I purchased this product along with a pack of 3 of the "Mice Cubes" http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WB11ZK/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_sol_0 and used one of those along with the Smart Mouse Trap simultaneously. I wrote that review first (click on my name to see my other reviews to find it) - because it was successful the very first night but it was not an even playing field since I placed them in different locations and Mice Cube was placed in a drawer I knew mice had access to. I initially placed Smart Mouse Trap under the kitchen sink where I had just sealed their access hole with Great Stuff. On Day 2 I placed both traps side by side in the same drawer Mice Cube had had success with on Day 1. About the "Day" thing - all the action actually seems to happen at night. I check the traps in the morning as well as a few times throughout the day. Both mice captured so far have been found in the morning.
The reason I'd purchased both products at the same time was that after reading pages of reviews about each of them someone mentioned that Mice Cube was small enough to fit neatly into a drawer. That sounded perfect so while I'd initially planned to only purchase this product, I stuck both in my cart with the plan to use them in different locations. My looong story (with multiple pictures) about our mouse problem in general, our lazy cats, and Day 1's instant success for Mice Cubes is on that page - click on my name to see my other reviews to find it.
I forgot to mention that I had already tried another product (with very solid reviews here as well) with no success - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J1VJPUA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I let that sound repeller run for three weeks before giving up and resorting to traps. It was still running this morning when #2 was trapped - I just packed it up to send it back.
On Day 2, after Mice Cube had proven its worth the very first night and I figured out that even with its peaked roof, Smart Mouse Trap also fit inside my "problem" drawer, I set up the side by side experiment. Nothing happened on Day 2 and 3 and I thought we were out of the woods and had only had a "mouse" not "mice." Unfortunately this was not the case - this morning, Day 4, I checked the drawer to find that Smart Mouse Trap had won the first round. Photos uploaded.
Who knows why the mouse entered that trap first though? There are some differences between the two. I would have thought Mice Cube would be more attractive because of the food placement. Smart Mouse Trap positions the food bait vertically - wedged behind a little plastic wall with openings to allow the scent to escape. Mice Cube leaves the food in plain sight lying on the floor of the trap at the far end. I expected that would be more attractive - that the scent would be stronger with the food in the open but apparently not. Or perhaps it was just a random choice to enter Smart Mouse Trap first. Only a pattern of many nights would be a true test - though I am sincerely hoping that we only had two!
Time for another trip to the woods next to our subdivision's park to free my second prisoner. I had a driver this time since it was the weekend and hubby was home. He said something about the prisoner looking exactly like the first one, and thought perhaps it WAS the same one? But the park is several blocks away and I figured that was far enough.
At the park, I had a bit more trouble with the release process than I did with he Mice Cube. First, I couldn't remember how the door opened - my memory had faded since setting the trap up four days earlier. I had to hold the trap over my head to read the (helpfully) molded in instructions on the bottom. Sunday morning and I'm outside holding a clear container containing a live mouse over my head with my head bent way back (so I can read it without tilting the trap and aggravating the prisoner) - it must have looked pretty wacky to the neighbors who live across the street.
In that respect, Mouse Cube was easier since you just flip it upside down. Then I remembered how this one worked - the whole end slides up and out with the bait still intact. While Smart Mouse Trap is better at aeration without having to drill more holes it does not allow the mouse to actually eat his reward. I felt a little bad about that. Seems he should get something to eat while being locked up all night and to sustain him while he's looking for a new home. Anyway, I slid the removable door/bait holder open and placed the trap on the grass.
This one didn't want to go. Maybe the weather - spring in Chicago is temperamental and it was 48 degrees and drizzly instead of the sunny and 75 when I'd dropped off the first captive. The Mouse Cube "trappee" had quickly hightailed it out of that trap when I tilted it slightly. This guy was staying put. I shook the trap a little. The mouse spread all four legs across the trap and held himself in place. Tried a few more times but he was adamant about staying put. Hubby suggested putting the nutty bar/bait at the opening so I tried that. Hubby was only playing chauffeur for the most part, and had to be guilted into even that role, but was getting impatient - while sipping his Starbucks and watching me do all the work. But it was a good idea. I placed the nutty bar at the open end and the mouse ran right out. Right past the nutty bar, didn't even stop to pick it up. No pics of him retreating to the woods unfortunately. He ran much faster than the parolee from the Mice Cube so I couldn't get the camera out in time.
Pics of the rest of the rest of the adventure are posted though. I will follow up, as I did on my Mice Cube review. If either review is helpful please let me know by[...] so I'll know if I should continue writing these things. Otherwise I'll just go back to my lazy ways of reading without contributing : )
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