Bed Bug ClimbUp® Interceptors (pack of 12) passive traps for bed legs

by ClimbUp

• ClimbUp® insect interceptor, an innovative tool to monitor bed bugs in human-occupied structures.
• Traps any bed bugs coming to or going from your bed.
• Traps Bed Bugs from crawling up beds and furniture legs
• Aids in identifying and battling a bed bug infestation.
• Get rid of bed bugs and kill all bed bug problems with the eco-friendly ClimbUp® Insect Interceptor

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0028Z0LDQ
• Item model number: 12Climbup
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #976 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #45 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Pest Control > Traps

Product Description

ClimbUp® is a pesticide free bed bug monitor and trapping device. Bed bugs trying to crawl to you as you sleep are trapped in the ClimbUp® well before they can get up the leg. This is a favorite of Pest Control Professionals. We sell quantiy packs of 4, 8 and 12. Fits post feet 3.75 diameter or less.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars, and here's why. January 25, 2011

By BugGuy(812)

So after reading several of these reviews i felt is was only my duty to express my own opinion. Being a pest control professional i use this product on a weekly (often even daily) basis, and in my opinion, it is the best detection option available. with a visual inspection its 'ok if the bed bugs are somewhere i can visibly see at this moment then I'll be able to find them', where as with the climb-ups, if you keep them on and keep your bedding off the ground and bed off the wall, then there is a 95% they (climb-ups) will find the possible infestation in a 7 day period. Of course there's also the bed-bug sniffing dogs, but i've seen several misses performed by them and false positives. Quite honestly, something that important i wouldn't trust in the nose of even the most well trained canine.

REGARDING the physical dimensions/flaws of this product:

Every situation is different, meaning some situations are going to require modifications depending on circumstances.

Example: you have a carpeted bedroom and a bed with rolling wheels. Well, obviously the weight of the bed and someone sleeping on it will puncture the climb-up in this condition, so find a hard surface like a book, piece of wood, hard piece of plastic, or whatever you come up with that will cover the underside of the climb-up. Grab some duct tape and tape them up together (keeping the top side clear). then reapply them underneath the bed.

Example: you have a headboard that has larger legs then climb up size will fit, well even if you can get them on 2 of the bed legs, bed bugs are not smart enough to know the climb-up is on there, so if there is an infestation the likelyhood of you trapping something is still high.

is $40-50 worth knowing you have a bed bug infestation before it gets out of control? only if you'd rather save time, head ache, and money. light infestations can be contolled in 2 months or less where as heavy infestations can take as long as 6 months worth of treatments. you do the math.

48 of 51 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars cheapo January 15, 2010

By VM

Amazon Verified Purchase

I guess they work in principle, but these are made from such cheap, flimsy plastic... on carpet, they cracked within a week. May work if you are on hard flooring (seems obvious now). I guess I assumed for the price, these would be heavy duty and durable. Price should probably be more like $15-$20. Again, they may work, but I definitely feel ripped off for the price.

38 of 43 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars they work in theory, not necessarily in reality September 5, 2010

By sharon f

Amazon Verified Purchase

while these traps may work in theory, they do not necessarily work in every situation. My bedframe is on rollers, and the rollers are on carpet. I have gone through Several of these in the course of a month because they keep cracking. And once they crack, they're useless. So keep that in mind. I'm guessing that on hardwood floors without rollers, you wouldnt have a problem. But that said, the ones that did not crack have worked. They have collected bed bugs in the outer ring which let us know the bugs were coming from the carpet. So I give them 3 stars because the product does work, but took away two stars because they are far from durable.