын

@@chrisnotap I appreciate the design. But I'm gonna wanna dunk that in detergent and make sure no zombi flu occurs.

LOL "bean counters at KZread" Your videos are awesome, are you retired? My goal is to retire earlier than most folk so I can spend my days doing fun things like this I like how humane you were even the bedding..never had a mice problem myself (it's an inevitability though) but I don't think I could go with killing things....I'll just make hundreds of trips and dollars on seeds to release the little guys for years on end lol

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

Yes I am retired and this is a very good time spender as a retirement gig. I’m my own boss…. Well don’t tell my wife that!

Is anything made in Canada?

@grantadamson3478

Жыл бұрын

Snow.

@chrisnotap

Жыл бұрын

We made the CANAD-ARM that they used on the space shuttle missions. IMAX and inventing the PACEMAKER are also under our belt.

@jacalli

Жыл бұрын

We have to make them. You could easily make this larger, heavy duty for rats too. As we can't get poison in Canada, rats are taking over.