Safeguard 53070 Rodent Trap

Purchased two after a loaner from a friend. Simple, no false triggers. Easy to set. 35 chipmunks and 6 mice from home and a vacation home. Relocated across a river. Please tell me they can't swim.

Chipmunks go over it, around it, they move it but they do not go in it and eat the bait! I have had it for a week and have yet to catch a chipmunk. It's nice and shiny though.

I've had a chipmunk problem for several years. I've used the small double door Havahart but was not happy. It false triggered sometimes, chipmunks sometimes got out. A friend loaned me this and 18 chipmunks later, I'm still catching and off to buy two of my own.

Work great! Like the design. But, would like to see them a little less expensive (considering how they are made)

I've had Sherman traps destroyed by chewing on the mechanism that holds open the entrance door. The galvanized sheet metal on these Safeguards seems to prevent that. I also like that I can see what I've caught without having to open the trap (couldn't do that with the Shermans). And that ventilation I'm sure also aids in scent dispersal of bait. With 1/2doz of these have so far captured: Deer Mice, Short-tailed Shrews, Red-backed Voles, an Ermine, a Chipmunk, a Flying Squirrel, and Red Squirrels.

Works well. Easy to set, bait, and clean

We have a chipmunk problem and have implemented for a few years now a chipmunk relocation program that's been pretty effective (we take them to prairie, lake very close too). I've tried numerous live traps. Either they're too big and you get squirrels, or they're too flimsy and don't work well. This one works very well. In fact, it's the ONLY small live trap I've found that really works and is dependable. Occasionally a shrew goes in, I just release it. It gets a little meal out of its adventure. Chipmunks take over the yard, however, so they get a new home. Highly recommend this trap.

With the new addition of the spring retainer, which is a good improvement the trap works well. Had the old ones for 10 years but they still work.

A couple years ago I purchased three of these trap and they were great. Well made and did the job. I recently purchased three additional traps and they are not well made. One was missing an important part to make the trigger set. One just opened when I tried to pick it up and the chip monk ran off. I will say, they refunded my money with no objections. The company is not bad to work with. They just need to improve quality control.

I caught 52 chipmunks and 17 mice in six weeks using two of these traps in one location. The video suggests burying them in mulch beds but all I did was cover them with a piece of burlap...worked like a charm. Do tweak the trigger as instructed and salt the entry with seeds for bait as well as the back of the trap. Keep the area under the trigger pan clean.