Climbup Insect Interceptor Bed Bug Trap, 4ct

by ClimbUP®

• Turns your bed into an oasis
• 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 or furniture.
• Aids in identifying and battling a bed bug infestation.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.3 x 2.2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0033SC0LI
• Item model number: 4CLIMBUP
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #842 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
  • #49 in Patio, Lawn & Garden > Pest Control > Traps

Product Description

Climbup Insect Interceptors are a essential to informing you if you have bed bugs and where they are coming from. ClimbUP® comes with two trap/wells so you can tell if the bugs are coming from the floor to your bed or if they are already in your bed. More importantly ClimbUP® Turns your bed into an oasis. Combine ClimbUP® with a Bed-De-Bug mattress protector and you can sleep safe and sound no matter where the bugs are coming from.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 62 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars they have their flaws, but they work August 11, 2010

By sharon f

ok these are not perfect, but they do work .. and I do recommend them. I had bed bugs and covered my mattress and box spring with the special covers. I also used these cups .. and waited. And waited. Finally after almost a month, I saw my first bed bug trapped in the outer ring, which means they are coming up from the floor rather than down from the bed. I was glad to finally see a bug after checking every night for weeks, but bummed that the truth is I have bed bugs in my carpet.

However .. .after a month, two of my cups broke. They cracked right where the legs of my bed make contact with the plastic, but only on my side of the bed. Now I weigh 125 lbs and my husband weighs 210 lbs .. and I'm not sure why they broke on my side and not on his ... so keep in mind that they're not perfect.

However, they do work. and they did provide valuable information about where the bugs are coming from. Just know that you should check them often for signs of compromise (breakage)

113 of 120 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Passive and temporary intervention against bed bugs April 4, 2011

By Fashionable 60s

I moved to a new apartment that was apparently infested. We were bitten within days of moving. Also, they left their "signatures" all around our mattress encasement, black feces dotted the sides and undersides of our encasement and blood stains on our sheet. After complaining to the landlord, the infestation was confirmed by the bedbug sniffing dog hired by them. It is the law in NYC that once an infestation was discovered the landlord must proactively act to eradicate the infestation regardless who brought them in but a lot of landlords and tenants preferred to keep it quiet and treat each apartment individually. In other words, they are in constant denial in order to avoid the high cost of eradication (around $1700 in NYC) until the whole building is totally infested. The bedbugs can do without a blood meal for a month and will start feeding once someone moved into the apartment. Once they have regular blood meal, they will start breeding and in a short period of time, the whole apartment and the surrounding ones will definitely be infested.

Trying to fight the landlord to do what is their job and the draconian preparation to get us ready for the treatment/sealing of the apartment, the Climbup was the next best thing that we could use. We already encased the mattress and box spring before moving into the apartment so our bed is already protected. After the bedbugs were discovered, we stripped and washed our beddings/linens in hot water and create a safe "island" for our bed, together with the Climbups we placed on each of the bed legs. Nothing should be hanging from the bed that would create a bridge for the bugs to climb and feed on us while sleeping. We moved the bed away from any walls, night tables, electrical cables that might be used by the bugs to climb.... Within days, we found some nymphs (young bed bugs on the outer rings of the Climbup, unfortunately no adults. We now know that the bugs were probably already hiding under the floor boards that were cracked and open all around our bedroom.

Until we find a new place to move to, we religiously check the Climbups daily for any new bugs trapped in them. The bedbug specialists advised that daily we spray 91% alcohol on the bed, under the bed, on the floor, on any openings on the floors of our apartments to kill not only the bugs on contact but also their eggs. The alcohol (must be 91%) is the most effective and the safest way one can kill bedbugs, albeit temporarily.

Note, it takes more than a week to kill the trapped bugs (I know, I watched) so my advice to all of you is to buy DE (diatomacious earth ??(spelling) powder and use it in the outer and outside rings of the Climbups as well as any cracks and openings you can find in your apartment to desiccate the bugs upon contact with this powder. Yes, this powder will speed up their demise by drying them out. There is a special pump you can buy with this powder to facilitate this task.

Eventually, I had to gas (with Vicane gas, done by the expert, off site) all my belongings before I moved to my new place in order not to travel with any bugs or eggs since bedbugs are notorious hitchhikers. This is a nightmarish scenario but if one wants to get rid of them, this is the final step in order to do it efficiently and we did it.

P.S. If you want to be extra sure, you must hire the bedbug sniffing dog before you move and every few months to prevent this pesky critters from re-invading your apartment. We also placed new Climb Ups on each foot of our bed in this new place as a preventive measure.

September 24, 2011: a follow up. After the high expense of moving again (twice in just six weeks) and gassing every piece of my earthly belongings, we moved to a cleaner and bug-free apartment (so far) . Other than inviting a few chosen individuals, we do not entertain at home. We go out to entertain. We pay attention to our outer clothings, bags, suitcases and shoes after coming home from a public events (theatres, hotels, concert halls, offices) to check for any hitchhikers. We have a spray bottle filled with 91% alcohol at the ready by the door that we use to spray everything that we wear and carry before entering our apartment. One has to be constantly vigilant as NYC buildings are more than 50% infested and the thought of going through another nightmarish (as well as very expensive) scenario of infestation and expensive eradication is enough to drive us bonkers. Constant vigilant preventive measures are the only thing we could do to prevent re-infestation. According to the bedbug exterminators who came to our old apartment with the a bed bug sniffing dog, tourists increased the infestation problems in NYC while our Mayor love to invite more tourists to come in (and bringing more bed bugs, of course) and spend their money (even if it does not help the locals like us). Going back to the tourists, the experts told us that tourists from two countries are notorious carriers of bed bugs: South Asian countries and France. I am quoting the bed bug experts' words only so don't yell at me. Read more ›

82 of 86 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Definitely not worth the money September 16, 2010

By D. Bangalore

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you can create the same product at home by using two plastic cups - one smaller than the other. Stick on some medical tape on the outside of the bigger cup so that it provides traction for bed bugs to climb, and put some talcum powder on the inside of both cups so that the bed bugs cant escape once they fall in. You could even use the lids of take-out plastic bowls.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Broke on carpet November 21, 2011

By J. Bahrt

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This is good on wood floors, but on carpet it broke through. I would only buy this if I had wood floors

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars This products works but.... March 15, 2010

By J. Lassiter

Amazon Verified Purchase

I ordered this product after finding out I had gotten bedbug from my previous apartment. I think they are very cheaply made but if you have carpet under the bed you are using this for you should be fine. I combined this with the Diatomaceous Earth powder and an exterminator. After the exterminator came I noticed bedbugs indeed trapped in the interceptor and after a day they were dissolved by the powder. The powder works but is very messy, I suggest getting the shaker version of it. Overall I am happy this products traps them I just wish the material it was made with was more sturdy.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars They Work! June 12, 2012

By Julie Myers

Amazon Verified Purchase

I battled a bed bug problem in my previous apartment. I am happy to say, however, that the issue did not originate in my apartment but rather my downstairs neighbors who had a massive infestation. To the chagrin of everyone, the tenants below me attempted to treat the bed bugs themselves using fumigation and store bought products instead of calling an exterminator. Subsequently the bugs retreated into the walls and upwards towards my apartment.

I never had an infestation in my apartment, but every so often a bed bug would climb up through the floor or a radiator, bite me and my girlfriend, and either retreat to our blinds (yes our blinds) or find a new home in our bed.

This process went on for months... and it was horrible. And since the bugs were now in the walls, the treatment the exterminator performed on the building only "thinned the herd."

I bought the Climb up Interceptors here on amazon just hoping that they would work, and damn do they work well. Within the first couple weeks we caught 5 or 6 bed bugs headed to our bed from our radiator. Eventually they just die in the trap.

I would recommend this to anyone dealing with bedbugs - just make sure your sheets never touch the ground!

Having these around your bed helps you in two ways.

1. Prevents the bed bugs from getting on your bed.
2. Isolates your bed from the ground and the rest of your room, which in turn can tell you if they are living IN your bed - I was able to determine they were in my bed frame using this method, which ultimately lead me to becoming bed bug free.