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@Tjd124

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I still have all 10 fingers and no injuries lmaoo Good to go first try!

@leemaliaman7517

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info, brother. I had no idea where to attach the setting bar.

@jessiep2471

10 ай бұрын

Thank you good Sir

@BlueDays_BlackKnights

8 ай бұрын

I caught that at the beginning but wasn’t going to mention it. 😂

@notesforthespirit6661

8 ай бұрын

I tried sticky traps first...caught the mice within an hour but, the mice wriggled off and was scratching the entire time before it was free. So then I tried the Decon bait traps. They've been sitting out for weeks and no mice caught. So what do you do when the mice are too smart for other traps? You use these Victor traps that are tried and true for decades. I don't feel one but guilty, because I tried other traps and they didn't work. Thanks for the great instruction video. It helped a lot!👍

I found the printed instructions vague and said- "Man there has to be somebody who made a how to on KZread!" Thanks for being "That Guy."

@kingrobthegreat7446

3 жыл бұрын

me too

@sonnylyles2310

2 жыл бұрын

Same

You don’t need to spend a penny more on any other type of trap. These work very well. Came home from a month out of town to find a mouse had made its home in my absence. $2.75 and 3 hours later it was evicted without notice.

@ABab-jf2jb

Жыл бұрын

LOL!

Just to tell you, it won't kill your thumb and forefinger but it hurts a lot. Thanks for this video, when I stop crying I will try again. I should have come and seen here before lol!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

😁😂 Good to know haha thanks for the comment. I hope the video helps you out!

@lisivelez8003

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Yuppp294

Жыл бұрын

I am still in pain 3 days later. I think it broke my fingers! 🤯

@genevievechausseart

Жыл бұрын

@@Yuppp294 😮😢

@Yuppp294

Жыл бұрын

@@genevievechausseart I seriously have PTSD 😂😂😂

Perfect video and no annoying music. Good job.

Thanks man. This helped a lot. I haven't used a mouse trap for a least 40 years. I needed a refresher. Quite simple and great instructions.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😃

Thank you! I love that you did this video in only three minutes. Other videos were like 10 minutes long, ain't nobody got time for that. Your video is very helpful thank you.

I gottta say, you really can find a "How To" video on ANYTHING!! And I'm grateful ....didn't have a clue! (neither did 512k) Many thanks

Thank you so very much. Like many others, I didn't have someone to show me this growing up. You definitely helped me and my home out! Finally a homeowner...and I knew mice would come someday

@hazelbaumgartner9706

6 ай бұрын

My dad showed me how to do this like twenty years ago but I don't remember lol you're not alone

Thank you for this video! I had to go full screen to actually see exactly where the bar hooked on, (I thought it had to go in the hole?!) but thanks to you, I saw just how easy it really was!! Thanks again.

@kaelinsgirl

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Lol

@Darryl603

2 жыл бұрын

Remember to always keep your fingers on the open side of the trap!

@lisajasmin1

Жыл бұрын

@@kaelinsgirl uI’m iuoiouihioho😊😊

I had no idea how to do this... so glad I checked my Google and thank you!!!!

I add an old school round head thumb tack to the middle back side or the trap. It makes it unstable . so when the mouse come to touch and feed , trips much easier.

I caught more than 30 mice with this same trap. At first when I bought the trap I thought it wont work because it looked too small in size. But after I used it, I can say it's the best trap I ever tried.

Thank you so much! The key is the tension like you said. The instructions were not clear enough. You explained it very well for someone who has never set a trap!

Great video. I would add that I've had many new Victor traps that get picked clean by the mice without tripping. On those traps, it seems that the copper trigger is bent too far over, requiring more than a mouse to release it. So, I always test the trip setup beforehand by setting up the trap without "springing" the trap. I use finger pressure to pull up on the latch rod, simulating the force of the spring-loaded piece. Then I push down on the bait trigger to see how much pressure it takes. If too much, then I use a pair of pliers to make the trigger more upright and more sensitive. About half of them need adjustment.

Thanks man! Couldn’t figure out where to put that arm bar. Time to kill some mice

@TessaGold1301

3 жыл бұрын

When I finished I put a head band to trigger it. It scared the crap out of me. Lol

@justinlolocolosjuapos9659

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

Thank you! Literally had no idea how to set this until I watched your video!

Ok, I bought some traps awhile back and I felt like a fool. Couldn't figure it out. One of those things I thought guys would always take care for me. Well lo and behold here I am thinking how hard can it be? Well as it turned out I gave up and figured I would throw them in the Trash. I didn't and today scrolling through your videos just discovered your video showing us women how it is supposed to be done. Thank you ever so much. Maybe I should give you a whole list of repairs and fixes needed around my home and you can make a short video showing some of us single woman how to do some repairs. No significant handyman around or to call on for help. PS my engineer father lives about a 1000 miles away. Not like I can call him for help and besides at his age he just is not capable of doing it anymore. Love him to death. If anyone could have fixed it the 'RIGHT WAY', dad did. Maybe there are channels in which they start at the very basics, of tool identification and basic use. I have a power drill and could probably figure it out if I put my mind to it. Just would be nice to know I can go somewhere to get the basic and correct information. I have tile/shower replacement mold, tub scratches, holes in the wall. Entrance door frame, simple lock/deadbolt replacement. When chit is not square and how to check for all those things before diving in a project and then ending up with a bigger problem. A whole host of small repairs, fixes etc. Guess I will pull out that power drill to day and try to figure out what I need. If anyone can recommended a channel sure would appreciate it. BTW Mr. Fixer I have enjoyed the videos, I have seen. Made me think about what I really don't know before starting any project of my own.

Very helpful - thanks. Instructions on the package are useless. On the plus side, these are the good old-school mouse traps and they work. Many manufacturers have tried to “build a better mousetrap“ and they earn a lot of money on complex products and toxic poisons that are bad for our ground water etc. But this is your grandma’s mouse trap from generations ago and it works.

Wow I struggled with these traps for years and watched other videos. Your video gave me the missing step....to hold the bar and relieve some of the tension slightly! Thanks so much

By far the most helpful overview of how to connect the bar to the bait area. Thank you!

I just set mine up. My min pin is my pest control guy and seems clueless that there is a mouse in my house. I hope this trap works. I am so glad that the instructions in this video were easy to follow.

Thanks for making the set up so easy! 4 set up and ready to get them!!

Perfect instructions..! I got just that kind of trap and I wanted to know exactly where bar goes 👌🏻

Thank you I am confident enough to setup the trap now.

Thank you! I watched 3 other videos before I found yours! I could not figure out how to place the “arm”! Gr8 explanation & demonstration!🎉

Thanks! This is my first time living without a cat, so I've never had to do these before 😅

@deanduffy4722

3 жыл бұрын

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The easiest way to set one of those snap traps is to use a pair of pliers to hold the kill bar down so that your fingers are no where near it in case it accidentally activates while you're trying to set it.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

4 жыл бұрын

Great tip! Thanks for checking out the video!

Had to for the 3rd time in my life buy these same traps AGAIN. (3rd location) always need a refresher on how to set them up, just for my own comfort. My my 2nd time back in 2020 in my apartment was 11 in 48 hours. Hopefully I don’t catch a family again in my house that I am living in! Started seeing dead mice near my dogs bowls outside, even caught him tossing up a dead one the other day. Last night? I heard one in the house. Today as I laid one of 4 traps, I seen one scurry back behind my furnace. Figured I leave it off just incase he went exploring. Don’t want to have to pay for a full system clean out running into winter! Great video, thanks!

Hey man, i've been watchin TONS of these and still feeling confused why it wouldn't lock in place, this one seemed to help me figure it out haha thanks!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

4 жыл бұрын

They are super sensitive. That little piece of metal sticking out to hold the wire is tiny. Just takes a very steady hand and patience. Thanks for checking out the video!

Thanks. I have always been nervous about this. Appreciate the calm delivery.

Thanks, great video! I set a mousetrap up years ago, but very frankly forgot. They are a bit Jenkee in setting up, but your video helped a lot!

Thank you for your very clear directions

Thank you..I'm trying some tonight..got a smart mouse who avoids my sticky traps. 🤞🏼🍀

@jonathansmithsr9579

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the one I got ate on the sticky n still got away

@rashidjohnson5672

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@teslaedison6236

3 жыл бұрын

Sticky traps are actually inhumane. They get stuck and chew their fucking legs off trying to escape

@donnadavid6123

Жыл бұрын

I agree that the sticky traps are inhumane…so much so when I once used one in a closet for bugs in a new house, I ended up painstakingly freeing (and cleaning by hand!) a baby mouse who got stuck. By then, I caged him, fed him til well then let him go. 🙄

A few tips… wear rubber gloves or something similar so that you don’t get your scent on them. Also you can add the bait before setting the trap. I use peanut butter.

@christineblack4654

Жыл бұрын

lol too late

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUT OF THE 40 PLUS YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE I'VE NEVER HAD TO SET ONE OF THESE THINGS. I JUST FED A MOUSE A BIT AGO AND OUT OF FRUSTRATION DECIDED TO LOOK TO KZread. YOUR VIDEO WAS TRULY A LIFE SAVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOT YELLING. ❤ I CAN SEE BETTER WITH ALL CAPS ❤ THANK YOU THANK YOU FROM ALL OF US WHO NEEDED THIS WHEW XOXOXO

The plastic version is so much version, that hook was such a pain! Great video.

OH THANK you, thank you ....I set 2 traps and didn't snap my fingers even once.!! :) my fingers love you.

Thank you so much for the video. I wondering why the staple in it. I been trying to figure this out for a while. Thanks you😊

Needed this today. Thanks so much!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! Thanks for watching, Kathleen!

Wow, having the toughest time hooking it. Thanks for the help. took time, but it hooked

Once set up you can move it if you always remember to hold it by the big red V end, then you'll be OK. I use them in the garden for voles, using oatmeal mixed in peanut butter for bate. I use no-kill traps for house mice, but voles have higher likelihood of carrying plague.

Thank you so much, I do get jumpy thinking it will snap on me, I like the idea when you said to have it placed where you want it set up on the floor 1st 😁

Thanks for this video. This style, was a little diffrent. Glad you could help 😇🙏

I am so glad I found a video on this, we've been having a lot of mice problems at my house, and no one here could figure it out!

Thank you so much. There are so many videos on youtube explaining how to set a mouse trap but they dont zoom close enough to show what they are doing!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback, Brenda! I really appreciate it and I hope the video helps!

Nice explanation of how the set up goes! 👍 many thanks! I was confused by the staple 🙄 🤣👍

Kept whipping my hands and thinking it was too sensitive or something, but was doing it the same way you were, put it down and did it and left it like you said and it worked Thank you very much

Nicely done MUCH appreciated!!

Well I'm one of those people that are afraid of the mouse trap, and the mouses! But for some reason they've come into the house and love it in here Of course my cat died a month ago so he used to be the one to catch him now we don't have that but thank you for your instructions very good I will attempt to do that again in a few minutes. Appreciate your help here!

Thanks a lot, still being very useful as I was trying to set them up the wrong way lol but thanks to you I got it right this time.

Tip hold the back piece down at all times and slowly let it go and if it doesn’t move further then a quarter inch it’s armed , after find the spot and be extremely easy when putting it down it trips easily

Helped me a ton. Thanks!

Very helpful thanks !

Thank you so much! I just knew something was weird because I saw rodent signs in the alley and all winter and spring I had not seen a single mouse. I thought, "Wow, the foxes and racoons are really doing their job!" However, today I was on the back porch and heard a bag rattling and there was small dark grey one. The help you provided was terrific and probably saved my fingers!

Thank you for the video. Very helpful.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks for the instructions. I was sticking the arm bar THROUGH the hole. No wonder I wasn't catching any mice!

Thank you so much. I really appreciate this

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

And thank you for checking out the video! Hope it helps out!

Ty sir you helped out a new homeowner who only does office work do a an adult thing I appreciate it

Thank you! The instructions on the package were very vague. This helped alot!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

2 жыл бұрын

Very happy to help! Thanks for watching!

Still helpful today!! Thanks so much

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! 😃

Thank you! This was so easy!

Thanks you so much for this video!

Thank you for the great video!!! Very informative and easy to follow 🤗🤗. I was so nervous until watching this, again, thank you 😄😄😄

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😃

Thank you for your very helpful video 😊

Thanks for this video! I had no idea how to set one and have 4 set now! And didn’t snap myself! Lol thankful for this video!

Thank you for your help it made it so simple and easy, so thank you again.

Thank you for your great help!

Thanks so much. I bought it and I saw your great video it very simple and help a lot. 👍

Very helpful thank you

THANK YOU!! super helpful!!!!!!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Thanks very much for posting this.

Thank you so much my friend very helpful video

Thank you for showing this.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Laura!

Thank you. This was very helpful :)

Thanks

Thank you for this !!

Thank you.

Thanks man, thanks for taking the time to do this.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

No problem! Hope it helps!

That was Really awesome and helpful thank you

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thanks for video 😊

I recently bought a new set of four traps and all of them are hard to trigger. The mice can lick the peanut butter completely out of the barrel and the trap does not trip. I figure I can just bend that tab back a slight amount. Any other suggestions? Before I bend it back I'm going to try super gluing a tiny piece of dog kibble. I heard that's the key. Although I think it would work best gluing it to the yellow plastic trip pad. I'm going to try it on the metal.

Awww thank you ! The instructions are very vague and your video is very helpful. This is the first time that there is a mouse in my house. I bought 6 traps. 🤞🤞🤞 (sorry my english is bad)

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Good luck! Hope the video helped!

this worked ! thank you

@TheFixerHomeRepair

5 ай бұрын

👍 happy to help!

very helpful thanks

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

Just set it up, thank you for the tutorial and for being so considerate of the mice with peanut allergy 😂🥰

@6CAT736

Жыл бұрын

Yes no mouse die of peanut allergy in this video

Great. Thank you.

Thanks man!

Great video. Thank you.

@TheFixerHomeRepair

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Stephen. Hope it helps out!

Thank you!

Great simple video! Had to make a mousetrap car for Physics, buuuut didn’t know how to actually use the mouse trap 🤣.

Best video yet!!! Thank you !!

Thank you for your video it really helped me a lot

@TheFixerHomeRepair

2 жыл бұрын

That is great to hear! Thanks for watching!!

Thanks man, I appreciate it:)

Thanks. Its a helpful vid.

great vid--ty

Thanks!

@TheFixerHomeRepair

Жыл бұрын

No problem! Thank YOU!

Thanks this helped alot

Thank You !

@TheFixerHomeRepair

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you!!