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Emerson supposedly said "If you build a better mouse-trap, the world will beat a path to your door." (None of his published works contain exactly that phrasing, but the original version, now lost, was probably very close to that.)In reality, if you build a better mousetrap, you'll find yourself competing with a dozen other sellers, each touting their own improvements and twists on the basic idea.I happen to have a serious mouse problem at my condo, and I've been catching and relocating mice for six months, at the rate of several per week. In other words, I'm getting to be pretty good at evaluating traps.I decided to try this system, based on a lid for a 5-gallon bucket, almost as a joke. It seemed like such a silly idea that I wouldn't have tried it if I had to pay full price - which wasn't much anyway. But the idea that you'd put bait on top of a five-gallon pail, and provide a plastic ramp for a mouse to climb - it just seemed dumb.So I set it up, in a closet where most of my mice seem to hang out. Almost immediately, two mice fell through the trap door and into the bucket. I suppose it was less than an hour.This was in an environment with five other live-catch traps, fully baited and arranged. The mice bypassed the cheese and crackers in the other traps, but (literally) fell for the same bait when served atop an orange Home Depot bucket.I suppose I should accumulate more experience before rendering a final judgment, but it's been a week, and I haven't encountered any more mice - it appears these two were the only ones left to catch. I'm sure there will be more, since they're being displaced by nearby construction, but so far, so good.FWIW, it's pretty easy to dump the trapped mouse and clean out the bucket. So it deserves a couple points for convenience too.In short, if you have mice, and you're looking for a different live trap, the "Mice Trap Bucket Flip Lid" should be on your list, as long as you have room for the bucket. I suppose there are specific circumstances where this would work especially well, such as outdoors or a garage. But all I know is that in my kitchen, bathroom, hallway, and closet, this has done the job.

I kept getting mice in my storage building where I keep my lawn mower. Decided to try this out. I bought a bucket and put the lid on. I placed some food in the bottom of the bucket. It didn't take long for4 me to start catching mice. This thing works like a charm. Once they are in they can not get back out.

This unique mouse trap fits well on a standard 5 gallon bucket that you can pick up at a hardware store. It is easy to assemble. This is a “bloodless” trap. The mouse will fall into the bucket so you can set it free somewhere else. Or, you can fill the bucket halfway with water and the little pest will drown. Either way, there is nothing to clean up, and the trap is instantly reusable. This is a great idea!Bottom Line from the Bibliophile: Recommended

I got this bucket lid mouse trap after seeing several diy versions online. It fits a 5 gallon bucket and is very easy to set up. It is going into our shed, as we have issues with mice trying to spend the winter in there.

For years, we’ve been making our own version of this so I was very excited when it showed up on Amazon that works really well at collecting mice so that you can release them outside.

This is a better version of something that my husband made a while ago. A bucket that has some bait on it, my husband uses peanut butter, and the mice climb up boards, taking the bait that is dangling over a huge and deep tub of water for them to fall into and be unable to get back out. My husband built this unit, but this product seems easier, especially since there was no way to rig the boards that led the mice up to the peanut butter set in without constantly toppling over.The mice go up on the five-gallon bucket and the trap door that is easy enough to fall through drops them into an enclosed bucket of water. That seems like a useful concept and everything about it is nice, but this is something that only time will be able to tell for us as there are no mice inside of the bucket yet but hopefully, they are just waiting for the concept of it to put them at ease, so they check it out and fall through the door. Mice and rats are too plentiful out here and I can appreciate having a few less of them around, for sure, and this seems like it is going to do the trick.

Good trap. Caught the two large mice / small rats that have been scurrying around my attic for weeks. Snap traps caught some mice early on, but these ones would steal the bait off of the snap traps without triggering them. They finally fell victim to this trap a few days after setting it up and baiting the underside of the lid (NOT the black paddle) with peanut butter.Fill 5 gallon bucket 1/3 to 1/2 full with water to drown them when they fall in. Check it periodically before it becomes a decomposing mess.

Pretty easy to assemble, no needed hot glue or duct tape, it all clipped together just fine, and should easily trap those little buggers. I have it ready to see what it can do, will check back if any issues come up after a little time. Seems pretty well made tho!