Havahart® Large 1-Door Collapsible Easy Set® Trap

Faulty catch bar design. I had two armadillos escape by pushing the door and the catch bar didn't hold the door down. Bar got pushed back thru the guides and bent the guides and broke the spring. Now have a torn up yard and a busted trap. Had borrowed by friends model 1079 and caught 3, but the 1092 was a huge disappointment.

This trap worked exactly as advertised! Simple to set up and very successfully caught some unwanted critters. Lightweight and easily folds up for storage.

I wish I could give this product less than a 1 star review. Raccoon actually bent the locking bar for the back of the trap and escaped. Thankfully it didn't happen during transportation or while handling the trap. Yes the trap door does not latch effectively as stated in so many previous reviews. Company still hasn't fixed that issue. This trap is dangerous and needs to be recalled. I have also spoken with two company representatives by phone who seemed rather indifferent to my safety concerns and am awaiting a call back from futher up the chain of command. .

Do not purchase this trap. It is poorly designed and your critters will escape. I have video evidence of a nice possum getting out of my trap. The door is able to be pushed up allowing the animal to get free. I will just spend the extra money the next time on a better trap. Putting the trap together is easy and not difficult at all. However, I am trying to re-enforce my trap with extra links to secure it and a new fabrication of the door so it is not so easy to push back up. This is a pain and not worth the money I spent on the trap.

Terrible design on the door spring. The spring collapsed on the first set and the animal escaped. Very poor quality.

Worst trap ever! The door catches on the metal fittings on the sides of the trap, that is when it decides to actually trigger the door to close. I had a opossum simply walk right out of this trap (the spring on the door is not strong enough to keep the animal inside).

As stated before, failure to lock. Easy to Set, but the collapsible feature which I liked causes a problem. When collapsed, the door is held open, which stretches the spring that closes the locking bail. After sitting for a long time collapsed, I got it out and trapped an armadillo. It failed to lock and animal escaped. Moving the spring to a different rung to tighten fixed, but have to store uncollapsed or remove spring to insure it will work again. Kinda defeats the collapsing intent!

My indoor cat darted out the door late one night. Bought this trap, set it up and tried it out several times to be sure that I had it set up correctly. I had a security camera set out to watch the trap and was excited when I saw my cat walk into the trap. However, I was angry when the trap door closed, obviously either not fast enough or not securely enough, and the cat darted back out the trap. This trap was returned to Lowes the next day. Thankfully I just trapped my cat 4 weeks later with a drop trap made from a different company when he should have been caught 3 weeks prior. Definitely go with a better made brand.

The trap is great to TNR (Trap Neuter Release) cats. However, the handle that opens the trap door should be color coded/painted in red since many vet techs confuse the handle that lifts the cage and the handle that opens the trap door, thereby accidentally releasing a feral cat. This situation happened again yesterday, but unfortunately this time the cat bit the vet tech and had to be euthanized due to potential rabbis. Please paint the door lift handle a red color and write on this handle something to differentiate the two handles that are close together on top of the cage to avoid this type of confusion.