Katcha The BIG BUG Katcha - Traps 'em all BIG & SMALL - Traps Spiders,Yellow Jackets,Wasps,Scorpions,Cockroaches,Flies,Stink Bugs,Mice,Frogs,Geckos & More,Ultimate Spider Catcher

Ideal for dealing with the gifts the cat's bring in. Large capacity. Door is not always smooth to operate. takes up a bit of space.

This is great - I live beside some fields and we get some enormous spiders that I never got when i lived in the city. I had bought a spider hoover by the same brand and it just wasn't big enough or powerful enough to hoover up the big ones! They would just sit there, steady and sturdy on the wall, ground or ceiling and the hoover would have no effect on them at all! Then they would just saunter off! So I had to give up with that but this BIG BUG Katcha definitely catches the big ones :) I feel very reassured having this item in my house as it has taken alot of the fear out of trying to trap those massive speedy spiders that get into my house and that I usually find just as I am going to bed. The long pole maintains a safe distance between you and the spidey and being able to see it all the time through the clear plastic is also fear-reducing as you take it out into the garden and let it go... rather having to race around to find a glass and a sturdy piece of cardboard and have to get very uncomfortably close to it before it sneaks off and hides under some furniture. I also caught the freakiest biggest centipede with it too so it really does work!

It’s a great item works great

Very handy for those large spiders. Easy to catch and put outside.

Overall good product, could be more sturdy as I found it to be a little flimsy around the handle. Does the job for larger bugs

This trap is easy to assemble and use but please remember it cannot be operated on the Flor or in tight spaces without manhandling the plastic ‘floor’ of the trap underneath the body of the critter you are catching. If like me your fear of spiders is legendary rather than mild discomfort you have to get very close the the see though plastic with your hand when trapping them live or indeed when releasing them unless you intend to release them half way up an outside wall by turning the device around until the plastic floor drops by gravity (if you are lucky). That said it’s a heck of lot more humane than a shoe or permethrin spray. The trap bulb is quite big to get flat on a surface (wall or floor) if it’s not completely flat the spider just runs underneath it closely followed my me running the other way. I have to admit it’s running in cramped quarters I’m more likely to spray it and use the catcher to transport the body outside - I know it’s not politically correct but at that point it’s him or me that moves out.

Easy to catch spiders. I was initially worried that their legs might get caught but easy to do this and not injured them. Great for people who don't like spiders and want to remain a safe distance away.

They claim that the mechanism shuts with "a simple twist of the handle", but in reality it doesn't shut unless you close it with your hand, defeating the purpose of the item. It's also made of cheap plastic, and you have to put it together yourself. It would be awful for £5, let alone £16.